About the Position: This position serves as a Senior Healthcare Business Analyst within DHA's Assistant Director, Resources and Personnel Integration (AD R&PI) reporting to the Deputy to the Assistant Director, R&PI, and it is located in Falls Church, VA. Relocation incentive MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

Duties

Serve as a senior consultant and definitive Subject Matter Expert (SME) on Military Health Systems (MHS) and DHA policies, Military Treatment Facility (MTF) operations and healthcare financial data analysis to the AD R/PI. Perform or oversee performance of statistical studies and complex retrievals of medical data for stakeholders at all levels from Defense Health Agency (DHA), the Department of the Army, Air Force, Navy, other health providers and staff agencies. Provide consultant services to other organizations requesting complex data extraction and analyses to include Military Health System Mart (M2) or Medical Data Repository (MDR) Data queries and SAS programming questions. Perform or oversee performance of impact analysis of various organizational structures, cultures, business processes, personnel policies and medical information systems usage in wide ranging functional data quality areas. Lead cross-functional teams of specialists from DHA to validate or establish network and MTF proficiencies in the stewardship of health care resources, increase quality and patient safety, and refine the processes that support and manage resourcing. Provide healthcare analysis in support of senior level working groups involved in a variety of work associated with DHA strategic business/organizational planning, corporate metrics/benchmarking, patient satisfaction, project implementation matters. Retrieve corporate performance data from a variety of MHS data query tools to include the MDR, M2, the TRICARE Operations Center (TOC), and other MHS systems. Provide alternatives and recommend courses of action to the AD R/PI after validating the estimates, projections, forecasts, and conclusions of the studies.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• This position may be subject to pre-employment screening and random drug testing. Selectees may be required to consent to participation in random drug urinalysis testing.
• Approximately 10% travel may be required. Travel may involve local and/or overnight.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanPriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes includes 1) analyzing healthcare data to determine the efficiency of health care delivery program operations; 2) assisting in the performance of statistical studies of medical data; and 3) utilizing specialized analytical, statistical, or visualization tools/software to provide data analysis for the decision-making process. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-14). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Health Systems AnalysisHealth Systems Data ManagementHealthcare Operations Administration Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-14).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address KF-DHA-DDAAFC DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY HQ DO NOT MAIL Falls Church, VA 22042 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk