To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/29/2026. 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. 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. Preferred Experience: The ideal candidate will have 2 years or more of documented experience as a current or prior HSS Executive Assistant to an Executive Leadership Team member or Clinic Manager; within a VA Medical Facility or VISN office; and have COTR (Contracting Officer Representative) experience. BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Individual Occupational Requirements: 1. 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 Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. OR 2. Education: Undergraduate or graduate education with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. Specialized Experience GS-13: In addition to the basic requirements applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level. Specialized experience is experience in 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 organization 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. Specifically: Advanced experience progressively responsible experience in clinical administration with a focus on Quality Improvement, Accountable Care Organizations, healthcare reform and/or Population Health. Experience serving as staff assistant to executive leadership and provides policy development and managerial decision-making. Expert knowledge of monitoring healthcare compliance in accordance with regulation. Experience preparing correspondence and reports on behalf of an executive officer for external review. Experience lead workgroups on new system implementation and/or process improvement initiatives. Collecting, organizing links, analyzing trends, and interpreting highly specialized data from large databases. Managing a performance plan roll out, to include updates aggregate analysis, presentations, and end of year reporting. Proficiency in applications such as MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Outlook, including database applications reporting. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Ability to communicate effectively with individuals from varied backgrounds and organizational levels. Ability to work with others to identify opportunities for improvement of network operations and provide recommendations for improved processes. Knowledge of and ability to apply management tools and techniques (e.g., flow charts, decision-making assessments etc.) in dealing with daily healthcare operations and short/long-range planning activities. Ability to analyze, interpret and apply laws, regulations and standards to initiate necessary action to implement changes. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: 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/.