Planner

Title: Planner

State Role Title: Policy Planning Spec I

Hiring Range: $68,000 - $72,000

Pay Band:

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION OFF

Agency Website: vdh.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Planner will provide agency wide evaluations of COPN (Certification of Public Need) applications and request for extensions. Draft and develop extension correspondence and recommendations. Monitors the status of certifications and sends reminder letters. The Planner will serve as a technical resource regarding issues and provide guidance.

1, Evaluate COPN applications,
2. Evaluate the public need for requests made for medical care facilities and services as determined by compliance with State
Medical Facilities Plan/State Health Services Plan and 8 statutorily required considerations,
3. Writers detailed report of staff report and recommendation for assigned reviews,
4. Defend recommendations made on request for certificate of public need through the informal fact finding conference,
5. Evaluate requests for significant changes and extensions for certificates of public need for compliance with applicable
regulations,
6. Draft correspondence for signature changing and extending certificates when appropriate.
7. Develop recommendations when applicants do not qualify for extension.
8. Serve as technical resource for applicants and other interested parties regarding COPN issues.

Minimum Qualifications

• General knowledge of health care industry, especially medical care facilities planning and development
• Strong analytical and rhetorical skills
• Entry level knowledge and experience with public regulatory policies, procedures and practices; ability to communicate orally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner
• Ability to accomplish heavy workload within a stipulated timeframe; ability to analyze, evaluate, and handle public relations problems with customers in a professional manner

Additional Considerations

•Professional level work experience in a health planning or health care services organization
•Associate level staff experience in planning, research, and analysis preferably in a health planning or health care organization

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Daniel Baker

Phone: 804.629.3618

Email: daniel.baker@vdh.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.