Health Science Specialist

**Duties**: The Health Science Specialist is a specialist in data and clinical research information processing, providing research investigators and other staff a variety of service performing database development and management, data extraction and analysis, and overall program support. This work includes but not limited to: - Coordinates activities across multi-site studies and projects with a focus on data management and analysis and information processing - Directly involved in clinical service evaluation and research, quality of care assessment and data management, and utilizes a background that includes formal clinical, quality of care/health services, as well as data management education, with practical knowledge in computer sciences. - Serves as a local, regional, and national resource for database development, data extraction and data manipulation. - Oversees and coordinates the data activities of the VA Research Investigators and leadership. - The position will participate in local and national calls with a variety of programs to evaluate research, implementation and dissemination programs and will be solicited for input in determining which programs to continue, modify, or discontinue. - Creates and uses large datasets to provide clear, unbiased written reports to research program directors, individual research investigators, and VHA management to be used for research evaluations, translational research, operational improvements, clinical improvements, or to establish policy. - Utilizes analytic methods to create and manage project specific databases, optimized for quality of care and research reports for VHA and VA leadership and investigators that most efficiently display the findings of the analyses through clear and concise writing and graphics. - Uses statistical software programs (e.g., SAS, SPSS, STATA, Excel) and other methods to store, clean, validate and analyze data. - Performs other related duties as assigned. **Work Schedule**: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm **Recruitment & Relocation Incentives**: Not authorized **Critical Skills Incentive (CSI)**: Not approved **Financial Disclosure Report**: Not Required **Requirements**: **Conditions of Employment**: - 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 Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. **Qualifications**: **Selective Placement Factors (SPF)** are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for the position. Applicants who do not meet the SPF are ineligible for further consideration. - The SPF for this position is: Experience using statistical software, to include SAS, SPSS, STATA, and Excel to maintain data management systems to store, clean, and validate data. - **In addition to meeting the Basic Education Requirement and Selective Placement Factor as identified above, **you must meet one of the following requirements for this position: - **Specialized Experience**: To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-11) in the Federal Service that is directly related to the work of this Health Science Specialist -Research position and has equipped you with the professional knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, and practices in database development and management to support the organization's health services research program. Examples of qualifying specialized experience includes: - Clinical science and/or public health research experience interpreting the meaning of research data and recognizing errors in datasets. - Using statistical software to validate and analyze data. - Performing technical and medical writing such as clinical protocol development and manuscript writing. - Developing and maintaining intranet and internet websites. - Experience with and knowledge of computer hardware, database software, programming techniques and graphical data display.**: - OR -** - **-OR-** - NOTE: One (1) 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. - You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this