Clarification from the agency

The area of consideration for this position is: current, permanent, facility employees at VISN 10 staff assigned to 487 within Veterans Integrated Service Network 10. Reminder 2 page resume requirement. Review "How to Apply section".

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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, capital asset management operations, strategic planning, safety, prosthetics, health talent management and public affairs
• 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
• Provides management and leadership by carrying out the policies and procedural instructions as established by the Secretary, Under Secretary for Health, Network Director, and other authorized VA representatives in the following areas:

Finance:

• 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

Logistics:

• 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

Capital Asset Management:

• 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

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Compressed/Flexible: No Authorized
Telework: Not Authorized
Remote: This is not a remote position
Position Description/PD#: Health Systems Administrator- Deputy Network Director/PD917470
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
* This position will not exceed 2 years and may end earlier. It is not eligible to convert to a permanent position.

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
• 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)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement,, 02/23/2026.

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 multiple SF-50s 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.

To qualify you must meet the Individual Occupational Requirements and specialized experience as described below:

Individual Occupational Requirement:

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

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

Special Provision for In Service 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

AND
Specialized Experience:
Health System Administrator GS-15: Applicants must have at least one year specialized experience that provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform as an Health System Administrator at the GS-15 level. To be creditable, the specialized experience must be equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-14) in Federal Service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience would include, but not be limited to:

• Knowledge and experience with theories and principles of health care administration and financial management and operations
• 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 veteran's health care programs
• Leadership experience (i.e., management of staff, development of an integrated health system, staff coordination)

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

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

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 position requires that the incumbent travel for a significant amount of time both within the Network's geographic area as well as for national meetings.

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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