Statistician (Medicine) - Statistical Programmer

Full Job Description

These positions will serve as Statistical Programmers for the West Haven Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center (WH-CSPCC) for the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, Connecticut.

To qualify for these positions, you must meet the following requirements.

All applicants must meet the BASIC REQUIREMENT: Degree: that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc.

Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing.

~ OR ~ Combination of education and experience: courses as shown in "1" above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance.

* NOTE: You must submit copies of transcripts at the time of application. Education will not be credited without documentation. Please ensure that your transcripts show if a degree was conferred.

Display copies of degrees or course listings do not provide the information needed.

~ AND ~ In order to meet the minimum qualifications for this position at the GS- 11 level, you must also meet one of the following: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: At least one (1) full year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the Federal service, that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this Statistician (Medicine) - Statistical Programmer, and that is in or related to the work of this position.

Specialized experience includes assisting with providing comprehensive statistical SAS/SQL/Other programming and data management support to clinical study project teams within a healthcare, medical, or clinical research environment under the supervision/guidance of a mentor.

~OR~ EDUCATION: Successful completion of a Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, which provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this Statistician (Medicine) - Statistical Programmer.

Copies of transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

~OR~ COMBINATION: Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate education (above a master's degree) and specialized experience, as described above.

Copies of transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.

In order to meet the minimum qualifications for this position at the GS- 12 level, you must have: At least one (1) full year of specialized experience, equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-11) in the Federal service, that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this Statistician (Medicine) - Statistical Programmer, and that is in or related to the work of this position.

Specialized experience includes independently providing comprehensive statistical SAS/SQL/Other programming and data management support to clinical study project teams within a healthcare, medical, or clinical research environment.

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Data Management Oral Communication Self Management Software Development Technical Competence Writing IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. 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.

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).

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.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary (sitting at desk or computer), although some slight physical effort may be required. At times, the work may require the ability to travel.

Effective oral and written communication are essential to present: (a) study procedures and updates at study related meetings, (b) statistical results, (c) facilitate and/or lead study related meetings and (d) participate in CSP management, general staff meetings, and quality management meetings and quality audits.

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/.

Major Duties:

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** This position involves a multi-grade career ladder.

The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-12. At the GS-11 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence.

You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-12.

Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds.

The CSP is a national clinical trials program established in 1972 to provide collaboration on research design, statistical analysis, data management, regulatory, technical education, and administrative coordination for clinical trials involving various scientific areas of research conducted to improve the health and care of the Veteran and the nation.

The Statistical Programmer functions as a Data Management Programmer with duties that may also include but not limited to SAS or SQL coding and script writing.

The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Provides comprehensive statistical SAS/SQL/Other programming and data management support to clinical study project teams Performs statistical computing, data management, and supports the biostatistician with computer/SAS programming while developing and/or applying specified statistical methodologies in the development and evaluation of data processing programs Serves as the primary (main) resource for the CSP Study Team(s) in the planning, development and implementation of automated/digital data collection and management systems such as DataFax, DataLabs or others for new clinical trials assigned to the WH-CSPCC Designs, develops, implements and maintains statistical programs and data management procedures in a production environment, including source code management and change control, with the most appropriate methods and most efficient applications utilizing a variety of state-of-the-art software applications available to support the work of the WH-CSPCC clinical trials Analyzes VA study participant (patient) databases and data from other sources such as laboratories, and electronic medical records; collects and compiles data from those systems for a variety of research topics; and develops cross sectional and longitudinal datasets (primarily in SAS format) from compiled and correlated data for analysis Evaluates, develops, implements, and provides guidance in the application of standards, methods, and procedures for input and analysis Ensures that testing methods and procedures are updated to adopt improvements in software testing technology Organizes and maintains system documentation, and production and QC on case report form and computer program (data processing system) validation (administrative and technical) to include technical manuals, programming guides, and operating instructions Performs other related duties as assigned Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Telework: This position may be authorized for telework.

Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.