This position provide an optimum level of health services research and project management to multiple VA Research and Development research projects at Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care System. The incumbent will provide a variety of technical and administrative functions to the Pl, serving as the Project Manager on the assigned projects to include administrative support, program support, timecard/project allocation and general office work.

Duties

This is a bargaining unit position. This is a 13 months term appointment not to exceed 4 years. Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration of more than 1 year, but not more than 4 years and are subject to a 1 year trial period. Should the need warrant, term appointments may be extended without further competition up to a maximum of the 4 year limitation. The appointment to a term position does not confer eligibility for promotion, reassignment, or transfer to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Total Rewards Work Schedule: 08:00am - 4:30pm, Monday to Friday Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Science Specialist/PD11256TA and PD11256-TA Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Physical Demands: Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work; however, there may be some walking, standing, bending, and carrying of light items (not to exceed 20 pounds). Data Collection Administers the entire data collection process for all phases, data entry, survey follow-up and database maintenance. Performs the implementation and tracking intervention procedures and reporting of audit/feedback data. Institutional Review Board Assistance Applies their experience and expertise in VA and federal policy, guidelines and regulations related to health services research to oversee the activities of the CSHIIP (Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy) IRB (Institutional Review Board) Core, which ensures internal procedures and guidelines are implemented to assist the CSHIIP in adhering to HSR&D policies and procedures for protection of human subjects by monitoring changing and updated human subjects protection rules, standards and laws mandated by regulatory agencies both inside and outside of the VA; Ensures that the IRB Core collaborates with the CSHIIP Methods core groups in communicating relevant guidance, and providing training, education, and reference materials, to help ensure timely development and approval of IRB submissions. Contract Management Contributes expertise in human subjects' protections to the review of grant submissions and proposals. Prepares budget requests and justifications for independent and collaborative grant submissions. Monitors the cost, management, and overall technical performance of grants awarded: performs the technical evaluation of proposals in accordance with the funding agency's source evaluation and selection procedures. Directs the closure of completed projects: manages long-term, significantly complex, health services and public health related grants costing hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars. Directs task scheduling and monitoring the timely task completion at each phase of the project: supervises core project support staff and all data collectors at the main site. Project Management and Deliverables Hires and provides training for the seasonal data collectors: also is responsible for organizing all administrative aspects of the study, which will include coordinating and managing all correspondence. Takes the leading role in working with all study sites to assure that facilitators/project managers carry out the projects' QI protocol in a replicable manner across sites. Provides technical data management support to the entire staff at the main site tracks intervention progress at the sites through weekly telephone calls. Responds to requests for materials, and log and track them: monitors and schedule baseline site visits every four weeks. Responsible for reviewing any loose ends with the sites prior to exit,: assist in manuscript write-up of the results for publication in medical journals as sites begin to exit the study.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• Selectees may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• A complete application package, i.e., Resume, Transcripts, etc., as required by job announcement.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Participation in the Seasonal Influenza Prevention Program for VHA Health Care Personnel (HCP) is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs HCP.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Pre-employment physical examination/evaluation may be required.
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/13/2023. 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. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. 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. AND Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a 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. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: Experience Drafting and reviewing contracts. AND You may qualify based on your education/experience or combination as described below. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing your qualifications on education. Individual Occupational Requirements: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- quality assurance, statistics, mathematics, production management, industrial management, computer science, engineering, engineering technology, physical sciences, textiles, or other fields related to the position. 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. Specialized experience includes: developing and testing innovative care models and health systems interventions: data collection process for all phases, data entry, survey follow-up and database maintenance: implementing and tracking intervention procedures and reporting of audit/feedback data: have experience and expertise in VA and federal policy, guidelines and regulations related to health services research: prepares budget requests and justifications for independent and collaborative grant submissions to the VA and other agencies. 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 doctoral degree. 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 graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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 OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/alph-ndx.asp.

Education

PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.

Contacts

• Address West Los Angeles ORD VISN 22 5730 Uplander Way Culver City, CA 90230 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]