Health System Specialist - Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

Summary The Office of Suicide Prevention is focused upon VA's public health approach to suicide prevention. The incumbent may support multiple suicide prevention projects, programs, educational ventures, and improvement work for enterprise program/project domains within the VHA structure. The incumbent will develop and promote effective and efficient procurement planning, enhancing OSP's capability to develop proper and accurate contract requirements and documentation. Responsibilities This announcement will close on 10/14/2024. The first 50 applications received will receive first consideration. Additional applicants will be referred in increments of 50 at management's request. Program Administration Uses a wide range of advanced analytical techniques, statistician methods, and tools to collect baseline information, identify limitations in current systems, and discover potential improvements. Develops the appropriate statistical, graphical, and narrative reports and communicate these studies to the SP leadership, medical center leadership, and in national or VISN-wide forums. Works with other individuals and services to develop automated systems for tracking improvement (data trending, data dashboards, and balanced scorecards) and for monitoring project progress and completion (project management, "closing the loop"). Provides consultative support on identifying appropriate process measures and monitors for quality and performance improvement. Helps performance teams develop process maps and data collection and analysis strategies to measure current capabilities. The incumbent will work with teams to identify measurement and monitoring strategies that balance effort with effectiveness based on sound statistical analysis. Coordinates oversight and leadership for the analysis; implementation, spread and maintenance of SP projects and initiatives related to public health and/or suicide prevention. Contracting Officer Representative Assesses the productivity, effectiveness, and efficiency of high-complexity contracting program operations and interpreting and applying Federal regulations, contractual specifications, terms and conditions to evaluate Federal contractor performance while reacting quickly to changing requirements and prioritizing completion of COR tasks. Applies analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of contract service support program operations; specialized knowledge of contract administration principles, policies, concepts, and objectives to monitor and evaluate contractor accomplishments with regard to technical adequacy, consistency and compliance with policies, procedures, directives, etc. to ensure progress toward goals, meeting of milestones, optimum data conditions, forecasting, planning, funding programs, etc. Reviews, investigates, analyzes, and evaluates contractor performance to ensure contractual compliance. Performs discussions with contracting offices and assures compliance with the contracts. Evaluates and recommends approval/disapproval of contractor's standard operating procedures and quality control plans for assigned contracts. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm EST Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period) Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD03046A Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/15/2024. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/15/2024.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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 grade level. 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. SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR (SPF): In addition to the specialized experience requirements, an SPF will be used to determine basic qualification. If you do not possess the required SPF, you will not be given consideration for this position. SPF#1- COR experience and/or credentials/certifications. SPF #2- Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. SPF #3- Knowledge of the principles and practices of budget administration and analysis; including preparing, justifying, reporting on, and executing the budget; and the relationships among programs. 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. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) OR Experience: 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. OR 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. AND Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: close working relationship with facility managers and/or executive leadership, 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 standards of fiscal management, tracking HR recruitment and processing and executive level summary briefings You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Financial Analysis Planning and Evaluating Contract Administration 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, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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 Additional Information 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 well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https://www.opm.gov/. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.