- Position Title
- Health System Specialist
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTD-12715339-25-KB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, March 26, 2025 to Monday, April 7, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
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.
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.
2.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your grade is equivalent to or below the grade level of the vacancy; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Preferences
1.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
2.
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.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and 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.
In order to receive appropriate consideration, you should submit proper documentation if you are claiming eligibility for Veterans' Preference, which includes a copy of your DD-214 (member copy 4 or earlier version that shows character of service). Applicant's claiming 10-Point preference should also submit an SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference along with the required documentation listed on the form (such as verification of service-connected disability percentage).
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 each of the following questions based on your current level of education and/or experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience and education are subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience or education 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. Failure to respond to these questions will result in an ineligible rating. Your resume MUST support the responses you select.
1.
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.
2.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS GS-9: Carefully read the following descriptions below. Select the one response below that best describes your qualifications for this position at the GS-9 grade level. (Please ensure your resume/application supports the response that you select.)
3.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS GS-11: Carefully read the following descriptions below. Select the one response below that best describes your qualifications for this position at the GS-11 grade level. (Please ensure your resume/application supports the response that you select.)
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
4.
Serves as Patient Safety Specialist helping to build and implement patient safety systems and promote a culture of safety within facilities and for patients in a healthcare setting.
5.
Publicizes and promotes patient safety successes and activities.
6.
Experience with information management systems and human factors, systems or safety engineering to support patient safety analysis techniques. ( i.e. database management, analysis and reporting, and flowchart software).
7.
Lead the team and provides training to ensure they develop sustainable corrective actions and outcome measures.
8.
Train and implement patient safety, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Healthcare Failure Mode Effects Analysis (HFMEA) process to relevant personnel.
9.
Provides new employee patient safety orientation and training.
10.
Develops background and management options to deal with complex medical center planning and implementation problems.
11.
Prepares and analyzes data and makes recommendations for improvement.
12.
Prepares and/or reviews reports involving trend analyses and ensures follow-up.
13.
Contributes to the administrative management of a health care delivery system.
14.
Monitor and analyze changes in mission, goals, patient safety program guidance, new legislation, and technological advances to assess the impact of changes and to develop new systems to address changes.
15.
Coordinates the facility narcotic inspection program.
16.
Maintains and monitors program requirements/validation criteria for the facility's patient safety program.
17.
Apply specialized principles and practices of health care management in leading a patient safety program.
18.
Collaborate with management to initiate and revise administrative policies.
19.
Support development and coordination of internal review systems to ensure patient safety activities are in compliance.
20.
Monitor product recall database and ensure Patient Safety Advisory and Alert notices are acted on and corrective actions are tracked through closure.
21.
Comprehensive understanding of laws, policies, regulations and precedents applicable to administering a patient safety program.
22.
Develops, maintains, and operates the patient safety program.
23.
Performs Root Cause Analysis (RCA) activities (i.e. provides "just in time" training, develops competencies, ensures RCAs are complete and all technical requirements are met. etc.)
24.
Advises on Healthcare Failure Mode Effects Analysis (HFMEA) evaluations.
25.
Evaluate program accomplishment to ensure facility and patient safety program remains in compliance, to ensure a safe operating environment for patients and staff.
26.
Evaluates the Root Cause Analysis process as it functions in the facility and responds to improve it.