Health System Administrator (Chief Executive Officer)

Indian Health Service; Polacca (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Indian Health Service seeks a Health System Administrator (Chief Executive Officer) for Hopi Health Care Center in Polacca, AZ. The incumbent leads strategic direction, operational performance, fiscal stewardship, and accountability for the entire service unit health system.

This federal role requires executive leadership, healthcare administration expertise, and a proven record of driving patient-centered care within a federally funded system.

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.
• Experience: Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field.
• Special Provision for Inservice Placement: On-the-job training program may substitute for qualifying experience with formal individualized training plan.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for the Hopi Health Care Center service unit.
• Ensure operational performance, fiscal stewardship, and accountability across the health system.
• Ensure compliance with federal regulations and agency policies while advancing patient-centered care.

Skills

Hospital administration

Education

Undergraduate/Graduate education in hospital/public health administration or related field

Job description

This position serves as the Health System Administrator (Chief Executive Officer) for the Hopi Health Care Center in Polacca, AZ. The incumbent is responsible for executive leadership, strategic direction, operational performance, organizational effectiveness, fiscal stewardship, and accountability for the entire service unit health system. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

This is a competitive vacancy announcement advertised under Delegated Examining Authority. Selections made under this vacancy announcement will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would therefore be given new appointments to the civil service; however, benefits, time served, and all other Federal entitlements would remain the same.

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

Basic Requirements:

Individual Occupational Requirements for the Health System Administration Series 0670 In order to meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), you must meet one of the following listed below:

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: 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 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

Minimum Qualifications for the GS-15 grade level:

Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks, examples include: Working in clinical systems and healthcare management focusing in a hospital and/or ambulatory health care environment; Working with requirements of various regulatory and credentialing groups to assure regulatory compliance; Develops, establishes, and directs the implementation, execution of, and compliance with overall Agency policies and procedures for the administration and operation of a healthcare delivery system; Value-minded with experience implementing patient centered models and practices, by reducing operation and care delivery costs and; Leadership engagement and focus that drive improvements, safe and quality patient care, and saves money; Application of the science of im