Supervisory Health System Specialist

The Finger Lakes VA Healthcare System has 1 vacancy for a Supervisory Health Systems Specialist in the Canandaigua VA in Credentialing and Privileging. Oversees all functions related to healthcare providers' professional credentials supporting all divisions of the VAMC. Ensures quality assurance and provides oversight for the VAMC C&P program and ensures that the Medical Staff Bylaws/Rules and Regulations are reviewed and updated annually to reflect regulations or accreditation standards.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/10/2025. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 described below: Specialized Experience GS-12: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Comprehensive knowledge of the VetPro software and functionality. Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, provisions and practices of credentialing and accreditation and regulatory agencies. Expert knowledge of the characteristics of credentialing/privileging and groups adverse events, hearing and appeals committee actions and legal requirements. Extensive knowledge of medical specialties, medical terminology, and design and implementation of best practices for criteria based privileging systems for granting of clinical privileges. Comprehensive knowledge of VetPro policies including but not limited to: VetPro Data Integrity, current Appointments and Sharing files, etc. Extensive skill in research of data, policies, legal issues involving actions of such nature that results in the potential for reporting to the National Practitioner Data Bank. Extensive skill in the use of data and studies to be incorporated into program directives covering new and innovative conceptual approaches and methods. Broad knowledge of government-wide, agency, and facility systems in the area of credentialing/ privileging to recognize problems/issues and make recommendations to appropriate offices. Physical Requirements: The work is mostly sedentary. Occasionally, light physical effort may be required, such as that involved with walking, stair climbing, and carrying of light office items. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Interpersonal Skills Leadership Quality Assurance Technical Competence 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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/.