Health System Specialist/Facility Planner

Summary

The position is at the full performance level located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System GLAHS) VA Medical Center (VAMC) in the Office of Strategic, Facility and Master Planning. GLAHS is a Joint Commission accredited, complexity level 1a facility serving Veterans throughout Kern, Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited: Serves as a Facility Planner for the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (GLAHS) by providing a full range of support functions assisting in the formulation and development of organizational facility plans and is involved in the analysis of demography of the Los Angeles market area. Provides support to administrative programs including planning, projects, and overall management. In this capacity, the incumbent provides full and complete support to the Chief Strategy and Planning Officer and Associate Director, Ambulatory Care Services in the planning, coordination, analysis and execution of administrative policies and programs and serves as an advisor on matters related to the internal and external operations of the GLAHS. Develops and monitors business programs, plans, procedures, and methodologies analyzing business initiatives and processes. Has overall project responsibility for conducting facility-wide studies or projects to meet organizational objectives and customer needs, enhancing teamwork, and improving the organization's overall performance. Works with facility leadership to assure their input to business related projects. Analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals. The incumbent serves as the Facility Planner for GLAHS. In this capacity, the incumbent is responsible for directing all planning activities within the facility and assisting in developing the annual strategic/operational plan, which outlines local goals, initiatives, and departmental activities. The incumbent ensures the GLAHS plan is aligned with the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 22 Strategic Plan and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) goals, objectives, and performance measures. The plan also meets the requirements of accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission and other accreditation entities. In this regard, the incumbent works closely with the Service Lines and Departments in the facility to obtain and consolidate planning information. The incumbent works collaboratively with the VISN 22 Capital Asset Manager to provide support for construction project applications in the Enhanced Health Care Planning Model (EHCPM) and Strategic Capital Investment Plan (SCIP) databases. The incumbent performs special studies and develops reports, proposals, business plans, position and issue papers which represent the facility's position concerning a variety of managerial and technical issues including planning initiatives, development of new programs and sites of care. Adapts the principles, practices, processes, and techniques common to any situation to the specialized requirements of the Chief Strategy and Planning Officer and Associate Director, Ambulatory Care Services. Requires considerable knowledge of general healthcare systems, programs, and practices, and of how these healthcare principles and practices relate to the unique characteristics and needs of the PVAHCS. The incumbent serves on variety of GLAHS committees and boards as appointed by the Director in varying capacities to include Co-chairperson, member, facilitator, or as a representative of the Executive Leadership Team. The incumbent provides informed advice and feedback to the Executive Leadership Team. The incumbent may be called upon to serve on VISN committee's and boards in the same manner as above Work Schedule: Monday-Friday from 8:00am-4:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Health System Specialist/Facility Planner/PD15030A and PD15029A Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary and may include some need for occasional travel. The incumbent will be subjected to stressful situations due to short timeframes for completion of assignments and potential and actual conflicts. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/23/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 and for a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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: This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that can't be waived. To qualify for the GS-0671 occupational series, applicants MUST possess the following: Undergraduate and/or Graduate Education: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR 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; and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. OR, Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); And oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. Grade Determination. In addition to the Individual Occupat