Total 28 job vacancies by Indian Health Service

System Integration and Deployment

• Provides strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Plan, design, develop, test, validate, and maintain interfaces between the electronic health record (EHR) and other systems to ensure seamless data exchange and interoperability.
• Develop specifications for maintenance protocols and refresh-cycle recommendations and requirements to avoid disaster and system compromise.
• Ensure recovery solutions are in place, functional, and tested routinely.
• Assist with issue resolutions related to infrastructure, networks, servers, end user devices, database management software, operating systems, and/or business application software systems.
• Provide technical and administrative analysis of agency information systems, identify problems and recommend solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and security.
• Develop and conduct training programs for end users and other stakeholders on the use of information systems and technology.

• Exhibit the four levels of thinking, event, pattern, structure, and mental model, that contribute to the systems thinking approach necessary to realize how all the pieces in each system come together to be more than the sum of its parts.
• Contribute to the development of goals, priorities, and action plans for defining, integrating, and upgrading a comprehensive health information technology architecture that support multiple applications, platforms, and database types.
• Transform various inputs in actionable functional and non-functional requirements to ensure the system under development meets the needs of its users and stakeholders in an efficient, cost-effective manner that is compliant with any applicable regulation or standard.
• Utilize the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program/Project Managers (FAC P/PM) framework to plan, execute, and monitor assigned projects. This may involve activities such as: developing project schedules, budgets, performance metrics, security requirements, data management policy and procedures, conducting risk assessments and quality assurance reviews, engineering design and system reviews, technical implementation and change reviews, and trade-off analysis of health information technology products and solutions. These activities will include a broad spectrum of system elements such as: infrastructure, applications, configuration requirements, interfaces, performance controls, identity and access controls, security architecture, and regulatory environment.
• Assist in the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and written Task Orders.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in healthcare information systems and processes.
• Conduct research and prepare reports on issues related to agency information systems and technology and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Conduct studies and analysis of new and emerging technologies and provide recommendations to their application to agency information systems.
• Inform and communicate to management the status, progress, and results obtained throughout the lifecycle of assigned information technology projects.

System Integration and Deployment

• Provides strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Plan, design, develop, test, validate, and maintain interfaces between the electronic health record (EHR) and other systems to ensure seamless data exchange and interoperability.
• Develop specifications for maintenance protocols and refresh-cycle recommendations and requirements to avoid disaster and system compromise.
• Ensure recovery solutions are in place, functional, and tested routinely.
• Assist with issue resolutions related to infrastructure, networks, servers, end user devices, database management software, operating systems, and/or business application software systems.
• Provide technical and administrative analysis of agency information systems, identify problems and recommend solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and security.
• Develop and conduct training programs for end users and other stakeholders on the use of information systems and technology.

• Exhibit the four levels of thinking, event, pattern, structure, and mental model, that contribute to the systems thinking approach necessary to realize how all the pieces in each system come together to be more than the sum of its parts.
• Contribute to the development of goals, priorities, and action plans for defining, integrating, and upgrading a comprehensive health information technology architecture that support multiple applications, platforms, and database types.
• Transform various inputs in actionable functional and non-functional requirements to ensure the system under development meets the needs of its users and stakeholders in an efficient, cost-effective manner that is compliant with any applicable regulation or standard.
• Utilize the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program/Project Managers (FAC P/PM) framework to plan, execute, and monitor assigned projects. This may involve activities such as: developing project schedules, budgets, performance metrics, security requirements, data management policy and procedures, conducting risk assessments and quality assurance reviews, engineering design and system reviews, technical implementation and change reviews, and trade-off analysis of health information technology products and solutions. These activities will include a broad spectrum of system elements such as: infrastructure, applications, configuration requirements, interfaces, performance controls, identity and access controls, security architecture, and regulatory environment.
• Assist in the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and written Task Orders.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in healthcare information systems and processes.
• Conduct research and prepare reports on issues related to agency information systems and technology and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Conduct studies and analysis of new and emerging technologies and provide recommendations to their application to agency information systems.
• Inform and communicate to management the status, progress, and results obtained throughout the lifecycle of assigned information technology projects.

• Ensure adherence to agency governance processes and federal government regulations and guidelines for technological systems and safeguarding of data.
• Develop and implement policies, procedures, and standards for the acquisition, development, and operation of agency information systems.
• Evaluate proposed rulemaking for health information technology and identify functional impact to existing agency operations.
• Collaborate with Indian Health Service and Office of Information Technology security experts to provide engineering designs and products necessary for implementation and enforcement of cybersecurity controls across the health information technology modernization effort.

• Provide leadership that facilitates team building, cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals.
• Influence others to translate vision into action and promulgates long-term health information technology modernization objectives acting as a catalyst for organizational change.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and analyze functional and non-functional requirements to ensure acquisition and development efforts will meet mission objectives.
• Collaborate with agency staff, contractors, and vendors to ensure that information systems meet requirements for functionality, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with development and implementation project teams to ensure efforts are completed on-time, within budget, and to the required standards.

• Implement, configure, support and maintain the operations of the Resource Patient Management System (RPMS) Vista Imaging in Radiology and Laboratory applications.
• Develop and deliver training for assigned clinical applications.
• Serve as a Level 1 Contract Officer Representative (COR) responsible for contract management of laboratory and radiology RPMS health information technology systems.
• Plan, monitor and maintain contracts/task orders, files, documentation and payments.

This position is being re-advertised to solicit additional applications. Applicants who applied previously need not reapply unless submitting updated and/or missing information.

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Plans, Formulates, and Implements National Policy and Programming: Assist with the development and sustainability of the forensic healthcare program to enhance the capacity of the Indian health system to provide high-quality multidisciplinary services and support for patients presenting for forensic healthcare and related services in collaboration with and as delegated by the Forensic Nurse Consultant. Provide recommendations to supervisors and senior leaders on forensic healthcare, projects, services, issues and trends. Serve as a coordinator for sexual assault policy implementation and monitoring.

Evaluates and Analyzes Program Effectiveness: Analyze existing or proposed systems, strategies, services, or other health related matters for forensic healthcare in conjunction with the Forensic Nurse Consultant. Research and analyze product problems caused by controversial, complex & often conflicting factors. Monitor trends and state-of-the-art clinical guidelines, strategies, research and other outcomes related to medical forensic healthcare prevention, intervention, and treatment. Review congressional and legislative action; assess and initiate impact and action on forensic healthcare accordingly.

Develops Networks and Partnerships: Provide leadership to promote and build collaboration with tribes, tribal organizations, Federal agencies and others to align resources to support DNS forensic healthcare program efforts. Represent the Agency at meetings and on national committees, task forces, and workgroups as assigned. Call and host meetings and teleconferences, arrange for guest speakers, foster leadership by others, and take appropriate actions to enable the establishment and growth of effective networks and partnerships.

**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.

• 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.

Project Analysis, Assessment, and Planning

• Conducts evaluations, surveys, and studies regarding Health Information Technology policy, and applicable software change requests to be delivered to agency governance bodies for consideration and determination of agency-wide technology implementation.
• Gathers and analyzes information, develops solutions and recommendations with actionable steps to improve organizational processes and optimize change resulting in continuous technology improvements.
• Analyzes and develops key performance indicators to gauge the success of the organization in reaching specific goals and objectives.
• Analyzes new or proposed legislation or regulations to determine the impact on program operations and management.
• Analyzes, develops, and maintains program evaluations, plans, and procedures.
• Elicits and analyzes stakeholder needs to develop requirements and requirements of management plans and defines guidelines and procedures to meet stakeholder and program needs.
• Identifies IT program governance issues and problem areas, conducts preliminary analyses to determine the nature of issues, and proposes improvement efforts and courses of action to improve HIT program services.
• Collaborates and plans with Partners, Project Managers, and Governing boards to support all stages of the enterprise project lifecycle.
• Identifies resource requirements, estimates timelines, recommends task assignments to team members and reports progress.

• Develops, reviews, evaluates, and provides statements (scope) of work for proposed procurements.
• Defines Technical and managerial requirements and approaches, acceptance plans, and criteria with detailed descriptions of deliverables, schedules, and prices.
• Evaluates overall plans and proposals for major IT projects and equipment.
• Assists in preparing and approving solicitation documents for distributed information technology, and the technical evaluation of information technology and services offered by the general information technology community.
• Establishes quality assurance standards and delivery requirements, ensures compliance with all contract clauses, and administers technical aspects of the contract.
• Develops acquisition program requirements, ensures competitive sources are solicited, evaluated, and selected, and the price the government pays is reasonable.

• Develops and conducts presentations and technical briefings for Stakeholders, Program Management, and OIT leadership.
• Presents project status briefings and recommendations concerning long-range information resources management plans to top-level management.

Leadership in Medical Imaging and Archiving Informatics:

• Serve as a recognized informatics expert in the areas of medical imaging and PACS.
• Convene and lead groups of subject matter experts (SME) in radiology and related healthcare disciplines to identify best practices and achieve consensus for standardization of workflow design and configuration in existing and new health information systems.
• Serve as a liaison between the Office of Information Technology and select Indian Health Service Headquarters offices and divisions.
• Responsible for programmatic guidance of imaging related disciplines to ensure that the data needs of these programs are considered in health information technology system selection and configuration.
• Perform in a professional manner when conducting duties between Indian Health Service, Tribal, Urban (I/T/U) users, state, local healthcare organizations, external and internal stakeholders and software development staff.
• Represent the Office of Information Technology on specific professional specialty groups (PSG) or technical advisory groups (TAG) as assigned.
• Prepare briefing papers, presentations, or other documents concerning activities, progress, goals, accomplishments, or risks in areas of responsibility that may be used to inform senior staff, Indian Health Service area leadership, Tribes and Urban Indian organizations or other agencies.

• Conduct market research, independently and in collaboration with appropriate Office of Information Technology and program colleagues on medical imaging and or archiving products and systems that may be useful in improving care and outcomes for Indian Health Service facilities and patients.
• Document findings and recommendations in formats accessible to business sponsors and leaders who do not have deep technical knowledge.
• Conduct fact-finding and systems analysis relative to the implementation of medical imaging and archiving applications.
• Evaluate and make recommendations to support implementation and modification of planned or proposed software changes or administrative policies for clinical software.
• Use expert independent judgement to select and develop methods to meet long-term objectives for new healthcare software applications.
• Evaluate, interpret, and implement regulations, mandates, and industry standards for health information technology system functionality, performance, interoperability, security, and usability.
• Interface with health information technology product vendors and or support contractors regarding Indian Health Service system configuration requirements or product enhancement requests.

Project Analysis, Assessment, and Planning

• Conducts evaluations, surveys, and studies regarding Health Information Technology policy, and applicable software change requests to be delivered to agency governance bodies for consideration and determination of agency-wide technology implementation.
• Gathers and analyzes information, develops solutions and recommendations with actionable steps to improve organizational processes and optimize change resulting in continuous technology improvements.
• Analyzes and develops key performance indicators to gauge the success of the organization in reaching specific goals and objectives.
• Analyzes new or proposed legislation or regulations to determine the impact on program operations and management.
• Analyzes, develops, and maintains program evaluations, plans, and procedures.
• Elicits and analyzes stakeholder needs to develop requirements and requirements of management plans and defines guidelines and procedures to meet stakeholder and program needs.
• Identifies IT program governance issues and problem areas, conducts preliminary analyses to determine the nature of issues, and proposes improvement efforts and courses of action to improve HIT program services.
• Collaborates and plans with Partners, Project Managers, and Governing boards to support all stages of the enterprise project lifecycle.
• Identifies resource requirements, estimates timelines, recommends task assignments to team members and reports progress.

• Develops, reviews, evaluates, and provides statements (scope) of work for proposed procurements.
• Defines Technical and managerial requirements and approaches, acceptance plans, and criteria with detailed descriptions of deliverables, schedules, and prices.
• Evaluates overall plans and proposals for major IT projects and equipment.
• Assists in preparing and approving solicitation documents for distributed information technology, and the technical evaluation of information technology and services offered by the general information technology community.
• Establishes quality assurance standards and delivery requirements, ensures compliance with all contract clauses, and administers technical aspects of the contract.
• Develops acquisition program requirements, ensures competitive sources are solicited, evaluated, and selected, and the price the government pays is reasonable.

• Develops and conducts presentations and technical briefings for Stakeholders, Program Management, and OIT leadership.
• Presents project status briefings and recommendations concerning long-range information resources management plans to top-level management.

Leadership in Medical Imaging and Archiving Informatics:

• Serve as a recognized informatics expert in the areas of medical imaging and PACS.
• Convene and lead groups of subject matter experts (SME) in radiology and related healthcare disciplines to identify best practices and achieve consensus for standardization of workflow design and configuration in existing and new health information systems.
• Serve as a liaison between the Office of Information Technology and select Indian Health Service Headquarters offices and divisions.
• Responsible for programmatic guidance of imaging related disciplines to ensure that the data needs of these programs are considered in health information technology system selection and configuration.
• Perform in a professional manner when conducting duties between Indian Health Service, Tribal, Urban (I/T/U) users, state, local healthcare organizations, external and internal stakeholders and software development staff.
• Represent the Office of Information Technology on specific professional specialty groups (PSG) or technical advisory groups (TAG) as assigned.
• Prepare briefing papers, presentations, or other documents concerning activities, progress, goals, accomplishments, or risks in areas of responsibility that may be used to inform senior staff, Indian Health Service area leadership, Tribes and Urban Indian organizations or other agencies.

Leadership in Pharmacy and General Clinical Informatics:

• Convene and lead groups of Subject Matter Experts (SME) in pharmacy and other healthcare disciplines to identify best practices and achieve consensus for standardization of workflow design and configuration in existing and new health information systems.
• Serve as liaison between the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Agency Offices, Divisions and Stakeholders on programmatic guidance of various disciplines including pharmacy, laboratory, and radiology/imaging to ensure data and informatics programs are considered in health information technology system programming, selection and configuration.
• Coordinate clinical informatics collaboration with performance standards with Indian Health Service, Tribal and Urban entities on data standard developments and provide oversight of advisory groups and health information technology software and application programming and development for interface and integration between clinical practice and information systems.

• Conduct market research independently and in collaboration with appropriate O.I.T and program colleagues on products and systems that may be useful in improving health care delivery initiatives for Indian Health Service facilities.
• Document health information technology findings and recommendations in accessible formats to business sponsors and leaders.
• Assist with technical informatics business mechanisms.
• Facilitate fact-finding and systems analysis relative to the implementation of health information technology clinical software applications.
• Evaluate and make recommendations to support implementation and modification of planned or proposed software changes or administrative policies for clinical software.
• Evaluate, interpret, and implement regulations, mandates, and industry standards for health information technology system functionality, performance, interoperability, security, and usability.
• Interface with health information technology product vendors and/or support contractors regarding Indian Health Service system configuration requirements or product enhancement requests.

Leadership in Pharmacy and General Clinical Informatics:

• Convene and lead groups of Subject Matter Experts (SME) in pharmacy and other healthcare disciplines to identify best practices and achieve consensus for standardization of workflow design and configuration in existing and new health information systems.
• Serve as liaison between the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Agency Offices, Divisions and Stakeholders on programmatic guidance of various disciplines including pharmacy, laboratory, and radiology/imaging to ensure data and informatics programs are considered in health information technology system programming, selection and configuration.
• Coordinate clinical informatics collaboration with performance standards with Indian Health Service, Tribal and Urban entities on data standard developments and provide oversight of advisory groups and health information technology software and application programming and development for interface and integration between clinical practice and information systems.

• Works closely with the Contracting Officer (Procurement Office) throughout the solicitation process; develop and monitor timelines/milestones, lead or participate on contract technical proposal evaluation panels, tracks the delegation, and service contract funding prepare supporting documentation for decisions reached; and coordinate the phase in and closeout of contracts.
• Serve as liaison between contractors and the government Contracting Officer to identify and resolve issues.
• Provide timely, consistent and comprehensive oversight of assigned contracts, delivery orders and task orders.
• Prepare complex action plans and schedules to support project accomplishment. Ensures that plans are consistent with service goals, schedules, and policies.

• Works closely with the Contracting Officer (Procurement Office) throughout the solicitation process; develop and monitor timelines/milestones, lead or participate on contract technical proposal evaluation panels, tracks the delegation, and service contract funding prepare supporting documentation for decisions reached; and coordinate the phase in and closeout of contracts.
• Serve as liaison between contractors and the government Contracting Officer to identify and resolve issues.
• Provide timely, consistent and comprehensive oversight of assigned contracts, delivery orders and task orders.
• Prepare complex action plans and schedules to support project accomplishment. Ensures that plans are consistent with service goals, schedules, and policies.