Health System Administrator - Assistant Director

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2026. 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.

One of the following Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) must be met in order to be found qualified: 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 Experience Specialized 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.

Applicants must also possess: Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize and adapt to changing priorities; and Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. Special Provision for In service 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 You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience GS-14: You must possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Health System Administrator- Assistant Director.

Qualifying specialized experience is defined as 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: (1) Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement.

Applicants must also possess: (1) Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize, and adapt to changing priorities; and (2) Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs.

At this level, applicants would provide executive leadership with insight in establish organizational structures that are efficient, cost effective, support desired grade levels, and facilitate career development; work on the development of a balanced financial plan designed to meet realistic needs of the facility and the network; establish and maintain public relations with a variety of institutions and groups; apply performance standards to measure program performance and health care activities are meeting established goals and objectives; and plan and execute major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs and operational effectiveness.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management, Financial Management, Human Capital Management, Organizational Performance Analysis, and Partnering 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.

01Physical Requirements

The work is primarily sedentary but may require some physical effort such as standing, walking, bending, sitting and carrying of light items. There are no special physical demands. The employee works in an office setting involving everyday risks or discomforts. Normal safety precautions are 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/.

Major duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for promoting the understanding of the health care delivery system's mission within the local community. Developing and maintaining good working relations with other medical centers in the local area and throughout the region, medical schools, accrediting agencies, volunteer worker groups, and the community at large. Establish and maintain community partnerships, and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

• Identifying and establishing liaison relationships with local administrators, physicians, and provider organizations to promote positive relations with the Veteran community.
• Performing financial management and resource decision making analysis, ensuring operational spending and resources stay in balance.
• Possesses a clear understanding of agency systems and an acute awareness of all elements of resources as they related to the cost of healthcare operations.

Exercises full authority for establishing priorities for healthcare operations and allocating available resources accordingly. Planning, coordinating, supervising, and directing various administrative and health related services. Responsible for the development of plans, programs, direction, and monitoring of clinic and health plan management.

Applying specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate, direct, and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administration. Overseeing the management of administrative services supporting assigned operations. Evaluates the performance of the service level management teams. Interview and tentative select candidates, and recommend appointment, promotion or reassignment for key centralized positions. Hears and resolves appropriate complaints and grievances.

Identify and provide management development and training needs of key staff members. Delegates authority and holds managers under his/her oversight responsible and accountable for the performance of their service lines, programs and human capital requirements. Organizing and controlling program evaluation activities. Evaluating the needs of a variety of medical facility worksites and assesses the treatment of a wide variety of problems.

Resolving complex and unusual health care administration issues by independent analysis and action. Developing and coordinating internal measures to assure that both clinical and administrative operations are within standards. Analyzes and evaluates health care delivery quality and effectiveness and ensures provision of health care services that complies with all accrediting agencies.

Work Schedule: Full time Telework: This position is eligible for telework on an ad hoc basis at the supervisor's discretion Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Remote: This is not a remote position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Administrator - Assistant Director/PD99901S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized