Medical Administration Officer - Chief, Health Administration Service

The Medical Administration Officer - Chief, Health Administration Service (HAS) provides overall leadership and managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, operating, and budgeting, for the service line. The position develops and communicates the vision tor HAS, expresses the values that hold the service together, and guides it through significant and continual change to ensure that benefits are administered in an effective, patient focused manner.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include: Managing a multi-sector workforce and a variety of work situations. Establishing and conducting performance appraisals. Distributing workload within the team and ensure work assignments are carried out to completion. Making decisions on work problems presented by subordinate supervisors, team leaders, or personnel. Interpreting, explaining, implementing and enforcing regulations. Analyzing and measuring a program's productivity. Researching regulations and operating procedures. Analyzing current and future workforce requirements for resource management. Establishing criteria to measure and/or predict the attainment of organizational goals and objectives. Finding and implementing ways to eliminate or reduce barriers to production and improve business practices. Experience sustaining working partnerships with stakeholders, subordinates, peers and superiors. Communicating orally and interacting effectively with individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds or levels of understanding and divergent opinions and priorities. Providing technical advice and interpretation to management of laws and regulations. Implementing ideas for process improvement and quality of work. Providing advice to management and program personnel on budgetary and finance issues. Maintaining a continuing review of operating and financial programs. Operating within a standardized budget. Presenting recurring budget updates to management on a routine basis. Forecasting service budget, managing and tracking expenditures. Evaluating program effectiveness and making recommendations. Developing and coordinating internal review systems to ensure compliance with regulatory and inter-agency requirements. Developing, evaluating, and modifying organizational structure and systems to achieve program goals. Participating in the analysis and interpretation of workload and other data used in resource planning. Directing a program with significant resources. Identifying methods to improve production or increase the quality of work in the department. Performing other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm PST Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. Walking, stooping, and bending is required. Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office. Incumbent is required to travel between two main locations, which are located 70 miles apart, and to two VA Clinics that are located along the Oregon coast. Subject to background/security investigation 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. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Required Documents" below for details. 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.