The position performs professional database development, coordination, and technical management in a comprehensive research setting, providing day-to-day data management and site support for the VA Research Program in Washington, DC. The VA Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** The Health Science Specialist - Research Database Manager is a specialist in data and clinical research information processing, providing research investigators and other staff a variety of service performing database development and management, data extraction and analysis, and overall program support. The major duties include but are not limited to: Coordinates activities across multi-site studies and projects with a focus on data management and analysis and information processing; Directly involved in clinical service evaluation and research, quality of care assessment and data management, and utilizes a background that includes formal clinical, quality of care/health services, as well as data management education, with practical knowledge in computer sciences; Serves as a local, regional, and national resource for database development, data extraction, and data manipulation; Oversees and coordinates the data activities of the VA Research Investigators and leadership; Participates in local and national calls with a variety of programs to evaluate research, implementation and dissemination programs', and will be solicited for input in determining which programs to continue, modify, or discontinue; Creates and uses large datasets to provide clear, unbiased written reports to research program directors, individual research investigators, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) management to be used for research evaluations, translational research, operational improvements, clinical improvements, or to establish policy; Utilizes analytic methods to create and manage project specific databases, optimized for quality of care and research reports for VHA and VA leadership and investigators that most efficiently display the findings of the analyses through clear and concise writing and graphics; Uses statistical software program (e.g., Statistical Analysis System (SAS), Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), statistical software for data science (STATA), Excel) and other methods to store, clean, validate, and analyze data; Participates in writing funding proposals, manuscripts for publication, local and agency-wide reports, and contributes as a subject matter expert in the preparation of grant proposals to funding agencies, scholarly manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals, and presentation of study findings at local and national scientific meetings; and, Performs all other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/12/2024. 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-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. Basic Education Requirement: You must have successfully completed a Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree, with a major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the Health Science Specialist - Research Database Manager position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. ~AND~ In addition to the Basic Education Requirement above, to qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet the following: Experience: You must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-11) in the Federal service that has given you the particular knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Health Science Specialist - Research Database Manager, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled and has equipped you with the professional knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and practices in database development and management to support the organization's health services research program. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Clinical science and/or public health research experience interpreting the meaning of research data and recognizing errors and the possible causes of errors in datasets; Using statistical software packages such as Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), Statistical Analysis System (SAS), statistical software for data science (STATA) to validate and analyze data; Performing technical and medical writing such as clinical protocol development and manuscript writing; Developing and maintaining intranet and internet websites; Experience with and knowledge of computer hardware, database software, programming techniques to include, but not limited to Structured Query Language (SQL), Statistical Analysis System (SAS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), and graphical data display. NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: ANALYTICAL THINKING DATABASE ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH MANAGES AND ORGANIZES INFORMATION TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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. 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; religious; 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. Physical Requirements and Work Environment: Typically, the position sits comfortably to do the work, works at a computer screen for long periods of time, and interacts with other sites via phone and email. Position needs to have good manual dexterity and eyesight. Work is performed in an office setting. 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.


IMPORTANT: A transcript (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application for the Basic Education Requirement. Education cannot be credited without documentation.


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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Washington VA Medical Center 50 Irving Street, Northwest Washington, DC 20422 US
• Name: Karen Simmons
• Phone: 202-297-8951
• Email: [email protected]