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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 1 day ago

Health Systems Administrator - Assistant Director

Saginaw, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff, Director/Executive

$126K/yr - $164K/yr

5+ years exp

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking an Assistant Medical Center Director for the Veterans Health Administration. This role is responsible for overseeing facility operations, managing healthcare administration issues, and ensuring efficient resource allocation while participating in executive discussions and policy-making.

GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

This position serves as the Assistant Medical Center Director located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) - VA Medical Center (VAMC)

The Assistant Medical Center Director exercises line authority for multiple administrative and allied health services and sections and is directly responsible for facility operations

Duties include - but not limited to the following:

Plans - coordinates - supervises - and directs various administrative and health related services

Participates on a day-to-day basis in top level Executive discussions - decisions - policy making and actions of all administrative functions and indirectly of all clinical matters impacting patient care

Resolves complex and unusual health care administration issues by independent analysis and action - with the potential to set precedent - and lead organizational change

Development of plans - programs - direction - and monitoring of clinic and health plan management

Applies specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate - direct - and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administration

Performs financial management and resource decision making analysis - ensuring operational spending and resources stay in balance

Exercises full authority for establishing priorities for healthcare operations and allocating available resources accordingly

Serves as fiscal advisor to the Medical Center Director in preparing formal budget submissions for approval

Exercises a full range of managerial and supervisory authorities and responsibilities related to human capital management

Provides timely and responsive decisions to the union(s) and their members on complaints and grievances and ensures that supervisors are familiar with the negotiated agreement

Represents the healthcare system by establishing and maintaining community partnerships - and relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Serves as a facilitator between clinical providers and administrators to meet the medical center's goals and objectives

Responsible for developing and maintaining good working relations with other medical centers in the local area and throughout the region - medical schools - accrediting agencies - volunteer worker groups - and the community at large

Lead facility implementation and oversight of President's/VA/VHA/VISN initiatives includes but not limited to Strategic Planning - High Reliability Organization - ICARE - Modernization - Veteran Experience - Whole Health and/or Community Care

Serves as an essential capacity for developing and coordinating internal measures to assure that both clinical and administrative operations are in within governing standards

Qualification

Health care managementFinancial managementHuman capital managementOrganizational performance analysisRegulatory knowledgeCommunity partnershipAnalytical skillsLeadership

Required

Applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 01/26/2026

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

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

Specialized Experience for GS-14 level: You must possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal Service - that is directly related 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 Administrator- Asst Director

Qualifying specialized experience is defined as 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: (1) Missions - organizations - programs - and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide - agency - and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget - personnel - and procurement

Applicants must also possess: (1) Management ability to delegate authority - evaluate and oversee people and programs - recognize - and adapt to changing priorities; AND (2) Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs

At this level - applicants would provide executive leadership with insight in establish organizational structures that are efficient - cost effective - support desired grade levels - and facilitate career development; work on the development of a balanced financial plan designed to meet realistic needs of the facility and the network; establish and maintain public relations with a variety of institutions and groups; apply performance standards to measure program performance and health care activities are meeting established goals and objectives; and plan and execute major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs and operational effectiveness

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Financial Management Human Capital Management Organizational Performance Analysis Partnering

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 build critical competencies - knowledge - and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience - including volunteer experience

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment

Physical Requirements: Physical Requirements and Work Environment: Work is sedentary

There are no special physical demands

The work environment includes everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of offices and meeting and training rooms