Student Trainee (Medical and Health)

Description:

This internship position is located within the Director's office of VA Boston Healthcare System, This position requires candidates to be on site during tour of duty schedule at one of three campuses at VA Boston. This is not a remote position. This position will be full time during the summer and hours can be reduced during the school semester based on course load. This internship will last while the intern is in school and be extended up to 120 days after their graduation date.

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/05/2024.

Internship Program: To be eligible, applicants must be accepted for enrollment or currently enrolled and seeking a degree (diploma, certificate, etc.) in a qualifying educational institution, on a full or half-time basis as defined by the institution in which you are enrolled.

You may qualify based on education and/or experience as described below:
Grade Level: You may qualify at the GS-7 grade level based on education and/or experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: studying policies; establishing hospital committees; attending meetings of hospital councils, healthcare planning agencies, and other healthcare groups; participating in budget development and execution; participating in a disaster exercise and critique; participating in an Infection Control investigation; participating in administrative rounds.; participating in preparation for a Joint Commission accreditation survey; participating in Systems Redesign and process improvement in a healthcare setting; learning and applying the appropriate rules, regulations, and policies in conducting healthcare business; formulating solutions to hospital issues affecting a hospital's operation based on knowledge of clinical medicine and healthcare system administrations; coordinating and controlling programs and resources to help achieve a balance of administrative and clinical functions.
OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the experience required. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have completion of one (1) full academic year of graduate level education or eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement (S.A.A.) Provision and completion of a bachelor's degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)
OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a bachelor's degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED) Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Possession of an integrated knowledge of clinical medicine and healthcare system administration to formulate solutions to hospital issues that directly affect the hospital's operation and ability to deliver optimum patient care.

Preferred Experience: The Health Systems Administrative Internship is an intensive introduction to hospital administration and management. Preferred candidates are those enrolled in a Master of Health Administration, Master of Public Health, or a Master of Business Administration program, with major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.


You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Communication Decision Making Planning and Evaluating

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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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/.

Physical Requirements: Work is mostly sedentary, but there is a moderate amount of walking involved, with infrequent bending, lifting, and stooping. Vision should be sufficient to read from a computer screen for prolonged periods without excessive fatigue. Data input into the computer requires prolonged used of a keyboard.