Summary The Integration and Implementation Coordinator reports to the Director of Integration and Implementation, and the Executive Director, HOC, in VHA, VA Central Office, Washington, DC. The position is a key member of an agile senior management team. As such, the incumbent will serve as a link between the HOC, other executive staff and key offices within VHA.. Responsibilities Major duties include but are not limited to: Interpret complex or unclear customer requirements and requests, developing comprehensive statements of work, timelines, and metrics with minimal guidance. Develop project charters, ensuring all relevant shareholders are engaged in planning, implementation, and sustainment activities. Include but not be limited to a range of Lean and Six Sigma projects including: fast track, Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC), Define Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify (DMADV), Process Redesign, and Infrastructure Implementation. Serve as an agency expert on strategic and precedent-setting approaches to implementation of national programs, including coordination of efforts across the larger organization and its external shareholders. Ensure HOC legislative proposals and feedback pertaining to program integration and deployment operations are written and submitted in a timely manner. Lead, coordinate, plan, organize, and carry through to completion project plans, policy analysis, data collection, legislative interpretation and analytical studies regarding Federal and VA programs and policies. Knowledge of health care principles, theories and practices related to management of healthcare delivery systems, including budgeting, planning, and administration to analyze and evaluate broad and complex problems in this industry and recommend solutions. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 08:00 AM - 04:30pm Telework: Available (applicant is required on site up to 50% of work schedule per pay period) Virtual: Not Available Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist (Integration and Implementation Coordinator)/PD63495A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Requirements 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 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/24/2025. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 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 announcement. In 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. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): 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 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 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 individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. AND You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. NOTE: To be minimally qualified for this position, you must meet 4 of the 6 examples of specialized experience listed below. Apply business principles, including systems thinking, to the healthcare environment such as: (a) financial management, (b) human resource management, (c) organizational dynamics and governance, (d) strategic planning and marketing, (e) information management, (f) risk management and (g) quality improvement. Perform full functions of project management including analyzing problems and presenting them in written and oral recommendations taking into full consideration the wide range of factors and requirements affecting the management of the health care delivery systems. Specialized knowledge of health care principles, theories and practices related to management of healthcare delivery systems, including budgeting, planning, and administration to analyze and evaluate broad and complex problems in this industry and recommend solutions. Skilled in, healthcare administration and healthcare management, including resource management, organizational dynamics, quality management, healthcare delivery systems, evaluation processes and strategic planning. Lean, Six Sigma, and Change Management theories and techniques. Perform full functions of project management including analyzing problems and presenting them in written and oral recommendations taking into full consideration the wide range of factors and requirements affecting the management of the health care delivery systems. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Strategic Thinking Leadership Planning and Evaluating Analysis and Problem Solving Critical Thinking Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary and does not require any special physical effort. Some work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. Employee may carry light items such as papers, books, and portable computer requirement or driving a motor vehicle relative to attendance at meetings. The work often requires long hours to meet project deadlines and to devise corrective action and solutions to unexpected technical and/or management crises resulting in sometimes highly stressful work situations. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.