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• Serves as the Strategic Planning and Development Chief for VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System under the direction of the Director.
• Responsible for monitoring administrative performance measures, special studies, surveys, projects, planning, evaluation, statistical analyses and general staff support.
• Work independently and/or with minimal direction on daily operations and special projects assigned by the Executive while meeting required deadlines.
• Provide liaison with all Care/Service Lines, managing a variety of meetings, groups, action teams, etc. Often identifies the need for such conferences/meetings based on knowledge of the organization's programs and operations as well as programs in related offices.
• Plan and organize and determines how to use results of proceedings.
• Responsible for a variety of facility-wide initiatives that support a comprehensive planned approach to healthcare services delivery. These services include both clinical and administrative functions.
• Interact with medical center executive leadership, senior management, VA central office (VACO) officials, and other Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) personnel to keep abreast of substantive hospital management issues and needs within the VISN, determining relative priorities and monitoring performance.
• Develop background and management options available to deal with complex issues and problems.
• Determine goals, objectives, and programs that need additional emphasis or develops new ones and develops plans for their study and implementation.
• Develop long-and short-range plans and briefs Executive Leadership Team, as required, regarding accomplishments.
• Responsible for all Human Resource actions which includes, but not limited to recruitment, retention, releases, separations, announcements, promotions, performance plans and appraisals.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health Systems Specialist/PD124020
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified applicant
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• 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
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/09/2022.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the Gs-13. 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: Positions in the occupational series 0671 MUST MEET 1 of the following bullet points:

• 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)

or

• Specialized Experience

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

or

• Special Provision for Inservice Placement:

• 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.

In addition to meeting the IOR you must also meet:

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

Specialized Experience GS-14: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade Gs-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Works independently and/or with minimal direction on daily operations and special projects assigned by the Executive while meeting required deadlines. Serves as a key member of executive leadership providing liaison with all Care/ Service Lines, managing a variety of meetings, groups, action teams, etc. Develops long-and short-range plans and briefs Executive Leadership Team, as required, regarding accomplishments. Responsible for all Human Resource actions which includes, but not limited to recruitment, retention, releases, separations, announcements, promotions, performance plans and appraisals. Interfaces extensively with senior administrative and clinical service chiefs, senior executive leadership, and other leaders throughout the health care system. Responsible for submitting planning information into national planning databases. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of health care policies. Integrates enterprise-wide, patient level clinical and financial data to provide a single unified view of organizations data and to allow an efficient analytical platform through a variety of tools. Produces complex analyses and written reports; organize special committees, workshops, or other gatherings; initiates program reviews; develops or fosters cross agency activities. Ensures privacy laws are not violated with transmittal of sensitive information.

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

• Administration and Management
• Analysis and Problem Solving
• Communication
• Organizational Performance Analysis
• Planning and Evaluating
• Reasoning
• Technical Competence

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.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required.

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/.

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.

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