Health Systems Specialist

This position is in the Office of Research and Development service at the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and is responsible to mange regulatory comittees and provide subject matter expertise regarding the underlying regualtions in support of project within the VA ORD service. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Major duties include but are not limited to: Conducts pre-review of research submissions involving human subjects, animal subjects, laboratory science, and human research protection requirements prior to review by the applicable research oversight committee. Provides cross-coverage support to Research Administration staff using knowledge of applicable research administrative functions and procedures. Oversees the protocol review process to ensure research projects receive appropriate regulatory, information security, privacy, and committee review in accordance with applicable policies and procedures. Processes VA research merit review applications in accordance with established submission requirements, procedures, and deadlines. Educates investigators, research coordinators, committee members, and other research staff on applicable research regulatory policies and procedures. 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. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. or 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health Systems Specialist/PD99493S and PD99586S QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/12/2026. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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. Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): In order to meet the basic requirement of the Health System Administration, 0671 Occupational series, you must possess either: Undergraduate or graduate level degree with a Major study in hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration; OR Specialized Experience: you must possess progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: Missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; Regulations and sta

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