The Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center in Long Beach, CA is looking for one (1) Program Analyst for Quality and Patient Safety.

Duties

Functions as the knowledge expert for the activities related to showing outcomes in clinical care, and population health programs. Leads or participates on process improvement, root cause analysis and system redesign teams. Integrates knowledge of clinical and information processes to achieve successful adoption and application of new technologies or methods to support health care operations and systems. Develops implementation plans for new innovative methods of care. Conducts risk assessments and business reviews of innovation proposals and projects at sites. Represents a wide variety of stakeholders and liaisons with both internal and external organizations. Obtaining, interpreting, and analyzing data to improve processes. Provides expertise in the design of support tools and improve health care efficiency, effectiveness and safety. Drawing on extensive clinical input, redesigns and customizes business processes; adapts processes to work flow; making sure that they make sense and add efficiency and effectiveness to the operation. Provides support for interrelated and interdependent software applications to support patient care, ensure quality management, and clinical oversight; while effectively and efficiently managing multiple competing priorities. Consults, advises, and educates employees/management on methods and means to make health care operations more effective/efficient. Initiates, develops and executes complex projects that supports Veterans' health care needs. Develops educational programs and instructional materials and appropriate tools to educate the users and support staff at all levels of the organization. Work Schedule: M - F 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst/ 14430O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/07/2023. 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 will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Specialized Experience: Applicants 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: Consummate knowledge of analysis; well-versed in the application and adaption of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program effectiveness and the improvement of complex management processes and systems. Proficiency with various modes of presentation (Journals, international/national conferences, Web conferencing, teleconferencing, AVA, videos, etc.). Adept in project management to assist teams to develop informatics products and methods that improve care for veterans. Thorough understanding of the critical balance between the administrative and clinical functions in the health care delivery system, and the ability to identify strategies and effective programs to optimize this balance. Technical knowledge and skill sufficient to develop, test, and implement clinical decision support tools and software utilizing various data architectural platforms to enhance clinical care for veterans. IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. You will be rated on the following competencies based on your application for this position. Please make sure you address these competencies in your resume. (required) Analysis and Problem SolvingBusiness Process ReengineeringOral CommunicationOrganizational Performance Analysis 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. Physical Requirements: No special physical requirements or unusual demands are imposed by the work assignment. The work is usually sedentary, but it requires periods of walking, standing, bending, or climbing and employees may carry light items such as books, instruments, laptops, and other similar materials. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Long Beach VA Medical Center 5901 East Seventh Street Long Beach, CA 90822 US
• Name: Jeffry Rogers
• Email: [email protected]