Health System Administrator (Assistant Medical Center Director)
The Assistant Medical Center Director of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center is the immediate supervisor for fourteen Service Chiefs and is responsible for management of services to include:
Supply Chain Management Service, Prosthetics, Voluntary Service, and Safety. Major duties include, but are not limited to:
Participates in discussions, decisions, policy making, and actions of all administrative functions and indirectly of all clinical matters impacting patient care. Resolve complex and unusual health care administration issues by independent analysis and action, with the potential to set precedent, and lead organizational change. Responsible for development of plans, programs, direction, and monitoring of his/her Services and health plan management. Apply specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate, direct, and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administration. Implements and monitors new programs and/or business model changes. Work Schedule:
Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week; administrative hours. Telework:
Ineligible Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Health System Administrator (Assistant Medical Center Director)/PD548-02873-O Incentives:
PCS authorized; excluding AVO. Relocation incentive may be approved for a highly qualified current Federal candidate. Financial Disclosure Report:
Required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/24/2020. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Individual Occupational Requirement:
The 0670 series requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. You must meet the pre-determined Education or Experience Individual Occupational Requirement below as set by Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Undergraduate and Graduate Education in a Major study of:
hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. 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. 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; Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. 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. Applicants must also possess:
Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize and adapt to changing priorities; and You may continue to qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Qualifying specialized experience includes:
Direct work experience in a complex health care environment demonstrating the ability to manage the full range of administrative services (Finance, Human Resource Management, Logistics, Acquisition, Contracting, Facility Management, Environment of Care, Health Administration, etc.) in an acute care environment with full range clinical services (ICU, Behavioral Health, Dementia, Hospice, Surgery, etc.) that has affiliations and Research components as well. This experience must demonstrate the ability to effectively integrate these services in support of meeting the goals of the organization. There is no educational substitution in lieu of Specialized Experience at this grade level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Administration and ManagementAnalysis and Problem SolvingCritical ThinkingCustomer ServiceOrganizational StewardshipSystems Thinking 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. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
Most of the work performance is at a desk, in an office setting. The position does require touring of the medical center for direct supervision, survey and environment of care issues. The incumbent occasionally carries books and papers to and from meetings and conferences. 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/.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Supply Chain Management Service, Prosthetics, Voluntary Service, and Safety. Major duties include, but are not limited to:
Participates in discussions, decisions, policy making, and actions of all administrative functions and indirectly of all clinical matters impacting patient care. Resolve complex and unusual health care administration issues by independent analysis and action, with the potential to set precedent, and lead organizational change. Responsible for development of plans, programs, direction, and monitoring of his/her Services and health plan management. Apply specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate, direct, and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administration. Implements and monitors new programs and/or business model changes. Work Schedule:
Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week; administrative hours. Telework:
Ineligible Virtual:
This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#:
Health System Administrator (Assistant Medical Center Director)/PD548-02873-O Incentives:
PCS authorized; excluding AVO. Relocation incentive may be approved for a highly qualified current Federal candidate. Financial Disclosure Report:
Required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/24/2020. Time-In-Grade Requirement:
Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Individual Occupational Requirement:
The 0670 series requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. You must meet the pre-determined Education or Experience Individual Occupational Requirement below as set by Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Undergraduate and Graduate Education in a Major study of:
hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. 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. 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; Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. 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. Applicants must also possess:
Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize and adapt to changing priorities; and You may continue to qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized
Experience:
You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Qualifying specialized experience includes:
Direct work experience in a complex health care environment demonstrating the ability to manage the full range of administrative services (Finance, Human Resource Management, Logistics, Acquisition, Contracting, Facility Management, Environment of Care, Health Administration, etc.) in an acute care environment with full range clinical services (ICU, Behavioral Health, Dementia, Hospice, Surgery, etc.) that has affiliations and Research components as well. This experience must demonstrate the ability to effectively integrate these services in support of meeting the goals of the organization. There is no educational substitution in lieu of Specialized Experience at this grade level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Administration and ManagementAnalysis and Problem SolvingCritical ThinkingCustomer ServiceOrganizational StewardshipSystems Thinking 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. Note:
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements:
Most of the work performance is at a desk, in an office setting. The position does require touring of the medical center for direct supervision, survey and environment of care issues. The incumbent occasionally carries books and papers to and from meetings and conferences. 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/.
- Department:
0670 Health System Administration - Salary Range:
$114,836 to $149,284 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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