Health System Specialist

Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command • Homestead AFB, FL

8d • Onsite

About The Position

This is an Air Reserve Technician (ART) position. ARTs are part of the regular career civil service and enjoy all the benefits granted to Federal employees in the competitive civil service. The primary purpose of this position is to serve as an Air Reserve Technician (ART) and provide medical standards guidance, policy interpretation and application to Wing Commander, Medical Squadron Commander, unit health care professionals and unit medical support staff within the Reserve Medical Unit (RMU) and to Squadron commanders throughout the installation. Plans, organizes, and implements medical standards activities, as well as providing consultative services on all medical standard issues, medical standards training, deployment processing, and other Aerospace Medicine Standards related topics. Performs administrative quality reviews of Duty Limiting Conditions (DLC), physical examinations, profiles, and appropriate clearances before these documents are forwarded to Squadron/Wing level offices. Functions as the key focal point and functional expert for the analysis, interpretation, and application of medical standards to include waiver actions. Represents medical standards element with a variety of installation and functional area organizations. Conducts extensive studies and monitors compliance with medical requirements to ensure timely completion and medical qualification of assigned personnel.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Must be a current member of the AF Reserve or willing/qualified to join
• A security clearance may be required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service
• One (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-07, or equivalent in other pay systems
• Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervision experience in the health care field
• Work involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities
• Knowledge of the missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems
• Knowledge of regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups
• Knowledge of government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement
• Knowledge of established medical principles, practices, requirements, procedures and regulations and their application in a military health care setting primarily for active-duty members as they relate to the specialized practice of Aerospace Medicine
• Knowledge of overall medical service and individual medical treatment facility organization, management, mission, purpose, programs, related requirements in various administrative areas, philosophy, and objectives on a practical level, as well as an understanding of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Accreditation Association
• Knowledge of safety, security, and personnel management regulations, practices, and procedures and planning, organizing, and directing the function and staff of a small organization or element
• Skill in use of military medical computer software such as Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA), Composite Health Care System (CHCS), Preventive Health Assessment and Individual Medical Readiness (PIMR), Aeromedical Information Management Waiver Tracking System (AIMWTS), and Physical Examination and Processing Program (PEPP)
• Ability to provide and coordinate detailed consultation services and advice to, and gather information from, health care professionals, paraprofessional personnel and non-medical personnel
• Ability to analyze, evaluate, reconcile contradictory requirements in, and draw conclusions from multiple sources of medical and technical information
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and apply medical standards to general military population, aviators, and other special operational duty personnel as well as the different functions and motivations of the employees or groups involved

Nice To Haves

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, and implements medical standards activities
• Provides consultative services on all medical standard issues, medical standards training, deployment processing, and other Aerospace Medicine Standards related topics
• Performs administrative quality reviews of Duty Limiting Conditions (DLC), physical examinations, profiles, and appropriate clearances
• Functions as the key focal point and functional expert for the analysis, interpretation, and application of medical standards to include waiver actions
• Represents medical standards element with a variety of installation and functional area organizations
• Conducts extensive studies and monitors compliance with medical requirements to ensure timely completion and medical qualification of assigned personnel

Benefits

• 15 days active duty tour each year for which military leave is granted with full civilian pay
• Recruitment Incentive may be authorized for this position
• Relocation Incentive may be authorized for this position
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request
• Direct Deposit
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Federal employee benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level