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Research Computer Scientist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 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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