Program Analyst (Informatics)

Veterans Health Administration; Biloxi (MS); On-site; USD 78,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) seeks a Program Analyst (Health Informatics) to enhance care quality and efficiency by integrating clinical and information processes. You will support adoption of new technologies across VHA medical centers and lead multidisciplinary informatics projects.

The role emphasizes data collection, evaluation, and solutions development to improve health care delivery. Strong knowledge of healthcare informatics and national database structures is preferred.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience performing data analysis: collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing data.
• End-to-end workflow evaluation to identify issues and develop solutions.
• Knowledge of national database architecture and clinical applications development techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead informatics-related projects across multidisciplinary teams to improve health care delivery.
• Assess and optimize workflows to adopt new technologies within VHA processes.
• Provide guidance on data integrity, reporting, and analytics for clinical programs.

Skills

Data analysis

Workflow evaluation

Healthcare informatics

Job description

As a Program Analyst (Health Informatics) located at the medical centers, in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The primary purpose of the position is to improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by integrating clinical and information processes necessary to achieve successful adoption and application of new technologies throughout the VHA.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 08/31/2026. 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 12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: independently performing a full range of data analysis, to include collecting, evaluating, and synthesizing of data; applies an end-to-end process to evaluate workflows, identify issues, and develop solutions based on best practice guidelines; experienced knowledge and use of national database architecture and file structure, analytical techniques, and clinical applications development techniques; acquainted with technologies that are likely to benefit healthcare delivery processes to troubleshoot functionality issues and develop solutions; and ensures the success of multidisciplinary teams to lead and manage informatics-related projects. 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/.