Health Scientist Administrator

Summary This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. This vacancy is also being announced concurrently with vacancy announcement HHS-AHRQ-DE-25-12585429 under delegated examining procedures. Please review this announcement to see if you are eligible for consideration under competitive procedures. Responsibilities WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As a Health Scientist Administrator, GS-0601-14, you will be: Serve as a Program Official or Contracting Officer Representative (COR) on extramural grants or contracts. Provide leadership or develop partnerships with stakeholders to identify or prioritize research in related specialty fields. Review clinical relevance of intramural and extramural research by the Agency or initiates efforts to apply new developments for research programs. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The Ideal Candidate: Division of Practice Improvement (DPI): Display comprehensive expertise and experience in clinical, health services, and/or health policy research. Candidates with multidisciplinary experience in behavioral, implementation, and/or social sciences particularly as it relates to transforming and improving quality of healthcare delivery in practices and systems are encouraged to apply. Division of Patient Safety Organizations (DPSO): Significant experience in managing or monitoring PSO operations or leading patient safety and healthcare quality improvement projects involving PSOs and/or the Common Formats. Candidates with clinical, legal, and/or safety science experience are encouraged to apply. Division of General Patient Safety (DGPS): Significant experience in managing, monitoring, and evaluating contractual agreements as evidenced by COR II or COR III certification. In particular, candidates with experience that includes overseeing IT development and/or patient safety measurement projects are encouraged to apply. Division of Policy, Coordination, and Analysis (DPCA): Extensive experience with health services and healthy policy research, formulation, and management of grant (funding opportunity) announcements, administration of grant applications including receipt and referral. Demonstrate extensive knowledge of grant policies and regulations, data analysis and reporting, and grant application systems (e.g., eRA Commons, grants.gov). Candidates should also have experience managing technical assistance to internal and external audiences and managing staff training and education. Candidates with multidisciplinary experience managing health services research projects and experience as a program officer are encouraged to apply. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Basic Qualifications: Must have a Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an accredited U.S. educational program. In order to qualify for this position based on education, you must submit transcripts. Please see the "Required Documents" section of this announcement for more information. -AND- Minimum Qualifications: In addition to the above Basic Qualification requirement, you must have one-year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service performing at least 3 of the 4 following: Writing solicitations to fund research initiatives to improve the quality of healthcare delivery in consultation with team members. Providing leadership to multi-disciplinary teams in support of the organization's dissemination and/or implementation efforts for improvement of healthcare delivery. Reviewing literature for new developments in clinical and/or management aspects of healthcare quality and safety in selected specialty fields. Conveying health care issues, diverse research findings, and/or health care policy options in written and/or oral format to multiple audiences. Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience. In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time. As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification. Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position. In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record. In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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; religious; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited. OPM Qualification General Policies Website Education Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov. Note: Applications can be accepted from students who expect to complete qualifying education within 9 months from the date of application. Education was completed successfully before the applicant can be appointed. Additional Information THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine. Incentives may be authorized; however, this is contingent upon multiple factors, including funds availability. If authorized, certain incentives may require you to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a period of up to 3 years. Note: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid. Incentives may include the following: moving expenses, recruitment or relocation incentive; student loan repayment, superior qualifications appointment, creditable service for annual leave for prior non-federal work experience or prior uniformed military service, etc. Bargaining Unit Position: No Research position: No Drug Screening Required: No Applicants selected for this position will be subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing upon hiring. 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Beginning January 1, 2010, agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5, United States Code. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch, you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office.