The Health Data Program Analyst for the Mental Health &Behavioral Sciences Service (MH&BS) is involved with daily activities and interactions relating to data collection and analysis for Service use in program management and administration, particularly in productivity/workload monitoring, performance measurement, and goal achievement.

Duties

Major Duties: Implement of reports relating to MH Initiatives. Coordinate the implementation of program evaluation processes for the Service Serve as liaison with the other Services and organizations for all service related clinical program analysis and related administrative issues. Serve in a leading position and working with health sciences staff of the service assigned to clinical chart review and reporting, patient data collection and reporting. Collecting statistical reports and data and reporting on services performance improvement initiatives. Monitoring and maintaining data related to the standards for service and organization compliance with the Joint Commission. Monitoring and Ensuring other services compliance with National Service organization recommendations. Preparing Management Reports/Business Plan for leadership review. Compiling and retrieving workload and other information for the presentation of clinical provider profiles. Serves on several service and hospital wide committees and teams, etc. At times may be required to initiate projects and/or chair some of these committees relating to medical center/MH initiatives. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Management & Program Analyst/PD07520-O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized 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, 01/05/2024. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. 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-7 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Collect, organize, manipulate, analyze, present, monitor and maintain data; Serve as liaison for the service; Prepare various reports and/or business plans for leadership review; Serve on service and hospital wide committee teams; Assist leadership with developing long and short-range policies; Assist leadership in administering budget and financial management; Assist in planning and accomplishing special projects. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and graduate-level education beyond one year (beyond 18 semester hours). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analysis and Problem SolvingCritical ThinkingDatabase Management Systems 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: The work is primarily sedentary. 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 Bruce W Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1201 Northwest 16th Street Miami, FL 33125 US
• Name: Caitlin Sprayberry
• Phone: 901-633-8005
• Email: [email protected]