Health System Specialist (Office of Executive Director)

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/20/2026. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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: Health System Administration Series, 0671 Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): 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: 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 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.

In addition to meeting the TIG and IOR you must also meet: GS-13 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Ability to collaborate with an Executive Leadership Team and senior leaders, manage staffing and recruitment activities, communication skills and ability to prioritize competing demands, timely completion of action items and quick turnarounds on urgent tasks, and ability in planning and coordinating high-level initiatives.

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/.

The Health System Specialist (Compliance and Business Integrity Officer) position's primary purpose is to provide support to health care management officials by analyzing, evaluating, advising on and/or coordinating health care delivery systems and operations. The position renders advice on operational policies and assures these policies are coordinated with, and in support of, field operations.

This position is also expected to incorporate elements of health care business oversight outlined in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and United States Sentencing Commission Sentencing Guidelines as well as promote high standards of business integrity and quality within the VHA business environment.

Dramatic changes in VHA's business practices such as expansion of revenue cycle financial transactional activities, expansion of purchased care activity from non-VHA industry providers, and HHS OIG-defined health care industry oversight expectations, provided the primary impetus for implementing a standardized internal compliance program.

The Compliance Officer serves as a role model for ethical behavior and promotes an awareness of moral principles consistent with the mission, vision, and values of the organization and those required by federal law.

Duties include but are not limited to: Provide guidance and counsel on incorporating compliance related activities into operations areas Distribute written policies and procedures that promote commitment to compliance and address specific areas of potential fraud, such as billing, collections, and coding. Develop, coordinate and/or conduct audits and/or other evaluation techniques to monitor compliance and to assist in the reduction of identified problem areas.

Perform an annual system wide prioritized risk assessment, develops and/or provides effective education and training programs for all affected employees to mitigate identified risks, develops and/or performs auditing and monitoring of identified risk areas, including newly identified risks throughout the year; assists service lines departments in developing appropriate monitoring and auditing processes that mirror facility goals.

Analyze audit results, develops educational tools to address audit findings, and recommends system changes, as appropriate Identify and develop ways to resolve problems or cope with issues which directly affect the accomplishment of principal program goals and objectives; and develops new ways to resolve major administrative problems or plans the most significant administrative management aspects of professional or scientific programs.

Assign work to staff and provides technical and policy direction to their efforts. Review completed work of the staff and provides feedback to encourage top performance to enhance an atmosphere of teamwork in the Office. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist (Office of Executive Director)/PD13767O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized