USA Staffing

Position Title: Health Systems Administrator (Deputy Director)
Agency: Veterans Health Administration
Announcement Number: CBSW-12105046-23-AWM Opens in new window
Open Period: Monday, August 28, 2023 to Friday, September 8, 2023

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Eligibilities

1. Are you currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.

A. Yes

B. No

Preferences

1. Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?

If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.

A. Yes, I am considered a political appointee as described under 5 U.S.C. sections 5312 through 5316.

B. Yes, I am considered a Non-career Senior Executive Service (SES), Limited Term SES, Limited Emergency SES Executive Branch employee.

C. Yes, I am considered a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or appointee who served in a political capacity under agency-specific authority in the Executive Branch.

D. Yes, I am considered a political appointee in the Executive Branch (as described in a., b. or c above) in a covered position in an agency having an interchange agreement with OPM, which allows movement from the agency's system to the competitive civil service.

E. None of the above. I am not considered a current or recent (last 5 years) political appointee as described above in items a, b, c, or d.

Resume Reminder- Your resume must include the following information for each job listed:

Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held

Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.

Recommended: Even though we do not require a specific resume format, your resume must be clear so that we are able to fully evaluate your qualifications. To ensure you receive appropriate consideration, please list the duties you performed under each individual job title. If we are unable to match your experiences with the positions held, you may lose consideration for this vacancy. We cannot make assumptions regarding your qualifications.

Accuracy of Application Reminder:
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).

Assessment 1

Select the appropriate answer to the following questions based on your level of education and experience that demonstrates you meet the basic requirements for this position and the minimum requirements for the GS-15 grade level.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

1. I am eligible to apply to this position because I am a current, permanent VA employee?

A. Yes

B. No

2. This position has individual occupational requirements. Please select the statement that best describes your experience/education.

A. I have undergraduate education: Major study ? hospital administration, public health, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. Transcript required. OR

B. 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. OR

C. 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.

D. I do not have any of above.

Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).

3. Do you possess at least 52 weeks (1 year) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade (GS-14) level directly related to the position being filled, as defined in this vacancy announcement under the "Qualifications Required" section. Examples of qualifying specialized experience may include but is not limited to:

Decides on facility operations commitments, considering resources, program needs and public relations implications.
Administers a management reporting system which provides appropriate data for decision making in such areas as organizational improvements; change in delegations of authority; position management; and coordination among the center's programs and services.
Develops plans (with target completion dates) to ensure that action has been taken to correct deficiencies cited by accrediting bodies.
Develops short-and-long-range fiscal year plans that meet the objectives of current and proposed programs.
Participates in planning and development of current and proposed program objectives in conjunction with administrative and clinical managers.
Makes important decisions substantially affecting economy of operations by limiting operating expenses without impairing patient care activities through management assessment, cost effective position management techniques, reorganization, methods improvements, and automation.

A. Yes

B. No

Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.

4. Administers a management reporting system which provides appropriate data for decision making in such areas as: organizational improvements; changes in delegations of authority; position management; and coordination among the center's programs and services.