Health Systems Administrator (Associate Director)

Full Job Description

This position is located at the San Diego VA Health Care System within the Office of the Medical Center Director in San Diego, California.

This position serves as the Health System Administrator Associate Medical Center Director for the VA Medical Center.

The incumbent exercises line authority for multiple administrative and allied health services and sections. This position reports directly to the Medical Center Director of the VA Medical Center.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/23/2026.

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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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.

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-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 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.

Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize and adapt to changing priorities.

Knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: #232 Project Management Administration and Management Clerical Planning and Evaluating 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: Work is sedentary. There are no special physical demands.

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/.

Major Duties:

The Health System Administrator (Associate Medical Center Director) reports directly to the Medical Center Director and is directly responsible for all facilities operations; participates on a day-to-day basis in top level Executive discussions, decisions, policy making and actions of all administrative functions and indirectly of all clinical matters impacting patient care; and serve as the Acting Medical Center Director in the absence of the Director with full responsibility and concomitant authority to carry out the duties and functions.

Other duties include but are not limited to: Determines operational services and programs goals and objectives, develop short-and long-range plans for achieving them in conjunction with the overall plans of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) and consistent with the strategic planning process.

Directs a comprehensive evaluation pf operational services goals and objectives and makes necessary adjustments to improve delivery of patient care services.

Establishes local policy in such areas impacting facility operations as program emphasis and operating guidelines.

Administers and ensures compliance with a system designed for the development and communication of program policies and procedures in accordance with new or existing rules and regulations.

Administers a management reporting system which provides appropriate data for decision making for facility operations, impacting organizational improvements.

Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Health Systems Administrator (Associate Director)/PD99902S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Authorized for a highly qualified applicant relocating to the San Diego, CA commuting area Financial Disclosure Report: Required