Health System Specialist

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/09/2026. 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-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 occupational series has an Individual Occupational Requirement - for this series, the following Basic Requirement must be met in addition to the Specialized Experience. Undergraduate and 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 Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): 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. Special Provision for Inservice Placement: 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. In addition to the IOR you must meet the following specialized requirements: GS-12 Specialized Experience You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Leading or co-leading integrated project teams (IPTs) for construction, renovation, lease, and realignment projects, coordinating activities among Engineering, Finance, clinical services, and external partners. Developing and maintaining master phasing diagrams and swing-space plans that sequence construction, moves, and activation milestones while minimizing disruption to patient care and operations. Overseeing activation planning, including move sequencing, FFE (Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment) IT, signage, and occupancy-by directing and coordinating with the Activation Coordinator and tracking project deliverables, risks, and schedules. Developing and maintaining the facility's long- and short-range space master plan using VA space criteria, workload projections, and demographic trends for all campuses, CBOCs, and leased sites. Managing and validating the space inventory (e.g., Capital Asset Inventory), ensuring accurate documentation of current and planned space assignments, functional adjacencies, and utilization. Preparing technically, sound capital and space justifications (e.g., Strategic Capital Investment Planning submissions, major/minor construction, leases, activation funding, equipment requests) using data from VSSC, DSS, VistA, and other analytic tools. Preferred Experience: Individual should have 3-5+ years of hands on experience in a healthcare facility space planning for large, complex hospitals, or medical centers (e.g., tertiary or academic settings). This includes developing long and short range space master plans, creating functional layouts using healthcare or VA space criteria, managing space inventories, and working with clinical, administrative, and support services on space solutions. Experience with Strategic Capital Investment Planning, construction, and lease proposals, and linking capital plans to strategic goals. Experience with swing space, move planning, activation business plans, and coordinating furniture, fixtures, and equipment/IT. Experience with workload/access data, forecasting, and tolls like data warehouses, or similar systems. Experience negotiating with senior leaders and delivering clear executive briefings and reports. Physical Requirements: Work is primarily sedentary but includes periodic walking, standing, climbing stairs, and accessing construction and mechanical areas requiring the use of personal protective equipment. 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/. The incumbent serves as the Facility's Senior Space Planner at the Washington DC VA Medical Center, responsible for strategic space planning, space management, and activation planning for all HCS campuses, CBOCs, and leased sites. The incumbent operates as a key advisor to the Medical Center Director, Associate/Assistant Directors, Chief of Engineering, Chief of Staff, and other senior leaders on all matters involving space utilization, master planning, and construction related activation.