The Program Specialist serves within the Education Service Line at the Dorn VA Medical Center and supports a wide range of training, academic affiliation, and administrative functions essential to the Veterans Health Administration's education mission. The role focuses on coordinating Associated Health Trainee programs-such as nursing, pharmacy, optometry, and allied health-and managing medical student activities.
Major Duties: Coordinates onboarding and orientation for medical students and associated health trainees, ensuring completion of mandatory training and accurate entry of trainee data into local and national systems. Performs analytical and evaluative work to assess program operations, prepare reports, and recommend process improvements to the Associate Chief of Staff for Education. Supports residency program administration, including managing disbursement agreements, affiliation agreements, Subcouncil documentation, and statistical reporting for the Office of Academic Affiliations. Administers VA national scholarship programs (EISP, NNEI, VANEEP) and provides guidance to employees on eligibility, application, academic progress, and service-obligation compliance. Interprets federal regulations, VA directives, VISN policies, and Medical Center procedures and advises service line staff on policy updates or procedural changes. Work Schedule: 0800-1630 Mon-Fr Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Specialist/PD071610 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): ???????Not Authorized
There is no educational substitution at this grade level. 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/.
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