Health System Specialist

The primary purpose of the position is to provide leadership strategic direction and oversight of the compliance activities for the medical facility and to ensure a standardized and effective approach to compliance using the compliance framework Compliance and Integrity standards processes and resources set forth under the Compliance Program national guidelines and associated documents within the VHA health care system and any functions aligned under the VHA health care system.

Major Duties Include but are not limited to:

• Develop recommend and implement Compliance and Integrity program goals for operational units within the local health care system.
• Reporting on implementation and effectiveness of the local health care systems Compliance and Integrity program and communicate timely on an ad hoc basis any urgent and significant compliance or business integrity issues to senior executives.
• Provide oversight of implementation of the Compliance and Integrity program within the local health care system to ensure it is effective.
• Develop detailed plans tasks milestone dates and schedules to ensure proper sequencing of events and tracking of processes and costs throughout the life cycle of the programs/projects.
• Establish program objectives and units of measure for determining when objectives have been met.
• Provide regular communications to local health care system staff on the importance of Compliance and Integrity.
• Draft guidance and direction regarding program management and reporting.
• Identify and alert local health care systems leadership of any material noncompliant or unethical activity detected.
• Develop Compliance and Integrity activities using the compliance framework established by national program guidance and policy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad hoc as determined by the agency policy.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD99467S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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 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.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 10/06/2026.

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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 and/or education as described below:

Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR): An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series. To qualify for the GS 0671 occupational series applicants MUST possess one of the following:

• Undergraduate and Graduate Education:Major study -- hospital administration public health administration or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR
• Specialized Experience: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:
  • Missions organizations programs and requirements of health care delivery systems;
  • Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups; and
  • Government-wide agency and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget personnel and procurement. OR
• Special Provision for Inservice Placement:Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included:
  • Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies practices and procedures and basic government administrative policies and requirements;
  • Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and
  • Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individuals progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program.

In addition to the IOR candidates must also fully meet the below grade requirements.

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: Providing regular communications to local health care system staff on the importance of Compliance and Integrity; drafting guidance and direction regarding program management and reporting. Assisting front line operational units in developing their Compliance and Integrity activities using national program guidance and policy. Communicating timely with senior executives on any urgent and significant compliance or business integrity issues. Exercising implementation oversight of the Compliance and Integrity program within the local health care system to ensure it is effectiveness. Establishing program objectives and units of measure for determining when objectives have/have not been met by establishing internal controls and evaluating.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

Required Experience:

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