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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Washington DC, District of Columbia

Salary: $52,643.00 - $65,108.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (202)745-8000x8192

JOB SUMMARY:

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Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 1037131 

 

Salary: To be determined by Professional Standard Board.

To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. 

 How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

  As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.

 

This position is located with the Pathology and Laboratory Department at the Washington, DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DC VAMC). This position requires rotating weekends and holidays.

 

The DC VAMC is one of the most visible and dynamic facilities in the VA system.  This tertiary care teaching facility provides acute general and specialized services in medical, neurology, psychiatry as well as offering a nursing home care unit.  The medical center also oversees a satellite Substance Abuse Clinic and three Veteran Centers.

 

The Medical Center’s staff of over 2,000 provides care to veterans residing in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland treating over 50,000 veterans and over 500,000 outpatient visits each year.  The DC VAMC is affiliated with four medical centers: The George Washington University, Georgetown University, Howard University and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and many other colleges and universities in the following areas: pharmacy, rehabilitation medicine, biomedical engineering, dietetics, social work, nursing and medical center management.

 

 Special Employment Consideration:  VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

• Not Required

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

• No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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• U. S. Citizenship
• Must pass pre-employment examination
• English Language Proficiency required
• Designated and-or Random Drug Testing required
• Background and-or Security Investigation required
• Certification (REQUIRED)