Health System Specialist (Innovation Specialist)

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This position is in the Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network (VISN 6), aligned under Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC). The Health System Specialist (Innovation Specialist) works with leadership and staff to identify innovation opportunities, enhance innovation-related skills and competencies among employees, and build strategic partnership with internal, external, and community stakeholders to develop and implement innovations. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements including the Individual Occupational and specialized experience requirements by the closing date of this announcement,06/23/2026 .Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into a particular job series. This requirement cannot be waived. For the Health Systems Specialist position, applicants must possess education and/or experience that is directly related to the work of the position. Applicants must meet at least ONE of the following Individual Occupational Requirements for to be eligible for consideration. IOR Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Formal education in an occupation related major field of study, such as business or public administration, with coursework in health care administration (Hospital Administration, Public Health Administration, Business or Public Administration). NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts (official or unofficial). Applicable education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. OR, IOR 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, IOR 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. NOTE: Applicants may meet the IOR based on a combination of education and experience, as outlined above. In addition to meeting the IOR requirement, applicants must possess a minimum of one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade in the normal line of progression for the occupation. Specialized Experience Requirement: To qualify for this position at the GS-12 grade level, applicants must have a minimum of one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-11) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to: participating in and facilitating transformative quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency improvement efforts impacting patient care delivery systems and functions throughout a medical center; organizing, directing, and coordinating group activities in a timely and effective manner; mining data to identify root causes of a performance issue; developing statistical models to measure performance improvement actions; developing statistical, graphical, and narrative reports, and communicating these studies to medical center leadership, service chiefs, supervisors, and other staff. Analyzing and developing major administrative aspects of mission-oriented programs; evaluating the effectiveness of programs conducted throughout a medical facility; identifying and developing ways to implement program goals and objectives and resolve problems; and developing administrative regulations or guidelines for the conduct of program operations or new criteria for meas

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