Health System Specialist-Credentialing and Privileging Analyst

The incumbent - a Health Systems Specialist in the Medical Staff Office under the Chief of Staff at a VA Medical Center (VAMC) - conducts analytical reviews - manages data - and advises VAMC leadership on Credentialing and Privileging (C&P) processes. Please be advised that this position is currently subject to an OPM consistency review - which may result in a change in grade.

If the review results in a reduction in grade - you could be eligible for grade and/or pay retention.

The incumbent - a Health Systems Specialist in the Medical Staff Office under the Chief of Staff at a VA Medical Center (VAMC) - conducts analytical reviews - manages data - and advises VAMC leadership on Credentialing and Privileging (C&P) processes. Please be advised that this position is currently subject to an OPM consistency review - which may result in a change in grade.

If the review results in a reduction in grade - you could be eligible for grade and/or pay retention.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/22/2026. 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-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 applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. GS-9:
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized

Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-7 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. OR

- Education:

Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D.

- if related OR
- Combination:
Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an an equivalent combination of successfully completed graduate level education (beyond the…