Health System Specialist- (Electronic Health Record Modernization EHRM)

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

US Department of Veterans Affairs Eastern Kansas Health Care System seeks an EHRM Deployment Health System Specialist to lead administrative activities for Cerner deployment, coordinating with the Midwest Consortium and OHT to ensure efficient rollout.

Applicants should have strong background in hospital or public health administration, and specialized experience in health care management, regulations, and government systems or policies.

Qualifications

• Majors: hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields with health care administration coursework.
• Specialized experience in analytical/administrative/clinical management with advisory/directional authority in health care settings.
• Knowledge of health care delivery systems, regulations, credentialing, and government systems (budget, personnel, procurement).
• Inservice placement may substitute for experience if an agency-sponsored on-the-job training included a formal plan and oversight.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an EHRM Deployment Health System Specialist and provide administrative leadership for Cerner deployment.
• Collaborate with Midwest Consortium and the Office of Health Technology to ensure operational efficiency during deployment.
• Apply knowledge of health system administration philosophies and government policies to manage deployment activities.

Education

Undergraduate and Graduate Education: hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration

Job description

Serves as an EHRM (Electronic Health Record Modernization) Deployment Health System Specialist within VA Eastern Kansas HCS. Provides administrative leadership and direction pertaining to EHRM implementation, ensuring operational efficiency and effectiveness during the deployment of Cerner in collaboration with Midwest Consortium and the Office of Health Technology (OHT).

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

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.
Preferred Experience: Knowledge and experience with large scale electronic health records implementation for Healthcare Organizations.

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.