Health System Specialist (Office of Deputy Director)

The VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS) is currently recruiting Health System Specialists in Long Beach, California. The incumbents serve in the Office of the Deputy Director. This position supports VALBHS's administrative & strategic operational initiatives: identification of problems, analysis of data, recommendation of resolutions based on specific knowledge of the organization's objectives/priorities, resources, and catchment area.

Duties may include but are not limited to: Interpret policies, developing and implementing local policies, defining administrative requirements to executive leadership on related issues. Evaluate and monitor administrative activities and make substantive recommendations for program improvements. Perform demand/capacity analysis, templating and scheduling. Lead data analysis of performance related to existing internal and/or external requirements. Interpret agency program goals/objectives, sequence/timing of key program events and milestones and/or methods of evaluating program events. Act as a liaison or point person for communications with persons and/or groups internal or external to the VAMC. Provide health system management to support services in full support of the medical center mission, goals and objectives. Oversee staff support work in short and long range planning efforts while obtaining and/or consolidating planning information. Establish administrative controls aimed at ensuring remedial actions are completed and proposed. Oversee duties directly contributing to the administrative management of a health care delivery system. Analyze and evaluate on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations. Lead data analyses of performance related to existing internal and/or external requirements. Disseminate results of projects via reports, dashboards, and consultation. Consult with colleagues to analyze, interpret, and anticipate financial trends. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist (Office of Deputy Director)/PD13291A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job Subject to a background/suitability investigation Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 A complete application package; Resume, Transcripts, etc. is required Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.