Health System Specialist (Purchased/Referred Care)

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENTS: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: I have undergraduate and/or graduate education 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. Specialized Experience: I have 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 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. In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-11 Grade Level: Education: I have a Ph.D. or a equivalent doctoral degree or I have completed three (3) full years of a progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M. My education must have included major study in hospital administration, public health administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. Specialized Experience: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Develop program goals and operating guidelines; coordinating priorities; integrating operational plans in the application of new alternative methods, techniques, and approaches pertinent to policies and directives in the administration and management of Purchased/Referred Care (PRC). Combination of Education and Experience: I have a combination of the specialized experience described in A and the education described in B. To determine if you qualify under this combination first divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education beyond 2 years by 18. (Note: Only education in excess of the second year is creditable toward meeting the experience requirement when combining experience and education.) Finally, add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.
This position is located in the Purchased Referred Care (PRC) department at the Lockport IHS Health Center, Lockport, NY. Under the general administrative direction of the Health System Administrator/CEO or designee, the incumbent serves as the service unit Health Systems Specialist and is responsible for the management of the Purchased Referred Care program.