Supervisory Health Systems Specialist

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/01/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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 and/or education as described below: BASIC REQUIREMENTS: You must have one of the following: EDUCATION: Undergraduate or 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. 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. GS-14 GRADE REQUIREMENTS: You must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-13) that equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the duties of this position. Examples of Specialized experience are: Knowledge related to Quality Management, Performance Improvement/System Redesign, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, and Risk Management. Knowledge of management analysis, resource management, human resources management, and program analysis methods. Provide supervision of managing a workforce of subordinates to accomplish the work required to operate multiple significant programs and organizational functions. Possess a thorough understanding of both clinical and administrative programs on a hospital-wide basis. Knowledge to gather information, identify and analyze issues and develop recommendations to resolve problems and implement improvements to hospital and VISN operations. Ability to demonstrate an appropriate combination of judgment, patience, persistence and highly developed communication and customer service skills. Provide supervision and oversight requiring exceptional coordination and integration of a number of programs of professional, scientific, technical, managerial and administrative work. Comprehensive knowledge of the VHA healthcare management system and the ability to proactively implement systems that are in concert with the vision and strategic plan of the hospital and VISN. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Conflict Management Influencing/Negotiating Manages Resources Partnering Planning and Evaluating Data Management Strategic Thinking Oral Communications Administrative and Management Education and Training Analytical Thinking Human Factors Health Informatics Technology Management 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 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited based on time 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