The Health System Specialist position will serve as the Executive Assistant to the Health Service Area (HSA) Regional Nursing Officer (RNO), providing expert level analysis and program integration, executive decision support, and strategic management across the full scope of the RNO portfolio. This position is a critical extension of the RNO.
There are three vacancies, Health Systems Specialist to RNO HSA 3.1, Health Systems Specialist to RNO HSA 3.2, Health Systems Specialist to RNO HSA 3.3.
The Health System Specialist - Executive Assistant to the Regional Nursing Officer position will function as a critical extension of the RNO in executing regional strategic, operational, and programmatic responsibilities and independently manages complex, high-visibility initiatives involving multiple Health Care Systems, Health Service Areas (HSAs), VISN programs, and VHA organizational components/levels.
The duties and responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to: Serve as a principal advisor, action officer, and integrator for complex, high-visibility, and sensitive VISN/VHA priorities and region-wide initiatives, operational issues, and cross-facility matters providing coordination and leadership among senior clinical and administrative executives.
Integrate information and activities across Sterile Processing, Care Coordination, and Utilization management and other assigned RNO priorities. Serve as the RNO's principal management/administrative advisor and senior action officer for assigned regional and VISN priorities, independently integrating complex clinical, operational, administrative, and performance matters across the HSA and Health Care Systems.
Evaluate implementation of VHA policy, enterprise standards, VISN priorities, performance-improvement initiatives, readiness requirements, and executive-directed actions across the assigned portfolio and identifies systemic barriers requiring intervention. Design programmatic analytic methodologies and data collection instruments where established methods are inadequate or do not exist, adapting techniques from statistics, operations research, or health services research.
Represent the facility/HSA/VISN in national workgroups, data governance bodies, or policy development efforts requiring reconciliation of conflicting data sources, program requirements, or stakeholder interests. Evaluate the effectiveness of implemented strategies and determine whether additional intervention, modification, escalation, or executive action is required.
Serve as a senior advisor and representative of the RNO in governance forums, executive meetings, workgroups, site visits, portfolio reviews, and other senior-level engagements. Represent the RNO, within delegated authority, in interactions with VISN executives, HSA Executives and leadership, Health Care System Directors and executive leaders, VHA Central Office representatives, Operations Center officials, and other internal and external stakeholders.
Ensure executive governance processes result in clearly defined decisions, accountability, responsible officials, timelines, performance expectations, and escalation of unresolved matters. Work Schedule: Employees are required to work the regular business hours and applicable core hours of the Health Service Area (HSA) to which they are assigned. Work schedules will be aligned with the time zone(s) served by the assigned HSA and may differ from the employee's local time zone.
Telework: This position may be authorized for ad-hoc telework as determined by agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist - Executive Assistant to the Regional Nursing Officer/PD00014VS Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $125776 – $163514/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-03.
There are 3 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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