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Duties

Major duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

  • Serves as disbursement coordinator; responsible for communicating, establishing processes and ensuring compliance with Veterans' Health Administration (VHA) directives and related Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
  • Administers tasks and procedures between the Veterans' Administration (VA) and the academic affiliate; establishes disbursement agreements (DA); tracking Health Professions Trainees (HPT) time at the VA (clinical/educational time, leave, research and scholarly activities etc.); verifying valid affiliation agreements; rate and stipend schedules; processing transactions through VA financial systems and; processes for discrepancies to determine efficient and compliant Healt Professions Education (HPE) program operations and use of Office of Academic Affiliation (OAA) resources
  • Provides Subject Matter Expert (SME) knowledge of VHA Handbook and Resident Disbursement Procedures (ReDPro) SOP
  • Serves as facility educational activity records (EARs) champion on training, national OAA calls and surveys
  • Formulates long range budget needs
  • Manages the special purpose academic fund; synthesizes data, trends, opportunities etc for presentation to facility leadership, OAA, or academic organizations
  • Validates complex calculations for accuracy of reimbursement
  • Completes and reviews monthly EARs consolidation and calculations
  • Manages evidence documentation to complete OAA's and the Office of Integrity and Compliance annual reporting
  • Maintains copies of documents on file in accordance with VHA policy
  • Researches and troubleshoots reconciliation issues to identify and recommend resolutions
  • Represents VA and produces data and/or documentation to external stakeholder groups
  • Develops and provides annual and as needed training for affiliate to ensure policy compliance; maintains training documentation
  • Informs and advises HPE management and the OAA program office in analyzing and evaluating programs and leading complex processes across HPE programs and affiliates
  • Extracts, analyzes, and organizes data to create reports for ongoing monitoring of resources, OAA reports, or special projects
  • Develops studies and evaluations for suspense items, accreditation standards, needs assessments/surveys, white papers, academic presentations, grant proposals, and special purpose, budgetary requirements
  • Collects, consolidates, and provides analysis of data to prepare justifications for FTE, funding, and budget planning purposes; evaluates trends and provides recommendations for further analysis for future planning
  • Conducts special projects related to performance/process improvement
  • Conducts oversight and analysis of (non-DA) HPE service budget and account balances, pending items, trends and reporting requirements
  • Formulates and proposes process improvement strategies or cost-effective solutions
  • Submits Quarterly Needs and Excess (NE) reports to OAA
  • Assesses Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation Education Support Supplement (VESS) funds to provide recommendations for utilization and strategies to increase facility level allocations
  • Administers and oversees HPE contracts
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; compressed tour option is available
Position Description Title/PD#: Health System Specialist (Health Professions Education Analyst)/PD99451S and PD994521S
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Compressed/Flexible: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Approved
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Authorized

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. This work is performed in an office setting although some slight physical effort may be required to conduct training events, give presentations, or to observe staff and trainees in their work environment, including inpatient clinical areas. The position will utilize a desk and computer and may need to navigate throughout the facility clinical areas. Stamina and concentration to meet crucial deadlines is required.

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.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

  • You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
  • Subject to a background/suitability investigation
  • May serve a probationary period
  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
  • A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc.
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
  • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
  • 5 CFR 330.502 - General restriction on movement after competitive appointment. Cannot move for the 1st 90 days after hire.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Individual Occupation Requirement (IOR): All applicants for series 0671, GS-05 and above must possess one of the Individual Occupational Requirements as follows:
  • 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: (for positions above GS-5): 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 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:
    • 1. Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems;
    • 2. Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups;
    • 3. Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement.
GS-11 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes: In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirement, grade level qualification standards include:
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