Clarification from the agency

This announcement is open to current permanent employees of the Amarillo VA Health Care System and CTAP.

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• Provides access related consultative services to the VAMC, VISN and National leadership.
• Work with the National Program Office, in collaboration with VAMC Service Lines, to review and develop national guidance and policies that will facilitate standardized processes.
• Review and provide input on nationally issued regulations and policies for VA-wide implementation, utilizing local ACOD-GPMs and communication strategies.
• Works as part of a national group of ACOD­GPMs to ensure a wide range of local factors are considered in the development of national policies and procedures.
• Will be called upon weekly to collaborate with staff from other facilities and to work on national project groups to review and develop national and VISN level policies, procedures, systems, requirements documents, and business or access analysis initiatives.
• Coordinates and aligns system performance measures and goals with system needs and specific requirements of national or VISN cooperative efforts.
• Review and evaluate local processes and procedures to determine areas of effectiveness, efficiency, and improvement for proposal through GPM Community of Practice and the national Steering Committee at the national level.
• Report to access leadership in the Office of Clinical Operations (10NC).
• lnterface with the national access leadership to evaluate and incorporate best practices to improve patient access to care and ensure that standards set are met locally. GPMs will provide input to national VHA policies. As appropriate, mentoring and training other ACOD-GPMs may be required across VHA.
• Review and evaluate system-wide training plans to optimize local use.
• Implement a local clinic management system based on national requirements.
• Propose improvements in national training curriculum for onboarding and sustainment activities.
• Work with subordinate supervisors, associate ACOD-GPMs, and clinic practice management team when applicable to consistently evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the local staff, provide feedback, and determine what national training initiatives are needed locally to have the largest impact.
• Maintain knowledge of clinic practice management training materials and oversee development of action plans to fulfill CPM training requirements.
• Work with Veteran Experience Advocates at the local VAMC to evaluate patient and family concerns regarding the access to services needed.
• Coordinate efforts with national requirements, including the MyVA alignment.
• Coordinate efforts to ensure patient concerns are received, evaluated, and addressed in a timely and effective manner by the appropriate subject matter experts.
• Ensure that processes and procedures developed are data-driven.
• Oversee the evaluation of outpatient care patient feedback for access and quality measures at the VAMC.
• Deploy an analytics system for the collection and analysis of outpatient care patient feedback for access and quality measures at the VAMC.
• Evaluate and recommend changes for continuous process improvement.
• Coordinate with the Veterans Experience, clinic management, scheduling, and analytic groups.
• Other duties as required.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 08:00am to 04:30pm
Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad-hoc telework.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health Systems Specialist/PD021700

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 identification 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, 06/03/2026.

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 13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the 12. 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.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge of the range of national administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the administration of one or more important public programs including Advanced Principles and Strategies for Access improvement, JCAH, VACAA Laws 203 and 303, Clinical Management Directive, Scheduling Directive, Consult and Telephone Access to Care Guidance, etc, knowledge of agency program goals and objectives, the sequence and timing of key program events and milestones, and methods of evaluating program events, milestones, and accomplishments, ability to effectively supervise others by setting priorities, assigning work, evaluating work of subordinates and developing subordinates for increased responsibility and succession planning, skill to plan, organize, and direct team study work to accept and implement recommendations where proposals from executive leadership involve substantial agency resources, require extensive changes in established procedures, or may be in conflict with the desires of the activity studied, broad knowledge of Federal government policies, regulations, and trends in the areas of personnel, budgeting and management systems, as well as an understanding of the public and private sector trends in health care, ability to apply the above knowledge and understanding of goals and requirements for delivery of effective, high quality ambulatory care services that meet or exceed all applicable requirements and standards in order to respond appropriately when serving on committees and as a liaison to a variety of services.

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

• Information Management
• Oral Communication
• Self Management
• Standards
• Analytical Thinking

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 sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds

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.

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.