This position is located in the Office of the Chief of Staff, Informatics and Analytics Service of the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Charleston, SC.

Duties

The Supervisory Management and Program Analyst - Chief of Informatics' primary responsibility will be to manage the informatic department within the Informatics and Analytics (I&A) service to support the data analytic reporting needs of the facility. The Chief of Informatics serves in dual roles of consultant and supervisor of the Informatics section within I&A. He/she is responsible for oversight of the departmental workflow and project assignment to staff to ensure timely and accurate completion of projects and data requests. Duties include but not limited to the following: Assigns staff to complete initiatives and is expected to exercise and to collaborate effectively with complex and competing activities. Supports facility data development, analysis, data mining, and reporting and program development for clinical operations content areas. Designs and implements National studies and analyses and performing analytical and evaluative work related to specific content areas. Planning and execution of Health Informatics in a manner that integrates and aligns operations, delivery and management of services with the accomplishment of the Medical Center's core mission, delivering health care and patient safety. Manages the overall design and development of the facility data warehouse architecture. Provides and manages regular and timely reports on facility critical data to include but not limited to workload capture, resource utilization, and information management utilizing available platforms to include Microsoft Business intelligence tools, SSDT, Power BI, Dynamics 365, and Pyramid Analytics. Assists and assigns staff in evaluating information and making recommendations for effective organizational changes, including those related to the collection and analysis of information. Participates in organizational analysis for portions of key VA or VHA programs or specific national projects. Translates data into meaningful management information. Assists in producing information and helps evaluate/analyze, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Instructs staff and assists in developing training materials or other tools to assist facility staff and leadership in utilizing data and reports that are produced. Maintains project tracking for assigned projects including change control, documentation, and notification to key stakeholders. Develops and maintains data definitions for assigned reports in easily understood language, and in the format prescribed. Work Schedule: Full-Time, Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: PD 534-10324-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• 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.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Personnel

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/05/2024. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience include, programming techniques and languages including XML, OLAP, etc. to ensure that facility analytic and development needs are met; Pyramid Analytic report and dashboard development to impact key performance metrics which will be used throughout the facility; utilization of VA corporate databases, including those related to performance, Non-VA Care, financial management, enrollment, planning, workload, and clinical operations; and practices related to employee conduct, performance and dispute resolution. Note: Your experience must be detailed in your resume to receive credit. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Information Management Employee Relations Administration and Management Database Administration Analytical Thinking Communication Manages and Organizes Information Project Management Performance Management 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. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required. The incumbent might be required to move from one geographic location of the facility to another with occasional travel to the Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) in South Carolina and Georgia. The work places no special physical demands on the employee. 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 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.

Contacts

• Address Ralph H Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 109 Bee Street Charleston, SC 29401 US
• Name: Armon Franklin
• Phone: (843) 577-5011
• Email: [email protected]