Health System Specialist Position Available In Albany, New York

Health System Specialist Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Veterans Health Administrion Summary The incumbent serves as a Health Systems Specialist

• Health Professions Educion (HPE) Specialist. This position supports the Designed Educion Officer (DEO) and HPE management for establishing, maintaining, and evaluing the quality of HPE programs and the quality of care delivered by health professions trainees (HPTs) the VA medical facility. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/24/2025 to 07/03/2025 Salary $63,048
• $99,162 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9
• 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Albany, NY 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTE-12754129-25-JB

Control number 839323000 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Current and permanent employees of Samuel S Strton VA Medical Center

• Albany Videos Duties The purpose of this position is to conduct and evalue a wide range of program management and administrive duties to fulfill requirements reled to VHA’s academic mission and OAA’s stregic plans.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Responsible for the technical work required for HPE programs including affiliion agreements, trainee qualificions and credentials letter (TQCVL), program letters of agreement (PLAs), direct HPT/affilie staff customer service, and the on

• and off­ boarding processes of HPTs. Review and valide HPT applicions, qualificions, and appointment against OAA criteria before starting clinical rotions and performing pient care. Inform management with authoritive analyses, policy guidance and opinions regarding HPT appointment and on
• and off-boarding processes as it reles to HPE programs.

Enhance the efficiency of processes and HPT training experience as it effects the repution of VA and its ability to maintain and expand the clinical workforce of VA and the nion through recruitment and retention of highly qualified HPTs. Responsible for enacting process changes with OAA, affilie staff, facility leadership, clinical and administrive service lines by implementing SOPs, developing and administering training programs, and advising on HPE regulions. Provide complex coordinion across clinical and administrive service lines both facility and Veterans Services Integred Network (VISN) levels. Synthesize and maintain da from diverse da systems and sources to cross check, valide and present relevant informion and reports. Performs other reled duties as assigned.

Promotion Potential:

The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulory, qualificion, and performance requirements are met. Selection a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule:

Monday

• Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/ PD99460

S Relocion/Recruitment Incentives:

Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probionary period Subject to background/security investigion Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Qualificions To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing de of this announcement, 07/03/2025.

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 de of this announcement. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks the GS-07. The grade may have been in any occupion, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 th shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your applicion merials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective de within the past year, it may not clearly demonstre you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 th clearly demonstres one-year time-in-grade.

Note:

Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or educion as described below: To qualify for this position the GS-9 level, you must meet one of the following:

Specialized Experience :

You must have least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in the Federal Service, th is directly reled 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. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as progressively responsible analytical or administrive, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an opering health care facility or a higher organizional echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relionship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordinion of administrive, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: (1) Missions, organizions, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulions and standards of various regulory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrive areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. At this level, applicants would have obtained this experience working within a health care setting; working directly with healthcare professionals and other administrors to solve problems in support of the delivery of pient care; and experience assisting an administrive component of a health care onboarding process. ~OR~

Educion :

Successfully completed a master’s or equivalent gradue degree, successfully completed two (2) full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree, LL.B or J.D in a reled field of the position to be filled (i.e., hospital administrion, public health administrion, or reled fields such as business or public administrion with course work in health care administrion). Educion the gradue level must have been obtained in an accredited college or university and must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.

NOTE:

Transcripts must be submitted with your applicion merials. Educion cannot be credited without documention. ~OR~

Combinion :

Combinions of successfully completed gradue level educion (beyond the first year) and specialized experience as described above, to meet the total experience requirements. The educion portion must include gradue courses th demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do to the work of this position (i.e. hospital administrion, public health administrion, or reled fields such as course work in health care administrion). This educion must have been obtained in an accredited college or university.

NOTE:

Transcripts must be submitted with your applicion merials. Educion cannot be credited without documention. Experience must be clearly indiced in your resume. To qualify for this position the GS-11 level, you must meet one of the following:

Specialized Experience:

You must have least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal Service, th is directly reled 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. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as progressively responsible analytical or administrive, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an opering health care facility or a higher organizional echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relionship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordinion of administrive, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: (1) Missions, organizions, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulions and standards of various regulory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrive areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. At this level, applicants would have obtained this experience working within a health care setting; working directly with healthcare professionals and other administrors to solve problems in support of the delivery of pient care and educion/training; experience running an administrive component of a health care onboarding process; and analyzes and synthesizes da from diverse da systems to improve business processes. ~OR~

Educion :

Successfully completed a Ph.D., equivalent doctoral degree, three (3) full years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to such a degree, Or LL.M in the reled field of the position to be filled (i.e., hospital administrion, public health administrion, or reled fields such as business or public administrion with course work in health care administrion). The educion portion must include courses th demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. Educion must have been obtained in an accredited college, or university.

NOTE:

Transcripts must be submitted with your applicion merials. Educion cannot be credited without documention. ~OR~

Combinion :

Combinions of successfully completed gradue level educion (beyond a master’s degree) and specialized experience as described above to meet total experience requirements. The educion portion must include gradue courses th demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do to the work of this position (i.e., hospital administrion, public health administrion, or reled fields such as business or public administrion with course work in health care administrion).

NOTE:

Transcripts must be submitted with your applicion merials. Educion cannot be credited without documention. Experience must be clearly indiced in your resume. For more informion on these qualificion standards, please the United Stes Office of Personnel Management’s website . Educion A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be against

COVID-19

subject to such accommodions as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locions. If selected, you required to be fully vaccined against COVID-19 and submit documention of proof of vaccinion before your start de. The agency will provide additional informion regarding wh informion or documention needed and how you can request a legally required accommodion from this requirement using the reasonable accommodion process.

Note:

Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, series and grades for all federal positions held, duties, month and year start/end des AND hour worked per week. (Failure to provide an SF-50 th demonstres one-year time-in-grade will result in disqualificion from being considered) Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. You will not be contacted for additional informion. Applicants deemed ineligible if supporting documention is not submitted. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (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 th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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Note:

Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, series and grades for all federal positions held, duties, month and year start/end des AND hour worked per week. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/03/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion James Blair Phone Address Samuel S Strton VA Medical Center

• Albany 113 Holland Ave Albany, NY 12208 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email.

After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 07/03/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion James Blair Phone Address Samuel S Strton VA Medical Center

• Albany 113 Holland Ave Albany, NY 12208 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email.

After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/24/2025 to 07/03/2025 Salary $63,048

• $99,162 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9
• 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Albany, NY 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTE-12754129-25-JB

Control number 839323000 ., .