Health System Specialist

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/02/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11.

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: Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) GS-11/GS-12 Education: Must possess a bachelor's or graduate level degree in a major field of study such as 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-05: Must possess 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.

OR Special Provision for Inservice Placement: Must have successfully completed an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program that included a formal individualized training plan.

Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: 1)Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; 2)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 3) Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program.

01Preferred Experience

Green Belt certification, use of Lean Tool methodology and Data Analysis Minimum Qualifications GS-11 : Specialized Experience: Must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to the work of this Health System Specialist position.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to experience in positions that required knowledge of healthcare administration, continuous quality improvement, data analysis, healthcare principles, theories and practices, strategic planning, and marketing Education: Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR three (3) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, OR LL.M in the related field of the position to be filled OR Combination of Education and Specialized Experience: Equivalent combination of successfully completed graduate level (beyond a master's degree) and specialized experience as described above to meet total experience requirements.

The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do to the work of this position. Minimum Qualifications GS-12 : Specialized Experience: Must possess at least one (1) 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: experience in positions that required knowledge of healthcare administration, continuous quality improvement, data analysis, healthcare principles, theories and practices, strategic planning, and marketing; experience with comprehensive marketing and advertising, data collection and database management; skill in applying advanced qualitative and quantitative techniques to perform thorough management analysis; extensive knowledge related to the policies and management practices of a Healthcare Delivery System; experience in the application and use of statistics and business analysis to develop, conduct, and analyze surveys, evaluations, demographic studies, and programs; knowledge of community outreach and referral procedures; and knowledge of oral and written techniques sufficient to develop and present formal briefings, outreach materials, statistical data, reports, and present to large and diverse groups of government, civic, and community-based constituencies.

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: Participate in planning, implementing, and analyzing a facility-wide program for CPI; Coordinate the effects of CPI/Lean Six Sigma (LSS) activities at the facility to ensure an effective program that integrates seamlessly with day-to-day performance improvement and line operations; Perform as a member of the CPI team as required in the facilitation, planning, progress, and completion of technically challenging strategic projects of significant value; Assist with planning, organizing, and executing the full Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC), Design Measure Analyze Develop Validate (DMADV), Rapid Improvement Events (RIEs), Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Analysis (VSA), and other applicable improvement initiatives; Serve as the expert facilitator on the team, using the tenets of Six Sigma, Lean, the Theory of Constraints, Lean Daily Management (LDM), Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA), and Change Management, facilitating the team to achieving the desired future state; Employ tools such as visual management, standard work development, and deployment and benchmarking where appropriate.

Each of these analytical tools can be used separately but are often used in combination to develop a sustained focus on CPI; Provide input to advise the FHCC Director, Deputy Director, Executive Leadership Team (ELT), and the Board of Directors (BOD) in the development and implementation of the organization wide CPI Program.

Coach the FHCC Director, Deputy Director, EL T, BOD, and other senior leaders on behaviors and decisions to ensure projects are successful, they meet deadlines, and results are sustained over time; Develop initiatives for the CPI strategic plan and will provide education and training to all staff on the plan; Assist with collecting, analyzing, and providing metrics for the FHCC; Lead, review, and evaluate improvement initiatives and assists process owners with their CPI portfolio management, coordination, planning, and execution; Use various software tools to coordinate financial benefits, calculations, methodology and business case analysis; and Report tangible cost benefits, reduced cycle time, and/or safety enhancement and Return on Investment (ROI) results gained from the implementation process and provide valid measurement between the ROI and FHCC product lines.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm M-F Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD06374A