Program Analyst (Informatics) Detail NTE/Temporary Promotion 120 Days

This Program Analyst (Informatics) Detail NTE/Temporary Promotion 120 Days position is with Veterans Health Administration (Department of Veterans Affairs) in Prescott, AZ. This Program Analyst (Informatics) position is located at Bob Stump Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona. 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. Key duties: • DETAIL DURATION: NTE 120 Days (Anticipated start date: October 5, 2026). Detail may be extended upon concurrence. A temporary promotion to GS-12 may be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Typical duties include but are not limited to: Performing coordination of computer programs, programming, EHR programs, development of project plans, conducts environmental scans for viable solutions to business need, deploys solutions, and performs assessments to ensure the informatics products and services are meeting stakeholder needs. Contributing to the development of software enhancements, guides process improvement activities, and partners with colleagues working on information technology (IT). Providing communication channels to clinical and business teams to support deployment, sustainment, and optimization efforts. Coordinating among multiple services to provide clinical workflows. Enhancing EHR usability, interoperability, and ability to interface with other information-based systems. Adapting clinical software and emerging technologies to optimize the delivery of care through effective education and communication in close partnership with clinical and administrative services. Applying statistical, machine learning, visualization, inferencing, and other techniques to enable decision support. Participating in actions to evaluate, test, and report on errors found when working with systems and applications. Supporting the thorough analysis of a workflow to consider opportunities for the potential improvement or optimization of the behavior of people, systems, information, and tools. Applying a true end-to-end process to evaluate workflows, identify issues, develop solutions based on best practice guidelines, and resolves and communicates changes to maintain and optimize processes that deliver HIT solutions. Partnering with stakeholders on the planning and deployment of medical devices in clinical areas. Utilizing innovative practice patterns and specializations to continuously develop the informatics role and associated competencies, aligning it with the strategic needs of the organization. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst (Informatics) Detail NTE/Temporary Promotion 120 Days/PD99398S Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/02/2026. 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 position. 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: coordination of computer programs, programming, coordinating EHR programs for staff use, development of project plans, convening stakeholder groups to prompt requirements, conducting environmental scans for viable solutions to business need, deploying solutions, and performing assessments to ensure the informatics products and services are meeting stakeholder needs, applying statistical (quantitative information derived mathematically), machine learning (use of artificial intelligence to derive knowledge from data to predict outcomes), visualization (representation of data via a chart or other image), inferencing (a way to understand cause-and-effect relationships) and other techniques to enable decision support, enabling informatics operations that support activities to address the people, process, and technology components of EHR modernization around the four phases of implementation, involving the (1) Preparation, (2) Initiation, (3) Adoption, and (4) Optimization phases, applying a true end-to-end process to evaluate workflows, identify issues, develop solutions based on best practice guidelines, and resolves and communicates changes to maintain and optimize processes that deliver HIT solutions. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Influencing/Negotiating Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reading Comprehension Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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. Preferred Experience: Current or recent experience in Project Management, Program Management, Contract Management, COR Certification Familiarity with Vocera, VISTA, CPRS, BCMA, EHRM processes Customer Service, Client Support, Inventory Management. 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/. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.