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Program Analyst (Informatics)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 61 days ago
On-site Columbia, MO $41K – $116K Apply by Jul 24, 2026 Management And Program Analysis ENTJINTJINTPISTJ Healthcare
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The Program Analyst (Informatics) position is a non-supervisory position, located at Harry S. Truman Veterans' Affairs Medical Center. 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 Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
What You'll Do
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Program and Partnership Management 35% Program Management Uses communication, education, and leadership to support comprehension of and adaptation to organizational updates.
- →Performs the following duties: 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.
- →Partnership Management Cultivates a healthy working relationship between the Office of Information and Technology (OIT) and Health Informatics (HI), allowing for routine dialog to enable the sustainment and optimization of our health IT solutions and workflows, for the benefit of all staff and Veterans.
- →Coordinates among multiple services to provide clinical workflows, partnering on the planning and deployment of medical devices in clinical areas, helping to train staff, troubleshooting issues, preparing instructions, and ensuring that patient care technology is effectively and efficiently integrated into the clinical workflow to assure staff proficiency and adoption.
- →Technical and Data Management 35% Data and Content Management Evaluates content quality and assure access to knowledge resources, eliminating redundancy in duplicate data sources, and improving information interoperability across the organization.
- →Applies 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.
- →The incumbent may utilize or develop reports and information tools using a variety of methods and tools such as Structured Query language (SQL), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) from the VISN and the VA corporate data warehouse.
- →Business Architecture Management Serves as a subject matter expert in the visual depiction of process flow diagrams, assisting end-users with correct interpretation of symbols and diagrams that reflect their work activities.
- →Ensures clinical input in the development and management of the VHA business architecture, which structures and communicates the VHA healthcare business, and includes descriptions of business behaviors, functionality, processes, and the flow of information that is required to achieve VHA's mission.
- →Health Information Technology (HIT) System Optimization Ensures the VHA EHR and other clinical and business systems operate in a way that improves patient care, ensures patient safety, and meets the needs of providers.
- →S/he participates in actions to evaluate, test, and report on errors found when working with systems and applications.
- →Requirements Management Evaluates, documents, analyzes, prioritizes, and recognizes requirements for the improvement of the EHR and other systems in collaboration with the end-user.
- →Supports the initial phase of requirements analysis where information is gathered on what an IT system needs to perform by engaging with business owners, subject matter experts (SME), and/or field representatives.
- →Education and Change Management 30% Uses communication, education, and leadership to support comprehension of and adaptation to organizational updates.
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 required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
- ✓A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
- ✓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.
- ✓GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
- ✓OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.
Personality Fit
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