To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/17/2025.
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 and/or education as described below:
0671 Individual Occupational Requirements
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:
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.
OR,
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 the Individual Occupational requirement:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-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:
- Report on Integrity and Compliance Office (ICO) program implementation, reviews periodic reports with senior management detailing compliance initiatives throughout the year, recommends improvements and implements changes to the ICO program and operational compliance related activities.
- Document allegations of improper activities and the enforcement of appropriate disciplinary actions against employees who have violated compliance policies, regulations, or federal health care program requirements.
- Ensuring compliance with Federal regulations that govern health care operations and the prevention, detection, and remediation of fraud waste and abuse (FWA).
- Assist in the development and implementation of regular, effective education and training for all Medical Center employees.
- Posse in-depth systems knowledge to be used in preparing recommendations to change the way programs are carried out; in evaluating the content of new or modified legislation for projected impact upon agency programs and resources; and/or translating basic legislation into program goals, actions, and services.
- Knowledge of fiscal, ethical, and administrative regulations and policies from federal agencies such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Management and Budget, General Accounting Office, VA & Health and Human Services Offices of Inspector General, VA Headquarters, and other contract requirements and project specifications.
- Knowledge of and ability to develop a risk management system of internal monitoring and auditing that identify potential organizational risks through trending and analysis, implementation, corrective action, and measured outcomes.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
- Accountability
- Compliance
- Compliance Inspection
- Knowledge Management
- Organizational Awareness
- Risk 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 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, although some slight physical effort may be required in meeting with stake holders throughout the health care system. This would include walking to meet with stake holders, visiting other service chiefs and managers in their program areas, and at time, standing and conversing with stake holders and standing to train and present.
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/.