The position is located at the Louis A. Johnson Clarksburg VA Medical Center located in Clarksburg, West Virginia in the Office of the Medical Center Director. The primary purpose of the Program Specialist is to provide administrative oversight to the Graduate Medical Education Program and serve as the facility's Research Compliance Officer.

Duties

Research Compliance Officer Duties * Performs quality assurance and improvement functions related to research compliance in support of the facility's Research & Development (R&D) program. * Develops, implements, and maintains the facility's research compliance program. * Completes the Research Compliance Officers Basic Requirements Checklist for the Office of Research Oversight (ORO) * Provides supervision, direction, and guidance to respective programs in their efforts to meet the VA and other federal compliance mandates pertaining to VA research. * Provides leadership, expertise, and strategic direction for the research compliance program. * Oversees and ensures effective and timely completion of audits and provides guidance and counsel on incorporating compliance*related activities into the daily operations of the R&D program. * Meets with investigators and staff to discuss elements of compliance to make recommendations for quality improvement. * Ensures regulatory and policy updates are disseminated to investigators and research staff in a timely manner. * Performs ongoing monitoring of all areas of research compliance. * Acts decisively on issues of potential non*compliance. * Oversees the training process for research and non*research employees regarding compliance related activities. * Identifies key policy issues, designs analyses, evaluates alternatives, and makes recommendations to senior management officials regarding research compliance. * Analyzes the impact, feasibility, and effectiveness of existing and/or proposed standards, regulations, programs and policies as they relate to research compliance issues. * Recommends revisions to policies, procedures, guidelines, and standard operating procedures that facilitate and/or implement the research compliance program. * Utilizes audit worksheets and auditing tools provided by the VA Office of Research Oversight for the informed consent audits and regulatory audits. * Actively participates with the Research Integrity Officer in any investigations of alleged or suspected research misconduct, utilizing relevant VA guidance and publications as a guide for investigation. * Serves as the advisor on human subject protection and regulatory compliance and animal research. * Serves as a non*voting member and consultant to the Research & Development Committee, the Institutional Review Board and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. * Supports the development or revision of policies, procedures, guidelines, and standard operating procedures that facilitate and/or implement research regulations. Graduate Medical Education Duties * Prepares and coordinates reports ad collaborates closely with the Associate Chief of Staff for Education & Research and facility management to provide leadership and assistance in reaching graduate medical education goals and initiatives. * Participate in the development of the facility's short* and long*term plans to assure implementation of academic affiliation principles. * Prepares recommendations which impact the way planning and integration of the academic affiliation is carried out. Performs administrative work related to the Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) initiatives. * Develops, administers, and resolves policy, program and project issues associated with educational and resident programs including resident physicians, fellows, and medical students. * Analyzes new or proposed policy concerning resident programs with specific emphasis on resident supervision to assure compliance with regulations and compatibility with the agency mission. * Develops, analyzes, evaluates, and advises on issues to help improve the effectiveness of the medical center's physician resident and medical student trainee programs. * Participates on committees, task forces, and teams as the physician resident and medical student educational expert. * Analyzes continuous quality improvement (CQI) through the Learner's Perception Survey (LPS), education interventions, trainee satisfaction and competency, trainee satisfaction and competency, resident supervision, and access to care. * Prepares budget requests; stimulates the appropriation of fiscal support; prepares program calendars and provides ongoing assistance in fulfilling the medical center's obligations and staff needs. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4pm Telework: Not Eligible. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist/PD220410 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/10/2023. 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-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 as 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: basic understanding of science and research principles ad be able to address VA's wide range of research activities; the requirements of other federal departments and agencies that may participate with VA in collaborative research undertakings. Must possess an indepth mastery and knowledge of interrelated federal and state laws / regulations governing Human Research Protections and Animal Protections as well as privacy and information security, conflicts of interest and biosafety and security. Knowledge of budgeting and fund control accounting techniques to prepare a budget plan, approve and certify obligations and reports changes for needs and excess reports. Knowledge of office procedures, filing systems, and various references and handbooks commonly used by staff to classify, search for, and dispose of materials. Extensive written and oral communication skills are required. 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 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M., if related. 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 1 and 1/2 years of higher level graduate education You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementCompliance InspectionIntegrity/HonestyPlanning and Evaluating 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. One year of full-time graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours that the school attended has determined to represent 1 year of full-time study. If that information cannot be obtained from the school, 18 semester hours should be considered as satisfying the 1 year of full-time study requirement. 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: The work is primarily sedentary. Typically, the incumbent a sit comfortably to perform portions of the work. However, there is periodic walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items such as files, instructional materials, books, and manuals. No special physical demands are required to perform the work. 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

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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 Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center 1 Medical Center Drive Clarksburg, WV 26301 US
• Name: Melissa Bartles
• Email: [email protected]