Clarification from the agency

This position is open to current, permanent Department of Veterans Health Affairs employees and Career transition. Order of priority referral: 1. Current , permanent VISN 10 employees. 2. All other current, permanent Department of Veterans Health Affairs employees.

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Major Duties:

• Advising the Network Director, other members of the Network's management team, and those at the Network's health care facilities in all aspects of finance, logistics, and capital asset management operations
• Ensures the Network and its facilities are in full compliance with VHA and VA policy and regulatory requirements in all finance, logistics, and capital asset management operations.
• Collaborates with leadership to implement Network-wide and national policies and procedures
• Attracts, retains, and motivates a diverse group of top-quality professionals and administrative employees throughout the Network's finance, logistics and capital asset management operations
• Assists the Network Director in special operational assignments often of a highly sensitive nature and must be knowledgeable of and understand the missions, functions, and operation of Central Office, Network, and Medical Center
• Provides input to and makes decisions that have strong impact on medical center, Network and national matters
• Requires extensive knowledge of finance, logistics, and capital asset management principles, quality assessment, and administrative management of remote site financial operations
• May represent the Network Director at meetings of community and government leaders
• Understands the mission and operational objectives of highly affiliated tertiary care medical centers, unaffiliated secondary care medical centers, neuro-psychiatric medical centers, nursing homes, outpatient clinics, and organizational components of VA Central Office as it relates to finance, logistics, and capital asset management operations

• Develops and implements the VISN financial plan and budget
• Oversees VISN CFO and appropriate allocations of resources to the Network's health care facilities
• Oversees VISN CFO and the Network resources planning activities with the Central Office
• Develops and disseminates management reports
• Provides fiscal oversight for the Network and all its care delivery entities
• Ensures that cost efficiency is maximized without adversely compromising patient care
• Ensure that sound fiscal practices and performance is consistently maintained
• Actively conducts financial quality assurance reviews to monitor practice and identify early indicators or erroneous practices and opportunities to improve

• Consistently adheres to VA procurement regulations and policies
• Ensures the efficiency and sound management of inventories
• Ensures the Network maximizes its use of standardized commodities
• Assists in the negotiation of managed care contracts with external providers and monitors the fiscal and contract elements for contract performance
• Coordinates and oversees Network expertise and solicits the assistance of subject matter experts to address specific problems or changes identified by Network and/or facility leadership
• Assumes responsibility for contracting functions with the Network, increasing the efficiency of these functions
• In conjunction with the Network Director, formulates and implements major corporate Network operating policies

• Assists in developing the Network's capital asset goals and objectives, and short and long-range plans for achieving them, consistent with identified methods of efficient operations
• Assures the existence of a data management reporting system, which provides appropriate data for decision-making in capital asset management and changing usage
• Establishes capital asset management policies to maximize efficiency and investment opportunities
• Consistently adheres to VA capital asset management regulations and policies
• Assures coordination between facility leads and the Network official
• Ensures capital assets support the VHA's strategic plan and the Network's tactical plan

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
• 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, 10/03/2023.

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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below. Must meet Individual Occupational Requirements and Group Qualification Standard:

Individual Occupational Requirements for the Health Specialist Administration Occupational Series 0670:

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.

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

Applicants must also possess:

• Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize and adapt to changing priorities; and
• Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs

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

• Knowledge and experience with theories and principles of health care administration and financial management and operations
• Knowledge and experience with market research principles to develop a regional business plan
• Knowledge and experience planning and forecasting techniques, as well as the missions, operations, and workload of each facility within the Network
• Comprehensive knowledge and ability to interpret VA policies, administrative laws, regulations, and policies and procedures applicable to the administration of veterans health car programs
• Ability to consult ( i.e. resource allocation matters)
• Leadership experience ( i.e. management of staff, development of an integrated health system, staff coordination)

• Leadership
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Financial Management
• Strategic Thinking
• Systems Thinking
• Administration and Management
• Analysis and Problem Solving

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.