Health Systems Administrator (Associate Director Outpatient Operations)

**This announcement has been extended due to inclement weather through February 9 2026.**

The incumbent shares with the Executive Leadership Team a level of responsibility for the direction and management of the Medical Center and is directly responsible for all facilities operations. The incumbent has direct line authority and leadership responsibility for several operation support services (MAS Prosthetics Supply) as well as Patient Advocates and VA/DoD partnerships. Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Leads the planning and development of current and proposed program objectives in conjunction with administrative and clinical managers.
• Develops short and long range fiscal year plans that meet the objectives of current and proposed programs.
• Manages allocated resources to provide the best possible patient care in line with established priorities.
• Manages all budgetary and resource management for the entire facility by being a member of the resource management committee/board; Manages budgetary and resource management for assigned services.
• Holds managers under his/her oversight responsible and accountable for the performance of the product lines programs and services under their supervision and management.
• Identifying and providing management development and training needs of key staff members.
• Shares with the Director the responsibility for establishing and maintaining stakeholder relationships with a wide variety of interested institutions and groups.
• Works closely daily with patients veterans organizations Congressional Offices and the media to provide information resolve problems and to ensure the creditability and integrity of the Medical Center.
• Ensures that patient or staff complaints related to the communication of administrative aspects of facility operations are promptly addressed.
• Establishes performance metrics reporting processes and evaluation methodology to assess program accomplishments.
• Provides guidance to functional managers to facilitate the effective resolution of technical problems conflicts and controversial issues ensuring that issues are quickly resolved.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification 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)

• 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.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 02/09/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade as required by the this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.


You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• Specialized Experience: To qualify for this position at the GS-15 level you must possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-14 level) in the Federal service that is directly related to the work of the position and has equipped you with the particular knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties as a Health System Administrator- (Associate Director). Qualifying specialized experience is defined as progressively responsible analytical or administrative or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative clinical or other service activities and provided knowledge of the following: (1) Missions organizations programs and requirements of health care delivery systems; (2) Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and (3) Government-wide agency and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget personnel and procurement. Applicants must also possess: (1) Management ability to delegate authority evaluate and oversee people and programs recognize and adapt to changing priorities; and (2) Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. At this level applicants would identify and resolve problems which may inhibit accomplishing patient care mission and public policy objectives; exercise fiscal management responsibility by assisting in the preparation of the overall facility budget in monitoring expenditures and in recommending reallocation of funds based on shifting program needs; establish and maintain public relations with a variety of institutions and groups; apply performance standards to measure program performance and health care activities are meeting established goals and objectives; and develop evaluate and adjust organizational structures and management systems for the administrative and allied health services managed.

• Administration and Management
• Decision Making
• Financial Management
• Human Capital Management
• Organizational Awareness