Health System Specialist

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The VA Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans with the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden. The position is vital within the Office of Research and Development and the facilities where research programs are conducted. Research Program Managers provide the link between Veterans and highly innovative projects. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/20/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. 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. AND You may qualify based on your education/experience/combination as described below. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Individual Occupational Requirements: Undergraduate or 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. OR 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. AND Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as experience working in the following areas: Operating systems used in the Administration of VA research: VA Innovation and Research Review System (VAIRRS) / IRBnet, ePromise, Research Analysis and Forecasting Tool (RAFT). All phases and aspects of the research protocol administration lifecycle - from inception and grant submission to the JIT process, to full protocol approval, project execution and continuing reviews, periodic reporting, and appropriate closeout. Office of Research and Development Directives pertaining to all aspects of research execution. Oversight and compliance requirements on a research program - with experience of an external site inspection by the Office of Research Oversight. Standard operating procedures pertaining to all aspects of research, with experience in developing program-wide documentation for operating procedures. Fundamental principles of the ethical conduct of human and animal research 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 degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. if related. 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 two (2) full years of graduate education. AND Additional Assessment Requirements: Executive Order (EO) 14170, Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service ("Restoring Merit"), and the Chance to Compete Act of 2024, require agencies to "incorporate skills-based and competency-based technical assess

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