Supervisory Health System Specialist

Veterans Health Administration • San Diego, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisory Health System Specialist provides executive-level management support to the Chief of Staff and the facility’s top leadership team, which is responsible for planning, organizing, developing, directing, and evaluating clinical operations. As a key leadership representative, the specialist provides administrative and technical guidance and direction under the Chief of Staff. The role independently plans, develops, directs, and coordinates complex analysis of workload information and clinical data systems; advises management on clinical workload integrity, resource allocation, and operational costs; supports strategic planning and administrative management; handles fiscal issues for the Chief of Staff’s office; and interprets regulations and policies affecting Clinical Services.

The position is a GS-13 role in the 0671 occupational series. Applicants must meet the applicable time-in-grade requirement if currently or formerly employed in Federal service, as well as the series’ individual occupational requirement through qualifying education or specialized experience. Work is scheduled Monday through Friday, 0730–1600. Telework and virtual work are not authorized. The work is primarily sedentary, with possible walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, driving, and fieldwork travel to other care sites, interviews, meetings, and information sources.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be subject to a background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants must complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable, and receive written certification to continue employment after that period.
• Current Federal employees and qualifying former Federal employees must meet the GS-13 time-in-grade requirement: 52 weeks at GS-12 by the announcement closing date.
• Meet the 0671 Individual Occupational Requirement through major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or a related field such as business or public administration with coursework in health care administration; or through one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-12.
• Specialized experience must include progressively responsible analytical, administrative, clinical management, or supervisory work in health care, including a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities.
• Qualifying experience must provide knowledge of health care delivery system missions, organizations, programs, and requirements; regulatory and credentialing standards; and government-wide, agency, and facility administrative systems and requirements such as budget, personnel, and procurement.
• Transcripts are required when using education to meet the Individual Occupational Requirement; foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with the transcript.
• No special physical demands are required; work is sedentary, with occasional light physical activity and possible fieldwork travel.

Responsibilities

• Independently plan, develop, direct, and coordinate complex data analysis across a wide range of workload information systems.
• Maintain a high level of understanding of workloads and clinical data systems.
• Apply workload-reporting principles, methods, and techniques.
• Use strategic planning knowledge to meet objectives.
• Advise management officials on matters affecting the quality and integrity of clinical workload development, resource allocation, and distribution of operational costs.
• Analyze workload data.
• Formulate plans and evaluate the administrative management of services and programs.
• Serve as administrative liaison to senior management.
• Assume responsibility for fiscal issues for the Chief of Staff’s office in conjunction with management.
• Identify issues and make administrative improvement recommendations.
• Interpret regulations, policy, manual directives, and legislation affecting Clinical Services.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service, subject to request and approval before appointment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed