Statistician (Health)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a statistician to collaborate on statistical analysis within the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.

The role focuses on applying biostatistical methods to health services research, data management, and study design across multiple projects. The position requires expertise in statistics and related software, with responsibilities including data collection and presentation, and advising on methodological approaches for research proposals and

Qualifications

• Requires a degree with substantial statistics coursework.
• Specialized experience in applying biostatistics methods to research data.
• Experience with statistical software and data analysis for research trials.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the SFP team on statistical analysis.
• Advise on statistical theory for data management, collection, analyses and presentation.
• Design or review proposed and actual methods for studies.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Biostatistics methods

Data management

Data collection

Data presentation

Study design

Communication

Education

Statistics degree with 15+ hours in statistics

Tools

SAS

R

S-Plus

PASS

NQuery

StatXact

EAST

Visual Basic

Perl

Matlab

Job description

Summary

This position is based at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System within Medical Research Service. The mission is to develop and test innovative care models and health systems interventions which markedly improve the effectiveness and value of VA health care - while advancing scientific methods for accelerating multi-level adoption - implementation - spread and sustainability of practice-based evidence.

Summary

This position is based at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System within Medical Research Service. The mission is to develop and test innovative care models and health systems interventions which markedly improve the effectiveness and value of VA health care - while advancing scientific methods for accelerating multi-level adoption - implementation - spread and sustainability of practice-based evidence.

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. NOTE: This applies to past - current - and upcoming VA Health Professions Trainees (HPT) only. VA HPT is an individual appointed to temporary positions in one or more VHA medical facilities performing clinical or research training experiences to satisfy program or degree requirements or admitted to the VA Health Professional Scholarship Program. HPTs can be either VA-paid or Without Compensation (WOC).

Basic Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• This occupational series has an Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR)
• Individual Occupational Requirements (IORs) are requirements e.g. - experience or education - for particular occupational series or positions within a series and are used in conjunction with a group coverage (generic) standard
• This position's IOR is: Degree: that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics - provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics) - and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences - medicine - education - or engineering
• or in the social sciences including demography - history - economics - social welfare - geography - international relations - social or cultural anthropology - health sociology - political science - public administration - psychology - etc
• Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods - e.g. - courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles - or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing
• OR - Combination of education and experience: Courses as shown in A above - plus appropriate experience or additional education
• The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling - (b) collecting - computing - and analyzing statistical data - and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency - dispersion - skewness - sampling error - simple and multiple correlation - analysis of variance - and tests of significance
• AND In addition to meeting the basic requirement - the following experience is required: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in Federal service
• Specialized experience is experience applying biostatistics methods in research data analysis
• using statistical computer software packages (e.g. - SAS - R - S Plus - PASS - NQuery - StatXact - and EAST
• Visual Basic - Perl - and Matlab)
• participating in study design for clinical or health services research trials
• and performing data collection - management and analysis
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/1500/statistics-series-1530/
• The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13
• Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary
• However - the work does require the ability to travel
• Travel can occasionally be frequent depending on studies and timing of events
• Effective oral and written communication are essential to present (a) protocols for scientific review (b) study procedures and updates at study related meetings - (c) scientific results - (e) facilitate and lead study team meetings and (f) participate in Cooperative Studies Program (CSP)management - general staff meetings - and quality management meetings and quality audits
• 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

• Duties of Position Include: Responsible for collaborating with the SFP team on all matters concerning statistical analysis
• Advise on the use of statistical theory concerning the techniques and methods involved in data base management - data collection - data analyses and data presentation
• Design or provide review and commentary on proposed and actual methods
• Provides technical consultation for research proposal
• Assists senior and junior faculty in the assembly of research proposals
• Work with core and survey statisticians in the design and development of surveys of physicians and patients that comprise the subjects for anyone of the multiple studies and sub studies
• Review and collect existing surveys that are relevant to the primary goals of a given project
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 005660 Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in-person work unless they are approved for an exception or an exemption
• Any approval for an RTO exception - exemption - or extension will happen after a tentative job offer - but before a final job offer
• Position Description/PD#: 005660 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized