Summary

This position is located in the Medical Research Services at VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare system - West Los Angeles VA Medical Center in Los Angeles - CA. The Health Science Specialist is responsible for providing an optimum level of health services research and project management to multiple VA - Health Service Research & Development (HSR&D) research projects.

Duties

• ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION - YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** This is a term appointment not to exceed 4 years
• Term appointments are non-status - nonpermanent appointments of limited duration of more than 1 year - but not more than 4 years and are subject to a 1 year trial period
• Should the need warrant - term appointments may be extended without further competition up to a maximum of the 4 year limitation
• The appointment to a term position does not confer eligibility for promotion - reassignment - or transfer to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment
• The Health Science Specialist provides a variety of technical and administrative functions to the Principal Investigator (PI) - serving as the Project Manager on the assigned projects
• It will be the Project Manager's responsibility to manage the main site
• coordinate and support each of the satellite sites
• and perform administrative support - program support - timecard/project allocation and general office work
• Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to: Overseeing entire data collection process for all phases - data entry - survey follow-up and database maintenance Implementing and tracking intervention procedures and reporting of audit/feedback data Applying experience and expertise in VA and federal policy - guidelines and regulations related to health services research to oversee the activities of the Center for Healthcare Innovation - Implementation and Policy (CSHIIP) Institutional Review Board (IRB) Core Ensuring that the IRB Core collaborates with the CSHIIP Methods core groups in communicating relevant guidance - and providing training - education - and reference materials - to help ensure timely development and approval of IRB submissions Serving as a liaison with HSR&D to ensure communication of CSHIIP health services research priorities Contributing expert advice to CSHIIP PIs working on diverse projects in developing innovative strategies for protecting human subjects and sensitive data Preparing budget requests and justifications for independent and collaborative grant submissions to the VA and other agencies Monitoring the cost - management - and overall technical performance of grants awarded Performing technical evaluation of proposals in accordance with the funding agency's source evaluation and selection procedures Managing long-term - significantly complex - health services and public health related grants costing hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars Scheduling task and monitoring the timely task completion at each phase of the project Organizing all administrative aspects of the study - which will include coordinating and managing all correspondence Providing technical data management support to the entire staff at the main site
• tracking intervention progress at the sites through weekly telephone calls
• and responding to requests for materials - and log and track them Performing other related duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday to Friday
• 08:00 a.m
• to 04:30 p.m
• Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved