Health System Specialist

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Leavenworth (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Strategic Planning Officer for the Eastern Kansas Health Care System. This role leads ongoing strategic planning efforts, using data analysis to define medium to long term goals for expanding or decreasing services to meet health care needs.

Strong experience in health care administration and coordination is required. Ideal candidates will have graduate or undergraduate training in hospital or public health administration and demonstrated ability

Qualifications

• Progressively responsible analytical or administrative experience in health care.
• Experience in coordinating administrative, clinical, or service activities.
• Knowledge of health care delivery systems, regulations, and credentialing standards.
• Understanding of government-wide, agency, and facility systems in budget, personnel, and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead ongoing strategic planning efforts for EKHCS.
• Define medium to long term strategic goals related to expansion or reduction of services using data analysis.

Skills

Analytical experience

Administrative experience

Clinical management

Supervisory experience

Education

Hospital administration

Public health administration

Job description

The incumbent serves as the Strategic Planning Officer for the Eastern Kansas Health Care System. The incumbent is responsible for leading ongoing strategic planning efforts for EKHCS. The goal of the scope of practice is, through data analysis, to define medium to long term strategic goals relating to expansion or decrease of services to meet health care demands.

Individual Occupational Requirements

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

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: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE – GS-13

One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

There is no educational substitution for the GS-13 level.

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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.