Assistant Health System Administrator (Assistant Health Services Administrator)

Bureau of Prisons / Federal Prison System; Sheridan (OR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Education and specialized experience are required, including graduate study in health care administration or related fields, with potential substitutions for inservice training and extensive program oversight responsibilities across health care delivery systems and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• 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.
• OR
• Master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.B. or J.D., if related.
• Evaluation of Education: Major study-hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields, such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge of missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems.
• Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups.
• Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement.
• Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize and adapt to changing priorities.
• Knowledge of interrelationships among medical and administrative services and programs.

Skills

Health care management

Regulatory compliance

Budget awareness

Personnel management

Coordination across services

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

LL.B./J.D. (related)

Job description

Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities.

Basic Requirements:

Education:

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.

OR

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
• 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

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.

AND

Education:

GL-09:

Master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.B. or J.D., if related.

GS-11:

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.M., if related.

Evaluation of Education: Major study-hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields, such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.

OR

Experience:

GL-09 and GS-11:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of the qualifying experience are:

GL-09:

• Knowledge of basic fiscal management principles and awareness of medical equipment, supplies and service cost.
• Experience with applying Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations (JCAHO) Ambulatory Care standards, American Correctional Association, and/or program review standards for accreditation certification.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of health care management in directing a health care delivery system.

GS-11:

• Experience assisting with managing and directing the activities of a multi-disciplinary team of health care professionals responsible for medical and health services in a healthcare organization.
• Experience in contributing to the establishment of policy and/or program regulatory compliance requirements for a health care entity.
• Knowledge of fiscal management principles and awareness of medical equipment, supplies and service cost.

Combination of Education and Experience:

GL-09 and GS-11:

Have a combination of education and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the particular qualifications to perform the major duties of this position as described above.

If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities.