- Position Title
- Health System Specialist
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBTD-12723859-25-TAN Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Tuesday, April 22, 2025 to Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Eligibilities
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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.
Preferences
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.
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
Thank you for your interest in this Health System Specialist position at VA Connecticut Healthcare System. This assessment is designed to determine an applicants eligibility through their education and experience. Please answer each question below to show how you meet the basic requirements of the occupation as well as the grade determining factors.
Select the appropriate answer to each of the following questions based on your current level of experience and/or education 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.
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Individual Occupational Requirements:
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:
Education: Do you have a Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences appropriate to the work of this position? This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
OR
Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of this position. Experience must be detailed within your resume. Transcript Required.
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.
Education: Do you have a Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences appropriate to the work of this position? This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
OR
Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of this position. Experience must be detailed within your resume. Transcript Required.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Functions as the primary liaison for the service and provides overall administrative management at multiple geographically separate clinics.
3.
Develops and applies new policies, provides advice on requirements, maintains administrative systems, and prepares administrative paperwork.
4.
Serves as the service application coordinator (ADPAC).
5.
Provides guidance to internal and external customers concerning healthcare initiatives that are generally straightforward in their applicability.
6.
Performs quality management activities which are designed to improve quality of transaction, processing, and customer service.
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Investigates and analyzes a variety of problems while recommending appropriate solutions.
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Collects and analyzes data which identifies new ideas like preparing the budget for supplies staff and equipment and conducting cost analysis.
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Gathers and analyzes data and provides reports to leadership in the service on trends and other issues.
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Participates with managers in reviewing office needs, plans, and goals to develop budget data, and justification for review and approval.
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Coordinates preparation for internal and external review programs such as Joint Commission, Office of Inspecting General, etc.
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Provides recommendation, information, and/or guidance to staff on basic procedural, policy and/or regulatory requirements related to HR such as Staffing, Classification, Benefits, Awards, Employee and Labor Relations (ER/LR).
13.
Attends meetings and conferences with or in- lieu of the Chief, Dental Service and advises of actions required by the organization.
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Provides information, accepts commitments, secures and/or negotiates resources and services required to manage and execute the functional responsibilities of the organization.