Total 170 job vacancies in Durham, County Durham, DH1 2QP

• Write and edit programs (R, SAS, SQL, or Python) to query relational database, organize and analyze data from IMPACII or other relational database.
• Share programming code (R, SAS, SQL or Python), document steps of analysis and collaborate with team to ensure transparent and reproducible results.
• Investigate and provide collaborative feedback to team and leadership in understanding and editing programs (R, SAS, SQL or Python) for data anomalies, data integrity, nuances and other unexpected patterns in the data.
• Apply statistical techniques, models and tests to gain insight into the data and inform direction of subsequent analysis and explanation of significance of differences observed in the data.
• Write narrative explanations and interpretations of data findings, results and create summaries of the data as part of larger comprehensive analysis.
• Utilize scientific research methodologies and approaches to develop testable hypotheses to answer questions pertaining to scientific portfolio analyses for program staff and leadership.

• You will develop policies, ensure accreditation, manage security incidents, and facilitate the use of CAP information.
• You will develop CAP usage strategies, mentor and train personnel, integrate technology and cybersecurity measures, and engage with senior leadership.
• You will provide technical advice, analyze data, and identify intelligence gaps.
• You will maintain interagency relationships and represent NCIS at national and international meetings.

• Maintains an online inventory of supplies and is fully responsible for determining minimum stock levels.
• Reviews requisitions and revises quantities ordered based on the number of items on hand, and orders substitutions when items are not available.
• Receives, verifies, and signs shipping documents for all merchandise acquired and is responsible for verifying the quantity and condition of merchandise ordered against purchase documents.
• Investigates and reconciles discrepancies relating to actions such as receipt control, stock control, and inventory adjustments.

As a Supervisory Management Analyst, your duties will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provides leadership for the dissemination of management program information to OITE offices and organizational components and ensuring the team's efforts are effective and employ the most up-to-date practices and technologies.
• Develops operating guidelines and standards for the branch to ensure consistency in methods and practices.
• Identifies, evaluates, and implements methods and systems that enhance operating efficiency; redefines objective and redirects team efforts and policies resulting from CBA stipulations, legislative changes, new directives, delegated authorities, and programs.
• Provides for the effective use of information technology (IT) and operations studied by the branch within the OITE;
• Directs the translation of work requirements for the Fellows Management Branch into the design and implementation of IT applications to enhance the ability of the branch to access and analyze data.
• Establishes and maintains automated databases to facilitate decision-making by management officials.
• Serves as a senior adviser to OITE management officials; provides advice on a wide range of administrative management program functions at all levels and conducts or directs the conduct of studies involving problems of program and/or administrative relationships relative to functional areas of responsibility operational methods and procedures, cost reductions, and the utilization of resources.

• Leads a team of approximately 6 to 15 Field Representatives responsible for data collection in accordance with the scientific standards and expectations set by the Census Bureau and survey sponsors.
• Understands surveys and or Special Census being conducted including response patterns, differences in survey procedures, their effect on interviewing experience, and is able to leverage general guidance, previous training, experience, and survey resource material in directing Field Representatives to resolve issues.
• Regularly assists with the recruitment and training of Field Representatives.
• When needed, conducts in person interviews throughout the assigned geographic area.
• Evaluates, monitors, and mentors Field Representative performance through performance metrics on the job observations, regular performance reviews and conducts supervisory and administrative duties including the review and approval of payroll and leave requests.

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Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Interviews veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the veterans functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment.
• Interprets and explains VA's treatment and benefit programs.
• Reviews all data, subjective and objective, makes a clinical assessment, identifying needs and strengths.
• Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity and insight.
• Uses advanced clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options.
• Assesses high risk factors, acuity and needs for services.
• Monitors and assists veterans to maintain appointments at VAMC and other community agencies for medical, psychiatric, substance abuse, vocational and other services consistent with veteran's goals associated with healthful independent living.
• Refers veterans to appropriate VA and other government/community services including: local shelters, food banks, employment services, veteran's benefits, and social security applications.
• Assists veterans who encounter problems obtaining services from the VA and other service delivery agencies, by increasing their problem solving/social interaction skills.
• Independently evaluates the client's situation, including the veteran's reaction to it and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
• Based on the psychosocial assessment, uses professional judgement and advanced practice skills to make a psychosocial diagnosis.
• Develops psychosocial treatment plans in coordination with interdisciplinary team members, including goals for psychosocial clinical treatment.
• Identifies eligible candidates for VASH from the HCHV Program.
• Assists HCHV staff during outreach activities including field interviews, assessment and referrals for homeless veterans contacted in the community, shelters, "on the streets," as well as those who are referred by the VET Center or the HCHV Office.
• Establishes a continuing relationship with the veteran, evaluating progress towards goals and adjusting the treatment plan as appropriate.
• Social Work Service covers in-patient hospital weekend/holiday shifts. All Social Workers are assigned a 5 hour weekend shift twice a year.

• Originate and draft complex Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) to document the terms of joint research and development projects.
• Plan and negotiate CRADAs with profit and non-profit organizations.
• Independently monitor the processes for handling CRADAs and potential inventions arising from CRADA research.
• Advise on matters involving domestic and foreign patent rights, policies and procedures.
• Participate in the development of new policies regarding the transfer of technologies.
• Prepare and deliver educational programs designed to train scientific and administrative staff about technology transfer issues.
• Contribute to analyses, interpretation, and evaluation of complex, or abstract information on licensing agreements.

• Provides administrative functions for the branch.
• Identifies communications needs of a program area and develops informational materials that inform agency’s policies, programs, and services.
• Analyzes agency information program materials and offers recommendations for improving the delivery of program information to affected individuals and groups.
• Establishes and maintains contact with key officials within the agency and the general public.
• Responds to inquiries received by mail and over the telephone.
• The employee researches, writes, edits and generates agendas, and other communication pieces for events.

• Provides administrative functions for the branch.
• Identifies communications needs of a program area and develops informational materials that inform agency’s policies, programs, and services.
• Analyzes agency information program materials and offers recommendations for improving the delivery of program information to affected individuals and groups.
• Establishes and maintains contact with key officials within the agency and the general public.
• Responds to inquiries received by mail and over the telephone.
• The employee researches, writes, edits and generates agendas, and other communication pieces for events.

The incumbent performs the following duties:

• Directs the work of others to provide timely service for patient testing. Plans work schedule of subordinates to insure blood drawing and sterile urine collection coverage on all nursing units, outpatient clinics, central accessioning and processing allowing for unexpected changes in workload considering shortages in staff and emergency situations which demand that strict deadlines are met.
• Coordinates with area supervisors and the Chief of Phlebotomy, in handling day-to-day problems and solutions to unusual problems. Communicates with patients, doctors, head nurses, and other nursing staff on a daily basis to provide pickup service to the nursing units. Contacts nursing and laboratory personnel when mutual problems arise regarding the quality or promptness of specimen collection. Investigates complaints received regarding the collection and/or delivery of specimens.
• Provides input on annual evaluations of members of the team which is reviewed by the supervisor and Chief of Phlebotomy. Recommends awards, step increases, reprimands, separations, or recognitions for outstanding performance of team members. Counsels and makes recommendation for personnel actions. Accounts for the attendance and floor assignments during duty hours in order to ensure prompt and efficient services within the Clinical Center and the Outpatient Clinics.
• Performs complex accessioning routines required by the update of the laboratory information system (LIS) to match tests requested to number and type of specimen tubes received in order to properly account for all orders on the patient. The sophistication of the LIS requires additional clerical work in obtaining the proper labels for tests and in maintaining the paper transmittal sheets for easy retrieval.
• Enters orders into the Clinical Research Information system (CRIS) for outpatients according to the complex research protocols requirements. This requires clerical duties to match handwritten orders to the patient visit and entry of the appropriate request in the CRIS.
• Trains members of the Phlebotomy Service in the accessioning and processing functions as well as higher grade Medical Technologists from other Services within the Department of Laboratory Medicine to accession and process specimens for evening, night, and weekend coverage. Instructs users to access the Clinical Research Information system (CRIS) and to enter test results and order comments into the computer.
• Instructs phlebotomists regarding specimen acceptability based on sufficient volume of specimen for the test(s) requested, proper container, transport media, and other conditions. If the specimen is not sufficient, incumbent contacts the requesting physician to see if there are any particular preferences for certain tests over others; incumbent makes sure the preferred tests are performed first.

• Ensure contractor compliance with all requirements related to the design, manufacturing, repair, overhaul and modernization of a variety of items for contractor and customer activities throughout the world.
• Apply a wide range of methods, principles, and practices directly related to quality control/quality assurance fields, statistical analysis, control and sampling, quality data analysis and evaluation to determine contractor compliance.
• Incorporate a thorough and detailed QA knowledge in applying various methods and techniques for investigating, analyzing, and ensuring corrective action on complex quality problems.
• Develop and implement a surveillance plan which begins with clear objectives supported by a master schedule that includes identification of contractor and sub-contractor production needs.
• Perform audits/surveillance of contractor's processes to ensure customer and contractual requirements are met.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques.
• Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance.
• Resolves informal complaints and grievances.
• Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary.
• Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters.
• Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area.
• Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests.
• Assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations and with VHA Scheduling Directives 1230, 1231, 1232
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates; set and adjust short-term priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
• Receives and relays incoming and outgoing telephone and intercom messages.
• Receives and responds to unclear inquiries from patients concerning a variety of medical, personnel, and administrative matters.
• Receives and directs patients and visitors, answers routine inquiries and obtains necessary record information prior to patient's visit.
• Makes patient appointments and/or makes or assists in making the determination as to the patient's eligibility for benefits.
• Receives, schedules, and routes patients applying for care.
• Receives new and recurring applications for care.
• Procures data from official records, verifies information contained in the application.
• Enters no-show information for patients who fail to report for scheduled appointments, rescheduling patients as directed by the physician.
• Determines the nature of the patient's medical care needs, questions, or complaints and answers questions, provides information, gives guidance, and initiates action as appropriate.
• Maintains contact with medical and clerical staff in various clinics and wards to resolve delays and misunderstandings in the medical administrative aspect of providing medical care.
• Responds to technical questions regarding patient rights and responsibilities and medical eligibility for care.
• Serves as key member of the patient care team providing crucial administrative advice and guidance.

• Investigate industry best practice, develop appropriate research plans, gather data, conduct data analysis, review, test/pilot initiatives, implement, and innovate talent management practices in support of the Army’s Human Capital Enterprise (HCE).
• Manage talent management initiative development efforts, facilitate policy, organizational, and process changes.
• Provide guidance and leadership to junior Program Analysts working within the USATIAG, managing projects and overseeing team data collection, trend analysis, initiative development, text/document and briefing/presentation development.
• Prepare reports, briefings, and other communications material (e.g. white papers, analytical documents, emails, executive summaries).
• Liaise and work with sister service and designated foreign representatives on projects pertinent to the acquisition, development, assessment, employment, incentivization, and retention of talent.

• Weighs, measures, and assembles ingredients for regular and modified menu items. Mixes ingredients according to precisely written recipes.
• Prepares food by peeling, chopping, grinding, paring, cutting, slicing, dicing, pureeing, dredging, flouring, or breading.
• Operates a variety of kitchen equipment using gas, electricity, steam or microwave heat sources.
• Cleans, stores, and maintains all equipment and work areas after each use.
• Follows established sanitation procedures when handling food. Ensures that foods are stored at the correct temperatures to prevent bacteria growth.

• Performs a variety of tasks having several steps or a sequence of tasks that requires attention to work operations in a kitchen or dining area following established procedures.
• Sets up cafeteria lines, steam-tables, dining room tables, and side service stands with hot and cold food items including meats, vegetables, salads, desserts, bread, butter, and beverages; replenishes as necessary.
• Break down and cleans tables and area when meal is finished and returns dishes and food to the kitchen area.
• Cleans exhaust vents, hoods, windows, ceilings, and walls. Cleans and sanitizes trash cans; disposes of trash.
• May unloads and stores food from delivery trucks.
• May unloads and stores food from delivery trucks.