Health System Specialist

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

US Department of Veterans Affairs, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center, seeks a Lead Investigations Program Coordinator within Corporate Compliance Service.

The role requires expertise in investigations, training, and compliance with extensive documentation of findings and procedures. Qualifications include a relevant healthcare administration background or graduate education, plus progressively responsible experience in an operating health system.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-09 in the normal progression, including investigations and case records management.
• Education may substitute for experience: Ph.D. or 3 years of grad education in relevant fields; transcripts required.
• Combination of education and experience allowed with graduate coursework demonstrating health system administration knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Oversee investigations and maintain precise case records.
• Create and provide training on investigations, compliance, ethics, and related subjects.
• Draft investigative reports, summaries, findings, timelines, and formal documentation.
• Review investigative files and reports for accuracy and procedural compliance.
• Advise managers and investigators on investigative procedures, documentation, evidence collection, and compliance requirements.

Skills

Investigations oversight

Training development

Report drafting

File review

Procedural advisory

Education

Hospital administration

Public health administration

Business/public administration with healthcare coursework

Job description

This position serves as the lead Investigations Program Coordinator within the Corporate Compliance Service at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/28/2026.

Individual Occupational Requirement

• 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. (Transcript required)

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; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement.

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.

In addition to meeting the above Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR), applicants must also meet the experience and/or directly related education relevant to this position.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:
  • Oversee investigations and maintaining precise case records.
  • Create and provide training on investigations, compliance, ethics, and related subjects.
  • Draft investigative reports, summaries, findings, timelines, and formal documentation.
  • Review investigative files and reports for accuracy and procedural compliance.
  • Advise managers and investigators on investigative procedures, documentation, evidence collection, and compliance requirements.

OR

• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. in a field related to this position that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. (Hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.) Note: Transcripts are required.

OR

• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education (beyond the first two graduate years or 36 semester hours) and specialized experience to meet the total experience requirements. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. (Hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.) Note: Transcripts are required.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/