As a Senior Analyst with the VHA Healthcare Operations Center (HOC), the incumbent will serve as a recognized expert in the full scope of healthcare analytics - offering extensive expertise designing, maintaining, and analyzing various datasets and systems across the healthcare field. The position serves as an expert in designing and developing new and innovative reports and tools across all VHA data systems. This vacancy may be filled in Washington, DC or a location to be determined.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to: Serves a key coordinator across VHA program offices to engage in data sharing and consolidation. S/he uses expert knowledge of and specialized experience in the management of health care delivery systems to support and enhance VHA operations and reporting and consistent management andmonitoring of those reports. Routinely works with high-level officials providing management advice and recommendations regarding resolution of complex problems and issues pertaining to achieving national priorities at the VISN and facility level. Leads, coordinates, plans, organizes, and carries through to completion program plans, program/policy analysis, data collection, legislative interpretation and analytical studies involving Federal and VA program and policies. Documents developed and reviewed cover a wide range of subjects that vary fromhighly technical, such as business plans for new programs, to non-technical. Conducts special assignments as necessary to support senior leadership in executing the HOC and VHA mission. These special projects usually involve complex, confidential, or sensitive issues such as patient safety, operational issues, and congressional inquiries. The incumbent determines the breadth of the projects, the methodology to be used and provides in-depth analysis and solutions. Develops innovative strategies and recommendations for initiating and establishing goals, timetables, and procedures for expediting projects. Advises VHA leadership on a wide array of technical issues within their purview which requires a high degree of professionalism, confidentiality, tact, and discretion. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800-1630 Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period) Virtual: The employee may work at a VA facility or other VA-leased space other than the facility that is hiring the employee and is authorized for telework up to 50%. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Health System Specialist/PD030180 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/27/2025. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-14 Specialized Experience Requirement: Do you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS13 on Federal Service that typically includes, but is not limited to, the following specialized experience examples. In order to meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet the following examples of specialized experience. Knowledge of analysis of variance, and the ability to assess differences between multiple data sources and sets to draw reasonable and actionable recommendations. Ability to analyze problems and present both written and oral recommendations to VHA senior leadership - taking into full consideration the wide range of factors and requirements which affect the management of national, regional, and local health care delivery systems. Knowledge of predictive modeling with the ability to create, test, and confirm models through statistical analysis. Knowledge and skill in adapting analytical techniques and evaluation criteria to the measurement and improvement of national healthcare operations. Preferred Experience: at least 2 years as a VISN and/or facility data analyst. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): An IOR is a basic requirement that must be met in order to qualify for entry into this job series, and it is something that can't be waived. The education must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. To qualify for the GS 0671 occupational series, applicants MUST possess one of the following: Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration. Transcript required with application if basing all or part of qualification on education. OR IOR Specialized Experience: Progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems Regulations and standards of various regulatory and credentialing groups Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement OR IOR Special Provision for In-service Placement: Successful completion of an agency-sponsored on-the-job training program may be substituted for qualifying experience, provided it included a formal individualized training plan. Such a training program must have been conducted in an operating health care system and included: Assignments providing a knowledge of basic health system administration philosophies, practices, and procedures, and basic government administrative policies and requirements; Practical assignments providing an opportunity to apply health system administration skills and principles (as the individual progresses, work assignments must be characteristic of the grade level to which he or she is assigned); and Oversight by an experienced health system administrator with periodic evaluation of the individual's progress and appropriate adjustment of the training program. Preferred experience: At least 2 years as a VISN and/or facility data analyst. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analysis and Problem Solving Critical Thinking 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. 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 sedentary and does not require any special physical effort. Some work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. Employee may carry light items such as papers, books, and portable computer requirement or driving a motor vehicle relative to attendance at meetings. The work often requires long hours to meet project deadlines and to devise corrective action and solutions to unexpected technical and/or management crises resulting in sometimes highly stressful work situations. 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 but you may use education to meet the IOR of the 0671 job series.


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 VHA Central Office - Operations 810 Vermont Avenue NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: VHANationalRecruitmentCenter@va.gov