About this role
Job SummaryAbout the Position: Serves as a Supervisory Health Systems Specialist at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia who provides subject matter expertise for strategic and operational planning, organizing, staffing, decision support, and policy development. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
QualificationsWho May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/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. For qualifications determinations your resume must contain hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., hours per week and "month/year" to 'month/year" or "month/year" to "present"). If a determination is not able to be made about the length of your creditable experience for qualification requirements, you will be removed from consideration. Supervisory Health System Specialist GS-13: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes oversight of Health Information Management or Patient Affairs/Patient Access operations; implement policies and procedures pertaining to patient affairs and patient accountability; assist with oversight of the administrative functions and program management. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service GS-12. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Major DutiesProvide oversight to operations of Coding, Health Information Management, Medical Records, Admissions and Dispositions, Decedent Affairs, HIPAA, and Tumor Registry.Plan, schedule, and carry out major projects within the scope of Patient Administration programs.Train senior leadership on patient policies, patient eligibility verification and management, patient accountability, special category patients, patient privacy.Develop and implement effective communication and partnerships throughout the medical treatment facility and the region.Resolve issues regarding patient administration operations.Maintain oversight of all work related to eligibility, patient tracking and all aspects of vital statistics (births, deaths, casualty reporting), long term patient management and medical retention, and very seriously injured/ill reporting.