This position serves as Without Compensation Research Computer Scientist 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. Note: Please note, there is no pay associated with this position.
NOTE: This is a Temporary Appointment (not-to-exceed 3 years). Temporary appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration.Duties: Designs, writes, tests and validates a variety of custom software applications to support a wide range of data collection and analysis needs or research studies; Applies relational databases and software development to research experience within the framework of health services research. Provide standardized documentation of programs, evaluation and modification. Develops programming specifications Resolve unusual, novel and difficult problems that surface relating to the collection of research data Work Schedule: Full-time (Without Compensation)
Basic Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree in computer science or bachelor's degree with 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have included any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus. Evaluation of Education: Applicants should have sufficient knowledge to understand the fundamental concepts and techniques of computer science. Courses designed to provide an introduction to computer science techniques and methodologies, to problems of system design, and to other specialized fields are acceptable. Courses or experience in teaching elementary, business, or shop mathematics are not acceptable. NOTE: All academic degrees and course work must be from accredited or pre-accredited institutions. (Copies of transcripts are required at the time of application to determine IOR has been met) 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.
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