United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

VA San Diego Healthcare System

Trainee Registration and Training

Instructions for Trainees:

If you are paid by the Department of Veterans Affairs, please contact Human Resources Management Service; these may not be the forms you are required to complete. 

  • Trainees and students who are not paid by the VA and who will be here for more than 180-days must complete items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (this includes, but is not limited to medical, nursing, pharmacy, OT and PT students and psychology interns)
  • Trainees here for less than 180-days complete items 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
  • Housestaff (physician interns, residents and fellows) complete ONLY items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8

Make sure you have a printer available.  Some of these forms can not be saved.

  1. Complete, print and sign Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions – SF 85 or complete online using the OPM e-Qip system: http://www.opm.gov/e-qip/
    (Residents are exempt from this requirement)
  2. Provide a Resume, CV or completed OF 612 (Residents are exempt from this requirement)
  3. Complete and print VA Clinical Trainee Registration Form – VA Form 10-0410
  4. Complete, print and sign as appointee OF 306
  5. Log into the EES External On-line Learning (LIBRIX) Website: https://www.ees-learning.net
    Click on the "First Time Users" button to register.
    Once in the system:
    • Click on Available Courses on the left
    • Click on the "Explore" Tab in the upper right corner
    • Scroll down
    • Click on the "Security" folder
    • You will need to click on "Sign Me Up" for the two courses
      • General Employee Privacy Awareness
      • VA Cyber Security Awareness
    • Submit your Certificate of Completion for each course
  6. Read on-line, and print and sign the last page of the VA National Rules of Behavior (NEW)
  7. Read VASDHS Orientation Packet (read on-line if possible)
  8. Read Understanding Resident Supervision

Unless otherwise directed by your program training coordinator, please bring completed forms and training certificates with you to VA Orientation.  Additionally you will need to bring:

  • Government-issued photo ID (i.e., drivers license, military ID, passport)
  • Permanent Resident Card (if applicable)
  • Vehicle Registration and proof of insurance (if applying for VA parking permit)
Questions? Contact Sandra Bee, (858) 552-8585 ext. 5324

If you have already attended orientation, please send completed forms to the Education Service, 4 West, Room 4085 (mail code 142).