Supervisory Health System Specialist

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About the Position: This position is located within Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) Directorate of Surgery in Honolulu Hawaii. Tripler Army Medical Center is a tobacco-free workplace.

Tobacco products include, but are not limited to, smoking, smokeless tobacco, and electronic nicotine delivery devices.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education 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: 1) Coordinating administrative activities for a hospital or clinic; 2) Utilizing statistical data to analyze objective performance measures of a clinic such as productivity and quality control measures; and 3) Overseeing employees working in an outpatient setting.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 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 second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Plan, direct, analyze, and coordinate administrative activities within the clinic as directed by Group Practice Manager.
• Identify the need for analyses, reports, and statistical data.
• Establish operating policies to implement administrative management and personnel matters.
• Develop plans, and programs to initiate, manage, control and assess the impact of new and on-going services provided.
• Develop the clinic’s budget for upcoming fiscal years as directed by Group Practice Manager.
• Perform in depth vigorous analysis, including reviewing, editing and consolidating budget submission.
• Oversee the use of both I.M.P.A.C and Government Travel Card credit cards used throughout the clinic to order supplies, services, and equipment, pay registration fees, and authorized TDY expenditures.
• Serve as action officer between clinics personnel and the parent MTF pertaining to all aspects of civilian personnel management, reorganization, organization structuring, position management, and manpower utilization.
• Assign work, establish priorities, review and accept or reject completed work, establishes performance standards, provides advice and guidance on work and administrative matters, provide training, and evaluate performance.