Total 4,288 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL OR REMOTE POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Performs actions related to the formulation, justification, presentation and/or execution of various funding (VRHRC and Rural Health funding; VA Office of Research and Development Health Systems Research and Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) funding; and other associated program funding).
• Provides financial advice and performs financial analysis work for internal agency operating programs.
• Performs a wide range of administrative and analytical duties in the formulation, presentation, and execution of multiple program budgets.
• Reviews and edits budget requests submitted to ensure conformance to procedural requirements of multiple programs.
• Monitors the execution of the multiple program operating budgets to assure that funds are properly allocated, obligated, and spent in a timely and effective manner.
• Analyzes and revises data, as necessary, for inclusion in budget reports and schedules.
• Prepares analyses and justifications of requests for allotments of funds available in the budget.
• Coordinates, prepares, and submits all budgetary information required for the budget reports.
• Serves as the Contracting Officer Representative for the office and other program contracts and is point of contact for vendors and contractors for acquisition of new equipment, supplies or to resolve problems.
• Prepares estimates for projected operating budget based on a variety of information and data.
• Researches, compiles, and summarizes data concerning personnel salaries to formulate annual budget estimates.
• Provides recommendations and alternatives for expending surplus funding to maximize benefits to the department and associated programs.
• Maintains effective communications with leadership on all delegated tasks and responsibilities.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

The position supports and advances patient care by applying engineering and managerial skills to healthcare engineering as demonstrated by the following major responsibilities:

A. Conducts capital asset and infrastructure planning and design for the medical facility spanning initial
strategic planning, concept development, design, construction, and effective implementation of complex
buildings, utilities, and medical support systems.
B. Manages healthcare engineering project design and administers construction in accordance with VA
policies and procedures, VA Design Guides, VA Design Manuals, VA Master Specifications and related
industry codes and standards.
C. Performs healthcare engineering project construction management and post project activities while
ensuring continuity of building and utility services for medical facility operations.
D. Assists in the provision of a continuing education program for clinical staff and maintenance personnel
addressing the principles and application of building and utility systems in the delivery of health care. This
includes a curriculum that addresses the safe and effective use of medical gases, emergency power,
ventilation, and other healthcare infrastructure related technology. This requires skill to effectively
communicate, both orally and in writing, with a wide variety of individuals, including technical and
professional clinical staff, to communicate technical information.
E. Assists in development and implementation of the environment of care program that meets current Joint
Commission, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), College of American Pathologists (CAP), NFPA, and
F. VA requirements, particularly as it relates to construction safety and infection control.
The position provides information to the Chief of the service regarding various Capital Planning needs for the facility to include information on the status of all assigned ongoing project activities.
G. Makes recommendations relating to energy conservation for feasibility and cost effectiveness and supports the facilities energy goals. Some of these methods may be new to the site or the geographic area of consideration and may require substantial research and analysis.
H. The position coordinates construction activities for a wide range and variety of interrelated systems and
services. Coordinates and monitors planning and answers design problems for the multi-disciplinary projects including all components of the project life cycle from initial planning and concept to design to construction, project completion and warranty periods.
I. The position utilizes skillsets encompassing a wide range of engineering fields including, but not limited to identifying and defining assigned problems dealing with structures, mechanical, HVAC, sprinkler, fire and life safety, architectural, and electrical systems.
J. Performs an array of pre-planning activities that include coordinating cross-departmental planning meetings, developing Scopes of Work, conceptual project designs, and government cost estimates, and ensures project documents are produced in accordance with VA Contracting and Information Security requirements.
K. Develops specifications and plans for alterations, additions to existing buildings, grounds, utility plants and systems, as well as for preparing the site for the installation of highly complex medical equipment ranging from smaller Ultrasound type equipment to larger Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) type equipment.

Work Schedule: M-F 0700am-1530pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Duties include but may not be limited to:

• Greets and logs patients and provides instructions and information on procedures to be performed.
• Assists with initial casts by holding the fractured areas, handing materials or equipment to the doctor or applying the cast materials while the doctor immobilizes or positions the parts of the body to be casted.
• Schedules and provides preoperative instructions/information for surgical procedures for both outpatients and inpatients.
• Depending on experience and training, may initiate and maintain intravenous access and obtain venous blood samples for laboratory examination.
• Ensures all needed records, X-rays and medical reports (i.e., Care in the community (CITC)).

The duties of the position include, but are not limited to:
PIV Registrar & Activator Duties:

• Process USAccess Sponsor requests and required HSPD-12 Roles letters and training of the Sponsors.
• Document in Share Point maintaining a list of all service appointed/ approved USAccess Sponsors annually as required by HSPD-12.
• Assist service appointed USAccess sponsors with questions regarding USAccess PIV sponsorship.
• Identity proofing of all applicants using FIPS 201-3.
• Determine if a PIV identity badge is approved to be issued based on specific PIV issuing criteria as outlined in VA Directive 0735/0710.
• Complete all biometric requirements including USAccess PIV badging specific fingerprints.
• Print, issue and credential PIV cards
• Check-in, issue, and credential PIV cards received from Central Printing.
• Manage PIV scheduler for appointments
• Inspect printed cards for quality and compliance.
• Troubleshooting printed PIV cards using USAccess guides.
• Terminate/destroy PIV cards as required.
• Maintain PIV badging office supplies.
• Completes all required Annual and refresher training as required by HSPD-12/PerSec.

• Capture fingerprints for submission to OPM.
• Enter required Data entry in multiple security databases for New Hire tracking.
• Initiate background investigation application utilizing eAPP.
• Review new hire investigations and other onboarding documents for completeness & accuracy.
• Track onboarding security tasks in Staffing and Security systems.
• Query security data in OPM/VHA Security systems.
• Communicate with HR Onboarding team when issues arise.

• Maintain primary responsibility as the AMC/SG Functional Area Manager (FAM).
• Apply Air Force military medical readiness plans and operations experience, analyzes, develops, and evaluates detailed plans, goals, and objectives for long-range implementation of assigned major command program(s).
• Primary execution agent for En-Route Care Global Force Management responsibilities.
• Actively participates in strategic planning to improve organizational direction and focus using strategic planning tools and techniques.
• Document planning and programming decisions in appropriate formats to meet Air Force and Major Command requirements.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

The position supports and advances patient care by applying engineering and organizational skills to healthcare engineering as demonstrated by the following major responsibilities:

• Supports healthcare engineering project design and construction administration in accordance with VA policies and procedures, VA Design Guides, VA Design Manuals, VA Master Specifications and related industry codes and standards.
• Assists with healthcare engineering project construction management and post project activities while ensuring continuity of building and utility services for medical facility operations.
• Assists in development and implementation of the environment of care program that meets current Joint Commission, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), College of American Pathologists (CAP), NFPA, and VA requirements, particularly as it relates to construction safety and infection control.
• The position assists in the investigation of requirements for healthcare projects in relation to the needs of the Healthcare System. The position begins the evaluation of how to accomplish the requirements of the project and identifies potential risks necessary to complete the construction within the healthcare facility.
• The position provides basic reviews on design submissions to evaluate healthcare code compliance and references within the documents for regulations and codes applied to healthcare. The position provides a first line quality assurance for project designs while developing experience and knowledge to apply to future, higher complexity projects.
• Development of a basic awareness of The Joint Commission (TJC) requirements, NFPA 101 the Life Safety Code and NFPA 99 Healthcare Facilities Code, in addition to VA design requirements is necessary to provide Architectural/Engineering firms guidance on complex healthcare designs to ensure compliance and regulatory requirements are met for the medical facility. This guidance is provided under direct oversight of a senior Healthcare Engineer.
• The position assists in the development and review of concept documents. Tracks and manages the status changes and updates to projects over their life cycle in various VA database systems, such as the Veterans Support Service Center (VSSC) and Capital Assets Inventory.
• The position assists with reviewing contractor submittals, contractor change order requests, assuring project compliance with drawings and specifications, administering A/E and VA Headquarters review processes and assuring safety practices.
• The position maintains a library file of current documents, codes and publications used in the development of bid documents and reports.
• The position assists with scheduling and layout of construction operations, and inspection and surveillance of materials, methods, and equipment used in construction.
• The position assists with medical center construction projects and associated planning with respect to medical technologies and medical-related technologies. This includes site preparation for medical equipment, station level projects, and non-recurring maintenance projects.

The Transportation Assistant will serve as a primary contact for Veterans, doctors, nurses and administrative staff to arrange travel for eligible Veterans to appointments and residence when appropriate, using laws and regulations to distinguish/ensure reimbursements are legitimate or if fraudulent activity is being conducted by the beneficiary. The Transportation Assistant must also possess some knowledge of clinical services, related software, and programs as they relate to computing and office automation.
Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Independently manages the Beneficiary Travel Program.
• Correctly determines eligibility for the Beneficiary Travel Program and process requests.
• Correctly determines which of several fund control points to utilize.
• Maintaining manual and electronic accounting records.
• Responsible for determining method of payment for authorized and unauthorized ambulance claims submitted for consideration.
• Reconciling vouchers against authorizations for accuracy prior to preparing certifications for payment.
• Receiving invoices for payment of transportation services and submitting documents for payment.
• Assisting fellow team members during peak workload times and when there are staffing shortages.
• Assigned to different work areas to maximize customer service.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Analyzes medical records for completeness, consistency and compliance with Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and medical staff requirements.

Performs the monthly medical record audit in coordination with the medical staff.

Processes requests for medical information from outside hospitals, clinics, and physicians.

Responds to requests from outside sources requesting release of BOP medical information, including court orders, requests by U.S. Attorneys and other institutions.

Codes, using ICD-9-CM, complicated diagnoses and procedures for discharged inmates, ensuring diagnoses and procedures are supported in the medical record and appropriately reported via Sentry.

Establishes medical records for all new admissions to facility; acquires, monitors and accounts for the medical records which accompany those patients transferred in from other BOP institutions.

Performs a full range of administrative duties, including preparing reports, purchase orders, receiving reports, pay vouchers, quarterly and annual reports, medical referrals for treatment to other BOP facilities and pre-certification requests.

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.

Main duties include, but are not limited to:

• Maintain continuity of functions and provide full medical administrative support during other than normal torus of duty to clinical and administrative medical center staff.
• Provide technical guidance necessary to meet procedural, legal, and administrative requirements relating to the care and treatment of patients to achieve optimum use of available resources.
• Interpret VA rules and regulations relating to determining legal entitlement to benefits relating to hospital admission; nursing home, dental, domiciliary, Community Care (outside VA), and outpatient care; dental treatment; prosthetic appliances; patient transfer; and beneficiary travel.
• Process administrative issues surrounding beneficiary death, seriously ill cases, elopements, suicides, assaults, deaths on arrival (DOAs), homicides, code blue, cost recovery matters, and facility or community disasters, etc.
• Provide administrative authority, guidance, and decision making to Medical Officer of the Day (MOD), Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD), and other similarly named Nurse and Medical positions in charge after hours, and all other clinical staff concerning administrative matters necessary for operation of the medical center during other than normal tours.
• Assist medical center staff with medically related problems, including involuntary commitments, orders of protective custody, and management of unruly or severely disturbed patients.
• Initiate call back roster, deployment of resources etc., until close of the incident or a designated Executive report to the facility for duty.
• Maintain good public and media relations as instructed and trained by the Public Affairs Officer until the designated employee arrives.
• Receive and respond to non-routine patient condition inquiries and other administrative inquiries from concerned veterans, families, visitors, law enforcement officials, representatives from private hospitals, veterans service organization representatives, VA Central Office, Congressional Offices, military personnel, private physicians, media, and the general public.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This recruitment is for 1 vacancy that will be filled at either the White Plains or Queens location.

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. Duties includes but not limited to:

Telehealth Coordination - Assignments include, but are not limited to, screening patients for Telehealth modality and referring patients that do not meet established criteria to appropriate care; preparing the clinical environment, which may include preparing medical and telecommunications equipment to be used for clinical examination and treatment; serving as a telepresenter within scope of practice during clinical video telehealth (CVT) and VA Video Connect (WC) encounters including tasks such as establishing and maintaining video conferencing connections, making introductions between patient site and provider site, following instructions of a clinician to facilitate an effective clinical encounter; serving as an imager and clinical data manager for store and forward telehealth SFT clinical encounters including tasks such as capturing images, collecting data and transmitting them electronically for clinical review in accordance with VHA national guidelines; taking measures to ensure patient care is delivered safely by following appropriate procedures for inventory management; cleaning of clinical equipment and the care environment while following all patient safety guidelines, protocols, and procedures; monitoring and maintaining schedules of rooms, patients, technologies, clinical providers and presenters as needed to ensure efficient telehealth operations; communicating effectively with clinical and administrative staff at the assigned local site and those located at remote sites of care; configuring, installing, troubleshooting, cleaning, and performing minor routine maintenance of assigned telehealth technology; ensuring assigned telehealth technologies are managed appropriately to include inventory, secure, ready for use, and accounted for by preparing and tracking maintenance work orders, information systems, inventory records, and communicating with the National Telehealth Technology Help Desk to facilitate troubleshooting, repair, and coordination of replacement equipment as necessary; maintaining knowledge of and skill in applying an extensive body of rules, procedures, and operations in telehealth-related technologies and a variety of computer hardware and software used for telecommunications, data entry and retrieval, record maintenance, document and report generation; maintaining regular contact with other staff members and the Facility Telehealth Coordinator to work out process issues, equipment needs, problems, data collection and any other logistical issues; arranging and completing test video calls with Veterans to prepare the Veterans for clinical encounters using telehealth technologies.

Administrative Support - Assignments include providing established education and training to Veterans, staff and providers on the use of telehealth technologies and serving as a point of contact to answer questions and address concerns related to these technologies; providing patient education via approved materials completing standardized clinical questionnaires and templates within scope of training and applicable guidelines; ensuring that patient privacy is protected by complying with all information security and patient privacy regulations; receiving and scheduling requests for simple and complex intra-facility, and inter-facility telehealth appointments using an electronic resource-based scheduling system; supporting the Veteran in completing patient satisfaction surveys; ensuring information and resources are maintained for local and remote telehealth providers so they can effectively execute contingency and emergency plans.

Clinical Support - The TCT assists in patient care under the direct supervision of an independent licensed healthcare provider. The TCT can be crossed-trained to perform a range of direct care duties that may include, but are not limited to such things as performing temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation measurements, measuring height and weight, downloading pictures for any Store n Forward clinic and for the Dermatology clinic, phlebotomy (blood draws), EKG's and patient transfers in support of the primary care, specialty, urgent care clinics etc .. The TCT follows established procedures using manual or instrument techniques in accordance with established protocols, and reports results to appropriate individuals.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 21N80-A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Serves as program support assistant responsible for performing duties in a variety of functional specialization's to provide information and management assistance in planning, controlling and/or reporting on the fiscal resource, acquisition of equipment and services, program accomplishment and program administration. Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Performs a variety of administrative duties designed to assist administrative management for Education Service operations and the efficient accomplishment of test objectives.
• The employee independently compiles, consolidates, coordinates and organizes a wide variety of data utilizing personal computers and
  state-of-the-art electronic data processing skills to support management decision making.
• Assignments require a practical knowledge of the Education Service, and established guidelines relating to the budget, supply and procurement processes and statistical reporting and records systems.
• Maintains extensive database of current work and backlog. Initiates job order requests in system; monitors hours and dollars charged against job estimate and notifies team chief as to problem areas during performance. Initials lateral transfers, equipment turn-ins and additions.
• Prepares, verifies, and/or closes out procurement documents, files, reports, or records.
• Monitors the expenditure of funds and keeps the supervisor advised of the status of the operating budget and alert to the critical areas where adjustments may be required.
• Work requires comprehensive knowledge of Department of Veterans Affairs and Medical Center policies, rules, regulations, and other guidelines relating to completing assignments in the program areas assigned.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Delivering 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.
• Evaluating 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, and performing a variety of program support duties as assigned.
• Coordinating, installing, maintaining, and managing the inventory of telehealth technologies including hardware and software with assistance of Biomed and IT.
• Providing 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.
• Participating in performance improvement activities aimed at improving the efficiency of the patient telehealth processes.
• Developing reporting procedures, sampling techniques and measurements at various points in the telehealth processes to identify/analyze inherent weaknesses in work and procedures.
• Coordinating clinic set up and monitoring of workload capture and issues for assigned patient and provider clinics including telehealth resource-based scheduling.
• Supporting designated complex telehealth programs that require advanced technical skillsets'.
• Incumbent must possess an active driver's license and be able to sustain long periods of sitting and driving. An ability to lift objects such as laptop cases, nurse/medical bags, and other home care medical supplies in and out of vehicles and into homes is necessary.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Delivering 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.
• Evaluating 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, and performing a variety of program support duties as assigned.
• Coordinating, installing, maintaining, and managing the inventory of telehealth technologies including hardware and software with assistance of Biomed and IT.
• Providing 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.
• Participating in performance improvement activities aimed at improving the efficiency of the patient telehealth processes.
• Developing reporting procedures, sampling techniques and measurements at various points in the telehealth processes to identify/analyze inherent weaknesses in work and procedures.
• Coordinating clinic set up and monitoring of workload capture and issues for assigned patient and provider clinics including telehealth resource-based scheduling.
• Supporting designated complex telehealth programs that require advanced technical skillsets'.
• Incumbent must possess an active driver's license and be able to sustain long periods of sitting and driving. An ability to lift objects such as laptop cases, nurse/medical bags, and other home care medical supplies in and out of vehicles and into homes is
  necessary.

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- Must have knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology.
- Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services and ability to coordinate services.
- Plans, coordinates and carries out the successive steps in fact finding and analysis of issues in accordance with accepted polices and applicable precedents.
- Collaborates with discipline supervisors including psychiatry, psychology, social work, primary care, and nursing by providing input in hiring, performance reviews, incentives, and discipline. Collaborates with clerical supervisors for similar input.
- Offers consultation to colleagues, students, and peers on the bio-psychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills.
- Demonstrates the ability to teach, coach, and mentor staff, students in the ED, specialty care, and care coordination areas of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications. Incumbent will demonstrate exceptional maturity and work well with all team members in the ED, Acute Care, Medicine, community partners, and other services needed to meet the needs of the patient and family members.
- Experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans.
- Senior Social worker has access to multiple resource directories to meet the demands of a crisis. In the event of a medical or psychiatric emergency, staff will follow the established protocol of the program.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans receiving care and ensures equity of access, service, and benefits to this population
- Process alleged abuse cases according to policy.
- Responsible for furthering their own professional growth through education appropriate to the area of assignment and providing coverage during absences of social work staff members.
- Serve on various Social Work Service, medical center, or community-based committees as needed or required.
- Uses a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated biopsychosocial concerns of Veterans and their families/NOK/Surrogate
- Document's interventions in the Veteran's clinical record when requires utilizing the computerized patient record system (CPRS) and ensures an appropriate hand off information is provided when transferring Veteran care

Will perform other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Compressed TOD: Fridays: 11:00am-7:30pm; Saturdays: 7:30am-8pm; Sundays: 7:30am-8pm; Mondays:11:00am-7:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
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)
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 70882-F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Duties include, but not limited to:
Leads three or more employees in the distribution area of Logistics:

• Distributes and balances the workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization and assures timely accomplishment of assigned workload.
• Monitors status and progress of work, makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities. Obtains assistance from the supervisor on problems that may arise, such as backlogs which cannot be disposed of promptly.
• Estimates and reports on expected time of completion of work.
• Instructs employees in specific tasks and job techniques and make available written instructions, reference materials and supplies.
• Gives on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
• Maintains current knowledge and answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, or other guidelines as necessary and obtains needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems that come up.
• Checks on work in progress or spot checks work not requiring review. Reviews completed work to see that supervisor instructions on work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been met.
• Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others to supervisor.
• Reports to supervisor on performance, progress and training needs of employees, and on behavior problems or issues.
• Provides information to supervisor as requested.

• Maintains stock at primary and secondary inventory locations for all clinical and administrative services. This involves pulling stock inventory and material from main inventory for delivery; replenishing stock inventory; interacting with clinical and administrative customers to ensure issues and needs are identified and either resolved or escalated to supervisors or Inventory Management Specialists as needed; maintaining records on stock levels; recommending revisions in stock levels as needed to supply changes to Inventory Management Specialists; communicating to the supervisor any concerns related to supplies, equipment and procedures, providing information as needed orally or in writing regarding customer or external stakeholder issues, general telephone inquiries and visitor referrals; communicating with customers and vendors to obtain information regarding medical supplies.
• Monitors expiration dates, rotates stock to limit outdates and removes items from use as required by outdates. Supports managers in checking inventory for stock identified for recalled items and hazard alerts; assists managers and customers complete work orders for needed equipment.
• Ensures critical supplies are appropriately monitored and controlled, resolving deviations when possible, and escalating significant deviations to the Inventory Management Specialists.
• Performs daily inventory of primary and secondary inventory points using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule that will allow for timely replenishment orders. Resolves differences between records and physical count of stock.
• Distributes items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management systems such as GIP. Utilizes a pager or similar device to expedite the pick/delivery of items needed in user areas throughout the facility. Fills requests for items based on daily schedules of need or on an emergent basis as appropriate.
• Delivers supplies in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring that supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition.
• Deliveries will be to wards, clinics and other secondary locations that may be in remote sites. Delivery by motor vehicle may be required.
• Completes specialty cart preparation and stocking.
• Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles as published in infection control guidelines, local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Joint Commission standards as scheduled.

• Receives supplies and material into the VA Health Care System and supported catchment area. Unpacks/uncrates supplies from shipping cartons; properly stores supplies and material in main/primary inventory areas. Stores items in accordance with established guidelines, utilizing a computerized inventory system, to ensure sterility and integrity of the supplies and material and the data integrity of the inventory management system. Through periodic inventory and discussion with ward and clinical personnel, maintains stock levels, returns reusable supplies to the distribution area, and informs clinic and ward personnel on new or changed items and supplies, current medical supply resources, and shelf life.