To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/27/2025.
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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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.
You may qualify based on your experience or education as described below:
Basic Requirement:
Undergraduate and 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
Specialized Experience
(for positions above GS-5): 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.
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade S-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Manages full range of administrative services (Finance, Human Resource Management, Acquisition, Contracting, Facility Management, Environment of Care, Health Administration, etc) in an acute care environment with full range clinical services (ICU, Behavioral Health, Dementia, Hospice, Surgery, etc.), administrative services (Finance, Human Resource Management, Acquisition, Contracting, Facility Management, Environment of Care, Health Administration, etc) in support of meeting goals of organization. Negotiates complex issues (e.g. multi-party negotiations with concerns that affect a broad scope and range of interests) with individuals/ groups with diverse backgrounds and various levels of education and competence both internal and external to the organization (e.g.; employees, labor organizations, VSO, Community groups, congressional offices, VISN/VACO staff, etc.). Analyzes needs and complexities of a healthcare delivery system (i.e.; developing a new initiatives, implementing and overseeing a major construction project, developing and carrying out a facility strategic plan, initiating a new CBOC, leadership role in the CARES process, developing and implementing a sharing agreement, etc.).
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Analysis and Problem Solving
- Communication
- Critical Thinking
- Customer Service
- Interpersonal Skills
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: The work is primarily sedentary in nature. There may be some walking, standing,
bending, and carrying of light items. The work requires the ability to travel. Performance
of this work does not require special physical demands.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.