Health System Specialist

About the role

The position is located at Edward Hines - Jr. VA Hospital and is organizationally aligned to and supervised by the Chief of Quality and Systems Improvement. The position is established within each Medical Center with the intent of developing an infrastructure for lifestyle change as the Veterans Health Administration advances along the journey to full implantation of High Reliability.

Responsibilities

• Program Analysis: Conducts studies and special projects to implement health care delivery program and improve the efficiency and reliability throughout the Medical Center; may perform budget analysis duties; conducts analysis of all aspects of current or projected healthcare programs throughout the Medical Center for effectiveness.
• Program Management/Administration and Quality Improvement: Serves as the Program Manager supporting new programs/initiatives that align directly with the journey to high reliability which puts Veterans at the center of all process; programs and initiatives managed are highly visible and politically sensitive, thereby requiring the incumbent to stay current on all aspects of the initiatives.
• Program Consultation: The incumbent works in partnership with the National Center for Patient Safety - Office of Systems Redesign and Improvement - Quality Management - Patient Safety Managers - Systems Redesign (Improvement) Coordinator; communicate orally and in writing about complex clinical and non-clinical matters with individuals with varying levels of understanding and authority.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/05/2026. 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 9. 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: The Health System Specialist occupation has a Individual Occupation