Health System Specialist (Investigation Coordinator)

The Investigation Coordinator (IC) is responsible to coordinate and oversee all incoming requests for investigations and/or fact findings related to Administrative Investigative Boards, Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, Office of Inspector General, Office of General Counsel, Government Accountability Office, Equal Employee Office, Harassment Prevention Program, small Tort Claims, and internal staff issues.
Position to be filled at Big Spring, Abilene or San Angelo, Texas.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/27/2023.
Individual Occupational Requirements:
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. Such experience may have been gained as an administrative officer, management analyst, or administrative or clinical program manager or supervisor in a health care delivery system.

• 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.

Special Provision for Inservice 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include: develops detailed investigation summaries, evidence files/databases, and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of integrity and compliance; utilize national planning documents, strategic risk plans, and the vision, mission, and value statements as guidelines to assist the Corporate Compliance Chief, Medical Center Director, Associate Director, Associate Director for Patient Care Services, and Chief of Staff in developing strategic risk plans; create and maintain statistical data for decision making purposes; develop methods and tools to evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness and productivity of investigations within all service lines; serves in a key role in developing; monitoring and providing management advisory services intended to ensure optimal organizational effectiveness. OR,
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position (i.e., hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration). (Transcripts Required) OR,
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond master's degree to qualify for this level. (Transcripts Required).

Your resume will be reviewed for the following Competencies:

• Attention to Detail
• Decision Making
• Oral Communication
• Teaching Others
• Technical Competencies

Education: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
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.Employment Type: FULL_TIME