The CSP Coordinating Center (CSPCC) is one of five in the nation, responsible for planning and conducting large Phase II/III, multi-center, controlled clinical trials. The Cooperative Studies Program (CSP), Office of Research and Development - is a national program that provides collaboration for research design, statistical analysis, data management and administrative coordination for clinical trials involving scientific areas of research relevant to nation's Veteran healthcare.

Duties

This job announcement will remain open for 5 business days. This is a non-bargaining unit position. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available. Telework: Available Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Research Health Scientist/PD233280 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required. Applicants selected for this position may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period. Failure to successfully complete the supervisory probationary period will result in the employee being reassigned to a position in the agency of no lower grade and pay than the one the employee left to accept the supervisory or managerial position. Major Duties: Supervises the Statistical Programming, Clinical Data Management, and Quality Management sections. Monitors and reports on status, quality, and timeliness of assigned projects to the center and recommends team or individual for recognition and/or awards, if appropriate. Collaborates to finalize the center budget for each fiscal year. Performs detailed reviews of a variety of Protocol Design issues including, data collection schedules, user friendliness, and data lifespan. Identify areas for continuous improvement and work with the chief of Quality Management to ensure implementation, and completion of the initiatives. Provide high-level guidance about the use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Medicare/Medicaid data in Study. Assumes center manager role in the absence of the center director on a temporary basis.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/24/2024. 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-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. 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. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. AND You may qualify based on your education and experience as described below. A transcript must be submitted with your application. Individual Occupational Requirements: Education - Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education(external link) at the time the degree was obtained; AND Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as 1) Setting performance expectations of work assigned to staff; 2) Assisting in policy creation for a small organization; 3) Tracking/correcting data integrity issues for a large office; and 4) Conducting program audits for an organization. Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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, although some slight physical effort may be required. 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/. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: 1. Strategic Thinking 2. Research 3. Technical Credibility 4. Communication

Education

PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement). Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. 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.

Contacts

• Address Baltimore ORD VISN 5 31 Hopkins Plaza Baltimore, ID 21201 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]