Total 2,598 job vacancies in The Stayton at Museum Way

As an Information Technology Specialist, you will:

• Be responsible for systems reliability and accessibility, information systems security programs policy/strategic development, IT continuity of operations planning/support, and support the Department in integrating information security services and related technologies to accomplish departmental IT security goals and program objectives, and to prevent and defend against unauthorized access to systems, networks, and data.
• Promote awareness of security issues among management and ensuring sound security principles are reflected in organizations’ visions and goal.
• Participate and/or lead in network and systems design to ensure implementation of appropriate systems security policies.
• Assess security events to determine impact and implements corrective actions ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices in the delivery of all IT services.
• Provide program advice to senior DOT management and others on matters pertaining to information systems security programs policy/strategic development, IT continuity of operations planning/support, and support the Department in integrating information security services and related technologies to accomplish departmental IT security goals and program objectives.

The ideal candidate should have knowledge of IT systems and experience with managing servers, endpoints, troubleshooting issues, and installing hardware.  

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Analyzes reports, bookkeeping, and financial data to assure conformance with policy as it relates to regulations and management principles.
• Prepares analytical reports for the purpose of providing management awareness, recommendations for improvement and/or corrective actions.
• Use qualitative and quantitative techniques to plan, analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the user fee program and recommends ways to improve programs and enhance financial viability.
• Identifies and improves financial status by analyzing results, monitoring variances, identifying trends, and recommending actions to management.
• Provides forecasts and analysis of the potential effects of financial activity on program or program viability.
• Plans, implements, and coordinates a variety of special projects and studies of interest concerning all phases of the user fee program.

This position is remote.

This rewarding opportunity is ideal for you if:

• You're excited to serve as Patent Classifier responsible for resolving issues with the technology centers regarding questionable classification determinations.
• You have developed the expertise to conduct quality assurance reviews of initial classification on assigned unpublished patents by reviewing and monitoring classification work performed by contractor(s), other USPTO personnel, and/or Artificial Intelligence.
• You're looking forward to serve as a project manager to perform a variety of classification projects and/or assignments to support the Classification Quality and International Coordination's mission.
• You have the ability to assist in the development and long-term maintenance of USPTO and international search systems and tools (e.g., International and Collaborative Environment). .

**This position is being announced concurrently under Excepted Service Examining Plan/Merit Promotion Plan (ESEP/MPP) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-PX-12599857-ESEP/MP; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.**

• Primary duties are providing oversight and subject matter expertise for healthcare information systems, which can include consultation with facilities throughout the area on supported systems. The oversight includes implementation, maintenance, training and technical support of supported healthcare information systems used in the hospital, ambulatory care and public health settings.
• Support functions and coordinate activities to support other supported systems that integrate with the electronic medical record system to include the master patient index, health information exchange, and personal health record.
• Manages the customization of the site parameters and addresses integration issues with other software packages.
• Provides training to end-users on current software applications as needed.
• Evaluates and makes recommendation concerning overall plans and proposals regarding this programs that impacts all area wide services units.

**This position is being announced concurrently under Delegated Examining Plan (DE) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-PX-12599858-DE; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.**

• Primary duties are providing oversight and subject matter expertise for healthcare information systems, which can include consultation with facilities throughout the area on supported systems. The oversight includes implementation, maintenance, training and technical support of supported healthcare information systems used in the hospital, ambulatory care and public health settings.
• Support functions and coordinate activities to support other supported systems that integrate with the electronic medical record system to include the master patient index, health information exchange, and personal health record.
• Manages the customization of the site parameters and addresses integration issues with other software packages.
• Provides training to end-users on current software applications as needed.
• Evaluates and makes recommendation concerning overall plans and proposals regarding this programs that impacts all area wide services units.

The major duties of the ST Specialist (Systems Analysis) position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serves as a Senior Information Technology Product Manager for one or more technically complex digital products.
• Provides oversight for development, analysis and/or evaluation procedures for existing and potential information technology products.
• Serves as a liaison between program leadership, IT leadership and IT development staff to define and manage product vision and strategy.
• Leads cross functional teams including designers and software engineers to deliver products and service in an iterative manner to meet mission and user needs.
• Ensures products and services are designed with a focus on user-centered principles and support mission objectives.

• Reviews various administrative management policies, procedures, operations, goals, and objectives.
• Gathers, assembles, analyzes, and prepares information for budget requests; and prepares and reviews budget materials and related documentation.
• Monitors and tracks obligations and expenditures for program functions and activities throughout the execution phase of the annual operating budget.
• Provides guidance to management and staff on procurement regulations, policies, procedures, alternatives, and available funds.
• Anticipates long and short-term needs and plans accordingly to procure supplies and services on time and within budget.
• Monitors and maintains office inventories; orders supplies, equipment, and services using local, Federal, and State sources.
• Reviews and interprets HR rules and regulations and advises management and staff on requests for personnel actions.

• Assists in chemical investigations by providing logistical support for on-site activities. This includes equipment and materials, obtaining local services such as court reporters, and communicating with local officials.
• Performs research and analyses of issues relating to investigations. Research subjects include existing regulations applicable to the industry, and a variety of topics resulting from the work of investigation teams.
• Writes reports of accidental release events to include the facts, circumstances, and conditions associated with the incident and develops the cause/probable cause based on information obtained during the investigation process.
• Evaluate additional information about the incident against the criteria of the incident selection process and provide appropriate recommendations.

Major Duties
-Manage program/project management and systems lifecycles to include: acquisition, development, modification, enhancement, deployment or decommissioning of product, service or system.
-Tracking, analyzing, and coordinating multiple, complex applications development projects using principles and guidelines of the Project Management Institute and Capability Maturity Model Integration methodologies.
-Facilitating cross-functional and cross-team planning sessions to ensure integration of critical path development activities.
-Participating in formal change and configuration management processes as a senior technical analyst to ensure adherence to approved VA processes and to identify cross product configuration issues for resolution.
-Managing projects based on the approved plans to ensure the successful implementation of software solutions.
-Provide oversight for the development of information systems testing strategies, plans or scenarios working with stakeholders and Test and Software Quality Assurance Services representatives.

Promotion Potential: This position is at full performance level.

Work Schedule: M-F, 8:00am-4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Virtual: This position is remote
Position Description/PD#: IT Project Manager/10013A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Work Environment: Work is typically performed in an adequately lighted and climate-controlled office setting or remote teleworking via computer and telephone. There is occasional noise from normal office equipment.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Communicates directly with emergency service providers, telecommunication companies, and others, directly negotiating assistance for Veterans by relaying pertinent facts, important circumstances, such as whether the Veteran has a gun or is displaying threatening behavior, etc.
• Collaborates with the responder to get information on Veteran identity and location to initiate the rescue.
• Advocates with emergency responders for the delivery of the appropriate level of emergency intervention of police and other emergency responders for callers, as appropriate with the ability to understand the variety of resource options available nationally and internationally, with response teams.
• Acts as the sole point of contact for VA Suicide Prevention Officers (SPCs), community law enforcement, local emergency dispatch, hospital emergency room personnel and telecommunication companies.
• Relays real time information from the responder to emergency dispatch, law enforcement and emergency medical personnel.
• Provides updates to the supervisory team as needed on progress of ongoing rescues and alerts supervisory team immediately if there are any barriers to providing emergency services to those in crisis to include a failed rescue.
• Makes outbound calls to 911 dispatchers, emergency medical providers, and VAMCs to ensure that the Veteran was located, transported or otherwise is receiving treatment as expected.
• Contacts community medical centers and VAMCs to verify that Veterans arrived at the facility based upon the agreed upon Facility Transport Plan that is coordinated between the responder and Veteran.
• Notifies the supervisor if the Facility Transport Plan fails and initiates rescue as needed.
• Documents all contact attempts and escalates urgent or emergent contacts to the Supervisor.
• Utilizes multiple software programs and Internet search engines concurrently along with critical, creative thinking to locate imminently suicidal Veterans.
• Multitasks in high risk, high stress situations is necessary to expedite Veteran rescues.
• Locates Veterans using various Internet resources as well as VA databases.
• Receives inbound call center administrative calls and/or calls from SPCs and responds to any questions, escalating emergent situations to Supervisor.
• Relays information from local law enforcement and dispatch to VCL leadership to educate and advise leadership on changes / trends with procedure and protocol within the law enforcement community.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Performs routine budget analysis functions in assigned areas.
• Compiles factual information and quantitative data to prepare regular and ad hoc reports that present information such as the status of funds, expenditures, and obligations.
• Contributes to the preparation of budget estimates and justifications by extracting and presenting current and historical data.
• Monitors, reviews, and reconciles commitments, obligations and expenditures.
• Assures that obligations incurred and resulting expenditures of funds are in accordance with pertinent laws and regulations.

• Develops, prioritizes and adjusts plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and resources in response to changing needs and competing priorities.
• Evaluates and provides recommendations on new database technologies and architectures.
• Develops new SAP FIORI and FIORI Elements programs or modify existing applications and recommend solutions for assigned projects related to Systems Applications and Products (SAP) S-4 HANA financial systems.
• Prepares and delivers formal presentations and briefings to external customers to gain support for system policies and secure system input.
• Develops SAP modules and complex functions using the Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) programming language using the latest SAP S4 Hana software.
• Instructs or provides guidance to team members on design and project objectives involving the implementation and maintenance of the SAP financial systems.
• Conducts post-implementation evaluations of existing systems to determine performance and effectiveness and to solve potential problems.
• Prepares written applications programs and tests and implements newly developed programs.

This position is located in Reclamation's Native American and International Affairs Office (NAIAO), Commissioner's Office, Washington, DC. NAIAO serves as the focal point for development and dissemination of policy, guidance, and technical assistance used to implement Reclamation's Native American Affairs Program consistent with applicable laws and policies.

• Plans, develops, implements and measures compliance with a system of internal controls for Reclamation's Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638) program.
• Analyzes, interprets and applies standards developed by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Office of Management and Budget, Reclamation and Department of the Interior (DOI/Departmental) internal controls and other requirements.
• Develops Reclamation policies, internal controls, best practices, guidance, and tools through collaboration and negotiation with regional P.L. 93-638 practitioners, Awarding Officials, and senior Reclamation managers.
• Reviews, assesses risks, and makes recommendations for proposed regional P.L. 93-638 awards (including amendments thereof) and programs; works with Regional 638 contracting personnel to minimize and mitigate risk in regional 638 contracts and annual funding agreements.
• Provides technical expertise to and collaborates with legal staff in DOI's Office of the Solicitor -Indian Affairs and outlying offices. Provides thorough advice and guidance on P.L. 93-638 statutory and regulatory interpretations and best practices of complex P.L. 93-638 Title I construction contracts and Tribal Self-Governance Title IV annual funding agreement terms and conditions.
• Supports and provides comprehensive policy guidance and advice and prepares issue papers (briefing papers and information documents) to Departmental leaders, other bureaus and agencies, Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners and other senior Reclamation Leadership.
• Acts as a Liaison between the Commissioner's office and regional staff on a wide range of complex and sensitive topics relating to Reclamation's Native American Affairs Program.
• Conducts in-depth review and analysis of legislative packages and policies pertaining to Indian issues that have Reclamation-wide and Departmental-wide implications.
• Formulates, assembles and transmits written comments and oral summaries to the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioners, and other senior Reclamation managers.

As a IT Specialist (SYSADMIN/OS), you will:

• Perform a variety of work involving planning and coordinating the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of hardware and software systems.
• Generate and run simulation models for applications.
• Develop and present plans for integrating new server technology into existing architecture.
• Perform a variety of work involving applying analytical processes to the planning, design and implementation of new and improved information systems to meet the business requirements of customer organizations.
• Develop policies, procedures, and strategies that ensure optimization and integration in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of the operating environment.
• Plan and coordinate BPA-wide implementation of process improvement methods and concepts to improve the quality of software products.
• Develop BPA-wide procedures for responding to new threats to systems confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:
Assists the Chief, Health Information Management (CHIM) and the HIM Department in identifying and setting short and long-range goals, program objectives, and tasks to meet the mission and vision of the VAMC.

Provides subject matter expertise to Service Line Leaders, and medical center staff. Interprets and applies The Joint Commission (TJC) standards, VHA regulations and medical-legal requirements; current federal codes pertinent to health records; VHA policy memoranda, directives, handbooks and program guides pertinent to health information management; medical coding (ICD, CPT, HCPCS) and reimbursement methodologies; medical and procedural terminology; anatomy and physiology; regulations governing confidentiality of health records; release of information laws and statutes; and all policies/procedures pertaining to VHA health records.

Provides training for HIM, clinical and administrative staff on HIM topics. Designs and performs quality improvement projects regarding HIM issues. Assists the CHIM in preparing and conducting various presentations.

Keeps current on emerging issues and trends in the HIM field, including process improvement initiatives, the electronic health record (EHR), coding and computer­-assisted coding, the revenue cycle, release of information and privacy issues, records management, medical speech recognition, transcription and data entry, and health information exchange. Keeps HIM and clinical staff abreast of changing technology in electronic systems used to collect, process, code, protect and store health information. Participates in various VAMC, VISN and national committees requiring HIM subject matter expertise.

Performs audits and analyses, preparing and presenting findings and recommendations to the CHIM, Service Line Leaders and medical staff. Assures the accuracy and timeliness of the capturing of patient services charges (workload) in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Reviews, analyzes and reports HIM performance monitors. Advises Principal Investigators and other clinical staff on methodologies related to retrieval of health care data for specific studies. Performs data retrieval for special studies as needed.

Utilizes advanced knowledge of VHA data sources, such as VHA Support Service Center (VSSC) and the Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW), to complete analyses of VA Medical Center data. Analyzes and evaluates on a quantitative basis, the effectiveness of the HIM program and operations in meeting established goals and objectives. Analyzes program performance data to identify areas needing improvement.

May review and test HIM related software patches; test and troubleshooting EHR menu options and functional issues when HIM users report application errors; perform equipment needs analysis for new or replacement equipment and/or equipment
repair; submit work orders or Remedy tickets for correction to HIM software errors. Is the facility expert for software and computer applications related to HIM to provide technical assistance to HIM staff (e.g., coding, ROI, dictation, and medical speech recognition software).

Serves as point of contact for health record corrections to ensure documentation accurately reflects care delivered and reported. Documentation corrections may consist of retracting erroneous notes, re-titling notes, assigning notes to or removing from consult requests. Collaborates on improperly identified documents with clinicians, Clinical Applications Coordinators (CACs) and others who report problems. Reassigns, rescinds, and removes documents when they have been entered or uploaded incorrectly.

Work Schedule: 07:30am-4:00pm PST
Remote: This is a remote position.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required