Management and Program Analyst

Summary

About the Position: This position is with the Director for Quality, Office of the Chief at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Duties

• •Provide continuous accreditation consultation, assisting in implementing performance improvement systems, and serves as an advocate for the Joint Commission.
• •Consult, coordinate, and facilitate improvement initiatives utilizing process improvement methodologies in order to maintain processes that constantly meet or exceed accreditation requirements.
• •Facilitate the identification and development of standards of practice and service that are customer focused and fiscally sound.
• •Use information management systems for monitoring inputs, processes, and outcomes in patient care.
• •Design tools for ongoing self-evaluation against nationally recognized standards.
• •Develop metrics, data collection methodology, data analysis, synthesis, and reports utilizing statistically valid methods and provides graphical displays of data that result in process and system analyses.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 assisting with evaluating an organization's compliance against accreditation and/or regulatory standards and guidelines; assisting with coordinating program and improvement initiatives; and assisting with data collection for process and system analyses. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). 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.