USA Staffing

Eligibilities

1. Are you a Veterans Health Administration employee?
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.

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. Do not include a photograph or video of yourself, or any sensitive information (age, date of birth, marital status, protected health information, religious affiliation, social security number, etc.) on your resume or cover letter. We will not access web pages or encrypted, and digitally signed documents linked on your resume or cover letter to determine 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

Please answer the following questions regarding your qualifications for the Health System Specialist. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task. 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. 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.

1. Individual Occupational Requirements: The Health System Specialist occupation has specific educational and/or experience requirements which apply to all levels in the 0671 occupational series.

From the options below, select which describes your educational and/or experience.

A. 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. (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.

C. Special Provision for Inservice 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 possess the experience and/or education described above.

2. Specialized Experience: Select the one statement that best describes the education and/or experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Health System Specialist at the GS-14 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service.

A. I have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service which includes: Expert knowledge of analytical and evaluative methods, plus a thorough understanding of the VA, VHA and Suicide Prevention, how to apply appropriate program evaluation and measurement techniques in determining the extent of compliance with the rules and regulations issued by VA, VHA, and other Federal agencies. Expert knowledge of relationship with various VA entities involved in the overall planning and execution of operations and evaluations. Mastery Knowledge of advanced management and organizational principles and practices, along with a comprehensive knowledge of planning, programming, and budgeting regulations, guidelines, and processes. Ability to gather, assemble, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, conduct analysis, devise recommended solutions, and package the entire process in briefings, papers, or reports suitable for top management use and decision-making. Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a variety of individuals and groups, some of whom have opposing views from the organization, and where the incumbent must defend the developed policy or point of view in the face of heavy criticism. Skill in oral presentations to a variety of audiences, including the press and public, to explain programs, functions, and activities logically and effectively, and to gain understanding by concerned publics of the organization's efforts. Knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, policies and precedents that affect the use of program and related support resources for the organization. Knowledge of the major issues, program goals and objectives, work processes, and administrative operations of SPP, OMHSP, VHA and VACO. Skill in conducting detailed analysis of administrative function and work processes to develop new or revised current administrative processes Demonstrated advanced ability to use Microsoft Office Suite applications and other operating software commonly used in VA, and other related federal government agencies.

B. I do not have the experience listed above.

Terms & Conditions

Your Session is About to Expire!