Program Analyst (Informatics)
What you'd do
The Program Analyst (Health Informatics) position is located at the medical centers within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The primary purpose of this role is to enhance the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by integrating clinical and information processes essential for the successful adoption and use of new technologies throughout the VHA.
Major duties
DUTIES: Contributes to the development of products used for data-driven decision making and process improvement activities for the better provision of patient care by clinical and business staff. Develops reports and information tools using a variety of methods and tools such as Structured Query language (SQL), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW). Uses Power BI and Power Apps to create highly functional user interfaces for data analytics products and provides training on these software applications. Participates on multi-disciplinary teams that aim to improve patient care, acting as the subject matter expert on developing informatics tools for staff use and facilitating end-user input. Collaborates with clinical staff to gain a functional understanding of clinical processes that allows for optimization of data analytics products. Uses communication, education, and leadership to support comprehension of and adaptation to strategic goals. Liaises with the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) to enable the sustainment and optimization of our health IT solutions and workflows, for the benefit of all staff and Veterans. Applies statistical (quantitative information derived mathematically), visualization (representation of data via a chart or other image), inferencing (a way to understand cause-and-effect relationships) and other techniques to enable decision support, with a future goal of incorporating machine learning (use of artificial intelligence to derive knowledge from data to predict outcomes). Participates in actions to evaluate, test, and report on errors found when working with systems and applications. Performs activities that support the management and delivery of educational experiences using information solutions and technology in all areas of healthcare. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Possible Ad-Hoc. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:99398-S/99399-S
What you need to qualify
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: GS-11 Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. ?You may qualify based on your experience and/or education s described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: initiating, developing, and executing complex projects; using data to assess clinical or business processes; developing clinical decision-support systems; performing statistical analyses and interpreting data; improving efficiency and effectiveness of processes; consulting, advising, and educating all levels of employees. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have Ph.D. or equivalent graduate degree, 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related (Transcripts 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 post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for the grade levels specified in the table, and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. GS-12 Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: implementing data life cycle to include data design, collection, and management in order to input, retrieve, analyze, summarize and present information; using data to track and manage patient care or business processes; utilizing clinical software packages; providing expert and professional health informatics consulting services and training programs. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-12.
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