Health System Specialist

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education or experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, which includes conducting data reconciliations, evaluating healthcare information systems, and managing administrative, clinical, or resource databases to ensure data integrity and improve organizational efficiency. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree 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 Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Serve as a Health System Specialist at a Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) within the DefenseHealth Agency (DHA).,Manage Data Quality Management Control program requirements to ensure the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of healthcare data reporting.,Analyze data collection methods, reporting metrics, and processing procedures to identify trends, evaluate deficiencies, and recommend improvements to data quality.,Conduct audits and reconciliations of Medical Expense and Performance Reporting System(MEPRS) data to ensure the accuracy and completeness of clinical workload, personnel time, and financial reporting.,Prepare monthly analyses and presents findings to program monitors and leadership.,Plan, coordinate, schedule, and conduct initial and recurring DMHRSi training for superusers, timecard approvers, timekeeper specialists, and employee self-service users on an individual or departmental basis.,Coordinate, negotiate, and administer training, resource-sharing, and support agreements with stakeholders within and outside the agency.