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Statistician (Health- Biostatistician)
Organization Veterans Health AdministrationLocation West Haven, United StatesPosted 8 May 2026Deadline 21 May 2026
Statistics
Full Description
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. "NOTE: This applies to past, current, and upcoming VA Health Professions Trainees (HPT) only. VA HPT is an individual appointed to temporary positions in one or more VHA medical facilities performing clinical or research training experiences to satisfy program or degree requirements or admitted to the VA Health Professional Scholarship Program. HPTs can be either VA-paid or Without Compensation (WOC)." Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirements: A. Degree: that included 15 semester hours in statistics (or in mathematics and statistics, provided at least 6 semester hours were in statistics), and 9 additional semester hours in one or more of the following: physical or biological sciences, medicine, education, or engineering; or in the social sciences including demography, history, economics, social welfare, geography, international relations, social or cultural anthropology, health sociology, political science, public administration, psychology, etc. Credit toward meeting statistical course requirements should be given for courses in which 50 percent of the course content appears to be statistical methods, e.g., courses that included studies in research methods in psychology or economics such as tests and measurements or business cycles, or courses in methods of processing mass statistical data such as tabulating methods or electronic data processing. OR B. Combination of education and experience - courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. The experience should have included a full range of professional statistical work such as (a) sampling, (b) collecting, computing, and analyzing statistical data, and (c) applying statistical techniques such as measurement of central tendency, dispersion, skewness, sampling error, simple and multiple correlation, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). AND You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Preferred Experience: GS-12 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: successful study protocols for clinical trial proposals; performs high quality research data and informatics and data processing activities; conducts critical interim (as applicable) and final statistical analyses using appropriate statistical methodology; research initiatives that require advanced statistical and methodological support; helps coordinate design and specifications of center-wide process and business analytics data; professional knowledge of commonly used statistical software packages. GS-13 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Comprehensive knowledge of bio or mathematical statistics; statistical theory and methodology germane to multi -center clinical trials and research design; analyses of large databases, and techniques of quality control, biological sciences and management; familiar with human diseases applicable to protocols being designed; professional knowledge of commonly used statistical software packages such as SAS, R, S Plus, PASS, NQUERY, StatXact, and EAST; Visual Basic, Perl and Matlab to perform computer analysis of statistical data and findings; using a range of statistical methods such as sample size and power, non-adaptive and adaptive randomization schemes and designs, sampling techniques, group and sequential analysis, ANOVA, ANCOVA, linear and multiple regression, generalized linear models, etc; advise and consult on a variety of issues involving theory/application of statistical methods; communicate detailed scientific information in a clear, logical and concise manner orally and in writing; work effectively with others and lead diverse groups of col leagues. The full performance level of this vacancy is 13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-12 to GS-13. Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
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