As a Supervisory Health Systems Specialist , you will:

• Initiate the evaluation of nationwide health care programs in accordance with OHI’s annual strategic planning process and produce detailed written reports that meet the standards of the Councils for Inspectors General for Integrity and Efficiency and conform to OIG style.
• Deliver effective briefings on the findings from evaluations to senior leadership in VA OIG and VHA as well as Members of Congress and their staff.
• Participate in Department-­wide activities involving the oversight of all Veterans Affairs medical QM and patient care activities including the appropriateness of care provided to one or more patients, effectiveness of QM activities, and adequacy of oversight by VHA leadership.
• Perform special assignments in monitoring the quality of care provided by VHA and oversees the conduct of appropriate administrative and QA investigations
• Leading and managing successful team projects, developing comprehensive project work plans, inspecting complex healthcare facilities.

Conditions of employment

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The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized experience: For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:

- Overseeing and direct a staff of healthcare inspectors, program analysts, and clerical employees in conducting health care program evaluations; AND
- Managing an agency-wide program of quality assurance or patient care inspection and oversight activities in a healthcare environment; AND
- Reviewing, analyzing and evaluating programs, procedures and problems pertaining to a wide range of factors that affect and influence the management of healthcare delivery both at the facility level and from a nationwide perspective; AND
- Providing leadership and direction of a healthcare inspection staff ensuring support in quality assurance and patient care issues for a regional, central or comparable sized office;

OR

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 a broad range of quality assurance and health care program inspections and evaluation skills. (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.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your application includes your résumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your résumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resume may result in a “not qualified” determination.

Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas:

- Technical Skills
- Project Management Skills
- Communication Skills

Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories, A-Exceptionally Qualified, B-Highly Qualified, or C-Qualified, depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application.

Veterans' preference is applied after applicants are assessed. Preference-eligibles will be listed at the top of their assigned category and considered before non-preference-eligibles in that category. Qualified preference-eligibles with a compensable service-connected disability of 10% or more will be listed at the top of the highest category.

Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.

If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee (eligible for the Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)) you must be assigned the middle category or better to be rated as “well qualified" to receive special selection priority.
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