Health Science Specialist - Operations Director

Job Details

Qualifications & Requirements

BASIC EDUCATION REQUIREMENT (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Requires a Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree with a major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires at least one year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes providing scientific leadership, advice, and subject-matter expertise in tasks, projects, and assignments related to health care access and services; developing, implementing, and disseminating programs and projects to improve the understanding of health services challenges and access to care; leading research, technical, professional, and administrative teams to conduct comprehensive studies; utilizing quantitative/qualitative studies including project design, measurement, analysis, monitoring, evaluation, and policy recommendation pertaining to health care access and services; and performing tasks such as planning/assigning work to be accomplished, evaluating work performance, developing performance standards, giving advice and counsel, etc. NOTE: Resume must clearly support the required experience. We will not make assumptions regarding experience. Please see the announcement duties section for details. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position: Conflict Management Influencing/Negotiating Manages Resources Partnering Planning and Evaluating Supervisory Situational Judgment Test. Applicants will be required to complete a Supervisory Situational Judgment Test (SSJT) as part of the assessment process for this position. The SSJT evaluates judgment and decision-making skills that align with relevant competencies, organizational values, and best practices. Assessment results may be used as part of the evaluation, ranking and referral process. This is not a timed test, however, the assessment is expected to take approximately 45 minutes or less to complete. The assessment for this application does not include a cut score for a minimum level of required proficiency in these critical general competencies. However, you must answer each item in the assessment. IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform portions of the work. However, there is periodic walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as medical records, instructional material, books and manuals. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. The employee may be asked to travel to various meetings, conferences, or to the field to support program development, execution, and evaluation; Office of Rural Health (ORH) strategic planning; professional development and training; partnership development; or to otherwise represent ORH. 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/.

Position Overview

The primary purpose of the Health Science Specialist - Operations Director position within the VHA Veterans Rural Health Resources Center (VRHRC) is to provide scientific leadership, advice, and subject-matter expertise in tasks, projects, and assignments related to rural health policy development, analysis, decision making, and implementation activities on a national scale. This position is located in Iowa City, Iowa.

Duties

• ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Serve as regional rural health expert Oversee and conduct policy-oriented studies and analysis Evaluate programs and practices of effective rural health care delivery systems Design, develop, and implement special practices to enhance rural access to care, studies to increase understanding of issues affecting rural Veterans and their families, and disseminate best practices Leads and coordinates technical, professional, and administrative teams and workgroups to conduct comprehensive studies on health care in rural settings Develops long- and short-range policies or plans pertaining to program functions Utilize knowledge of clinical systems, programs, and practices and how these principles relate to the unique characteristics and needs of a particular health care delivery system and communities served Serve on strategic planning committees and meet with key stakeholders Perform direct and consultative project management services to a wide range of customers Perform research and quality improvement project design, measurement, analysis, monitoring, and evaluation Maintain working understanding of budget processes Provide technical and administrative supervision Perform all other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved