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HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA
Department of Defense
Location
Location not specified
Salary
$76,463 - $99,404
per year
Type
Full-Time
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GS-11 Pay Grade
Base salary range: $62,107 - $80,737
Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-10. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 years graduate study.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves leading quality management efforts at a military hospital, ensuring patient safety, handling risks, and keeping the facility compliant with health standards.
The role requires overseeing programs like infection control and accreditation while managing legal aspects of medical care.
It's a great fit for someone with experience in healthcare quality improvement who thrives in a structured, high-stakes environment like the military.
Key Requirements
- One year of specialized experience at GS-11 level in quality management programs, including performance improvement, infection prevention, accreditation, risk management, patient safety, clinical measurement, and credentialing
- Expertise in implementing and evaluating quality management procedures in a healthcare setting
- Ability to review and ensure compliance with guidelines from DHA, BUMED, The Joint Commission (TJC), CDC, and local policies
- Skills in managing litigation processes, medical record reviews, and malpractice claims
- Experience managing credentialing and patient safety programs through assigned staff
- Proficiency in teaching quality management and performance improvement methodologies
- Annual appraisal and promotion of participation in quality management programs
Full Job Description
About the Position: Serves as Chief, Quality Management Division, Accreditation and Compliance Officer, Patient SafetyManager, and Risk Manager at a Military Treatment Facility (MTF) reporting to the Chief MedicalOfficer (CMO).
Responsibilities encompass developing, planning, coordinating, and evaluating theorganization's Quality Management and Risk Management program This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.
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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
Specialized experience: One-year specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal Service in serving as subject-matter expert for the implementation of quality management programs and procedures; serving as consultant for all components of the Quality Management (QM) Program such as Performance Improvement (PI), Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C), Accreditation and Compliance, Risk Management, Patient Safety, Clinical Measurement, and Credentialing and Privileging programs Major Duties:
- Reviews all actions from MTF sections and confirms compliance in accordance with DHA, BUMED, The Joint Commission (TJC), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, local policy, and other regulatory requirements.
- Serves as Chief, Quality Management Division, Accreditation and Compliance Officer, Patient Safety Manager, and Risk Manager at a Military Treatment Facility (MTF)
- Manages litigation related processes,
- Reviews attorney medical record requests, identifying involved providers in malpractice claims
- Manages Credentialling and Patient Safety programs through assigned specialists
- Promotes active participation in MTF QM programs, teaches QM and PI methodologies, appraises all QM programs annually,
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