This position is located in the Quality & Patient Safety service that reports to the Office of the Health System Director at the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS). The primary purpose of the Health System Specialist (Quality & Patient Safety) is to provide programmatic management and administrative oversight of all TVHS governance structure activities to include TVHS policies and committees ensuring compliance with higher level agency and regulatory oversight standards throughout TVHS.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/12/2026.

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT

Education:

Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. (TRANSCRIPT

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OR 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. 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. In addition to the Individual Occupational Requirement, applicants must have the specialized experience and/or education as described below. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as: Interpreting and applying regulatory and oversight standards (TJC, OIG, etc.). Reviewing new/updated applicable VA/VHA guidance/directives and distributing applicable information to facility entities as needed. Writing and interpreting directives, policies, standard operating procedures, committee charters, and other governance related items. Developing, planning, coordinating, and directing administrative technical functions, particularly with regard to governance-related issues and agency issue briefs. Establishing both long-term and short-term governance-related plans, policies, and procedures, assuring that administrative and clinical programs are integrated in order to provide high quality patient care with optimal resource utilization. Possessing significant experience with Microsoft products to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, & SharePoint.

OR EDUCATION

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. (TRANSCRIPT

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OR COMBINATION

Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond undergraduate education. (EXPERIENCE

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PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Supporting health care governance by drafting and maintaining policies, procedures, and charters; Coordinating and tracking committees (agendas, minutes, membership, and action items); Working with leadership and services to ensure compliance with VA directives and regulatory requirements. 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/ .