TCF- Trainee- Program Analyst (Informatics)

The Technical Career Field (TCF) Trainee, Program Analyst (Informatics) position will report to the the Office of Health Informatics and supported by the Informatics and Data Analytics career field in the TCF program. Responsible 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 Department of Veterans Health Administration.

Major duties

Include but not limited to: Evaluates, documents, prioritizes, and recognizes requirements for the improvement of the Organization. Improve the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care by integrating clinical and information processes to achieve successful adoption and application of new technologies. Provides communication channels to clinical and business teams to support deployment, sustainment, and optimization efforts. Consults, advises and educates employees including management on how to make healthcare more effective and efficient. Operates to improves patient care, ensures patient safety, and meets the needs of providers through continuous evaluation, testing, and improvement of the system. Execute major projects that span the whole organization. Participates in clinical/administrative decision making for the hospital. Provides relevant clinical and/or administrative data to identify, quantify and resolve organizational problems. Provides excellent customer service. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: TCF- Trainee- Program Analyst (Informatics)/PD993360 and PD993360 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/06/2026. 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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. For appropriate SF-50(s) to submit please see Required Documents section for examples of SF-50(s) to include. 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. Preferred Experience: Informatics experience. In addition to meeting the Time-In-Grade Requirement you must meet the Minimum Qualification Requirement below. Minimum Qualification Requirement: GS-07 Level Specialized Experience: GS-07 Level - You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-05 related to this position. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting in developing responses, programs, or strategies dealing with data validation activities to assess a program.
• Analyze, evaluate, and recommending process improvements.
• Gathering and capturing data.
• Knowledge of the organization, structure, workload, and mission and goals, policies and procedures.
• Utilizes computer equipment with a wide variety of database software to produce letters, memorandums to prepare a variety of complex documents/reports containing tables and/or graphs to extract data.
• Assisting in preparing and delivering briefings verbally, and in writing.

Or, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one full year of graduate level education or, superior academic achievement.

Or, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond post-high school education.

Minimum Qualification Requirement: GS-09 Level Specialized Experience: GS-09 Level - You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 related to this position. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Utilizes innovative practice patterns and specializations to continuously develop the informatics role and associated competencies aligning with strategic needs of the organization.
• Supporting the management and delivery of educational experiences using information solutions and technology.
• Ensures electronic health records operate to improve patient care, patient safety and to meet providers needs through continuous evaluation.
• Develop and provide formal and informal education and in-services to facility staff.

Or, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree; or, two full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or, LL.B. or J.D.,

Or, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of GS-07 level specialized experience and only graduate-level education beyond the first year. 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/.

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Requirements

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Physical Requirements: The work is usually sedentary, but it requires periods of walking, standing, bending, or climbing, and employees may carry light items such as books, instruments, laptops, and other similar materials. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.