Summary

This position is located in the Office of Deployment, Active Deployment for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office (EHRMIO), within the Office of the Deputy Secretary of VA (DEPSECVA), where the incumbent serves as a Supervisory Health System Specialist.

This position will be physically located in a VA owned or leased office/space and require up to 75% official travel.

Duties

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• Plans and organizes efforts-including deployment activities-that are aimed at achieving and improving the quality, effectiveness, and timeliness of program accomplishment.
• Oversees and leads projects and deployment initiatives that are aimed at achieving and improving the quality, effectiveness, and timeliness of program accomplishment.
• Develops detailed plans to improve efficient operations; implements plans, schedules, deployments, and initiatives to achieve mission and policy objectives.
• Assesses program and deployment accomplishments and makes course corrections when necessary to maximize effectiveness.
• Implements performance metrics to manage and monitor the operational efficiencies of the organization, including those related to deployment events and activities.
• Manages the implementation and deployment team to provide guidance for and support of individual events or activities, and synchronizes scope, schedule, staff, space, and support tools during deployment operations.
• Ensures that the team obtains, files, and stores artifacts associated with each deployment event or effort, such as activity documentation, agendas, attendee lists, and post-deployment assessments.
• Persuades and leads others, including deployment team members and stakeholders, building consensus and gaining cooperation to obtain information and accomplish deployment goals.
• Plans the work to be accomplished by the unit-including deployment-related tasks-assigns work to employees, and establishes production or quality standards for the unit's work.
• Establishes and communicates guidelines and performance requirements to employees, including those specific to deployment duties and responsibilities.
• Conducts formal performance reviews; identifies and provides for the developmental and training needs of employees, particularly as they relate to deployment readiness and execution.
• Hears and resolves employee complaints.
• Performs administrative and human resources management functions for the unit, including those associated with the deployment process.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm EST

Compressed/Flexible: May be available

Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health System Specialist (Deployment)/PD210030

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/04/2026.

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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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.

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

Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) for the Health System Administration Series:

1) 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.

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2) 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.

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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.

In addition to meeting the IOR, candidates must also meet the grade level specialized experience requirement as outlined below:

For the GS-15, must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-14) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as work that demonstrate leadership and oversight of health informatics, EHR modernization, and enterprise project management initiatives within complex healthcare environments. Experience includes guiding clinical and business workflow integration, applying technical and operational knowledge of healthcare delivery systems, monitoring performance metrics, managing risk and compliance activities, and providing strategic reporting and IT assessments to leadership. Demonstrate ability to adapt and implement new EHR concepts, policies, and best practices while ensuring compliance with federal laws, regulations, and healthcare operational guidelines.

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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at the grade level GS-15. However, a transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing your Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR) qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Additional information

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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