Summary

The primary purpose of the Supervisory Health System Specialist (HSS) is to have full responsibility for executive level management support to the Chief of Staff as well as the top leadership team, who are ultimately responsible for planning, organization, development, direction, and evaluation of facility clinical operations. The key leadership representative in providing support to management and provides definitive administrative and technical guidance and direction under the Chief of Staff.

Duties

The primary duties of the Supervisory Health System Specialist (HSS) include but are not limited to:

• Independently plans, develops, directs and coordinates complex data analysis on a wide range of workload information systems
• Maintain a high level of understanding about the workloads and clinical data systems
• Possess comprehensive working knowledge with the ability to utilize principles, methods and techniques of workload reporting
• Knowledge of strategic planning in order to meet objectives
• Serves as advisor to management officials on matters affecting quality and integrity of clinical workload development, resource allocation and distribution of operational costs
• Analyze workload data
• Formulate plans and evaluate administrative management of service and programs
• Serves as administrative liaison to senior management
• Assumes responsibility for fiscal issues for Chief of Staff office in conjunction with management
• Identify issues and make administrative improvement recommendations
• Interpret regulations, policy, manual directives and legislation that affect Clinical Services

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday, 0730-1600

Telework:

This position is not authorized for telework.

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#:

Supervisory Health System Specialist / PD09768O

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:

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
• 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 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/23/2026.

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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12.

Individual Occupational Requirement:

The 0671 series requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Transcripts are required if you are using education to meet the Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR).

Additional information

Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.