Program Analyst

Veterans Health Administration • Salisbury, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (VISN 6), at the Salisbury VA Medical Center (VAMC), in Salisbury, North Carolina, within the VERA/MCA/Decision Support System (DSS) Section of the Fiscal Service. The incumbent is a Program Analyst aligned under the MCA (Managerial Cost Accounting) Site Manager (i.e. a Supervisory Program Analyst).

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Must complete all required steps in the process.
• In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
• The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements.
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
• 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
• MCA duties include: Ensure that monthly identification. provision of costing of contracts, supplies, and equipment expenditures throughout the facility for optimal cost precision; Ensures cost and encounter data is correctly aligned; Analyzes the existing workload capture systems (PTF, PCE, Event Capture, MCAD, Power BI, etc) to determine best source data for the MCA database; Prepares and gives oral presentations on facility project objectives and status; Performs monthly maintenance duties and audits on MCA; Utilizes cost accounting principles, theories, and practices.
• VERA Duties: Monitors the current Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) processes and new budget funding model programs; ensures the capture of cost, workload, and budget funding model (VERA) data; Evaluate resources utilization and budget performance for the medical center; Reviews activities in the medical record coding system; Skilled in applying analysis of various qualitative and/or quantitative methods; Ability to evaluate, analyze and interpret findings; Develop reports using a variety of methods such as VISTA and VSSC systems; Knowledge of various database software languages, data analysis, and statistical analysis techniques, operations research techniques; performing a wide range of analyses, reporting, project management, and training activities; Knowledge of the range of administrative laws, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the veterans health administration; Skilled in written and oral communication.
• Resource Utilization Duties: Reviews and analyzes computer-generated cost and budget reports on a monthly/ quarterly basis for accuracy; Verifies unit cost and other outcome variables; Analyzes the budget, manpower, space, and equipment resources projected to be available; Prepares monthly and quarterly cost summary reports; Performs cost feasibility studies and special projects; Validates externally prepared justifications; Trains facility staff in workload capture, cost accounting, and return on investment methodologies.
• Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or equivalent graduate degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.
• An combination of specialized experience and education beyond one full year of graduate education or superior academic achievement.
• Education must be related to the duties of the position.
• Candidates 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with Decision Support System (DSS).
• Knows DSS is an executive information system that directly impacts patient management by providing senior management with data on the patterns of care, patient outcomes linked to resource consumption and costs associated with the health care process.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes the existing workload capture systems (PTF, PCE, Event Capture, etc) to determine best source data for the MCA database.
• Gathers, develops, provide information to / from the MCA system to ensure both accuracy of MCA data as well as operational efficiently in the clinical model.
• Performs monthly maintenance duties and audits on MCA to ensure currency and accuracy of data.
• Analyzes PAID FTEE by all Medical Center services in order to allocate support service costs to the appropriate sections.
• Continually monitors, identifies and resolves costing / FTEE issues with appropriate staff and works to implement processes at the service level that will prevent similar errors from occurring in the future.
• Supports leadership in understanding the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) model, including the identification of factors which may currently impact facility reimbursement.
• Establishes a facility-wide audit system that captures VERA data and provides the resulting information in a format that is useful to the facility management officials, especially clinical service chiefs, for evaluating resource utilization and VERA performance for the medical center.
• Designs and developing of VERA reports and databases; translating statistics to reflect compensable data for management; and for providing an accessible link for awareness purposes to wide variety of staff.
• Develops reports that are useful and meaningful to clinical staff in process improvement and resource management.
• Coordinates with the Site Administration and works independently in development and distribution of monthly management reports to all levels of management.
• Analyze inpatient and outpatient product lines utilizing DSS generated reports.
• Prepare comprehensive reports which are submitted to executive management, clinicians and program managers for review.
• Communicates / coordinates with appropriate medical center personnel in order to overcome mechanical or interpersonal problems.
• Prepares and/or present briefing material, reports, and analyses for meetings between DSS staff and executive management, clinicians and program managers.
• Develops and present recommended alternative action(s) for resolution.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree