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This position is endorsed by the Office of Health Informatics and supported by the Informatics and Data Analytics career field in the Technical Career Field (TCF) program. The incumbent serves as a trainee within the Informatics team and is assigned responsibility 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.Qualifications:To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/06/2026.
Time-In-Grade Requirement:-(Documentation Submitted-SF-50) 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-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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 and/or education as described below:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting in developing responses, programs, or strategies to deal with data validation activities to assess a program and will study, analyze, evaluate, and make recommendations to management on process improvement.
• Gathering data, provide administrative coordination and capturing data.
• Knowledge of the organization, structure, workload, and mission and goals of the VA Health Care System policies and procedures as they relate to the provision and administration of clinical care.
• Knowledge and skill in the use of computer equipment with a wide variety of software to produce letters, memorandums, and to prepare a variety of complex documents/reports containing tables and/or graphs; and extract data using the VA database software.
• Assisting in preparing and delivering briefings verbally, and in writing, with a variety of people from different backgrounds and different levels of understanding. OR,

Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have one full year of related graduate level education or superior academic achievement (TRANSCRIPTS REQURIED). OR,
Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond the first four years of undergraduate education. Education and experience must equal 100 percent (TRANSCRIPTS REQURIED). You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Attention to Detail
• Communication
• Customer Service
• Data Systems
• Flexibility
• Health Informatics
• 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.
Preferred Experience:

• Experience supporting health informatics functions within a clinical or healthcare delivery environment, including assisting with program and partnership management, data and content management, and electronic health record (EHR) usability and optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze workflows, gather and document requirements, and contribute to system improvement efforts under guidance from senior informatics staff.
• Familiarity with data lifecycle concepts, clinical software applications, and tools used to present timely information to clinicians.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary teams, provide user education, support change management initiatives, and communicate clearly in both structured and unstructured settings.

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.
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/.Education:A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.Employment Type: OTHER