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Research Computer Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 95 days ago
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. Please note, there is not pay associated with this position.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties: Develop programming specifications and design, write, test, validate, and maintain custom software applications.
- →Support a wide range of research-related data collection and data analysis activities through software development.
- →Create and maintain standardized documentation for software programs, including evaluations, modifications, and system enhancements.
- →Apply relational database principles and software development methodologies within a health services research environment.
- →Analyze and resolve unusual, novel, and complex technical problems related to research data collection and management.
- →Utilize existing VA datasets to support research initiatives and data-driven studies.
- →Design, develop, and implement innovative electronic data collection applications to meet research requirements.
- →Collaborate with researchers and stakeholders to identify technical requirements and develop effective software solutions.
- →Ensure software applications and databases meet project objectives, quality standards, and user requirements.
- →Provide technical expertise and recommendations regarding research data systems, applications, and database management.
- →Work Schedule: Intermittent (Without Compensation)
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement).
- ✓Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 070af09c-044b-4e12-9049-a7f2c6dedb82
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