U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 5 hours ago
Research Health Science Specialist
Durham, NC
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry LevelThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Research Health Science Specialist to support the Office of Research and Development. This role involves operational support for research trials, managing project timelines, writing policies, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
GovernmentMedicalNational SecurityPublic Safety
Responsibilities
Provides operational support and coordination for the implementation of the ENCompaSS VA research trial
Assists in managing timelines and deliverables for successful completion of the projects
Writes research policies - guidelines and procedures - and other documents
Facilitates the compliance with all regulatory and administrative project requirements
Screens eligible candidates and validating appropriate data elements of the project
Qualification
Required
You must possess general experience in providing operational support and coordination for the implementation of a research trial
Assisting in managing timelines and deliverables for successful completion of the projects
Writing research policies, guidelines and procedures, and other documents
Facilitating the compliance with all regulatory and administrative project requirements
Validating appropriate data elements of the project
You must possess a bachelor or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in a field related to the medical field, health sciences, or allied sciences
Copies of transcripts are required at the time of application
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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social)
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience
A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week
Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities
Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment
The work is predominantly sedentary
Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work
However, there will be some walking, standing, bending and carrying of items of moderate weight such as large binders, banker style file boxes, meeting materials, papers, books or small parts
Hand and eye coordination for delicate testing procedures may be the only special physical demand required to perform the work
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