Statistician (Health)
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Woodlawn, MD - USA
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Job Summary
This position is located in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ).
As a Statistician (Health) GSyou will evaluate HHS program data conduct and evaluate data surveys; perform statistical studies on prices utilization and costs related to health care human services programs and research activities; and provide statistical guidance on matters concerning HHS programs.
- Serves as an expert consultant and advisor to top-level subject matter experts and agency officials on a segment of a health or human services statistical project.
- Conducts research and statistical studies or projects related to statistical computation in the preparation of health cost estimates human/health services programs and/or pharmaceutical and medical disease research.
- Develops statistically reliable methods and strategies to merge survey data with administrative and utilization data.
- Develops guidelines and provides authoritative interpretations of statistical policies for various State systems that conform to HHS requirements.
- Analyzes and evaluates various periodic statistical reports providing assistance to correct deficiencies.
- Serves as a technical expert with respect to all phases of statistical interpretation.
- You must be a U.S. Citizen or National to apply for this position.
- You will be subject to a background and suitability investigation.
- Selective Service: Males born after December 31 1959 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service -
- One-year probationary period may be required.
- If you are selected for this position the 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 OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.
Your resume (limited to no more than 2 pages) must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration.
In order to qualify for the GS13 you must meet the following: Demonstrate in your resume at least one year (52 weeks) of qualifying specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal government obtained in either the private or public sector to include:
- Designing quantitative studies using advanced statistical methods (e.g. regression difference in differences survival analysis hypothesis testing or multivariate modeling) including independent use of statistical software such as R Python or SQL for data management analysis and visualization.
- Evaluating program policies measurement data or survey data to identify trends and assess outcomes to develop evidence-based recommendations for decision-makers or stakeholders.
- Providing expert statistical consultation to support process improvement quality assurance or program evaluation initiatives including advising on study design sampling methodology and interpretation of analytical results.
Education Requirement: In addition to meeting the qualification requirements all candidates must have the following educational requirements:
- Have successfully completed a degree that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics) AND 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences medicine education or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography history economics social welfare geography international relations social or cultural anthropology health sociology political science public administration psychology etc. NOTE: Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements are given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods (e.g. courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing).
- Have a combination of education (as shown in A) plus appropriate experience or additional education. My experience includes a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling (b) collecting computing and analyzing statistical data and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency dispersion skewness sampling error simple and multiple correlation analysis of variance and tests of significance.
TRANSCRIPTS are required to verify satisfactory completion of the educational requirement listed above. Failure to submit a copy of your transcripts at the time of application WILL result in an ineligible rating. Please see Required Documents section below for what documentation is required at the time of application.
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Bargaining Unit Position: Yes - American Federation of Government Employees Local 1923
Tour of Duty: Flexible
Recruitment Incentive: Not Authorized
Relocation Incentive: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure: Not Required
Workplace Flexibility at CMS: This position has a regular and recurring reporting requirement to the CMS office listed in this announcement. CMS offers flexible working arrangements and allows employees the opportunity to participate in alternative work schedules at the managers discretion.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced federal employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit the required documentation and be rated well-qualified for this vacancy. Click here for a detailed description of the required supporting documents. A well-qualified applicant is one whose knowledge skills and abilities clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements of the position. Additional information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPMs Career Transition Resources website at should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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