The Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) was formed in 1997 because of the merger of the Tuskegee and Montgomery, Alabama VA Medical Centers. The incumbent serves as the Strategic Planning and Innovations Officer for all Business and Health Operations functions within CAVHCS, including overseeing all planning development processes for CAVHCS projects, including Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC's).
The position serves as the Strategic Planning and Innovations Officer responsible for leading, coordinating, facilitating, and providing ongoing support to CAVHCS in the design and implementation of innovation initiatives and is accountable for identifying and developing new ideas, products, services, or processes as well as soliciting innovative ideas from CAVHCS staff through forums and venues designed to support and enable a culture of creating innovation and spread of best practices and ideas.
Strategic Planning: Responsible for areas including the following: development of the facility's strategic plans; assistance in the development of specified joint strategic alliances between CAVHCS and all affiliate, local, state, and federal, military, and private healthcare organizations, VISN 2, HSA 2.2 and elsewhere, as necessary; analyses of demography and epidemiology of the respective market area; development of new organizational initiatives, and liaison with VISN and VHA staff concerning planning activities.
Leads self-directed projects, as well as projects assigned by the Director or by other Executive Leadership. Project deliverables often require formal or informal presentations, including narrative, graphic, and visual mediums. Analyzing customer feedback to identify potential improvements to existing products or processes.
Management of Innovations, Initiatives and Revenue Opportunities: Provide direction and leadership to department heads, administrative officers, and program managers regarding local planning and operational issues, new budget initiatives, evaluation of special programs, cost benefit analyses, workload tracking, and clinical and administrative support issues.
As the facility Innovation Officer, the incumbent may develop entirely new concepts or focus on improving existing products or services. The incumbent is responsible for creating an innovation development pathway to help generate new ways of serving Veterans tied to strategic priorities, site priorities, and local Veteran needs. Support the Diffusion of Excellence initiative by fueling more promising practice identification and implementation at VA Innovators Network sites.
Demographic and Market Analysis: Maintain open lines of communication with customers, community leaders, clinical and administrative chiefs and staff members to quantify Veterans' needs and service gaps. The Strategic Planner oversees planning activities that serve as a framework for project decisions and provides a basis for more detailed planning requirements.
Guides field-level planners through a systematic planning process involving steps that identify the status of health care system needs, prioritizes actions and strategies, and monitors plans to ensure that short and long-range goals are met at higher levels in the organization.
Collect and interpret information about market conditions and consumer behavior to assist the executive leadership in making informed decisions to determine future trends that may impact facility operations and improve the facility's market reach. Write detailed reports on findings, identify potential market opportunities, and advise the executive leadership on calculated tactic. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm.
Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist-Strategic Planning and Innovations Officer/PD111360 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized for highly qualified individual. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized Travel Required 50% or less-You will be expected to travel for this position. This is a dual campus facility.
Weekly travel is required between CAVHCS campuses located in Montgomery and Tuskegee, AL. Occasional travel to CAVHCS Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in AL and GA will be required.
There is no educational substitution at this grade level for Specialized Experience. A transcript(s) must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Transcript(s) that includes your coursework and date of graduation. A diploma is NOT sufficient to determine eligibility/qualifications. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
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chaka.davis@va.gov · 678-924-5700 X573386
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $106437 – $138370/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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