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Health System Specialist

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Salary Range: $88621.0 - $115213.0 Per Year

Job Summary: The primary purpose of this position is to serve as an executive assistant to the Medical Center Director with responsibility as the Facility Planner at the Sioux Falls VA Health Care System. The Veterans living in South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, and northeast Iowa may access services at the medical center and through community-based outpatient clinics located in Aberdeen, SD, Spirit Lake, IA, Sioux City, IA, Watertown, SD, and Wagner, SD.

Major Duties:

• Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: The Health System Specialist (HSS) provides staff assistance in any area under the direction of the Director. Provides support to specific medical center programs as well as planning, projects and overall management. Facilitate the development of the Sioux Falls VA HCS Strategic Plan Participates in the development and implementation of both short and long term plan and policies for the medical center. Ensures formulation of comprehensive construction proposals. Interacts frequently with Sioux Falls VA HCS management, VA Central Office officials, Congressional, State and Community officials, and other Sioux Falls VA HCS personnel to keep abreast of substantive hospital management operations within the medical center, determining relative priorities, monitoring performance, and exercising the authority of the executive team, when appropriate, to ensure issues are brought to closure. Represents executive leadership at meetings when necessary, completing follow-up assignments as appropriate; may be involved in the drafting of new policies and/or directives which may have broad implications; and successfully defends proposals. Independently initiates and coordinates special projects and reviews that provide valuable insight into work operations. Utilizes management skills to ensure the timely compilation, adequate justification, and submission of data packages to support construction projects, VHA rural health grants, and strategic initiatives. Provide policy and operations support including governance and execution of matters pertaining to space planning, emergency management operations, and building conditions that support the clinical and administrative work environment. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD803940 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized VA Whole Health Statement: The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/18/2025. 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-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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one 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. Specialized experience includes: 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. At this level, applicants would have obtained this experience working within a health care setting; planning, organizing, and directing work; identify department and quality improvement measures; coordinating the work efforts of a multiple parties; provide advisory services to management of a health care system on strategic planning development; and resource strategies. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Planning and Evaluating Project Management Strategic Thinking 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. Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. Physical Demands: Work is primarily sedentary. No special physical qualifications are required to perform the work. The work requires the ability to move about the office and the medical center and carry light objects. Work requires daily use of personal computer. Rigid demands may at times become stressful. Work Environment: Work is conducted in a normal office environment. Work is primarily performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office and conference room environment involving the everyday risks or discomforts. Safety precautions of a typical office setting are followed. Travel will be 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/.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 02/18/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12692163. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. To verify your application is complete, log into your USA JOBS account, https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login, select the Application Status link and then select the more information link for this position. The Application page will display the status of your application, the documentation received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent related to this application. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete application, log into your USA JOBS account and click Update Application in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your USA JOBS account or your application will be incomplete. Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator. The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Application Deadline: 2025-02-18