Not Required

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: Managing a multi-sector workforce and a variety of work situations. Establishing and conducting performance appraisals. Distributing workload within the team and ensure work assignments are carried out to completion. Making decisions on work problems presented by subordinate supervisors, team leaders, or personnel. Interpreting, explaining, implementing and enforcing regulations. Analyzing and measuring a program's productivity. Researching regulations and operating procedures. Analyzing current and future workforce requirements for resource management. Establishing criteria to measure and/or predict the attainment of organizational goals and objectives. Finding and implementing ways to eliminate or reduce barriers to production and improve business practices. Experience sustaining working partnerships with stakeholders, subordinates, peers and superiors. Communicating orally and interacting effectively with individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds or levels of understanding and divergent opinions and priorities. Providing technical advice and interpretation to management of laws and regulations. Implementing ideas for process improvement and quality of work. Providing advice to management and program personnel on budgetary and finance issues. Maintaining a continuing review of operating and financial programs. Operating within a standardized budget. Presenting recurring budget updates to management on a routine basis. Forecasting service budget, managing and tracking expenditures. Evaluating program effectiveness and making recommendations. Developing and coordinating internal review systems to ensure compliance with regulatory and inter-agency requirements. Developing, evaluating, and modifying organizational structure and systems to achieve program goals. Participating in the analysis and interpretation of workload and other data used in resource planning. Directing a program with significant resources. Identifying methods to improve production or increase the quality of work in the department. Performing other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm PST Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Walking, stooping, and bending is required. Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office. Incumbent is required to travel between two main locations, which are located 70 miles apart, and to two VA Clinics that are located along the Oregon coast. Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). 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. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Required Documents" below for details. 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. Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENT: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess 1 year of specialized experience, equivalent to the next lower grade level in the Federal service, that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) needed to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to this Medical Administration Officer position to be filled. Specialized experience for this position includes performing overall management and supervision of a healthcare system including planning, directing, and coordinating operations, budget control, resource management, and delegating authority to subordinates; handling personnel management activities; analyzing and developing adherence plans, to include anticipated implications, for laws, regulations, policies, industry trends, and best practices related to hospital administration; conveying recommendations for modifications of Electronic Health Record to increase efficiency, develop process improvements, and distribute pre/post training requirements; managing marketing, business planning, external revenue generation, insurance functions and overall Health Administration Services. (THIS EXPERIENCE MUST BE SUPPORTED BY YOUR RESUME TO BE CREDITABLE.) QUALITY RANKING FACTOR: A Quality Ranking Factor* has been requested by the facility to help determine which of the basically qualified applicants are likely to be better qualified for a position. The quality ranking factor for this position is: "Experience with the Oracle/Cerner Millennium Electronic Health Records Platform." *Quality Ranking Factors are skills, knowledge, abilities, or other worker characteristics which could be expected to result in superior performance on the job. Quality ranking factors will not be used for screening, but may be used as ranking criteria. Applicants with higher proficiency levels may rank above those with lower proficiency levels on a quality ranking factor. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Other Information

Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments. Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act. The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 80 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.