Total 57 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

Assignments at this level include, but are not limited to:

• Provides specialized and expert administrative patient support while working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model.
• Work involves specialized administrative judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics, specialties, and/or care in the community resources.
• Recommends changes to existing clinic procedures based on current administrative guidelines.
• Expertise in utilizing numerous advanced patient systems in support of multiple clinics involved in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model.
• Coordinates with the patient care team to review clinic utilization to ensure that clinic schedules are closely monitored to effectively support the needs of the clinics, and makes adjustments as necessary.
• Develop and/or maintain effective and efficient communication with the patient, interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model teams, VA medical centers, and other agencies (e.g., assist with communications during the inpatient to outpatient discharge; communicate with non-VA medical facilities; prepare correspondence to notify patients of normal lab results; manage a system for follow-up care such as consults, tests, etc.
• All other duties as assigned.

Primary responsibilities of this Nursing Assistant position will be as a safety monitor for up to four patients based on clinical needs. Assignments may consist of float coverage to areas of 24/7 operations.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Participates in the admission, transfer, and discharge of Veterans.
• Performs EKGs and other clinical and technical procedures as assigned.
• Performs activities of daily living with or for Veterans including toileting, feeding, bathing, turning and positioning, etc.
• Escorts Veterans for procedures, post surgery, and other needs.
• Closely monitors Veterans who are in need of continuous monitoring for various reasons.
• Interacts closely with Veterans and their families.
• Works on multiple units including medical, surgical, intensive care, emergency room, and psychiatric care.
• Partners with staff to ensure Veteran safety.

Duties are, but not limited to:
1. Provides direct shift supervision of all subordinate employees to ensure appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic respiratory care is provided.
2. Responsible for directing and/or modifying the scheduling of staff shift assignments for routine and/or urgent respiratory and pulmonary procedures.
3. Records and maintains patient and procedures data and associated departmental records for statistical purposes.
4. Regularly monitors condition of respiratory equipment and is responsible for recommending necessary repair or replacement.
5. Evaluates effectiveness/appropriateness of clinical/diagnostic activities and staff performance and makes recommendations for improvement.
6. Teaches and evaluates techniques, procedures and equipment use.
7. Regularly (night/evening shift) monitors quality control, ensures staff compliance with physician orders, patient education, and departmental policies and procedures.
8. Monitors day-to-day functioning of equipment and equipment needs.
9. Assists with purchasing supplies and equipment, and provides input, when requested, to all major decision making and program changes.
10. Ensures that all respiratory care patient activities are properly documented in the clinical record and department workload records, and where/when necessary, coach's staff on appropriate corrective actions (monitors every shift).
11. Provides periodic workload and utilization reports (at least two/yr).
12. Initiates performance improvement action plans as directed by the Chief and follows through until completion.
13. Proactively identifies problems, recommends, and as directed, implements effective solutions in a timely manner (within in two weeks).
14. Assists in the orientation and training of new staff and provides clinical instruction to other members.
15. Keeps staff therapists informed of matters that affect them and has the authority to authorize overtime and enlist additional therapist support.
16. Assists the Assistant supervisor in preparing the 24/7 staff work schedule.
17. Makes recommendations for promotion, special advancements, reassignments, awards, and when appropriate disciplinary action of subordinate staff therapists.
18. Participates in the orientation program for new employees.
19. Provides input into the development and evaluation of patient care standards.
20. Provides respiratory care consults for requesting medical staff by performing patient care assessments.
21. Administers oxygen and other gas therapy; humidity therapy; and aerosol therapy; as specified by a physician's order.
22. Performs Bronchopulmonary Hygiene Therapy including, IPV, Cough Assist, Chest Physical Therapy (CPT) to assist broncho-pulmonary drainage and assists patients in performing hyperinflation-breathing exercises using Incentive Spirometry, EzPAP, and similar devices.
23. Monitors patient's physiological responses, i.e., vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes to therapy and documents results/evaluation in the appropriate medical record.
24. Performs arterial puncture (radial, or brachial) to obtain specimen for arterial blood gas analysis, analyzing values using the iSTAT machine or sends specimen to lab in a timely manner. May also perform STAT ECG's and provides ECG support during off-tours and when the Heart Station is closed.
25. Administers respiratory medications (e.g. bronchodilators, pentamidine, nitric oxide) and collects respiratory specimens (e.g. sputum) per doctor's order and in accordance with department policy.
26. Provides emergency airway management to include endotracheal intubations, CPR, and manual ventilation.
27. Initiates, monitors, and manages complex respiratory care devices such as mechanical ventilators, metabolic monitors, Bronchoscopy systems, CPAP/BiPAP, Sleep lab.
28. Monitor Sleep lab procedure during the sleep study physician.
29. Inspects and tests respiratory care equipment to ensure equipment is functioning properly.
30. Provides support when assigned for various pulmonary section programs, e.g.: Bronchoscopy Suite, Home Oxygen Therapy, Pulmonary Clinic, and Consult Services.
31. Performs routine trach changes, including upsizing and downsizing per physician order.
32. Provides training to patient and/or caregiver on use of home nebulizer, portable suction machines and other devices for respiratory home care.
33. Provides accurate and timely documentation of ALL procedures and therapy in the appropriate medical record, e.g. BCMA, CPRS.

Work Schedule: Monday through Sunday from 12:00 am to 8:00 am. OR 8 hour shift for 5 nights with rotating weekends.
Telework: Not available
Functional Statement #: 41637F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Duties are, but not limited to:
1. Provides direct shift supervision of all subordinate employees to ensure appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic respiratory care is provided.
2. Responsible for directing and/or modifying the scheduling of staff shift assignments for routine and/or urgent respiratory and pulmonary procedures.
3. Records and maintains patient and procedures data and associated departmental records for statistical purposes.
4. Regularly monitors condition of respiratory equipment and is responsible for recommending necessary repair or replacement.
5. Evaluates effectiveness/appropriateness of clinical/diagnostic activities and staff performance and makes recommendations for improvement.
6. Teaches and evaluates techniques, procedures and equipment use.
7. Regularly (night/evening shift) monitors quality control, ensures staff compliance with physician orders, patient education, and departmental policies and procedures.
8. Monitors day-to-day functioning of equipment and equipment needs.
9. Assists with purchasing supplies and equipment, and provides input, when requested, to all major decision making and program changes.
10. Ensures that all respiratory care patient activities are properly documented in the clinical record and department workload records, and where/when necessary, coach's staff on appropriate corrective actions (monitors every shift).
11. Provides periodic workload and utilization reports (at least two/yr).
12. Initiates performance improvement action plans as directed by the Chief and follows through until completion.
13. Proactively identifies problems, recommends, and as directed, implements effective solutions in a timely manner (within in two weeks).
14. Assists in the orientation and training of new staff and provides clinical instruction to other members.
15. Keeps staff therapists informed of matters that affect them and has the authority to authorize overtime and enlist additional therapist support.
16. Assists the Assistant supervisor in preparing the 24/7 staff work schedule.
17. Makes recommendations for promotion, special advancements, reassignments, awards, and when appropriate disciplinary action of subordinate staff therapists.
18. Participates in the orientation program for new employees.
19. Provides input into the development and evaluation of patient care standards.
20. Provides respiratory care consults for requesting medical staff by performing patient care assessments.
21. Administers oxygen and other gas therapy; humidity therapy; and aerosol therapy; as specified by a physician's order.
22. Performs Bronchopulmonary Hygiene Therapy including, IPV, Cough Assist, Chest Physical Therapy (CPT) to assist broncho-pulmonary drainage and assists patients in performing hyperinflation-breathing exercises using Incentive Spirometry, EzPAP, and similar devices.
23. Monitors patient's physiological responses, i.e., vital signs, arterial blood gases, and blood chemistry changes to therapy and documents results/evaluation in the appropriate medical record.
24. Performs arterial puncture (radial, or brachial) to obtain specimen for arterial blood gas analysis, analyzing values using the iSTAT machine or sends specimen to lab in a timely manner. May also perform STAT ECG's and provides ECG support during off-tours and when the Heart Station is closed.
25. Administers respiratory medications (e.g. bronchodilators, pentamidine, nitric oxide) and collects respiratory specimens (e.g. sputum) per doctor's order and in accordance with department policy.
26. Provides emergency airway management to include endotracheal intubations, CPR, and manual ventilation.
27. Initiates, monitors, and manages complex respiratory care devices such as mechanical ventilators, metabolic monitors, Bronchoscopy systems, CPAP/BiPAP, Sleep lab.
28. Monitor Sleep lab procedure during the sleep study physician.
29. Inspects and tests respiratory care equipment to ensure equipment is functioning properly.
30. Provides support when assigned for various pulmonary section programs, e.g.: Bronchoscopy Suite, Home Oxygen Therapy, Pulmonary Clinic, and Consult Services.
31. Performs routine trach changes, including upsizing and downsizing per physician order.
32. Provides training to patient and/or caregiver on use of home nebulizer, portable suction machines and other devices for respiratory home care.
33. Provides accurate and timely documentation of ALL procedures and therapy in the appropriate medical record, e.g. BCMA, CPRS.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday from 12:00 am to 8:00 am, and rotating weekends OR 8 hour shifts 5 nights with rotating weekends.
Telework: Not available
Functional Statement #: 41637F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Will work under the direct supervision of the Shop Supervisor. Most of the time, he/she works alone or with another trades person of equivalent or lower grade with only general instructions such as scope of job, job priority, sequence of work, and availability of materials provided by their supervisor.
• Work is spot-checked for compliance with existing codes or instruction, as well as for quality of workmanship and time required to complete the job.
• Participating in and giving full support to all station programs, such as safety, training, incentive award, manpower utilization and work simplification, as well as proper use and care of tools and equipment.
• Percentage of duties: 40% construction rough-in, 20% pulling wire, 20% troubleshooting, 10% training and 10% preventive maintenance.
• Reading blueprints and schematics, taking field measurements and transposing them to job needs, reading and understanding operating instructions and procedures, interpreting electrical codes and record necessary data.
• Participating in the operation and installation of a variety of complete electrical systems and equipment, such as series, parallel, and compound circuits for single and multiple phase alternating current of varying voltage, amperage, and frequency; wiring systems in industrial complexes and in buildings; and power or regulating and control circuits and distribution panels to industrial machinery, computers or laboratory and other electrical equipment in order to plan, lay out, install, modify, troubleshoot, and repair a variety of complete systems as well as any parts of these systems.
• Interpreting and applying the National Electrical Code, local codes, building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings, and to use trade formulas to calculate common properties, e.g., voltage, voltage drop and current capability in series and parallel circuits, resistance, inductance, capacitance, power factor, current flow, and temperature, and length in single and multiple raceways, conduits, gutters, and cable trays.
• Using hand tools; power tools, such as cable pullers, hydraulic benders, and pipe threading machines; and a wide variety of test equipment, for example, meggers, multi-meters, frequency meters, watt meters, power factor meters, vibro-grounds, phase rotation meters, audio tone location equipment, high potential testers, ground fault interrupter testing. equipment, recording amp meters, circuit analyzers, circuit breaker testers, resistance bridges, and cathodic protection test sets.
• Using electronics to recognize parts, such as resistors, capacitors, and transistors; operate basic test equipment such as signal generators, signal tracers, and read schematics of uncomplicated assemblies to determine locations of defective parts.
• Testing, installing, modifying, troubleshooting, replacing of new and existing equipment or systems such as, but not limited to conduit, switch gear (high and low voltage), electrical distribution panels, substation, transformers, network protectors, automatic transfer switches, diesel-powered generators with paralleling switch gear, elevators, lifts, fire alarm systems, pneumatic tub systems, UPS systems, motor control centers, speed controllers, intercommunication systems, intrusion and panic alarms, temperature monitoring systems, automatic doors, gates, laundry equipment, dietetic equipment, Canteen equipment, hydraulic platforms, electric motors, pump starters, street lighting, security systems, and all related electrical equipment with various voltages from 13,200 to low voltage.
• Performing installations and modifications to the emergency and standby generator systems, switch gear and electrical distribution system.
• Maintaining necessary logs, as built drawings and records for each unit, noting date when work was performed, parts installed or replaced, hours worked and all other assigned duties.
• Using video display terminals, printer terminals, and/or work processing systems for data input and/or retrieval.

This position is located at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Medical Center, in the Nutrition and Food Service (N&FS) department. The primary purpose of this position is to plan, produce, direct, coordinate and monitor all phases of food production. In the absence of the Food Service Section Supervisor, the employee is responsible for the operation of both the Food Production/Service areas and the administrative duties within those areas.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Coordinates/directs the operation of the Food Service/Production areas using standards, procedures, diet manuals, modified menus and production sheets to guide the work.
• Establishes deadlines, priorities, and work sequences based on general work schedules, methods, and policies set by higher level supervisors.
• Coordinates work with supporting or related work functions controlled by other supervisors.
• Uses resources to operate within a planned financial budget.
• Shares in the managerial responsibility for the proper supervision of labor, allocation of subsistence and supplies, and all other resources required to accomplish quality Veteran centered meal services.
• Participates in meetings and discussions regarding initial planning of current and future work schedules, budget requests, staffing needs, estimates, and recommendations as to scheduling projected work.
• Prepares performance requirements and work schedules in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Provides technical direction and training when scheduling work operations with complex work steps and processes.
• Investigates work-related issues such as excessive costs or low productivity, and determines causes.
• Performs as first-level supervisor over Cooks WG-7404-04, WG-7404-06, and WG-7404-08.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Hours to be discussed with Supervisor during interview process.
Telework/Virtual/Remote Work: Not Authorized
Compressed/Flexible Work Schedule: Not Authorized
Position Description Title/PD#: Cook Supervisor/PD99821S
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Notifications:

• These positions are in the Competitive Service.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
• Current Federal employees may submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• These positions are NAGE Bargaining Unit.
• This position is covered by a Special Salary Rate.
• These positions are covered by Federal Wage System Special Wage Rates for the Boston, Massachusetts (BOS) Wage Area
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Selectee may be required to work at any VA Boston Healthcare System campus, as needed.
• Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Supports clinics regarding clinic profile management.
• Collects and updates insurance information from Veterans, family members and other eligible patients.
• Prepares correspondence and memos as needed.
• Screens/receive phone calls in a courteous and timely manner, determine the nature of request and provide the information desired using privacy rules and established clinic processes.
• Ensures data is entered into VISTA accurately and scans documents into VISTA Imaging within 24 hours of entering the data into VISTA if applicable.
• Promotes Veterans registration for and utilization of MyHealthyVet (MHV) and kiosks usage.
• Follows procedures regarding Community Care referrals.
• Serves as the initial point of contact for units, clinics, patients, call centers, Care in the Community regarding various aspects of patient appointments and referrals.
• Stocks basic office supplies for the executive suite.
• Enters Veterans seeking emergent/urgent care, scheduling appointments accurately.
• Pre-Registers Veterans during check-in and utilizing call lists and telephones Veterans before their scheduled visits. Incumbent updates all patient demographics.
• Communicates and interacts with patients in a manner which is appropriate to cognitive, emotional, and chronological. maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient.
• Assures that all appropriate VA forms are used correctly and regulations followed.
• Additional duties or tasks may be assigned by the supervisor to ensure efficient daily operations.

*****Recruitment/Relocation incentive may be offered to highly qualified candidate(s).*****

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Providing a full range of psychodiagnostic services including psychological evaluations and diagnoses of mental disorders for patients presenting with complex mental and medical problems in Acute Care Mental Health. Providing psychological assessments as needed to include cognitive screening and personality assessments to aid in treatment planning.
• Completing Suicide Risk Identification to include CSREs, Safety Plans, and consultation with Suicide Prevention Team as needed.
• Providing evidence-based psychological services including individual, family, couples, or group psychotherapy and behavioral modification for addressing behavioral and psychological symptoms. Providing screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of the full range of psychiatric disorders and co-morbid conditions, with an emphasis on the application of evidence-based approaches.
• Performing capacity evaluations when there are questions about a patient's ability to make medical decisions, perform other specific functions, or live independently.
• Providing education to patients, family members, and significant others related to psychological and emotional conditions.
• Functioning as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team and providing consultation and treatment recommendations to professional staff within the medical units, inpatient psychiatric unit, ED, and community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for the patients in his/her care.
• Completing MH Suite treatment planning audits as needed.
• Assisting in the design, development, and implementation of clinical activities within the MH&BS service, to include program development.
• Adhering to operational policies and procedures established for the MH&BS and Psychology Section.
• Assisting in the execution of on-going program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program.
• Program management responsibilities for the Psychology Training Programs. The programs consist of an APA (American Psychological Association) accredited pre-doctoral internship program with four interns and the training of pre-doctoral graduate students completing externship.
• Conducting oversight of administrative and programmatic resources of the Psychology Training Program are highly specialized and complex, offering 10 fully developed internship rotations. The trainees and clinical supervisors that participate in the programs significantly impact the delivery of health care service to Veterans in a wide range of settings across a large healthcare system.
• Provide coverage to the Chief, Psychology in the event of absence.

The Duties of the Medical Technologist position include, but not limited to:

This nurse provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. The focus is on individual growth and development in outpatient PACT nursing practice.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Promotes patient-centered care in the management of chronic disease using VA guidelines and protocols.
• Implements nursing interventions/orders in a timely and complete manner.
• Has knowledge of population characteristics including cultural, ethnic, gender and religious diversity. He/she must have knowledge of family dynamics, psychotherapy, developmental theory and interpersonal relationships and systems approach to clinical care.
• Serves as a preceptor or field instructor for students and employees in orientation.
• Utilizes systematic data collection, aggregation, analysis, and reporting techniques to achieve concurrent compliance review of identified quality/patient safety metrics.
• Triages walk-in/acute care visits and utilizes RN protocols to assist with triaging.
• Manages same day patient care needs and coordinates procedures, labs, transitions, education and follow up if indicated.
• Based on the daily huddle, identifies patients that will require special nursing care and collaborates with the team about how best to meet that patient's needs.
• Maintain ongoing appointments of varying modalities (telephone clinic, face-to-face, telehealth, secure messaging). Face-to-face and scheduled telephone follow up visits should be at least 4-7 visits per day.
• Promotes collaborative behavior and team efforts. Is confident of abilities, effectively initiates solutions and, is alert to new opportunities, techniques, and approaches.
• Recognizes ethical issues related to professional nursing practice and models appropriate action by providing and directing others in the provision of care following established policies and ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• All other duties as assigned, pertaining to this occupation, to meet the needs of the Agency, Department, Facility, and/or Service.

The duties of this position include but not limited to:

• Starts, stops, and regulates the utilities and their system components.
• Ensures that steam pressure is maintained at all times.
• Responsible for changing charts, receiving fuel oil shipments, monitoring the central liquid oxygen levels, and preparing orders for materials and/or services.
• Provides preventative maintenance according to predetermined routine guidelines on various mechanical equipment and systems.
• Makes decisions based on data trends to determine the need for adjustment and/or repair.
• Follows instructions and operating procedures and conveys ideas both orally and in writing.
• Troubleshoots, maintains, and repairs system components.
• Resolves emergency heating, ventilation, and air conditioning calls.

The incumbent serves as a Visual Information Specialist with primary responsibilities in graphic design, audiovisual production, web content, social media, reproduction and desktop publishing for the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System and its affiliates. The incumbent is responsible for editing, publishing, and monitoring submissions from facility contributors to ensure their grammatical and structural correctness as well as compliance with Federal, VA and Medical Center mandates, policies and procedures to include 508 compliance. This involves selecting the appropriate format or medium for execution, suggesting collateral for incorporation, designing layout, and converting the result to a finished product suitable for reproduction, and electronic or print distribution. The incumbent also coordinates, analyzes, and reports all visual media production data to the Chief of Medical Media Section.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Prepares the arrangement or layout for graphic design projects by acquiring enough information about the subject to present it accurately as well as aesthetically.
• Applies a technical knowledge and skill in laying out the work according to the specifications received.
• Meets with the author or project creator to learn the specific informational objectives of the project. Based upon these meetings, makes decisions and determines the most appropriate format and medium based on final reproduction, deadlines, requestor's use, available time and resources.
• Applies substantial subject matter knowledge in order to layout graphics and video products that not only depict but also interpret the meaning or purpose of the subject matter involved.
• Designs visual products such as photographs, illustrations, diagrams, graphs, models, slides, charts, brochures, newsletters, flyers, publications, exhibits, web content, social media content, live or video recorded video or lectures, multimedia computer presentations presented over the WWW, and other means of communication.
• Develops and designs visual products for high level briefings of officials within and outside the organization.
• Plans the technical details of, or produces, aesthetically composed visual products for dissemination by print and/or electronic means.
• May serve as the COR (Contract Officer Representative), OLCR (On-line Certifier), ADPAC (Computer representative), and/or Purchase Card Clerk.
• Produces and edits programs related to the mission of this medical center to include, but is not limited to: video production, broadcasting, video livestreaming, audio recording and photography.
• Performs public relations, commercial and patient video and/or photography.
• Responsible for hosting and maintenance of facility websites.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Receiving limited supervision from the Maintenance and Operations Supervisor in directing (1) WL-10 HVAC Equipment Mechanic Leader (5) WG-10 heating, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment mechanics, (1) WG-10 Maintenance Mechanic, (2) WG-5 A/C Equipment Mechanic helpers, and any temporary personnel which may be authorized.
• Responsible for planning and scheduling of technician assets to have complete coverage of facility ventilation and air conditioning equipment 24 hours per day.
• Ordering all supplies and materials for equipment operation and preventive maintenance.
• Preparing and furnishing to the Chief or Assistant Chief, Facilities Management Service or the Maintenance and Operations Supervisor, input on the complete operation and maintenance of all HVAC systems including staffing, supplies, equipment, etc.
• Ensuring that operations, maintenance and repair of all Air Conditioning, Refrigeration, Heating, Electrical, Digital Environmental Controls, including programming of complex computer aided monitoring systems of buildings and facilities will be maintained and recommending solutions in meetings and/or conferences with Engineering, production control, and other personnel involving the initial analysis of long-range work requirements.
• Verifying time and attendance records, planning and establishing leave schedules and authorizing leave for assigned employees.
• Insuring adequate stock of materials and equipment by inventorying and ordering those supplies necessary within the allocated HVAC budget.
• Researching and gathering data on equipment and materials to prepare specifications for ordering supplies, equipment and services required for the HVAC Unit.
• Instructing, directing, training, and planning the activities of and administering personnel actions for all subordinate employees.
• Interpreting specifications, drawings, memos, catalogs, operating manuals, etc., for subordinates. Following up on delayed delivery of materials, equipment repair, defective supplies or other conditions slowing work or which will cause deadlines not to be met.
• Initiating all recommendations for performance awards, as appropriate for all employees under their supervision. Preparing performance plans for all subordinates and preparing annual performance appraisals. Participating in the selection of employees for vacant positions in the Section. Initiating recommendations for promotion or reassignment of subordinates and is responsible for the supervisory evaluation of all employees in the Unit when they apply for promotion or reassignment.
• Will have supervisory responsibility for the HVAC systems journeymen and helpers at this Medical Center. These technicians must be capable of functioning at the journeyman level with little supervision.
• Supervising and training employees regarding varied capacities of the HVAC systems such as duty cycling, start/stop time optimization, auto restart time-of-day scheduling, peak demand limiting, maintenance work order generation, reset application, air delivery equipment optimization, enthalpy optimization, record log keeping of monitoring applications, and alarm status of the multitude of programmable alarm functions throughout the facility.
• Reprogramming the HVAC portion of the energy management system main computer console and separate "stand alone" remote control units with various software updates as they become available from the supplier and economically benefit the Medical Center.
• Establishing an air conditioning systems management program that will meet all requirements of VHA and TJC. This program will consist of at least the following: Identification and inventory of all critical HVAC systems and critical components supporting these systems and a written plan to ensure testing, balancing, and maintenance of the systems so continued operation of the systems will be available at all times.

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

The Registered Nurse working in the Medical Step Down Unit (MSDU) at the West Haven, CT VA will be responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction. Considers all characteristics of the individual, including age and life stages, state of health, race and culture, values, and previous experiences. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in unit/program level quality improvement processes and initiatives, as well as customer service programs.

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: Full-Time, 07:30pm - 8:00am, 72/80 rotating day/night 12 hour shifts and rotating weekends and holidays
Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized
Telework: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Notifications:

• This position is a Bargaining Unit position.
• Selectee may be required to work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus, as needed.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.

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

The Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Educator (Sterile Processing) understands instructional design, implementation and application related to education and training. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Performs Learning Needs Assessments
• Develops educational trainings for staff within the organization
• Assists with the orientation of new employees and their evaluation of their progress during the orientation process
• Serves as a trainer and consultatnt for Resuscitation Education Initiative (Redi) Program
• Monitors and tracks Basic Life Support (BLS)/Advanced Life Support (ALS) compliance within the organization
• Supports nurse residency programs including the development of curriculum utilizing strategic learning methodologies such as simulation, lecture case studies and virtual reality
• Reviews current nursing literature for new trends and changes based on evidence-based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluation of outcomes.
• Delivers a fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and a lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility

• This position is a Bargaining Unit position.
• Selectee may be required to work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus, as needed.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50 (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• This position is in the Excepted Service.
• The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.