Research Health Science Specialist

About the role

This position serves as Without Compensation Research Assistant within the Office of Research and Development (ORD). The VA Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden.

Qualifications

• You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

• Experience: You must possess general experience in (1) filing subject charts, obtaining informed consent from subjects, scheduling visits for study participants, screening subjects for eligibility criteria, and performing neuropsychological testing of study participants, or (2) Experience that provides a familiarity with collecting clinical information and processes of entering clinical information from interviews with study participants, obtaining informed consent from subjects, and administering neuropsychological tests to study participants.

• AND

• Education: You must possess a bachelor or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences. (Copies of transcripts are required at the time of application).

Competencies

• Communication

• Reasoning

• Research

• Technical Competence

Physical Requirements

• Work is primarily sedentary and performed in an office or research laboratory environment.

• Duties require extensive computer use and prolonged periods of sitting.

• May require occasional standing, walking, bending, reaching overhead, and lifting objects weighing less than 10 pounds.

• Frequent climbing of ladders is not required.

• Position does not involve handling chemicals as a primary job function.

Education

• A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Additional information

Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.