Health System Specialist

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is located at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 of specialized experience which includes preparing statistical analysis reports; utilizing automated data systems for medical clinic; planning and/or coordinating patient appointments.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree 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.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Serves as Access to Care (ATC) Consultant for SAMMC Clinical Departments.
• Work involves in-depth knowledge of the missions, organizations, regulations, standards, benefits, and requirements of the TRICARE program and the Military Health System (MHS).
• Identifies the need for analyses, reports, or statistical reviews in support of the TRICARE health care delivery system to reduce overall government and beneficiary cost for health care while increasing the access and quality of care provide.
• Assess clinic operations and appointment utilization patterns to identify bottlenecks and to maximize use of available resources.
• Monitors appointment standardization compliance and access metrics for all clinics within the MTF.
• Assists in developing and implementing business rules for optimization initiatives such as appointing and template scheduling, the management of referrals and authorizations by simplifying, integrating and standardizing the process.