Health System Specialist

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The Health System Specialist serves as the National Administrative Officer for the Multiple Sclerosis Centers of Excellence (MSCoE), matrixed organizationally within the National Neurology Program Office, Specialty Care Program Office (SCPO), Department of Veterans Affairs. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/06/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 . 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. Supervisory Health System Specialist Individual Occupational Requirement (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. 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 Individual Occupational Requirement, you must also meet the Minimum Grade Level Qualification Requirement below. Supervisory Health System Specialist Specialized Experience GS-0671-14: Specialized Experience: You must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include, but are not limited to: Knowledge of high-level multidisciplinary project management and strategic planning and ability to analyze processes/systems in current use to ensure objectives sought are accomplished efficiently and whether they provide controls to sustain improvement. Knowledge of VHA acquisitions mechanisms, policies, and procedures related to service and material procurement is useful, but not required. Completed work is to be sound, accurate, and is to contain effective resolutions of management problems and policy objectives. Responsibilities of this position require significant and extensive coordination and integration of several segments involving professional, technical, managerial, and administrative work. The position must have knowledge of the principles and methods to identify, analyze, specify, design, and manage functional and infrastructure requirements, including presenting alternative technologies or approaches. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Budget Administration Performance Measurement Planning and Evaluating Project Management Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps bui

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