Technical Writer - 508 Documentation Specialist
About The Position
We are GDIT. As one of the largest IT and mission services providers to the government, we own our opportunities to better enable healthcare organizations to identify theirs. You can make GDIT your place. You make it your own by turning obstacles into action. By owning your opportunity at GDIT, you’ll play an important role in providing the technologies and services that millions of healthcare professionals depend on, every day. Our work depends on a Technical Writer - 508 Document Specialist joining our team to support Federal Electronic Health Records Modernization (EHRM) program activities. At GDIT, we put our people first. As a Technical Writer supporting the EHRM program, you will be responsible for reviewing and editing project deliverables such as technical documents, policies, knowledge articles, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) specifically in the areas of 508 compliancy. This role is fully remote! This role will require you to obtain and maintain a Public Trust and will require you to provide onsite fingerprinting at a designated facility. This investigation may review personal and criminal behavior, financial conduct, foreign influence, as well as other adjudications.
Requirements
- Bachelors' and 5+ years in a related technical or clinical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work experience
- Experience with 508 technical writing required
- Experience editing material for punctuation, grammar, and content
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
- Knowledge of Federal documentation standards, processes, and 508 compliancy.
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust Level 5 clearance
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the year, if needed.
Nice To Haves
- Cerner/Oracle Health experience strongly preferred
- Experience with Indian Health Service (IHS), Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), and/or Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) projects and documentation standards preferred
- Ability to handle small group projects as well as occasionally take the lead on large projects
- Working knowledge of Quality Assurance (QA) standards & practices
- Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, growth-focused environment.
- Strong and effective communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Strong attention to detail and highly organized
Responsibilities
- Working on all phases of documentation; assisting in the preparation of documents and supports the development of contract deliverables and reports.
- Review and edit deliverable content for Section 508 accessibility compliance.
- Stay up to date on Section 508 standards and best practices.
- Editing functional descriptions, user manuals, special reports, or any other customer deliverables or document, conducting research and ensuring the use of proper technical terminology.
- Reviews and edits project deliverables such as technical documents, policies, knowledge articles, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
- Preparing and maintaining operations documentation, user guides, manuals and technical publications.
- Preparing reports, responses, and briefings targeted to a wide range of audiences.
Benefits
- Full-flex work week
- 401K with company match
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from.
- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays.
- Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you.
- variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
- dental plan options
- a vision plan
- a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
- variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
- 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness
- an additional 10 paid holidays per year.
- The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees.
- short and long-term disability benefits
- life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
