About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/06/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 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. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. For the GS-11: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Skill in applying a wide range of established practices, theories, and emerging information in health care delivery, Informatics and applications Knowledge of use of clinical software packages Broad knowledge of VHA operations, national databases (including the Vista architecture and file structure), analytical techniques and clinical applications development techniques; in order to be able to provide general Informatics consulting services and to develop and deliver segments of appropriate Informatics educational and training programs to VHA employees.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education as follows: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-11. For the GS-12: You may qualify based on your experience as described below: 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: Knowledge of established management principles, theories, administrative procedures and regulations to assure required actions are taken correctly and within time frames established. Knowledge of major VA and VISN program goals and objectives and their interrelationship to other programs and functions in the health care system. Knowledge of management principles and theories associated with organizational management, and skill in the applications of analytical techniques and methods to conduct qualitative and quantitative analysis in measuring and evaluating efficiency, economy, effectiveness, and quality of health care services to accomplish health care programs, some of which are supplemented with contracted services.

Physical Requirements: The incumbent's work is primarily sedentary but may involve some walking, standing, bending, and carrying small items such as books and papers. Preferred Experience: Experience working within a Managerial Cost Accounting (MCA) department, with knowledge of MCA processes, reporting, and operations. Experience performing MCA service-level functions, including labor mapping, cost mapping, data validation, or other service-specific MCA responsibilities.

VHA finance experience, including accounting, budgeting, or financial management, with an understanding of financial transactions and fiscal processes. Clinical operations experience in roles such as Administrative Officer (AO), Health Systems Specialist (HSS), Clinical Applications Coordinator (CAC), VERA Coordinator, Group Practice Management (GPM), or equivalent, with experience in areas such as clinical reporting, scheduling, utilization management, coding, clinical documentation, or related operational functions 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/.

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