Statistical Assistant

About the Position: This position is located at the Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Bragg, NC. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Major duties

• Prepare recurring and non-recurring data products involving automated health systems, analytical software, data mining tools, and database queries to support clinical, statistical, and operational decision-making.
• Research validity of results, data integrity, and error rates to ensure rigorous statistical accuracy; analyzes data sets to identify emerging trends and operational disparities.
• Develop explanatory discussions, summaries, and visualizations detailing relationships between groups of data, significant operational trends, and disparities across healthcare data sets for special studies.
• Conduct technical training for medical center departments, clinical services, and staff on statistical data collection, reporting standards, and coding refinement IAW organizational frameworks.
• Prepare instructional materials, dashboards, and analytical aids to facilitate healthcare operations; requires immediate proficiency upon entry to deliver actionable data products without on-the-job training.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described below. 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; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes analyzing data by using analytical software and/or coding, applying statistical methods and procedures for collecting, processing, and analyzing a variety of statistical data, and preparing statistical reports for special studies. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.