The Center of Integrated Healthcare (CIH) is a VA office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Center of Excellence, with a long-term goal of improving the Healthcare for Veterans by integrating mental health services into medical settings.

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 major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Provide acquisition, management, processing analysis and interpretation of VHA administrative and clinical data. Serve as researcher conducting investigator-initiated externally funded and statistical support as a co-investigator. Extracts large volumes of highly complex clinical and administrative health service data from multiple databases. Assist in developing cost estimates, budget justifications, and research plans for data management components of research grant submissions. Design advanced statistical procedures , conducts analyses , interpret data and create reports of results. Conduct and/or supervise all study activities, including participant recruitment , enrollment retention , oversight of human protections during process. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Telework: Not Authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Education Requirement: 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. (Transcript Required) AND Grant writing: For positions at grades GS-12 or equivalent and above involved in professional work in grants administration, qualifying experience is considered to be experience in grants administration in areas of science, medical and healthcare fields similar or related to the work of the position. Specialized Experience: You must possess one (1) 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. Specialized experience: Direct all aspects of research projects in the areas of mental health or primary care. Create and deliver accurate and usable datasets to the requester and for utilization of data in national healthcare electronic record systems. Design and execute advanced statistical analyses. Oversee research or data acquisition teams. Train research assistants to effectively carry out participant recruitment, data collection, data entry, and project tracking activities. Write manuscripts for publication. AND Selective Placement Factor: This position includes a skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to -and essential for- satisfactory performance of the job. Selective Placement Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. Evidence of the Selective Placement Factor must be reflected in your resume. The Selective Placement Factor for this position is: You must have at least one year of leadership experience leading a health science related research program. 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/. 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.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application as part of your qualifications.

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

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 Syracuse VA Medical Center 800 Irving Ave Syracuse, NY 13210 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]