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Lead Health System Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $75K – $97K Apply by Jul 10, 2026 Health System Specialist ENTJESTJINTJISTJ Operations
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The incumbent is assigned to the Credentialing and Privileging (C&P) Office, which is aligned to the Chief of Staff at a VA Medical Center and is responsible for providing lead administrative, consulting, technical direction and support to the C&P Specialists, C&P Manager and to program operations. Perform a variety of C&P duties in an extremely complex VAMC or Health Care System environment which is constantly evolving. The C&P Lead Specialist is aligned to and supervised by the C&P Manager
What You'll Do
- →Duties Providing oversight and input regarding compliance with VHA policies, directives, memos, notices, The Joint Commission (TJC) standards, recommendations by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) and other internal or external auditors and reviewers as appropriate.
- →Collecting relevant data and making informed decisions to ensure qualified health care professionals are providing appropriate care in appropriate settings.
- →Considered a subject matter expert (SME) to providers and service chiefs regarding routine and complex matters related to C&P including provider competence for the ongoing provider practice evaluation (OPPE) and focused provider practice evaluation (FPPE).
- →Serves as lead specialist over a group of C&P Specialists.
- →Responsible for assigning, monitoring, and reviewing the work performed by subordinate team members.
- →Trains or arranges for the training of team members in methods and techniques of technical skills and team building and working in teams to accomplish tasks or projects.
- →Maintains reference materials, project files and relevant background documents and makes available policies, procedures, and written instructions from the C&P manager.
- →Serves as a first level point of contact for the offices specialists by providing high-level consultation advice and guidance and serves as a first level diffuser in difficult situations.
- →Participates in policy and decision-making initiatives.
- →Ensures quality assurance in the VAMC's C&P program.
- →Utilizes evaluation results to make suggestions and improve organization/program performance.
- →Conducts and oversees internal controls and audits.
- →Serves as a consultant and provides guidance to VAMC leadership and C&P Office Specialists on all matters pertaining to the facility's C&P program.
- →Perform other duties as assigned.
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 is mostly sedentary.
- ✓Occasionally, light physical effort may be required, such as that involved with walking, stair climbing, and carrying of light office items.
- ✓The work is performed in an office setting which requires normal safety precautions typical for offices and meeting rooms.
- ✓The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.
- ✓The work may require travel.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
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