Supervisory Health System Specialist

The incumbent serves as a Supervisory Health System Specialist for the Central Alabama Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHCS) within the Office of the Director. The primary purpose of this position is to oversee the operation, coordination, monitoring and administrative management of activities throughout CAVHCS.

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. Individual Occupational Requirement: Applicants who meet the IOR described below are fully qualified for the specified entry grade and must also meet the specialized experience requirements. Undergraduate and Graduate Education: In a major study of hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR , Specialized Experience: Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. OR, Special Provision for Inservice Placement: Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. In addition to meeting the above Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) requirements, applicants must also meet the below specialized experience directly related to this position. Specialized Experience:2. Required Specialized Experience:For the GS-13, 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: strong analytical skills and background knowledge of administrative principles and healthcare management within the operation of a VA medical center; assessing and evaluating issues on medical center committees, and providing positions on various matters; using VA data systems, locating relevant program data, and analyzing and presenting results effectively; evaluating medical facility programs, identifying and addressing potential problems, and advising on budget formulation and financial implications; and exhibiting effective leadership qualities to manage and coordinate multi-disciplinary professionals. Physical Requirements and Work Environment: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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/.