Statistician (Medicine)

Job Details

Qualifications & Requirements

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. Basic Requirements: In order to meet the basic requirement of the Statistician, 1530 series, you must possess one of the following: 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. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) or A combination of education and experience as follows: 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. (TRANSCRIPTS ARE REQUIRED) GS-13 Specialized Experience: In addition to meeting the Individual Occupational Requirement, you must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 grade level that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. In order to meet the minimum qualifications for this position, you must meet 4/6 of the following examples of specialized experience: Providing Biostatistical support during all phases of multi-center clinical trials. Providing statistical input and advice to clinical teams. Providing clear and regular technical and administrative input to professional, technical, and administrative personnel assigned to a clinical trial. Ensuring the assigned studies are conducted according to rules, regulations and ethics requirements. Reviewing the statistical programs, written by the assigned statistical programmer. Monitoring performance using an established risk-based monitoring approach. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. Physical Requirements: The work is mostly sedentary; however, some walking between offices located on three different floors in the same building and in two satellite locations is required.

Position Overview

A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be considered for a highly qualified candidate. The incumbent serves as a biostatistician and provides complete management of assigned cooperative (multicenter) clinical trials and epidemiologic studies at Perry Point. The primary responsibilities involve managing and coordinating clinical trial activities, protocol writing and submission, data processing, statistical analysis, and report writing.

Duties

• The major duties of this position include but are not limited to: Study planning: Investigate the feasibility of conducting the proposed study within the VA by identifying available patient cohorts at different VA medical centers from VA's electronic health records. Prepares a preliminary statistical analysis plan (SAP) or a Biostatistical Research and Data Processing plan (BRDP) Study conduct: Works with the statistical programmer to generate randomization lists and the Clinical Data Manager (CDM) to set up the automated randomization system for the assigned studies. Prepares recurring study reports for various stakeholders. Analysis and Publication of study results: Performs final statistical analyses, using the locked data set, as outlined in the research protocols for the assigned studies Prepares and submits the primary/secondary manuscripts in collaboration with the study PI(s) to peer-reviewed national and international journals Study Team Management: Prepares budget scenarios and provides budget input during planning phase. participates in the design of data collection tools (CRFs), in the preparation of a data management plan, and in establishing a data cleaning procedure for the assigned studies. Research and Consultation: Modifying existing statistical methods or developing new and innovative statistical methods for a specific study or of general interest. Providing expert consultation in support of activities, such as preparation of literature searches as background for further research, and preparation of parts of internal documentation or proofreading documentation with researchers. Work Schedule: Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: This position may be authorized for ad hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Ad hoc is defined as occasional, non-recurring telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: PD22007A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be considered for a highly qualified candidate. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized