Program Applications Specialist

The Health Administration Service (HAS) Line's core mission at VAPSHCS is to provide administration of various federal laws, regulations, policies and procedures that permit veterans to obtain health care through the Department of Veterans Affairs. HAS provides guidance and support to VA staff, non-VA care providers, veterans and other stakeholders in communicating veterans' health care benefits information. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Duties include, but not limited to: Provides business oversight for a variety of software programs integral to the overall administration and operations of the business. responsible for the coordination and training for service and facility staff in business and functional areas for various information technology VISTA packages, e.g. ADT (Admissions/Discharge/Transfer); Scheduling; PTF (Patient Treatment File); Medical Record Tracking; Fee Basis; POX (Patient Data Exchange); HINQ (Hospital Inquiry); AMIEII/IBBA (Intranet BDN/BIRLS Access); IB (Integrated Billing); AMIE (Automated Medical Information Exchange); Discharge Summary; PCE (Patient Care Encounter and Visit Tracking); ACRP (Ambulatory Care Reporting); Network Health Exchange; AICS (Automated Information Collection System); KLF Menu; CIRN (Clinical Information Resource Network);TIU) (Text Integration Utilities); Beneficiary Travel V 1.0; Incomplete Record Tracking V 1.0; Claims Manager -VISTA; EAS - (Electronic Application Systems) V1 .O; and additiqnal business office programs as added. Coordinates with the responsible office(s) for medical center workload to ensure the accuracy of the data in VISTA. Ensures the accuracy of reports such as the Gains and Losses, and AMIS reports. Provides workload studies fo other services in the medical center Provides. testing of new options and software versions prior to implementation to gain familiarity with the new product features and confirm that software is working according to specifications Provides staff support to Ol&T by providing information and analysis of software functions within the service responsible for designating and preparing data management analyses, special studies, and reports for use by top management for budget preparation, workload projections, and quality assurance and utilization reviews. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: AD-HOC (Inclement Weather Only) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Applications Specialist/PD40651A and PD40652A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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 applyi

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? VA Puget Sound Healthcare System (VAPSHCS) is a Level 1a major interdisciplinary teaching healthcare system with two divisions and multiple community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC). It is considered the most complex VA healthcare system nationwide. VAPSHCS has both Urgent Care and Emergency services, and a full complement of specialty medical, surgical, psychiatric, critical care, and rehabilitation service-lines. VAPSHCS houses two Community Living Centers, a Spinal Cord Injury Unit, Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Blind Rehabilitation, Domiciliary, and Home-Based Primary Care Services. The VA has adopted Core Values and Characteristics that apply universal