Summary The incumbent serves as the Deputy Network Director for Financial and Logistics Operations, VA Healthcare-VISN 4. VISN 4 is a network of 9 VA medical centers, 44 outpatient clinics, a mobile clinic, and 17 Vet Centers. Annually, VISN 4 serves more than 300,000 Veterans from across the Nation, primarily from Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Ohio. This position is located at the HJ Heinz Campus, Aspinwall, PA. Responsibilities Major duties and responsibilities include, but may not be limited to: Provides strategic leadership; and direction of the activities of the Network's Chief Financial Officer, Chief Logistics Officer, Capital Assets Manager, Human Resources Manager, Public Affairs Officer, Business Implementation Manager, and the Financial Quality Program Specialist. Ensures that fiscal, material, capital assets and personnel resources are utilized effectively and efficiently. Achieves network-wide standardized finance, logistics and capital asset management operations and policy implementation. Provides input to and makes decisions that have strong impact on medical center, network, and national matters. Ensures the network and its facilities are in full compliance with VHA and VA policy and regulatory requirements. Provides authoritative advice and expertise in all areas of finance, logistics, human resources, public relations, and capital asset management and utilization by developing and analyzing data and performance trends. Participates in the resolution of conflicts between local needs and network priorities and VA requirements. Supports VA and VHA mission, goals and objectives. Develops and implements the VISN financial plan and budget. Consistently adheres to VA procurement regulations and policies. Assists in developing the network's capital asset goals and objectives and short and long-range plans for achieving them. Oversees management of all human resources functions. Responsible for official VA communications at the VISN level. Supervises and provides direction for the VISN strategic planning officer. Responsible for the oversight of business related activity implementation of policy and procedures in the aspects of the revenue cycle, sharing agreements, care in the community program management, patient administration, and workload capture. Fosters a corporate culture of public service, accountability and excellence. Performs other duties as required. DETAIL: Employees may be detailed, in 120-day increments, to the same or lower grade positions for up to 1 year. Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday; Work during non-standard shifts or days, such as weekends, holidays, evenings, nights, is expected to support the agency and its operations. Telework: Ad-hoc telework may be authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Systems Administrator (Deputy Network Director) / PD023660 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 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 dentification 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) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/21/2026. 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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: 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. Applicants must also possess: Management ability to delegate authority, evaluate and oversee people and programs, recognize and adapt to changing priorities; and knowledge of the interrelationships and interdependencies among various medical and administrative services and programs. At this level, applicants would identify and resolve problems which may inhibit accomplishing patient care mission and public policy objectives; exercise fiscal management responsibility by assisting in the preparation of the overall facility budget, in monitoring expenditures, and in recommending reallocation of funds based on shifting program needs; establish and maintain public relations with a variety of institutions and groups; apply performance standards to measure program performance and health care activities are meeting established goals and objectives; and develop, evaluate, and adjust organizational structures and management systems for the administrative and allied health services managed. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Leadership Organizational Awareness Strategic Thinking Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Work is sedentary. There are no special physical demands. The work environment includes everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of offices and meeting and training rooms. 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/. Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Additional Information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
