USAJOBS · 14 hours ago
Health System Specialist - Group Practice Manger
Beckley, West Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$102K/yr - $102K/yr
1+ years expUSAJOBS is seeking a Health System Specialist - Group Practice Manager to provide oversight and administrative management of ambulatory care services at the Beckley VAMC and its Community Based Outpatient Clinics. The role involves developing national guidance and policies, collaborating with various leadership levels, and ensuring patient access to care while aligning with system performance measures.
Telecom & CommunicationsGovernmentConsultingHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Review and provide input on nationally issued regulations and policies for VA-wide implementation, utilizing local ACOD-GPMs and communication strategies. Works as part of a national group of ACOD- GPMs to ensure a wide range of local factors are considered in the development of national policies and procedures
Will be called upon weekly to collaborate with staff from other facilities and to work on national project groups to review and develop national and VISN level policies, procedures, systems, requirements documents, and business or access analysis initiatives
Coordinates and aligns system performance measures and goals with system needs and specific requirements of national or VISN cooperative efforts
Review and evaluate local processes and procedures to determine areas of effectiveness, efficiency, and improvement for proposal through GPM Community of Practice and the national Steering Committee at the national level
Report to access leadership in the Office of Clinical Operations (10NC). Interface with the national access leadership to evaluate and incorporate best practices to improve patient access to care and ensure that standards set are met locally. GPMs will provide input to national VHA policies
As appropriate, mentoring and training other ACOD-GPMs may be required across VHA
Review and evaluate system-wide training plans to optimize local use
Implement a local clinic management system based on national requirements
Propose improvements in national training curriculum for onboarding and sustainment activities
Work with subordinate supervisors, associate ACOD-GPMs, and clinic practice management team when applicable to consistently evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the local staff, provide feedback, and determine what national training initiatives are needed locally to have the largest impact
Maintain knowledge of clinic practice management training materials and oversee development of action plans to fulfill CPM training requirements
Work with Veteran Experience Advocates to evaluate patient and family concerns regarding the access to services needed. Coordinate efforts with national requirements, including the MyVA alignment, efforts to ensure patient concerns are received, evaluated, and addressed in a timely and effective manner. Ensure that processes and procedures developed are data-driven
Oversees clinic access and data analytics initiatives. Will function independently by applying the board guidelines provided by the incumbent's supervisor. Maintain overall programmatic responsibility for the efficient operation of the program
Develop both long & short term policies and plans for the Beckley VAMC. Coordinate ambulatory care medical administration needs of the Beckley VAMC for incorporation into annual budget and operating plans
Provide administrative management for ambulatory care clinical support services
Develop and maintain annual budget plan and staffing plans for outpatient care. Assist leadership in forecasting the impact of staff changes and developing countermeasures to mitigate the effect of staff shortages
Qualification
Required
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
Subject to a background/suitability investigation
Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
A complete application package; including Resume, Transcripts, etc. is required
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements
Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment
Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed
As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement
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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 grade level. 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
GS-12 grade level: One year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the federal service); experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled, in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization
Education: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration
Specialized Experience includes: 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
NOTE: Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must clearly indicate the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment
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: 1. Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; 2. 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 3. Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program
Preferred
At this GS-12 level, applicants would have obtained this experience working within a health care setting, working directly with clinicians and local leadership to solve problems in support of the delivery of patient care; applying organizational and system-wide strategies for continuous quality improvement; experience running and supervising an administrative component of a health care system; comprehensive knowledge of a wide range of qualitative/quantitative methods as well as analytical/evaluative methods for development and management of administrative programs; assessment and improvement of administrative program effectiveness; improvement of complex management processes and systems; knowledge of the range of national administrative laws, policies, regulations and precedents; expertise in a wide variety of computer and data management packages and VA databases; knowledge of agency program goals and objectives; skill to plan, organize, and lead teams to accept and implement recommendations; and broad knowledge of Federal government policies, regulations, and trends in the areas of management systems
Benefits
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As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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