This position serves as a member of the Executive Leadership Team of the Wilmington VA Medical Center (WVAMC), the incumbent serves as the Executive Assistant to the Executive Medical Center Director in providing expert support to health care management officials by analyzing, evaluating, advising on and/or coordinating health care delivery systems and operations. The position renders advice on operational policies and assures these policies are coordinated with, and in support of, field operations and administrative functions in coordination with the health care services and the mission of Wilmington VAMC. The incumbent is expected to use initiative in organizing and accomplishing the responsibilities that have been delegated. The incumbent addresses specific problem areas and applies a high degree of analytical ability and specialized healthcare knowledge to the management of healthcare delivery systems. He/she exercises broad latitude and provides senior expert level advice to senior executive personnel, and/or agency officials concerning complex, novel, and unusual healthcare issues. This position has authority to represent the Senior Executive Service Leader or Executive Medical Center Director in committees, meetings, and external communications. The incumbent develops management improvement programs or revised policy and procedure requirements for more effective application of various administrative and clinical management systems such as reports management, information management, etc. The incumbent formulates recommendations to include specific plans to address/correct deficiencies and/or to increase positive accomplishments of administrative/clinical practices. The incumbent carries direct responsibility for seeking and finding practical solutions that may be achieved through short or long-range planning. The incumbent has overall responsibility for all administrative tasks within the areas of responsibility and functions with only minimal direction from their Executive Leader. In addition, provides direct support primarily to the Senior Executive Service Leader or Executive Medical Center Director and secondarily to other management officials by analyzing, involving, advising on and/or coordination health care delivery systems and operations at the health care system. The incumbent must demonstrate the ability to function independently on behalf of senior leadership and understand through discussion and minimal direction, a broad range of activities, programs, initiatives, etc. The incumbent assist in the developing all information required for policies, procedures, programs, education, research, and other special requirements. The incumbent evaluates programs against short and long range agency objectives, prepares and contributes to reports and other presentations on program planning and evaluation, and acts as a liaison or handles communications with persons and/or groups within and outside the Medical Center and VISN. The incumbent analyzes and evaluates on a quantitative or qualitative basis the efficiency and effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. The incumbent interprets VHA and VISN policy and translates it to the medical center level in the form of medical center policy. The incumbent reviews correspondence on behalf of the Senior Executive Service Leader or Executive Medical Center Director and responds to inquiries on behalf of the Medical Center Executive Leadership. The incumbent also reviews proposed programmatic and policy changes involving the facility, analyzing and evaluating functionality and other aspects of programs and policies for the Director.
Work Schedule: 7:30am-4pm
Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Ad-hoc only. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Executive Assistant/ PD050560
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized