Supervisory Health System Specialist (ACOD-GPM)

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/19/2024. 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 and/or education as described below. To qualify, you must meet one Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) and the Specialized Experience Requirement: Individual Occupational Requirement: Incumbent must possess an undergraduate or graduate level 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) OR; Possess 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: 1) Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; 2) Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and 3) Government-wide, agency; and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. OR; Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program (DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED) 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: o Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; o 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 o Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual’s progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program Specialized Experience Requirement: 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: identifying compliance risks relative to specific service lines, functional units or individual positions; initiating, developing and drafting written Health Care System policies and procedures, consistent with agency directives, to ensure local compliance issues are addressed; providing necessary guidance to senior management, Compliance Committee, and Health Care System staff relative to all disciplines within the Compliance section AND applying analytic principles, theories, and techniques to healthcare management and operational systems with a degree of resourcefulness and ingenuity. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical Thinking Interpersonal Skills Strategic Thinking 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. Physical Requirements: Duties involve extensive daily walking to meet with various personnel, including VAMC leadership, clinic leads, and MAS staff. Occasional travel to satellite outpatient clinics may be required, using station or personal vehicles. The work demands precision, prolonged concentration, frequent interruptions, shifting priorities, and strict deadlines. 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/.
The ACOD-GPM oversees and manages ambulatory services (primary care, mental health, specialty care, ambulatory surgery) to deliver high quality, cost-effective, and accessible healthcare. They focus on improving access to care and ensuring a positive patient experience by establishing and maintaining efficient operational processes, including scheduling practices. The role involves conducting thorough analysis and collaborating with the ELT to create strategic plans for facility access to care.