Summary About the Position: This position is located in the Defense Health Network West under the Defense Health Agency (DHA) in San Antonio, TX. Serves as the Defense Health Network (DHN) Clinical Quality Management's (CQM) Clinical Measurement (CM) principal advisor and as such is the subject matter expert for all CQM CM related matters. Responsibilities Technical and administrative authority on issues related to the planning, coordination, and execution of efforts to implement new programs that reinforce clinical quality management and clinical quality measurement initiatives and activities. Conduct analysis of issues and research to develop and recommend approaches and achieve program objectives to meet internal and external requirements. Develop protocols and methodologies to monitor the operational processes that affect the assessment of the quality of healthcare delivered in the MHS. Conduct research, review, and perform analysis on unforeseen, highly complex issues related to healthcare quality assessment and the organization of program resources. Represents the DHN CQM CM Program requiring technical expertise on issues related to improving CM quality assessment through measure reporting initiatives and best practices. Perform comparative evaluation of DHN’s CQM CM as compared to internal quality metrics. Responsible for preparing and conducting CQM CM presentations to the various DHN and DHA governing bodies, as well as to the Service representatives and senior leadership. Utlizing the following dashboards and tools: MHS Genesis to include Discern reports, HEDIS dashboard, AHRQ dashboard, health.mil, CarePoint. Utilizing Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Patient Safety Indicators, Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) and Prevention Quality Indicators (PQI), National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), ORYX, Care Compare, and Leapfrog. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience includes evaluating medical service delivery to identify clinical quality improvements; analyzing policies and/or procedures to develop protocols across medical facilities; utilizing a healthcare automated system, such as MHS Genesis, to pull reports; and providing guidance and advice to senior leaders in a healthcare setting. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Health Policy Planning Support Health Systems Analysis Healthcare Operations Administration Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). Education Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. Recruitment or relocation incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.