Health System Specialist

This position serves as the primary Health System Specialist to the Chief of Staff at the James J. Peters VA Medical Center in Bronx, NY. The incumbent will provide support in areas of policy, outcome assessment, organizational analysis, review and evaluation of the medical center operations.

**Qualifications:**
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/11/2026. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Time-In-Grade is only a requirement for temporary promotion. Applicants who meet eligibility for a detail appointment, do not need to meet the time-in-grade requirement. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Individual Occupation Requirements (IORs): The Health Systems Specialist GS-0671 occupation series has IORs that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series as described below. An applicant can meet this requirement by either Education, Specialized Experience or the Special Provision for Inservice Placement. 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. OR; 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-13 Health System Specialist Experience Requirement: In addition to meeting the IORs for entry into this job series, to be eligible for this role at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess at least 1 year of experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-12) in the Federal Service, that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Health System Specialist. Specialized experience includes: familiarity with regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups and ability to reconcile contradictory requirements in preparing staff recommendations and/or in coordinating clinical and administrative services; demonstrated experience using Excel or other software programs to prepare reports and charts based on the data to perform specific analyses and plans, develops and conducts internal review studies of interrelated functions of substantial technical complexity within the medical center; ability to communicate effectively with each in order to gather information, present recommendations, and coordinate services; and the ability to analyze problems and present both written and oral recommendations taking into full consideration the wide range of factors and requirements which affect the management of the health care delivery system. Preferred experience includes: Skill in managing complex calendars, coordinating high-level meetings, and preparing executive-level documentation; Ability to represent leadership effectively in meetings with external partners, community organizations, and internal stakeholders; Knowledge of clinical reports, operational documentation (such as OPPF and FPPE), and understanding of clinical and administrative workflows; Ability to analyze complex data, prepare reports, and present information clearly to senior leadership and external partners; Knowledge of VA operations, credentialing processes, and healthcare compliance requirements; Ability to represent senior leaders during meetings such as VISN calls with VISN CMO or community partner visits; Skill in handling multiple priorities efficiently in a fast-paced, dynamic healthcare environment, and Ability to manage sensitive information with professionalism and integrity. Please note that your experience must be clearly demonstrated in your application to receive full credit. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. 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: The work is primarily sedentary. Some walking, standing, bending and carrying of light office items is required. 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/.