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Position located in the Health Services Department at a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional facility.

Primarily responsible for providing emergency assessment and medical care to inmate patients.

First responder at the scene of sudden illness or emergency and sometimes encounters situations which may be life threatening.

Determines, upon consultation with a medical provider (physician/physician assistant/nurse practitioner), the most appropriate method of transportation to the local hospital.

Prioritizes treatments for patients having multiple problems and employs a variety of established medical emergency procedures, techniques, methods and equipment, including the performance of emergency triage.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

• Establishes guides and encourages supervisor-employee safety committees to identify and eliminate hazardous equipment operations and unsafe working conditions
• Develops local safety and occupational health directives and implements program regulations through adaptation of higher command instructions
• Prepares written procedures for proper implementation of safety prevention activities
• Recommends proper safety and occupational health measures to eliminate or minimize the possibility of injury to personnel and damage to property
• Compiles statistical data to determine safety and occupational trends and applies proper preventive methods
• Reviews private contractor operations for new construction and building alterations to determine compliance with all standards and criteria.

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) supports the provision of patient care using telehealth technologies which increase a Veteran's access to care and support a Veteran's self-management. This includes developing and delivering virtual and digital technologies which help Veterans communicate synchronously and asynchronously with their health care teams and coordinate, track and manage their health care. The incumbent performs a full range of duties and is responsible for day-to-day operation of telehealth services at the assigned location and between the assigned location and remote sites of care as well as participating in the programmatic development and advanced support of the facility-wide telehealth program.Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Delivers established telehealth competency based training for clinicians and telehealth staff members.
• Supports clinical telehealth encounters for both the patient and provider locations by serving as the telepresenter within scope of practice, functioning as an imager and supporting clinical data for telehealth store and forward applications, managing real time clinical telehealth events, providing established patient education, and providing technical and administrative support of telehealth operations.
• Evaluates telehealth operations and supporting performance improvement efforts, providing technical support to end-users, scheduling simple and complex intra-facility and inter-facility telehealth appointments, installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting technology.
• Coordinates, installs, maintains and manages the inventory of telehealth technologies including hardware and software with assistance of Biomed and IT.
• Provides established standardized competency based training, guidance and information on the use of advanced telehealth technologies to patients, staff, and providers.
• Providing established standardized competency based training for telehealth technology, facilitating interactive simulations for clinical staff participating in telehealth programs.
• Participates in performance improvement activities aimed at improving the efficiency of the patient telehealth processes.
• Develops reporting procedures, sampling techniques and measurements at various points in the telehealth processes to identify/analyze inherent weaknesses in work and procedures.
• Coordinates clinic set up and monitoring of workload capture and issues for assigned patient and provider clinics including telehealth resource based scheduling.
• Supports designated complex telehealth programs that require advanced technical skillsets'.

The Licensed Practical Nurse provides safe and individualized nursing care to patients in the Mental Health (MH) services. They provide basic age-specific nursing care for adult and geriatric inpatients or outpatients with physical, mental, behavioral, or psychosocial needs, according assignment and training. The Licensed Practical Nurse interacts, collaborates, and communicates effectively with the veteran, families, caregivers, professionals, and other supportive staff both internal and external. He/She initiates appropriate actions based on his/her observations of the patient's condition. He/she requires a minimum of supervision and performs the functions listed below consistently with skill and effectiveness. Duties are performed under the general supervision of a RN or Healthcare Provider (HCP). Individuals at this grade are expected to have broad working knowledge of practice nursing procedures, however, completion of more complex practices or procedures may be subject to closer high-level review. The LPN works with the RN charge nurse. Duties include but are not limited too:

• Performs advanced nursing skills and assist Providers with complex procedures and diagnostic exams within the scope of licensure.
• Recognizes life threatening conditions and initiates and/or assists with CPR or other appropriate interventions including prompt notification of an RN or MD/DO to provide appropriate direction and intervention. Must maintain a current Basic Life Support Certification.
• Knowledge of how to apply Prevention and Management of Disruptive behavior techniques to resolve issues before they reach escalation.
• Responsible for the daily management of patient care and assignments by assisting the patient care team with preventative care and/or chronic disease management by assisting in obtaining vital signs, offering patient education, medication administration, treatments provided as ordered, and thorough documentation of patient care provided per policy.
• Other assignments include patient education, communication of patient concerns to the interdisciplinary team and positive interactions with family members. Is an active participant in planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
• Demonstrates, in interactions, the ability to communicate effectively and professionally with both internal and external customers. Participates in staff competency and creation.
• Completes daily quality control checks and equipment testing, restocks supplies and medications as needed.
• Recognizes and appropriately responds to breakage/malfunction or loss of equipment, safety hazards or supply deficiencies and reports to appropriate personnel for corrective action.
• Participates in performance/ quality improvement activities with the goal of improving patient care outcomes.
• Maintains knowledge and skill for performing support duties during complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures.
• Serves as a preceptor in orienting, educating, and training less experienced LPNs, Nursing Assistants (NA's), Health Technicians (HT's) and provides support for more complex, specialized procedures.
• Actively seeks out educational opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge/skills and shares knowledge with peers to advance nursing practice.

The major duties of the Health Benefit Assistant include but are not limited to:

• Screen, advise, and assist Veterans and other beneficiaries seeking and receiving medical treatment.
• Subject matter experts to the HAS Section Chiefs and support the management information components of all health eligibility related programs.
• Provides advice, problem resolution, and administrative support for eligibility issues related to healthcare services. Knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, polices, guidelines and procedures is required.
• Entering data and information when necessary, but also reviewing reports, records and statistical computations for accuracy.
• Involved in an extremely complex blend of computing technology, medical information, communication skills and leadership qualities in a rapidly changing environment.
• He/she must possess vast computer knowledge in creating and capturing data.
• Interviews and registers applicants to determine eligibility and legal entitlement of applicants for health care, including assignment into the appropriate enrollment priority group.
• Verifies eligibility using various methods, including: income assessments, military discharge documents, Hospital Inquiry (HINQ), Veterans Benefits Management System (VBMS), Veteran Information Solutions (VIS) and other means such as communication with VA Regional Office.
• Administers income assessments (means tests).
• Advises and counsels Veterans and their beneficiaries or representatives of financial obligations, co-pay requirements, and their rights to appeal.
• Deals with and resolves complex eligibility, co-pay, and insurance questions that arise.
• Explains to each individual the specific conditions or actions that could affect their co-pay status or eligibility for benefits.
• Informs Veterans of their responsibility to report changes in their demographics, insurance, and other significant factors.

The Intermediate Care Technician (ICT) performs ongoing patient care duties in the Emergency Department.

Duties for this position include, however, not limited to the following:

• The incumbent assists in behavioral/psychiatric situations in an emergency setting.
• Assists LIPs with the delivery of care to patients with complex, specialized, and potentially life-threatening situations.
• Initiates cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BLS), use of automatic external defibrillator, and assists with airway management using bag-valve-mask (BVM), oral airway or nasal airway.
• Responds to medical emergencies as a part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), Code Blue team, or medical transport team.
• Observes patient status and keeps LIP and/or RN informed of any change in condition.
• Incumbent recognizes lethal rhythms/arrhythmias (i.e. ventricular fibrillation and asystole) and immediately notifies appropriate staff.
• Cardiovascular monitoring: provides support, relief, and coverage as needed to central station telemetry, and performs measurements of PR, QRS, QT, RR, and QTC intervals, interprets rhythm, and prints rhythm strip.
• Performs Vital Signs and Point of Care Testing.
• Equipment and surgical instrumentation set up.
• Performs observation-based screening and collection of patient information in collaboration with the LIP and/or RN.
• Operates specialized medical equipment and assists with patient exams and screenings.
• Specimen Collection.
• Patient Transport with or without cardiac monitor.

Physical Security Support (35%)

• Performs alarm and access monitoring, tracing access patterns, programming, assigning or removing user permissions, updating databases, remotely opening and securing doors during routine and emergency operations and generating a variety of reports as needed.
• Implements policies, procedures, and methods for identifying and protecting information, personnel, property, facilities, operations, or material.
• Operates an established vehicle registration and visitor management program and parking registration and/or photo identification equipment.
• Issues and retrieves government issued keys and/or identification cards. Reviews requests for and issues passes and identification documents. Maintains accurate key inventory and accountability database.
• Maintains accountability of Police Officer badges issued and all associated logs.
• Performs administrative (non-criminal) investigations of lost keys, passes, and PIV cards for rapid assessment and documentation of any compromised access to VA property and termination of off access permissions.

• Monitors and receives routine and emergency calls from a variety of sources that need police, fire, medical or other emergency services.
• Determines the nature and location of the emergency; prioritizes events and commits police resources appropriately.
• Maintains contact with law enforcement units on assignment.
• Maintains status and location of Police Officers and coordinates communication between agencies as needed.
• Answers nonemergency calls for assistance.
• Monitors and directs responses to security and life safety communications, radio dispatches, telephone calls, and other emergency communication circuits.
• Receives and compiles information from various sources related to police and emergency incidents.
• Operates a variety of communications and security equipment.

• Performs system checks on a variety of equipment used in the dispatch center.
• Conducts equipment inventories and completes records and other logs.
• Performs monthly alarm checks, submits reports documenting the operational status of each circuit tested.
• Enters, updates and retrieves information from a variety of computer systems and sensitive databases.
• Uses state and the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) to access sensitive law enforcement information to support field operations and investigations.
• Coordinates health and welfare checks with outside law enforcement agencies.
• Completes vehicle registration tasks and issues decals and permits as authorized by policy.

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The Service Chief is responsible for designing the mission and vision of the Service, developing the scope of practice and/or privileging packets for all social workers, designing a Social Work service Plan of Care and assuring implementation of quality improvement measures. Incumbent is responsible for developing, planning, clarifying, administering and managing Social Work Services for all areas of the Medical Center. Incumbent will designate service priorities and objectives, ensures the supervision and evaluation of all social work staff and is responsible for supervising and evaluating the performance of the social work supervisors. The Service Chief serves as a liaison to other Services or care-lines, other facilities, VISN offices and VHA Central Office.

Major duties include, but may not be limited to:

• Ensures provision of social work services and /or case management services in a variety of inpatient and outpatient program areas and clinics.
• Collaborates with others in negotiating deciding upon and/or coordinating social work related changes affecting other programs.
• Ensures Social Work Service will participate in the planning, implementation of treatment programs within area of practice.
• Reviews information pertaining to the social work program from a variety of sources and identifies requirements which must be expressed in medical in medical facility written policies and procedures, draft such statements or assigns tasks to subordinates to insure their completion.
• Performs or assigns responsibility and reviews, the results of Social Work Service internal evaluations for program effectiveness..
• Responsible for employee selection, promotions, work planning and organizing, compliant/grievance resolution, dealing with administration of labor management agreements and processing other managerial duties directly or through appropriate delegations.
• Responsible for determining appropriate level of staff qualifications and expertise necessary to assure accomplishment of Social Work Service Programs.
• Exercise both administrative and professional accountability and responsibility for all social workers who are in the Social Work GS-0185 series.
• Determines personnel, equipment, space, supply needs upon program goals.
• Provides direct patient care services
• Performs other duties as directed.

• Primary responsibilities include assisting Chief, EMS with implementing timely responses to all actions required by the department and its supervisors such as V ACO Directives, IG Actions, VISN Requests, Director Requests, or other work-related requests for EMS departments.
• Tracks and maintains all current documents necessary to meet requirements of accrediting
  bodies such as The Joint Commission.
• Oversees administrative responsibility for EOC program. Tracks VA Medical Center Service Line and Department deficiencies. Provides notification of 14 day deficiency monitoring and correction.
• Prepares quarterly EOC deficiency reports.
• Collects and maintains CWT work hour's database.
• Collects and maintains Regulated Medical Waste (RMS) manifests and data tracking.
• Prepares GEMS Committee reports concerning Regulated Medical Waste (RMW), Waste Management and Recycling.
• Uses the Veterans Health Information & Technology Architecture (VISTA) to access information in the Medical Center Computer System.
• Maintains and updates all EMS regulations, polices, instructions, standing memorandums, and guidelines pe1iaining to JCAHO, OSHA, EPA, PA DEP, VACO Environmental Management Technical Procedures for Housekeeping, Waste Management, Linen/Lau:1d1y Services, and Pest Control.
• Maintains and coordinates all suspense's within EMS. This includes preparing responses including data collection for various suspense and routine reports.
• Updates EMS policies and memorandums; as required, develops policies and memorandums for EMS.
• Assists EMS staff with a full range of human resources requirements including assisting supervisors with projecting staffing needs, writing position descriptions, developing job reviews, preparing performance appraisals and competencies, and drafting disciplinary and adverse actions.
• Provides administrative support to EMS as a fund control point clerk in support of budget administration and financial systems.
  Monitors Control Point (CP) funding and submits necessary funding requests.
• Maintains and tracks all equipment inventories lists (EIL's) for EMS. Maintains 5 year plans and keeps project reports up to date.
• Prepares Purchase Requests, Equipment Orders as required. Collects data for Statement of Work (SOW) justifications.
• Assists Assistant Chief in Researching and ordering equipment for EMS. Submits 2237's as need for Control Point and Requisitions.
• Serves as the EMS Key/Lock Manager.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Wage Grade 3 Food Service Workers perform tasks with several steps or a sequence of tasks that requires attention to work operations. They follow set procedures in accomplishing repetitive assignments and follow an established sequence of work. Wage grade 3 workers can do all the duties of a lower grade worker. They can work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving.
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920S and PD99920A
Work Schedule: 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Major Duties:

• Set up assigned station with the correct supplies and food items
• Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients'/residents' plates
• Break down and clean the station when assigned
• Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary
• Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room
• Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides and report the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian
• Prepare beverages according to the number of servings required
• Prepare fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities
• Sort, wash, peel and cut cold foods using knives or other equipment
• Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes
• Prepare uncooked food items, such as sandwich spread and salad dressings

Coatesville VA Medical Center is a 42-building campus-style facility which sits on 128 acres and celebrated its 90th anniversary in November 2020. There are 301 inpatient and residential operating beds, and the medical center serves as a VA specialty referral facility for inpatient and residential mental health programs. In terms of inpatient beds, there are medical, psychiatry, and community living center (24-hour nursing care). Additional information can be found on our internet site VA Coatesville Health Care | Veterans Affairs.

• The Director of Quality Improvement is responsible for coordination and leadership in all performance and quality activities (Performance Measurement/Improvement, External Reviews/Accreditation, Risk Management/Peer Review Coordination, Infection Prevention, Patient Safety, Controlled Substance Program).
• This position is dedicated to the pursuit of higher facility-wide performance in each domain of value (quality, satisfaction, efficiency) through application of expertise, influence, management, and leadership.
• Ensures the facility overall performance and quality programs are coherent and consistent with the network and system wide goals and strategic objectives.
• Aligns and integrates a quality performance management system with leadership roles, strategic planning, and organizational culture. Establishes and maintains a quality measurement system which assesses clinical processes and outcomes, and identifies critical incidents, and the risk thereof, and sentinel events for actions.
• Creates a culture and environment that utilizes evidence-based practice as the pathway to improved outcomes and engages leaders and staff in the application of Just Culture principles.
• Supports and actively participates in initiatives such as Systems Redesign/Lean, Patient Centered Care, ICARE, and Cultural Transformation.
• Supports and participates in the engagement and change management of becoming a High Reliability Organization.

Major Duties:

• Planning work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities and preparing schedules for completion of work.
• Assigning work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and the requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of subordinates.
• Evaluating the performance of subordinates.
• Making recommendations for appointments, advancements or reassignments of subordinates.
• Giving advice, counsel, or instruction to subordinate personnel on work and administrative matters.
• Hearing and resolving complaints of subordinates and referring more serious complaints not resolved to higher level managers;
• Recommending and/or taking disciplinary action where appropriate.
• Identifying developmental and training needs of subordinates and providing or making provision for such development and training (VA Handbook 5007, Part Ill, Chapter 8).
• Additionally responsible for performance improvement, customer service/patient satisfaction, patient and employee safety, interviewing applicants, employee relations, standards of care and practice, the work environment, and accreditation and regulatory standards. Actively develops and manages collaborative partnerships with nursing managers, physicians and other clinicians in the care of Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) residents, including but not limited to, long-term care, short-term rehabilitation, restorative, respite, Hospice, and Palliative care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Minimum Data Set (MOS) and Resource Utilization Group (RUG) scoring to determine acuity levels of residents and collaborates with Registered Nurse Assessment Coordinator (RNAC) to provide education to staff to manage the complexity of residents.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday; 7:30am- 4:00pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Telework: Eligible; AD HOC
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates. Sets and adjusts short-term priorities and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the complexity of clinical cases, and the capabilities of employees.
• Provides oversight of intake assessments of Veterans referred to the VHA Vocational Rehab Service program and for developing vocational assessments to identify an individual's strengths, barriers, and areas of vocational interests.
• Estimates budgetary needs based on history, anticipated workload, resource need.
• Reviews medical, psychological, vocational, and educational data to maximize the independence and employability of Veterans.
• Provides psychoeducational and/or psychotherapeutic groups to facilitate effective job search skills, employer desired soft skills, work and life skills fostering independence and recovery.
• Consults with interdisciplinary teams to enhance coordination of care, ensure medical clearance, and provide for optimal timing of further interventions.
• Completes various quality assurance and improvement activities to improve services provided.
• Certified Rehabilitation Counselors are autonomous practitioners who can deliver rehabilitation counseling services independently.
• Collaborates with the appropriate professionals to provide rehabilitation services, including the assessment of vocational interests, aptitude, and abilities by using clinical tests, observations, interviews, evaluations, and specialized vocational assessment instruments.

Functions as a clinical expert and is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of care based on age specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. They demonstrate sound decision-making and judgment and possess excellent interpersonal skills. They are self-directed and influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and leading innovative process improvement initiatives. Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.

The Nurse Manager (NM) is the designated first-line supervisory authority and is responsible and accountable for the operation of their assigned units and provides coverage for other NMs as needed. The NM is responsible and accountable for the direction and supervision of specific orientation, training, development of staff, and evaluation of individual staff performance. The NM engages in professional organizations to enhance leadership and career growth. They adhere to ethical principles in decision-making, fostering accountability at personal, organizational, and staff levels. The NM contributes to the development of care delivery models and environmental design, ensuring evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care. The NM maintains knowledge and ensures compliance with all regulatory and accreditation standards, directives, policies, and standard operating procedures (SOP).


VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory


Preferred Experience: Greater than 2 years managerial or supervisory experience preferred

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday7:30 AM-4:00 PM
Compressed/Flexible: Not available
Telework: Regularly Teleworks 1-2 Days Pay Period
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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The MSA independently performs a full range of duties related to the delivery of healthcare services in an outpatient setting and advises clinical staff on current administrative processes, and support work relating to the care and treatment given in outpatient clinics, patient scheduling call centers, Care in the Community Support Staff (CitC), and ancillary support services. Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Answer phones, greeting patients, relaying messages to appropriate staff inside or outside of the unit, scheduling appointments, including interpreting and verifying provider orders in accordance with VHA national scheduling guidelines
• Schedule, cancel, re-schedule patient appointments and/or consults
• Enter no-show information and monitor appointment requests from multiple electronic sources
• Participate in huddles with other MSAs and/or clinic staff to determine the daily needs of the clinic
• Monitor both inpatient and outpatient appointments in areas of responsibility
• Verify and update demographics and insurance information when patients check-in for appointments
• Coordinate administrative functions relating to emergency and non-emergency transfers to other VA facilities or private hospitals and determines appointment type based on the patient's eligibility status (i.e., TRICARE, sharing agreements, collaterals, research patient, VA employee, etc.)
• Serve as an initial point of contact for the units, clinics, patient, call centers, CitC, to include, but not limited to, scheduling patient appointments, tracking, reviewing, and responding to electronic orders, consults, and other elements in the electronic medical record and medical systems
• Utilize practical knowledge of computerized data entry, information processing systems and software related to patient care, the healthcare system's organization and services, basic rules and regulations governing visitors and patient treatment
• Apply, knowledge of standard procedures, utilizing medical records, and medical terminology