Job Listing
Administrative Officer
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 8 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $62K – $97K Apply by Jun 26, 2026 Administrative Officer ENTJESFJESTJISTJ Healthcare
Apply for this job → About the Role
The Administrative Officer of Mental Health Nursing Service (MHNS) is responsible for administrative management work primarily concerned with providing, securing and negotiating for the resources or services needed to manage and support the inpatient and outpatient units under the Chief Nurse of Mental Health within the health system.
What You'll Do
- →Duties may include but are are not limited to: The AO serves to validate DSS/VSSC data monthly for MH Inpatient nursing.
- →Prepares regular reports through the management information system, such as Extended Leave Reports, Sick Leave Certification Reports, and Workman's Compensation Reports and contribute to Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Reporting requirements as needed to support quality, fiscal and human resource accountability.
- →Timekeeping procedures both manual and electronic and pay regulations governing both Title 5 and Title 38.
- →Identify, analyze and resolve time keeping problems which arise frequently due to the volume of employees, and the complexity of a wide variety of time schedules and special pay issues.
- →Provides and assists in the overall administrative management for the organization.
- →Applies new policies, provides advice on requirements, maintains administrative systems, and prepares administrative paperwork.
- →Performs quality assurance work that involves systematic prevention of errors, nonconformance to regulations and standards, identification of unsatisfactory trends and conditions, and correction of factors that may contribute to process failures.
- →Performs quality management activities, which are designed to improve quality of patient care, customer service activities or other business procedures.
- →Monitors quality program implementation and indicators designed to deliver highly reliable patient care and to verify adherence to quality plans and requirements.
- →Coordinates special projects as needed to support patient care outreach, building coalitions in the community and in support of nursing recruitment and retention.
- →Presents the needs of the service in organization-wide meetings as needed and provides follow up to ensure those needs are met.
- →Represents the Chiefs of Nursing at various administrative committee meetings (i.e., Space, Equipment, Safety, etc.).
- →Incumbent is responsible for adherence to all provisions for the Equal Opportunity Program in accordance with OPM and VA regulations and established Medical Center guidelines.
- →Provide support to the Safety Program for the nursing staff.
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 requires walking, climbing stairs, bending, reaching, pushing and pulling.
- ✓Requires keyboarding and keen visual acuity.
- ✓For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at 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.
- ✓For current Federal employees, the SF-50 must be effective the first pay period of the current year or later.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 6e0900c3-7463-41d0-8596-8396b2336dd7
Posted via USAJobs