LEAD HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST (PEBLO)

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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. Basic Requirement for LEAD HEALTH SYSTEM SPECIALIST (PEBLO): Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service which includes:1) Counseling military personnel from all branches of the uniformed services, retirees, and the families of those being processed through the Physical Disability Evaluation System on their rights, benefits, privileges or obligations; 2) Applying ICD coding techniques and VA Schedule for Rating Disabilities criteria to review and interpret medical documentation; 3) Performing advisory services for specific requests, conducting interviews and motivating customers to use benefits and services; 4) Preparing Continuance On Active Duty and Continuance On Active Reserve requests as well as extensions to active duty or Active Guard Reserve; and 5) Entering data into the Medical Evaluation Board Internal Tracking Tool database. OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. [remove LL.M., if unrelated] with a major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.