Health System Specialist

Job Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Plans and conducts a variety of broad and complex analytical and evaluative studies of a wide range of medical facility health care delivery services such as organizational structures and management systems for the administrative services in the health care delivery system; human resources, space, equipment and financial resources; medical records administration; and medical facility housekeeping.
• Considers current medical facility practices regarding the integration of internal administrative and clinical policies to the standards and requirements of various regulatory and accrediting bodies, and to the impact of internal policies on outside entities such as other area hospitals and the community at large.
• Prepares study reports and findings that include substantive and innovative recommendations to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity of the medical facility health care program.
• Makes formal presentations to medical management officials to propose major modifications and improvements regarding the facility organization structure and functions; health care services; a variety of administrative support services; the establishment of an atmosphere conducive to the accomplishment of the basic medical facility mission; and the promotion of good relations with a variety of groups and individuals including patients and staff, as well as representatives of other medical facilities, and community organizations.
• Identifies and participates in resolving the full range of management problems, and assists in the development of proposed management programs on a service, inter-service, medical center, or VISN wide basis.
• Conducts management studies in organizational entities with critical problems; conducts and integrates cyclical management studies and conducts studies with Systematic Internal Reviews and Management Briefings. The incumbent analyzes, evaluates, and formulates recommendations that result in greater efficiency and economy of operations. Conducts studies that analyze problems of workload, work distribution, workflow, and work controls. The incumbent also performs studies that analyze overtime usage, essentiality of work, organizational structure, and staffing requirements.
• Conducts and documents Local Management Reviews, in accordance with the requirements defined in VHA Handbook 1730.2. These quarterly reviews will include an analysis of quarterly financial audits, which cover human resources management requirements; review of fiscal audits; internal reports; external reports; internal control procedures; unannounced agent cashier audits; review of service level policy memorandums; and training by local management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday-Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm

Telework: Not Authorized

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/ PD03228-A and PD3229-A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized