Medical Administration Officer

Full Job Description

This position is located within the VAMC Birmingham located in the Business Management Service BMS).

The Medical Center is a tertiary care facility, classified as Complexity Level IA that provides comprehensive primary and specialty services in medicine, surgery, neurology and psychiatry using a primary care model.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/14/2026.

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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Individual Occupational Requirements Education and Experience Requirements (GS-11/above) Graduate Education: Master's degree in economics, statistics, mathematics, applied sciences, law, or other fields related to the position is qualifying for GS-11 research positions.

Total undergraduate and graduate study must have included at least 9 semester hours in mathematics and statistics and 9 semester hours in economics.

Degree work must have included independent study or research in regulatory impact.

Theory courses, without independent study or research, are not sufficient to demonstrate ability to perform at the GS-11 level.

OR Specialized Experience Experience that demonstrated knowledge, skill, and technical competence in the use of statistical and mathematical theories applicable to regulatory impact, policy analysis, professional methods of scientific inquiry and analysis in the solution of problems in determining economic and other impact on regulatory programs.

Such experience must have involved extensive inquiry into or use of basic data; structuring of problems for systematic analysis; adaptation or development of scientific techniques; construction and use of analytical or mathematical models; formulation of recommendations for action; or planning, monitoring, or directing the above activities.

Candidates for positions at the GS-11 level must have had 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 level.

Candidates for positions at GS-12 and above must have had 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: Developing or monitoring the development of economic impact models that reflect economic, scientific, and engineering considerations appropriate to the industry or geographic area affected by proposed agency actions.

Analyzing the economic impact, feasibility, practicality, and effectiveness of existing and/or proposed environmental standards, regulations, programs, and policies.

Identifying defects or weaknesses in the analytic work performed by officials responsible for the development of regulations and standards.

Identifying and analyzing the key issues in proposed regulations, standards, or guidelines.

Forecasting effects of proposed regulations and standards such as plant closings, unemployment, price fluctuations, balance of trade impacts, and community disruption.

Developing alternative agency strategy, and assessing the environmental and economic tradeoffs.

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 incumbent serves as the operational Assistant Chief of the Business Management Service, provides consulting on all matters within the purview of Business Management Service: Benefits Section that includes Eligibility, Enrollment, Beneficiary Travel/Special Mode transportation, Administrative Officer of the Day, Decedent Affairs, Admissions and Emergency Department administrative coverage.

Your duties may include but are not limited to: Directly manages the three sections of BMS with 89 FTE and 22.5 facility contract employees.

Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates; set priorities and assigns work based on capabilities of employees and difficulties of work, prepares schedules, evaluates work performance of subordinates Develops performance standards; interviews candidates for positions, recommends appointments, promotions and reassignments.

Provides technical and administrative supervision to include advise, counsel and/or instruction to employees Identify and arrange developmental and training needs of BMS employees and medical center oversees 15 facility contracts that consists of the oversight of $55 million annually and provides direct oversight to 2 contracts whereby employees work at the facility (mail room and telephone operators.) Directs and monitors all BMS programs (25 major functions) Works with the section chiefs to eliminate and/or reduce any backlogs or bottlenecks with workload and improve BMS business practices.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm. Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Medical Administration Officer/PD093780 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.