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Health Systems Administrator (Assistant Director) Lexington VA (Detail NTE 12 months)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
Hybrid Lexington, KY $126K – $164K Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Health System Administration ISTJISTP Operations
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This position serves as the Assistant Medical Center Director located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), VA Medical Center (VAMC). The Assistant Medical Center Director exercises line authority for multiple administrative and allied health services and sections and is directly responsible for facility operations.
What You'll Do
- →This position serves as the Assistant Medical Center Director for the VAMC.
- →The Assistant Director exercises line authority for multiple administrative and allied health services and sections.
- →This position reports directly to the Director of the VAMC in the Senior Executive Service (SES).
- →The Assistant Director shares with the Executive Leadership Team a level of responsibility for the direction and management of the medical Center and is directly responsible for facilities operations.
- →Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Plans, coordinates, supervises, and directs various administrative and health related services.
- →Participates 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 care.
- →Resolves complex and unusual health care administration issues by independent analysis and action, with the potential to set precedent, and lead organizational change.
- →Development of plans, programs, direction, and monitoring of clinic and health plan management.
- →Applies specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate, direct, and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administration.
- →Performs financial management and resource decision making analysis, ensuring operational spending and resources stay in balance.
- →Exercises full authority for establishing priorities for healthcare operations and allocating available resources accordingly.
- →Serves as fiscal advisor to the Medical Center Director in preparing formal budget submissions for approval.
- →Exercises a full range of managerial and supervisory authorities and responsibilities related to human capital management.
- →Provides timely and responsive decisions to the union(s) and their members on complaints and grievances and ensures that supervisors are familiar with the negotiated agreement.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Education Education is not required for the GS-14 level in this series.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 13b7fa5c-3f8c-4101-9f23-caa8403fa6d6
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