Health Systems Administrator

Summary

The Health System Administrator will serve as the Assistant Director and has full responsibility for dedicated service and sections of the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is the tertiary care and referral medical center with health care services at 12 locations serving a 15-county area in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Facilities include 2 campuses: Cincinnati VA Medical Center and Cincinnati VA Medical Center-Fort Thomas.

Duties

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center (CVAMC) is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, OH and Fort Thomas, KY serving 15 counties in Southwest OH, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana with 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. The CVAMC also supports two off main campus locations in the Cincinnati area via an Eye Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division. Major Duties: The Assistant Director is responsible for the development of plans, programs, direction, and monitoring of clinic and health plan management. This encompasses activities to (1) maintain or improve the quality of service and health care delivered by the health care system, (2) develop and execute budget projections, (3) achieve veteran satisfaction, and (4) respond to accreditation and regulatory requirements. The Assistant Director applies specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate, direct, and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administration. Budget and Fiscal Management: Budget and Fiscal Management for the facility services assigned such as resource management and FTEE control within the assigned services. The Assistant Director oversees the management of administrative services supporting assigned operations. Assistant Director performs financial management and resource decision making analysis, ensuring operational spending and resources stay in balance. Voting member of the Executive Leadership Committee and other committees as assigned. Provides sound fiscal management practices. The Assistant Director demonstrates a clear understanding of government and agency systems and an acute awareness of all elements of resources as they related to the cost of healthcare operations. Human Capital Management: Exercises full line authority for multiple administrative functions (services and sections) and indirectly for all clinical matters affecting patient care. Delegates authority and holds managers under his/her oversight responsible and accountable for the performance of their service lines, programs and human capital requirements. Functions as a first-line supervisor. In this capacity the Assistant Director exercises a full range of managerial and supervisory authorities and responsibilities which include: (a) prioritizing major work efforts;(b) evaluating the performance of the service level management teams; (c) giving advice, counsel, or instruction; (d) interviewing and tentatively selecting candidates for key centralized positions, and recommending appointment, promotion or reassignment involving such positions; (e) hearing and resolving appropriate complaints and grievances; (f) effecting disciplinary measures, recommending action to higher level officials; and (g) identifying and providing management development and training needs of key staff members. Stakeholder Relations: Represents the healthcare system by establishing and maintaining community partnerships, and relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The Assistant Director is responsible for promoting the understanding of the health care delivery system's mission within the local community and proactively advising both of benefit and/or hospital changes and information. Internally, the Assistant Director serves as a facilitator between clinical providers and administrators to meet the medical center's goals and objectives; responsible for developing and maintaining good working relations with other medical centers in the local area and throughout the region, medical schools, accrediting agencies, volunteer worker groups, and the community at large. Systematic Internal Review: Provides an extremely high level of analytical and cognitive ability. Lead facility implementation and oversight of Presidents/VA/VHA/VISN initiatives includes but not limited to Strategic Planning, High Reliability Organization, ICARE, Modernization, Veteran Experience, Whole Health and / or Community Care. The Assistant Director conducts internal systematic reviews; and serves as an essential capacity for developing and coordinating internal measures to assure that both clinical and administrative operations are in within governing standards. Directs analysis and evaluation of health care delivery quality and effectiveness and ensures provision of health care services that complies with all accrediting agencies. Assures the beneficial and cost-effectiveness for both the patient and the Government. reports in response to requests from internal and external stakeholders. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Systems Administrator/PD99901S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure: Required

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/08/2026. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: In-depth knowledge as well as special skills in administration and health care systems management which have enabled him/her to effectively carry out various management aspects; Developing and presenting recommendations and actions that contribute to the development of the functional efficiency of a healthcare system; Analyzing and competing executive demands on resources; Maintaining abreast of new and existing health care technology and administrative concepts and analyze them with the overall needs of the healthcare system in mind; Expert knowledge of computer operations and specific knowledge of computer applications used within the VA; and Analyze complex problems and present both written and oral recommendations and reports. Individual Occupational Requirement: The 0670 series requires specific education or experience to be met in order to be appointed into a position of this series. You must meet the pre-determined Education or Experience Individual Occupational Requirement below as set by Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Undergraduate and Graduate Education in a Major study of: hospital administration, public health adm