Program Analyst

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Battle Creek (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center seeks a Program Analyst to support health system decision-making through clinical informatics and management functions within the Office Patient Care Services.

You will independently gather and interpret data from VA systems, respond to leadership data requests, and translate nursing program requirements into analytics specs, driving PCS performance improvements across the medical center.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in data analysis and reporting.
• Experience extracting data from internal/external databases and designing user-friendly reports.
• Education options include Ph.D. or three years of graduate study with transcripts.

Responsibilities

• Supports executive and clinical information needs and designs projects or studies.
• Gather/interprets data from VA systems and applications for sophisticated analysis.
• Responds to ad hoc data requests from leadership with creative analysis and recommendations.
• Translates clinical and nursing program requirements into analytics specs with nursing leadership.
• Evaluates objectives and performance measures against targets.
• Leads interdisciplinary teams on PCS performance improvement projects.
• Develops and distributes reports and presentations meeting deadlines.

Skills

Data analysis

Data extraction

Statistical methods

Report design

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

Graduate education (3 years)

Tools

VSSC

Pyramid Analytics

EDIS

BMS

SAIL

Job description

Summary

This position supports health system decision-making - clinical informatics and management functions as a member of the Office Patient Care Services located at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center (BCVAMC) in Battle Creek - Michigan.

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: One (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal Service that has given me the particular knowledge - skills and abilities required to successfully perform the duties of a Program Analyst. Specialized experience is conducting data analysis - including extracting data from internal and external databases - analyzing and interpreting complex data using basic statistical models - and designing and preparing user friendly reports. NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title - duties - month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week. OR EDUCATION: Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree that demonstrates the knowledge - skills and abilities to do the work of this position. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. NOTE: If you select this option - you must submit a copy of your transcript with your application. Education cannot be credited without documentation. OR COMBINATION: Combinations of successfully completed progressively higher level graduate education (beyond the second year) and specialized experience - as described above - which meet the total experience requirements for this grade level. The education portion must include graduate courses that demonstrate the knowledge - skills - and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. This education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. NOTE: If you select this option - you must submit a copy of your transcript with your application. Education cannot be credited without documentation. 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/.

Duties

• ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION - YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include - but are not limited to - the following: Supports executive and clinical information needs and designs projects or studies in response to complex questions and performance requirements
• Independently gathers and interprets data from VA systems VSSC - Pyramid Analytics - EDIS - BMS - SAIL - and other applications to perform sophisticated data analysis
• Responds to ad hoc data requests from leadership - applying creative analysis to resolve management and clinical problems - and presents findings and recommendations
• Researches VA data sources to validate data and translate clinical and nursing program requirements into analytics specifications - working closely with nursing leadership and clinical staff
• Evaluates achievement of objectives and performance measures based on planned targets and actual performance
• Leads interdisciplinary teams on projects to improve Patient Care Services(PCS) performance and nursing practice across the medical center
• Develops and distributes reports - charts - and presentations on nursing program performance - establishing data collection procedures and report formats to meet PCS and facility deadlines
• Performs other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday-Friday
• 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved.