Medical Administration Officer
What you'd do
The Chief of Health Administration Service (HAS) administers the business and medical administration functions for the Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center (TVAMC). The TVAMC is a level 3 complexity medical center that offers a wide range of services including primary care, long-term care, rehabilitative care, and mental health services to eligible Veterans.
Major duties
Major duties include, but not limited to: Serves as the primary point of responsibility to the Associate Medical Center Director for the day-to-day operations of HAS. Exercises considerable independence in actions. Acts in effect as a key and essential representative of the Medical Center. Maintains communication between the medical center and Regional Counsel. Informs management and staff about matters affecting business management services which have actual or potential legal implications. Investigates and develops facts, conclusions, and recommendations in matters requiring investigation that fall within the purview of the HAS or which are assigned. Participates in the medical center's performance measures related to revenue collections to include intake, registrations, insurance card capture, coding, etc. Serves as a member of high-level committees and boards. Makes selections for subordinate positions, reviews and approves selections recommended and/or made by subordinate supervisors; reviews and approves performance plans and appraisals completed by subordinate supervisors. Oversees the business development activities that are responsible for identifying services procured in the community. Works closely with the Medical Center's Care Coordinators to ensure that patient care is coordinated to provide the best possible patient care in the most efficient manner. Work Schedule: 8:00 am-4:30 pm, Monday-Friday. Work Schedule is subject to change based on agency needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Medical Administration Officer/PD679-11531 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO):
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/06/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Overseeing daily administrative operations and providing technical guidance to senior leadership on policies, procedures, and mission-critical administrative initiatives; managing manpower resources, budget estimates, office operations, beneficiary travel, enrollment and eligibility functions, and other activities supporting Health Administration Service objectives; analyzing processes and operational concerns and identifying areas for improvement, and implementing effective solutions to enhance service delivery. Preferred Experience: Medical Administration experience; supervisory experience. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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