This position serves as Without Compensation Research Assistant 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. Please note, there is not pay associated with this position.

Duties

Collect blood samples and tissues. Design and execute different project activities. Collect, analyze and store samples to further analysis. Work Schedule: Full-time (Without Compensation)

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/10/2024. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Experience: You must possess general experience (1) taking care of genetically modified animals by breeding the mice, taking notes of births, identified them and taking samples to genotyping to have enough animals for every project and being aware of any medical problems and euthanize when required.; or (2) experience that provides a familiarity with collection of blood samples and tissues, performing routine techniques in the laboratory such as Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), western blot, cell culture, immunohistochemistry, preparation and administration of lentiviral vectors, protein quantification, different surgical techniques, Deoxyribonecleic Acid (DNA) and Ribonecleic Acid (RNA) isolation, drug administration (intraperitoneal, intramuscular injections), design and execution of different project activities, collecting, analyzing, and storing samples to further analysis. OR, Education: You must possess a graduate degree from an accredited college or university in a Biological Sciences field.(Copies of transcripts are required at the time of application). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of experience and education. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: ChemistryCritical ThinkingResearchSpecimen Collection 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: 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. Physical Requirements: 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.

Education

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/.

Contacts

• Address Portland ORD VISN 20 100 SW Main Street, Floor 2 Portland, OR 97204 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]