Careers at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Join the team that strives to improve healthcare for all Americans by:

• Investing in health systems research that generates evidence about how to deliver high-quality, safe, high-value healthcare.
• Creating tools and strategies for health systems and frontline clinicians to support practice improvement.
• Providing data and analytics to help decisionmakers understand the healthcare system and identify opportunities for improvement.

Current Openings

Director-Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Department of Health And Human Services
Rockville, Maryland
Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Quality 

• RS 00.
• Permanent.
• Full-time.
• Open to the public.
• Competitive Service.

Open 07/01/2022 to 07/30/2022

Health Scientist Administrator-PD22E017-Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Department of Health And Human Services
Rockville, Maryland
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

• GS 14.
• Permanent.
• Full-time.
• Open to the public.
• Competitive Service.

Select to read the remote vacancy announcement (AHRQ-CEPI-22-MP-11541509).

Open 06/24/2022 to 07/25/2022

Physician-PD22-E018- Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Department of Health And Human Services
Rockville, Maryland
Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

• Starting at TBD (GS 14).
• Permanent.
• Full-time.
• Open to the public.
• Competitive Service.

Open 06/02/2022 to 07/18/2022

 

Note: Job applications are only accepted for specific vacancies for which AHRQ is presently recruiting. For opportunities available within other U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) offices and agencies, please visit the USAJobs website, HHS Careers page or call ONE DHHS at 1-888-ONE-DHHS (1-888-663-3447).

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Mission

AHRQ's mission is to produce evidence to make healthcare safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and other partners to make sure that the evidence is understood and used.

Learn more about AHRQ's mission, structure, objectives, strategies and history.

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AHRQ will not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of that individual’s race, color, religion, pregnancy, sex, gender (including gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, retaliation for opposing discriminatory practices, or participating in the discrimination complaint process. These efforts are consistent with Executive Order 13988, Preventing and Combatting Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, and all other federal civil rights laws, regulations, and Executive Orders addressing equal opportunity in the Agency’s activities.