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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 11 hours ago

Health Science Specialist

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$124K/yr - $161K/yr

1+ years exp

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Health Science Specialist to apply health services research and evaluation expertise to improve care for veterans. The role involves designing and analyzing research projects on end-of-life and advance care planning for veterans in long-term care.

GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety

Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Develop and/or co-develop programs - such as innovative research complex issues related to Healthcare Equity - quality and effectiveness in diverse populations

Submit and receive grant proposals merit funding to develop and oversee successful strategies for recruitment and retention of diverse Veteran population

Monitor the production of reports and papers for publication and/or dissemination to facility partners

Design studies that use a wide range of qualitative and mixed methods data collection techniques

Evaluate data collection - such as participant recruitment - interview - and development of data analysis plans

Provide conceptual and/or methodological support to address issues - such as health equity - social determinants - evaluation methods - data collection and/or analysis approaches - and dissemination strategies

Implement team-based analysis for setting up - maintaining data files - training team members and collaborating data analysis process as required

Monitor the production of reports and papers for publication and/or dissemination to operations partners

Oversee projects in a multidisciplinary setting and work with diverse stakeholders - such as clinicians - quality managers - health services and/or implementation researchers - administrators - and Veterans

Maintain updated records and systems design in accordance with the requirements set forth by entities

Qualification

Health services researchData managementProject managementResearch analysisTeam collaborationCommunication skillsLeadership

Required

Must possess a successful completion of a full four (4) year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree that included a major field of study or specific course requirements related to the medical field - health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of this position

This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained

Must possess one (1) year of specialized experience equipped with the knowledge - skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the Supervisory Health Science Specialist position

This experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service

Specialized experience includes experience as follows: Leading multi-disciplinary inquiry and projects related to healthcare delivery issues - such as long-term care and end-of-life care

Experience in providing local - regional - national scientific and technical guidance and leadership

Experience developing - implementing - and analyzing research projects focused on documenting - understanding - and reducing or eliminating disparities to improve the quality of end-of-life and long-term care

You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Data Management, Project Management, Research

IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week

All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience - including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. - Peace Corps - AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. - professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social)

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience - including volunteer experience

The work is mainly sedentary however - inspections of facilities including laboratories - animal care units - clinical research areas - or other research associated sites will require walking or some driving to arrive at distal sites

Typically - the employee may sit comfortably to perform portions of the work

However - there is periodic walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items such as records - files - instructional material - books - and manuals

No special physical demands are required to perform the work