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Health System Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $75K – $116K Apply by Jul 2, 2026 Health System Specialist ENTJESTJINTJISTJ
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This position is in the Office of Quality, Safety, Value & High Reliability at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System (VASLCHCS) in Salt Lake City, Utah. The duties and responsibilities assigned to this position are prohibited from being performed below the executive team organizational level within a service line because of the facility wide impact the duties and responsibilities performed have on the functioning of the health care delivery system as a whole.
What You'll Do
- →The primary purpose of these positions are to implement Performance Improvement programs independently but linked within the Health Care System level.
- →These positions are responsible for delivering Performance Improvement techniques to a broad array of programs and services throughout the Medical Center, including Lean, Six Sigma, Coaching, Program and/or Project Management, and Training.
- →Some duties associated with this position include, but are not limited to the following: Advising leadership in the formulation of planning complex facility wide Strategic Plans and facility wide projects in the execution phase of supporting of Strategic Planning.
- →Participates in and facilitates transformative quality, safety, effectiveness, and efficiency improvement efforts.
- →Act as performance improvement leads for healthcare, operational and performance improvements impacting patient care delivery systems and functions throughout the medical center.
- →Facilitates, coaches, and trains audiences at all levels of the organizations throughout the lifecycle of a performance improvement plans and/or projects.
- →Pull, isolate and manipulate data to identify root causes of a performance issue.
- →Develops statistical models to measure success of performance improvement actions.
- →Convert data into numerous formats using advanced statistical models including statistical process control charts, histograms, Pareto charts, and many more.
- →Lead a team of subject matter experts, front line staff and leadership through a rigorous and defined project management process utilizing multiple tools from Lean Six Sigma, Lean, VATAMCCS, and other performance improvement disciplines to further define the current state of the process.
- →Identify various solutions approaches and when necessary, further leads them through prioritizing exercises with tools like affinity diagrams, PICK Charts and multi-voting.
- →Create designs of experiments that align to project goals and team developed solutions.
- →The designs of experiments are hypotheses which are monitored through data for effectiveness or failure.
- →Designs of experiments are often iterative and will involve multiple solutions in random or sequential order.
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 some physical exertion, such as periods of standing when teaching; some walking, bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, or similar activities when visiting work sites; and some moderate lifting and carrying.
- ✓At other times the work is sedentary, requiring the use of a computer.
- ✓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 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 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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 62872a33-1738-473d-bd9b-8ec5de06c5df
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