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The incumbent functions as a principal staff advisor to a health care management official, i.e., Director, Change Management Coordination (DCMC), on change management operations and is responsible for the development and enhancement of change management activities for OEHRM. Provides expert consultation to each Veterans Integrated Service Network's (VISN's) change leads and change coordinators pre-deployment, deployment, post-Go Live, and sustainment.
Learn more about this agency07/28/2022 to 08/01/2022
$126,233 - $164,102 per year
GS 14
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Competitive
14
No
No
CARX-11586238-22-UB
667737200
As a part of the Change Management Coordination team, works closely with the Change Management Training Strategy and Change Management Stakeholder Engagement teams to ensure cross-function communication and effective approach in implementation of all field facing change management activities.
Provides support to the DCMC for national level change management strategy creation and leads the execution of change management delivery at the VISN and local level. Engages the Facility change leads and change coordinators who will work 100% for OEHRM via MOU during deployment. The number of employees working 100% for OEHRM via MOU will vary as the number of facilities in a VISN vary; however, 2 high level staff at each facility will perform local change management activities leading up to, during, and after deployment of the modernized EHR.As Senior Change Management Specialist, plays a key role in the execution of all field facing change management activities for all end-users being impacted by EHRM at the Facility, VISN, and National level under their purview. This encompasses all clinical and non-clinical staff at VAMCs, all VISN-level functions (e.g., telehealth providers, Managerial Cost Accounting staff, etc.), and all National level staff (e.g., Office of Information Technology, Veterans Benefits Administration, Consolidated Mail Out Pharmacy, Vet Centers, Veterans Crisis Line, etc.). Given the massive scope of the EHRM transformation, each deployment impacts at least 20,000 employees at all levels of the organization, with multiple deployments occurring simultaneously. Ensures that the strategies are being developed and implemented at the multiple sites across multiple VISNs for which they are responsible. Ensures the change management activities deployed across the organization in service of successful end-user adoption, which will be tracked through change management specific evaluation. Works closely with leadership in VA, VHA, and OEHRM, as well as others outside VA such as DoD and academic partners, to execute a change management program to meet the needs of those end-users of the modernized EHR within the VISNs and sites under their purview. Analyzes and reviews operations plans and objectives and monitors comprehensive program plans, budgets, and schedules to provide feedback to the DCMC, which will be used to adjust change management strategy and execution as necessary . Works closely with leadership at all levels, both inside and outside OEHRM, to ensure OEHRM is effective in its approach to fulfilling program objectives. Ensures and coordinates the prioritization of business requirements for a portfolio that is national in scope, organizational operations, and program/project evaluation.
Work Schedule: 8:0000am-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist/PD18988A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
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:
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There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
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