Health System Specialist

Health System Specialist

The duties of the Health System Specialist are as follows but are not limited to:

• Position coordinates activities with clinical program offices, managers and peers, participates in multiple projects and project teams, and communicates with a wide variety of constituents, including managers, senior executives, clinical, policy, regulatory, quality and technical staff.
• Advises leadership on and approves processes for identifying portfolio gaps and prioritizing special initiatives (e.g., Under Secretary of Health priorities) to address emerging health care needs and stakeholder requirements.
• Leads cross-functional teams to evaluate potential clinical solutions, optimize resource allocation, and mitigate risks to ensure timely delivery of projects within scope and budget.
• Makes recommendations regarding scaling and adoption of pilot technologies, based on rigorous needs assessment and quality criteria. Ensures that recommendations to leadership include analysis of how these pilots align with government wide, agency and facility systems and requirements.
• These projects are multi office focused and are a combination of all OHIL subordinate office efforts. This includes: Tracking projects status, facilitating the resolution of issues with internal and external entities, regularly communicating with many stakeholders, customer relationship management, applying project management principles and practices, responding to data calls, participating in calls, attending kick-off's and other related meetings, contracting and budget analysis, drafting and facilitating the approval of: project management documentation, contracting documentation, budgets, minutes, tracking information, press information, and other communications items.
• Position has responsibility for developing, maintaining, and reporting of project plans in support of project priorities and requirements determined by VHA leadership.
• Acts as a subject matter expert and strategic influencer for the identification, piloting, and potential roll-out of emerging medical technologies and special initiatives. Demonstrates deep clinical insight of VHA practices and policies, enabling translation of clinical workflows and needs into actionable design requirements and project inputs.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 08:00 am - 4:30 pm. You may be required to travel up to 25%.

Compressed/Flexible: Available upon request, and at the discretion of leadership

Telework: This position may be authorized for telework on an Adhoc basis.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist / PD318380