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Research Health Science Specialist

Veterans Health Administration · Posted 18 days ago

On-site Washington, DC Apply by Jul 6, 2026 General Health Science INTJINTPISFJISTJ Healthcare
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About the Role

Please note, there is no pay associated with this position. This position serves as Without Compensation Research Health Science Specialist 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.

What You'll Do

  • Assisting lab members in conduct and coordination to enable the successful completion of projects.
  • Data collection.
  • Capturing data via spreadsheet and database software.
  • Screening, recruiting and assessing potential patients for research eligibility.
  • Reviewing charts and images.
  • Consulting with eligible patients on study participation.
  • Assisting with follow-up of research subjects enrolled in studies.
  • Assisting with research and administrative duties related to funded projects.
  • Performing computational fluid dynamic analyses.
  • Developing biomechanical models from MRI data.
  • Developing statistical and finite element models.
  • 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.
  • 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 identification 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) 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.
  • Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
  • You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
  • 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.
  • For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Benefits

  • There are no benefits associated with this without compensation (WOC) position.

Personality Fit

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Job ID: 35feb538-1023-4d3e-96d6-ada9382f5b19

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