Health System Specialist (Credentialing & Privileging)
What you'd do
About the Position: The incumbent of this position will serve as a Health System Specialist (Credentialing & Privileging) GS-0671-11/12 for Defense Health Agency Headquarters located in San Antonio, TX. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.
Major duties
Serve as a Defense Health Agency (DHA) C and P program advisor to all Department of Defense (DoD) personnel and interacts with the Army, Navy, Air Force, and other staff. Support oversight of Military Healthcare System (MHS) credentialing and privileging programs and operations to include central DHA integration of all such activities. Ensure policies, procedures, and processes are established and maintained to continue accreditation with civilian accrediting agencies. Provide consultative services to all MHS treatment facilities and other organizational components in fulfilling facility regulatory, accreditation, and organizational program requirements. Communicate clearly both orally and in writing with a wide variety of audiences on policy, development and reporting of metrics, procedural, and planning parameters as they relate to credentialing and privileging. Monitor, analyze, and prepare leadership briefing slides and reports concerning credentialing and privileging metrics. Responsible for supporting MHS education and ongoing training related to assigned credentialing and privileging program management.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Requirement for GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes providing credentialing and privileging technical consultation and support in healthcare management, evaluating productivity, assessing processes and workflows within healthcare facilities, and utilizing healthcare delivery systems to collect, interpret, and apply data to support operational decision making. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Requirement for GS-12: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes: advising leadership on the resolution of healthcare credentialing and/or privileging issues; implementing improvements for healthcare credentialing, privileging, Quality control/risk activities, and preparing a variety of reports regarding credentialing and privileging metrics and dashboards. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-11). FOR Applying at the GS-12 position ONLY: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
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