Health Scientist (Informatics)
Job Location:
Atlanta, GA - USA
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Job Summary
This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services National Center for Environmental Health headquartered in Atlanta Georgia.
This announcement will close at 11:59 PM on the day that 150 applications have been received or the closing date of the announcement whichever comes first.
WHAT YOULL BE DOING DAY TO DAY
As an Health Scientist (Informatics) you will use your knowledge and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by:
- Providing expert scientific advice consultation and leadership in designing coordinating and maintaining public health informatics project goals objectives and priorities within a CIO and/or CDC/ATSDR and in the general public health community.
- Managing projects involved with public health informatics and serves as a subject matter expert in the design and implementation of IT systems integrating epidemiologic and other information from a scientific perspective.
- Designing overseeing implementing and conducting scientific surveys/studies or projects to identify and solve health system related problems in the general public health community.
- Implementing scientific policies and procedures on informatics practices and principles.
- Serving as an expert providing scientific advice and consultation on solutions to critical problems that require creating new approaches and standards to be used within the applicable CIO.
- Collaborating with and provides expert advice to all organizational levels with the agency as well as with various state health agencies and partner organizations.
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Males born after December 31 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service -
- Suitable for federal employment
- Appointment will be subject to the applicants successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. All information concerning qualifications is subject to investigation.
- Documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS E-Verify System.
- All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choice.
- All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date.
- Probationary (or trial) period may be required.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Basic Qualifications:
Degree: Bachelors or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (external link) at the time the degree was obtained.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement above to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:
Minimum Qualifications: You must have one year of specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position. To be creditable specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing at least ALL of the following:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Designing developing and maintaining a relational database or data system (e.g. SQL Server PostgreSQL Oracle or equivalent) supporting public health inspection programs regulatory compliance tracking or a similar operational environment.
- Applying database management data governance and software development standards to design and maintain at least one reporting system.
- Providing technical consultation to public health professionals program managers IT teams or other stakeholders on at least two of the following: database architecture system troubleshooting data integrity or development of an AI-assisted or automation tool to improve operational efficiency.
- Serving in a defined role (e.g. project lead technical lead or core team member) on at least one technology modernization initiative - such as cloud platform implementation legacy system migration systems integration or adoption of an emerging technology.
- Collaborating with stakeholders from at least two distinct functional areas (e.g. program IT regulatory) to translate requirements into a documented technical solution communicate technical information to non-technical audiences and manage at least one project with defined milestones or deliverables supporting a mission-critical objective.
Do not copy and paste the duties specialized experience or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.
In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employees position is creditable however when documented by satisfactory evidence such as a signed memorandum from the employees supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment. The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or if part time the percentage of times the other duties were performed. It is expected that this documentation is included in the employees official personnel order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.
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; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. If such experience is on a part-time basis you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited.
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Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements you must show that the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information visit: .
Note: Applications can be accepted from students who expect to complete qualifying education within 9 months from the date of application. Education was completed successfully before the applicant can be appointed.
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
Incentives may be authorized; however this is contingent upon multiple factors including funds availability. If authorized certain incentives may require you to sign a service agreement to remain in the Federal government for a period of up to 3 years. Note: This statement does not imply nor guarantee an incentive will be offered and paid. Incentives may include the following: moving expenses recruitment or relocation incentive; student loan repayment superior qualifications appointment creditable service for annual leave for prior non-federal work experience or prior uniformed military service etc.
Bargaining Unit Position: No
Research position: No
Drug Screening Required: No
Veterans Preference - Transition Assistance Program/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP/ICTAP): For information on how to apply as an CTAP/ICTAP eligible see To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy displaced Federal employees must be rated at 85.0 or above on the rating criteria for this position.
Reemployment Priority List (RPL): To receive selection priority for this position individuals on the RPL must meet the qualification requirements complete all required assessments and be rated as qualified. RPL candidates are ranked using Category Rating procedures.
Beginning January 1 2010 agencies must seek prior approval from OPM before they can appoint a current or recent political appointee to a competitive or non-political excepted service position at any level under the provisions of title 5 United States Code. If you are currently or have been within the last 5 years a political Schedule A Schedule C or Non-career SES employee in the executive branch you MUST disclose that to the Human Resources Office.
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