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.
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/13/2026. Experience: Applicants must meet specialized experience which includes but not limited to: Assist in performing experiments to study acid acclimation mechanisms of gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori and the interaction between the bacteria and gut epithelium. Inputs clinical information and test results into database. Processes biospecimens. Schedules visits for study participants. Creates and files subject charts. Screens subjects for eligibility criteria, obtain informed consent from study participants, and collect clinical information from interviews with study participants. AND Education: 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) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Communication Reasoning Research Technical Competence 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.
Duties: Assist in performing experiments to study acid acclimation mechanisms of gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori and the interaction between the bacteria and gut epithelium. Inputs clinical information and test results into database. Processes biospecimens. Schedules visits for study participants. Creates and files subject charts. Screens subjects for eligibility criteria, obtain informed consent from study participants, and collect clinical information from interviews with study participants.