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Health System Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
Hybrid Salt Lake City, UT $106K – $173K Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Health System Specialist ENTJESTJINTJISTJ
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The incumbent performs a variety of senior level analytical, planning, evaluative, and advisory work which often serves as precedents for others. This includes targeted and broad analyses of medical adverse event and close call data contained in large health care datasets; patient safety program consulting services with VA field facilities and workgroups to provide guidance and strategy; consultation and support for the ongoing operation of VA-DoD Joint Patient Safety Reporting System (JPSR).
What You'll Do
- →Independently and in collaboration with others, designs and conducts comprehensive management studies where the boundaries of the studies are extremely broad and difficult to determine in advance.
- →Reviews and reconciles large amounts of data.
- →Applies analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of patient safety program operations carried out by clinical and non-clinical personnel or substantive administrative support functions.
- →Interprets findings resulting from studies that are independently developed.
- →Completes analyses of data and identifies programmatically significant findings.
- →Develops, drafts, coordinates, and/or prepares reports, briefing materials, white papers, and other correspondence for NCPS leadership to aid in discussions and communications with top level officials within VHA, and externally with DoD and FDA.
- →Represents NCPS at meetings with personnel of other VHA program offices, VISN and field facilities; and with external agencies and groups.
- →Presents information and takes positions which are consistent with VA policies and organizational philosophy.
- →Assists in monitoring and analyzing changes in mission, goals, new legislation, regulations, policies, procedures, and technological advances to assess the impact of these changes on work methods/procedures and participates in the development of new systems and approaches which will address these changes.
- →Reviews incoming management and program operations data, written material, policy recommendations, and other information, and analyzes the content to review or refine the recommendation or text, and/or develop and propose alternative or new recommended course(s) of action, as appropriate.
- →The subject matter will encompass a full range of healthcare delivery and administrative issues.
- →Delivers and/or assists with the development, preparation, and delivery of key presentations and publications relative to sharing best practices and highlighting programs for those internal and external to VHA.
- →Organizes and applies information tools for use in operations, training, and education.
- →Such tools include digital video, still images, cognitive aids (posters-booklets), and clinical simulation of patient safety situations.
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 required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓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) 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.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 32cd3b82-e914-41aa-ac58-52c9acf9b3e8
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