This position is located in the Medical Center, Office of the Associate Director for Patient/Nursing Service. The Office of the Associate Director for Patient/Nursing Service is a complex, multi-faceted service that provides care in every clinical area throughout the health care system, and comprises one-third of the Medical Center's workforce.Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/28/2023.
Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR). An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that can't be waived. The Individual Occupational Requirement for the Health System Specialist position is:
- Education: Undergraduate and Graduate Education with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.
- Experience: You must have 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.
- 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.
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-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: serving as a key member of the top management team of the medical center and has delegated authority to make decisions and act on matters with the responsibility of the Office of the Associate Director for Patient/Nursing Service using broad policy guidance; coordinating and directing the activity of eleven or more staff whose grade levels range from GS4 through GS-13, including numerous professionals; developing both long and short-range policies and plans by coordinating the administrative needs of the Office of the Associate Director for Patient/Nursing Service; Providing information and participating in annual management reviews, management briefings, and personnel management reviews.
- Administration and Management
- Communication
- Creative Thinking
- Interpersonal Skills
- Manages Resources
- Organizational Awareness
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, however, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as books, papers.
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.Employment Type: FULL_TIME