Health System Specialist- Detail NTE 120 Days

This is a detail position, NTE 120 Days.

The primary purpose is to: Serves as the Health Systems Specialist covering all areas within NTXHCS.

The organizational location of the position is: Business Office, Office of the Director, Dallas, Texas. The incumbent works directly for the Chief, Business Office, who reports to the Director. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/22/2024.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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.

Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series.

The Individual Occupational Requirement for the Health System Specialist position is:

1. Education: Undergraduate or Graduate Education with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR
2. Experience: You must have 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.
3. Special Provision for In-service 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.

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

1. 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: coordinating, evaluating, or conducting assessments for investigations and/or fact findings; expert knowledge of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of the Health Care System's plans and programs; plan and coordinate investigations related to alleged or suspected violations of administrative policies/procedures; knowledge of factfinding analysis, problem solving, writing, briefing, and interpreting regulations, policies and procedures; prepare reports to include final written reports and compile responses for Executive Leadership and others as needed. OR,
2. Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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 (i.e., hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration) (You must attach a copy of your transcripts). OR,
3. Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond above requirements.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

1. Interpersonal Skills
2. Self Management
3. Technical Competence

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through