Population Health Specialist jobs in Conway, AR

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 is a term appointment not to exceed 1 Year 1 Day. Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration of more than 1 year, but not more than 4 years and are subject to a 1 year trial period. Should the need warrant, term appointments may be extended without further competition up to a maximum of the 4 year limitation. The appointment to a term position does not confer eligibility for promotion, reassignment, or transfer to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment.

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Coordinating all work-related activities required to complete single-site or multi-site projects.
• Managing regulatory documents and submitting to the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the Research and Development (R&D) Committee all documents required for project approval.
• Providing or monitoring of projects and adheres to all applicable deadlines for submission of regulatory reports including adverse event reports, annual reports and other reports.
• Assisting with data collection, document retrieval, and writing reports needed to obtain initial and ongoing approval of the protocol by the IRB and R&D Committees.
• Assisting with developing and maintaining a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) manual and adhering to this manual when administering and implementing the project protocol.
• Completing all aspects of the screening and recruitment process as stipulated in the project protocol and ensures that all patients/subjects included in the project meet all inclusion and no exclusion criteria.
• Keeping patients/subjects or their legal representative informed about all aspects of the project in which they are participating.
• Utilizing and maintaining an electronic record management system for each project and using to record all applicable recruitment, procedure, and interview data.
• Managing participant compensation and maintaining compensation records; prepares invoices for reimbursement of participants.
• Completing assigned components of the initial (baseline) and follow-up/interim subject/patient assessment.
• Preparing and reviewing status reports and statistical data to verify compliance with reports and administrative criteria.
• Abstracting medical records to obtain data for each project as stipulated in the protocols.
• Providing data summaries and other project information that is required to complete all mandated project reports.
• Promoting building of team cohesiveness and effective communication with all individuals involved in any aspect of the project to enable effective team functioning and successful completion of the project.
• Training other Health Science Specialists and verifies that they understand and adhere to all aspects of the protocol and all relevant policies, can reliably and correctly perform all procedures.
• Performing the duties of a Level 1 quality assurance reviewer which entails auditing research study records for the presence of documentation required to maintain compliance with R&D and IRB standards/requirements.
• Monitoring and evaluating quality of all data and uses proper approach for correcting all errors identified.
• Creating daily data monitoring reports to present on-going status of data to the project lead.
• Participating in establishing operational guidelines for the use of each project assessment instrument.
• Utilizing appropriate software, enters all data into designated electronic databases and accurately transcribes recorded patient/subject interviews.
• Conducting ongoing intra- and inter-rater reliability testing of all project instruments.
• Utilizing various library and on-line search engines to perform extensive literature searches on specific topics as required for a given research or clinical project.
• Preparing bibliographies for use in various educational materials and tools, journal article submissions, and grant applications.
• Compiling and producing education and training materials.
• Assisting in the preparation of manuscripts authored by a project lead for publication in peer-reviewed heath/medical journals.
• Conducting research for the papers and abstracting relevant literature.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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• How to Apply

  All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 02/13/2024 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12304440.

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  Agency contact information

  VHA National Recruitment Center

  Phone

  (844)456-5208

  Email

  VHANationalRecruitmentCenter@va.gov

  Address

  John L McClellan Memorial Veterans' Hospital
  4300 West Seventh Street
  Little Rock, AR 72205
  US

  Next steps

  Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications per Category Rating procedures to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.
  
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  NOTE: Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities.

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  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
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  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents