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Supervisory Medical Administration Specialist - Patient Administration Job Overview
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/13/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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 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-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Health services management and administration practices, principles and techniques and experience in the planning, implementation and coordination of such systems. Emergency management procedures, sufficient to handle hospital operations in absence of higher level officials. Comprehensive knowledge of benefits and entitlements, enrollment policies and procedures. Analytical and systemic approaches to problems of organization, workflow, analysis of information requirements and planning, and project flowcharting. Planning, scheduling and conducting projects and studies to evaluate and recommend ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of work operations in a program or support setting. Computer skills to include data mining and analysis. Inpatient and outpatient operations experience such as admission, discharges, transfers, scheduling, and coordination with Clinical staff. Supervisory experience including team organization for projects, recruitment, and coaching front-line staff. Knowledge of HR principles including labor relations, recruitment, and policy drafting. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related, that demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience directly related to the position and graduate education in excess of 2 years. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). Preferred Experience: Supervisory experience. Experience with Enrollment Systems, Eligibility, and Veterans Benefits. 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/.