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Health System Specialist - Analyst

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Veterans Health Administration
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Summary

The primary purpose of the Health System Specialist position is to provide assistance in all phases of Medical Center Operations. This position works in the VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System Data Analytics Group which performs duties directly contributing to the administrative management of an integrated health care delivery system that require the ability to apply the specialized principles and practices of health care management.

Overview

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Job canceled
Open & closing dates
06/04/2025 to 06/13/2025
Salary
$73,939 to - $115,213 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 11 - 12
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Salt Lake City, UT
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yes—Ad-Hoc Telework MAY be authorized
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Competitive
Promotion potential
12
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit status
No
Announcement number
CBSU-12744199-25-CA
Control number
838080700

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

Status Candidates (i.e. Current permanent employees of the Department of VA including VA Title 38, Title 38 Hybrid, and Canteen employees serving on excepted appointments covered by the interchange agreement; All federal employees serving on a Career/Career-Conditional appointment; Former competitive civil service employees eligible for reinstatement; Veterans eligible via VEOA, VRA, 30% or more & VOW; Special Hiring authorities for people with disabilities; CTAP/ICTAP eligible).

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Duties

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Duties include but are not limited too:

  • Knowledge of the major issues, program goals and objectives, work processes, and administrative operations of the organization.
  • Extensive administrative knowledge that has been supplemented by skill gained thorough job experience to permit independent performance of recurring assignments or by expanded professional or administrative knowledge gained through relevant graduate study or experience, and practical technical knowledge of a wide variety of operations in the work of performance improvement.
  • Possess the analytical ability to independently research, assemble, and compile information and data, evaluate the results against appropriate standards and recommend corrective action where indicated.
  • Possess interpersonal skills in presenting recommendations and negotiating solutions to disputed recommendations.
  • Ability to integrate systems redesign principles into the design of delivery systems into day-to-day operations and the organizational culture.
  • Skilled in interpreting laws, regulations, policies, precedents, and accreditation standards into practice.
  • Investigates and analyzes adverse quality trends or conditions and initiates corrective action.
  • Identifies the appropriate target audiences for each training opportunity and facilitates appropriate participation among staff.
  • Analyzes interrelated issues of effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of substantive mission-oriented programs. Develops detailed plans, goals, and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of the program, and/or develops criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program.
  • Guidelines consist of general administrative policies, accreditation standards and management and organizational theories which require considerable adaptation and/or interpretation for application to issues and problems studied.
  • Responsible for planning and organizing the study, coordinating with staff and line management personnel, and conducting all phases of the project.
Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM; Monday - Friday
Telework: This position may be authorized for telework on an Ad-Hoc basis
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist - Analyst/PD13305A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • You may be required to serve a probationary period
  • Subject to background/security investigation
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/13/2025.

Time-In-Grade Requirement GS-11: 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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.

Time-In-Grade Requirement GS-12: 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.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT: The Health System Specialist position does require an Individual Occupation Requirement that will need to be met. Your resume will be reviewed regarding the Individual Occupational requirement, and it will be reviewed, to ensure that the Individual Occupational Requirement is met. Please understand that the Individual Occupational Requirement is required IN ADDITION to the required Specialized Experience.

Undergraduate and Graduate Education:

Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.

OR,

Specialized Experience: (for positions above GS-5): 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:

  • 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.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: - Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that are typically in or related to the position to be filled.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
  • Specialized Experience GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically defined as; Having a high degree of analytical ability and specialized knowledge related to health care management. Experience analyzing, planning, and professional and public relations. Experience reviewing materials and monitoring services regarding compliance with standards of internal and external accrediting agencies. Analyzing data, identifying trends and issues of concern for executive leadership. Identifying possible discrepancies within processes and data and making recommendations for initiating process improvements or solutions to potential issues. Monitoring changes in clinical and administrative data systems and advising investigators and management staff to revise data extraction and analysis methods as needed. Developing background and management options available to deal with complex facility planning and implementation issues. Experience ensuring that proposals/initiatives submitted for approval are complete and all implementation requirements are accurately identified. Ensures integration of all planning initiatives in terms of phasing and monitoring implementation of programs. Recommending action or adjustments necessary to achieve required objectives.
OR,
  • Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR, LL.M., if related.
OR,
  • Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree OR, LL.M., if related.
Specialized Experience GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically defined as; Having a high degree of analytical ability and specialized knowledge related to health care management. Experience analyzing, planning, and professional and public relations. Experience reviewing materials and monitoring services regarding compliance with standards of internal and external accrediting agencies. Analyzing data, identifying trends and issues of concern for executive leadership. Identifying possible discrepancies within processes and data and making recommendations for initiating process improvements or solutions to potential issues. Monitoring changes in clinical and administrative data systems and advising investigators and management staff to revise data extraction and analysis methods as needed. Developing background and management options available to deal with complex facility planning and implementation issues. Experience ensuring that proposals/initiatives submitted for approval are complete and all implementation requirements are accurately identified. Ensures integration of all planning initiatives in terms of phasing and monitoring implementation of programs. Recommending action or adjustments necessary to achieve required objectives.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Candidate that possess SQL, Pyramid Analytics, VSSC & Power BI experience or education in Data Analytics.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

  • Administration and Management
  • Analysis and Problem Solving
  • Communications
  • Project Management

Education

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/.

There is no educational substitution at the GS-12 grade level.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify information provided by a candidate (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candidate's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.

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