Health System Administrator - Assistant Director

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Rolla (MO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Assistant Director of the Rolla/ St. James VA health system will initially be stationed at the St. James VA Clinic while the Rolla Clinic is nearing completion.

Upon completion, the role will be permanently located on site at the Rolla Clinic in Rolla, MO. The position requires progression through time-in-grade rules and specialized experience in health system administration and clinic management. The incumbent will work with facility managers and coordinate administrative, clinical, and

Qualifications

• Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields with health care administration coursework.
• Experience: Specialized experience in analytical/administrative or clinical management or supervisory roles in health care.
• You may qualify based on an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program with a formal individualized training plan.

Education

Hospital administration; public health administration; or related fields (business/public administration) with coursework in health care administration

Job description

The Assistant Director serves as a member of the facility Executive Leadership Team (ELT), performing a variety of duties in an extremely complex health care system, which is constantly evolving within a highly complex and diverse geographic area. ***This position will initially be stationed at the St. James VA Clinic while the Rolla Clinic is nearing completion. Once the Rolla Clinic is complete, this position will be permanently located on site at the Rolla Clinic in Rolla, MO.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. One of the following Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) must be met in order to be found qualified: 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 Experience 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. 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. AND You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience GS-14: You must possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Health System Administrator- Assistant Director. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as 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: (1) Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personn