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VISN Business Implementation Manager-Temporary NTE 1 year

Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
VA Rocky Mountain Network/Veterans Health Administration

Summary

Serves as the VISN Business Implementation Manager (BIM) with responsibility for directing, managing and overseeing all Business Office functions, inclusive of all the VA Medical Centers and CBOC's in the VISN 19 network.

Overview

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Accepting applications
Posted yesterday · Apply by 08/05/26
Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 5, 2026
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Work site options
Telework eligible
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Remote job
No
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Salary
$147,945 - $192,331 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 15
Promotion potential
None
Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job.
Work schedule
Full-time
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type
Multiple - This position is for a Temporary Not to Exceed 1 year detail/promotion, and may be extended and/or made permanent at a later date without further competition.
Supervisory status
Yes
Federal service type
This job is in the Competitive Service
Represented by a union
No
Drug test
No
Security clearance
Not Required
Position sensitivity and risk
High Risk (HR)
Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance. The type depends on the job.
Background check type
Financial disclosure required
Yes
Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests.
Announcement number
CBSU-13021150-26-RLS
Control number
878417400

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current, permanent employees of VISN 19 - Station 495, VISN 19 Clinical Resource Hub, and VISN 19 Clinical Contact Center employees only serving on a Career/Career-Conditional Appointment or currently serving on an Excepted appointment in the competitive service, and Career Transition CTAP employees. This does not include temporary, term or intermittent appointments.

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Duties

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**This position is for a Temporary Not to Exceed 1 year detail/promotion, and may be extended and/or made permanent at a later date without further competition.** You may be returned at any time to the position from which you were temporarily promoted/detailed, or to a different position of equivalent grade and pay. The return is not subject to reduction-in-force (5 CFR part 351), performance-based reduction in grade and removal (5 CFR part 432), adverse (5 CFR part 752), or agency administrative grievance procedures (5 CFR part 771) action.

Major Duties include:

  • Conducts concurrent and retrospective analysis and auditing of medical records, reporting results and recommending follow up actions.
  • Performs investigations, audits, and fact finding on behalf of senior leadership, OIG, OSC, OMI, and Congressional inquiries.
  • Evaluates and directs the performance of facility business operations, using analysis to identify issues and recommend corrective action.
  • Is a subject matter expert on industry standards such as CMS OPPS/IPPS, DRG, AN98, and non government healthcare billing/collections requirements.
  • Applies analytical, evaluative, developmental, and advisory skills toward recommending improvements in policy, procedures, and structure.
  • Communicates and educates veterans, veteran organizations, and community groups regarding Business Office functions and regulatory changes.
  • Interacts with staff and supervisors across facilities to ensure complete and accurate capture of patient insurance information.
  • Prepares briefing materials and maintains up to date technical familiarity when engaging with high level officials and stakeholders.
  • Justifies, explains, and settles controversial matters with high ranking members of Congress, VA leadership, and external stakeholders.
  • Provides leadership in all areas of patient administration, including admissions, entitlement, scheduling, Community Care, and transcription.
  • Develops performance measures for supervisors and subordinate units, guiding their improvement and direction.
  • Leads major organizational change, revising long range plans, goals, objectives, and adapting structure based on legislative or operational changes.
  • Consults with SES level VISN and facility leadership to make decisions on complex issues affecting 128 sites of care, demonstrating executive level leadership.
  • Maintains expert knowledge of VHA policies across Revenue Operations, Eligibility, Enrollment, Community Care, Medical Records, Coding, HIM, Consult Management, Scheduling, etc.
  • Oversees implementation of new policies and programs approved by headquarters for all Business Office functions.
  • Reviews and approves the substance of facility responses to OIG, OSC, OMI, and Secretary level inquiries to ensure accurate reflection of policy and organizational positions.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Telework: This position may be authorized for telework on an ad-hoc basis at supervisor discretion. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: VISN Business Implementation Manager-Temporary NTE 1 year/PD117480
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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Conditions of employment

  • You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
  • To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the 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, 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, 08/05/2026.

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 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-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: extensive experience overseeing large-scale healthcare business operations; leading large, diverse, geographically dispersed teams, including senior managers, supervisors, and multi-disciplinary operational staff; conducting high-risk audits, investigations, and fact-finding activities, and producing recommendations that impact enterprise policy and operations; extensive experience in technical health administration functions, federal billing systems, regulatory standards, and specialized programs required to lead VISN wide operations; communicating clear, authoritative and persuasive information to high-ranking officials, internal stakeholders, external agencies, and the public; creating, implementing, and maintaining policies, strategic plans, and long range operational designs across a large system.

Preferred Experience: Highly desirable candidates are encouraged to possess a Master of Business Administration (MBA), a Master of Health Administration (MHA), a Baccalaureate (Bachelor's) degree in Business or Health, or three to five years of progressively responsible experience in Business Office operations within Health Care. These qualifications strongly align with the competency level for successful performance in this role and will be given consideration in the evaluation process, though they are not required to qualify.


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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

How you will be evaluated

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

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:

  • Accountability
  • Analysis and Problem Solving
  • Communications
  • Customer Service
  • Decisiveness
  • Flexibility
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Leadership
  • Problem Solving
  • Resilience
  • Technical Competence


Your experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. 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. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Cheating on the online assessment may also result in your removal from consideration.

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.

During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.


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Agency contact information

VISN 19 HR Contact Center
Phone
719-227-4600
Email
V19USAJOBS@VA.GOV
Address
VA Rocky Mountain Network
4100 E Mississippi Ave
Glendale, CO 80246
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