Supervisory Health System Specialist

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking an Assistant Credentialing and Privileging Manager at the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System to provide extensive support in managing Credentialing and Privileging program activities. The role requires coordinating with facility managers and other administrators to ensure program requirements are met.

Ideal candidates will have hospital/healthcare administration education and at least two years of credentialing experience within a medical

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or graduate study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with health care administration coursework
• Selective Placement Factor: at least 2 years of experience with a Credentialing and Privileging program within a medical facility
• Experience coordinating administrative and clinical activities in a health care setting

Responsibilities

• Provide extensive support in managing Credentialing and Privileging program activities
• Collaborate with facility managers and other administrators to coordinate program requirements and activities

Skills

Credentialing & Privileges

Healthcare administration

Education

Health administration degree

Job description

This position, located at the Oklahoma City VA HCS, serves as the Assistant Credentialing and Privileging Manager and is responsible to provide extensive support in the management of the Credentialing and Privileging program activities.

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

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR)

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.

GS-11 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the federal service); Specialized experience is 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. Specialized experience includes...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, personnel, and procurement At this level, applicants would have obtained this experience working within a health care setting, working directly with clinicians and other administrators to solve problems in support of the delivery of patient care; and experience leading an administrative component of a health care credentialing and privileging program....

OR, Education: Applicants may also qualify for this position at the GS-11 level based on their education. Applicants must have successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, Or LL.M in the related field of the position to be filled ....

OR, Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification for this position at the GS-11 level. Only graduate education more than the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for this position.

Selective Placement Factor: Applicants must possess at least 2 years of experience working with a Credentialing and Privileging program within a medical facility.

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.