Health Systems Administrator - Assistant Director

SummaryThis position serves as the Assistant Medical Center Director located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - Veterans Integrated Service Network 2(VISN 2) - VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System. The Assistant Medical Center Director exercises line authority for multiple administrative and allied health services and sections and is directly responsible for facility operations.QualificationsTo qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 11/24/2025. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. 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 (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. Applicants must also possess: Management ability to delegate authority - evaluate and oversee people and programs - recognize and adapt to changing priorities; and Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. Special Provision for Inservice 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. Specialized Experience for GS-14 level: You must possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-13) in the Federal Service - that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge - skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Health System Administrator- Asst Director. Qualifying specialized experience is defined as 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: (1) Missions - organizations - programs - and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide - agency - and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget - personnel - and procurement. Applicants must also possess: (1) Management ability to delegate authority - evaluate and oversee people and programs - recognize - and adapt to changing priorities; and (2) Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. At this level - applicants would provide executive leadership with insight in establish organizational structures that are efficient - cost effective - support desired grade levels - and facilitate career development; work on the development of a balanced financial plan designed to meet realistic needs of the facility and the network; establish and maintain public relations with a variety of institutions and groups; apply performance standards to measure program performance and health care activities are meeting established goals and objectives; and plan and execute major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs and operational effectiveness. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Financial Management Human Capital Management Organizational Performance Analysis Partnering 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: One (1) 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 and Work Environment: Work is sedentary. There are no special physical demands. The work environment includes everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of offices and meeting and training rooms. 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/.DutiesDuties include - but may not be limited to the following: Plans - coordinates - supervises - and directs various administrative and health related servicesParticipates on a day-to-day basis in top level Executive discussions - decisions - policy making and actions of all administrative functions and indirectly of all clinical matters impacting patient careResolves complex and unusual health care administration issues by independent analysis and action - with the potential to set precedent - and lead organizational changeDevelopment of plans - programs - direction - and monitoring of clinic and health plan managementApplies specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate - direct - and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administrationPerforms financial management and resource decision making analysis - ensuring operational spending and resources stay in balanceExercises full authority for establishing priorities for healthcare operations and allocating available resources accordinglyServes as fiscal advisor to the Medical Center Director in preparing formal budget submissions for approvalExercises a full range of managerial and supervisory authorities and responsibilities related to human capital managementProvides timely and responsive decisions to the union(s) and their members on complaints and grievances and ensures that supervisors are familiar with the negotiated agreementRepresents the healthcare system by establishing and maintaining community partnerships - and relationships with internal and external stakeholdersServes as a facilitator between clinical providers and administrators to meet the medical center's goals and objectivesResponsible for developing and maintaining good working relations with other medical centers in the local area and throughout the region - medical schools - accrediting agencies - volunteer worker groups - and the community at largeLead facility implementation and oversight of President's/VA/VHA/VISN initiatives includes but not limited to Strategic Planning - High Reliability Organization - ICARE - Modernization - Veteran Experience - Whole Health and/or Community CareServes as an essential capacity for developing and coordinating internal measures to assure that both clinical and administrative operations are in within governing standardsWork Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Work Location: Incumbent will be required to work from all three VA Finger Lakes HCS sites on a weekly basisThis involves regular travel between these three sitesVirtual: This is not a virtual positionPosition Description/PD#: Health Systems Administrator - Assistant Director/PD99901S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized