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Health Science Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System (VACHS) Executive Director Service. The Research Compliance Officer (RCO) is responsible for providing a strategic direction and developing, implementing, and documenting a comprehensive program to ensure compliance of research and development activities conducted by VACHS. Concerned with expertise and mastery of research compliances program development.
What You'll Do
- →Duties for this position are as follows but are not limited to: Ensures R&D program compliance in the areas of credentialing, training and education of investigators and research staff.
- →Plays a critical role in the preparation and application for accreditation of the facility's Human Research Protection Program (HRPP).
- →Works closely with other departments such as the Office of Research Oversight (ORO) regarding review of Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) activities, including development of remediation plans, initial and follow-up reports.
- →Reviews Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACC) activities, records (including databases and meeting minutes) to ensure compliance with national requirements, including those of the Department of Veterans Affairs Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and NIH.
- →Participates in semi-annual Animal Research Facility walk-through inspections.
- →Participates in the process for American Association for the advancement of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) accreditation.
- →Ensures that regulatory and policy updates are disseminated to investigators and research employees in a timely manner, performs ongoing monitoring of all areas of research compliance, and acts decisively on issues of potential non-compliance.
- →Analyzes and evaluates, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs and operations in meeting established compliance goals and objectives.
- →Analyzes and prepares program status reports for review at all levels.
- →Develops procedures and systems for establishing, operating, and assessing the effectiveness of compliance control systems and the accomplishment, evaluation and/or monitoring of audits, inspections, or management of internal control reviews.
- →Forwards action items to the responsible oversight bodies with R&D and the medical center.
- →Generate correspondence to researchers to advise them on policy matters, process issues, and procedural problems and solutions.
- →Identifies key policy issues and priorities, designs analyses, evaluates alternatives, and makes recommendations to management.
- →Examine research activities regularly to identify and reduce potential compliance breakdowns.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical 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.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 68a4e392-c9e2-48e5-9684-f9be45cc0c56
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