Total 60 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

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

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-8. At the GS-7 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-8. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds.

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

• Receives patients and visitors to the Executive Offices;
• Refers telephone callers to the appropriate party;
• Provides information regarding the facility and respond to inquiries over the phone;
• Reviews all outgoing correspondence for format, style, spelling and grammar to ensure their accuracy and correctness;
• Takes meeting minutes;
• Makes arrangements for travel using automated travel systems;
• Maintains an executive appointment calendar;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

Incumbent serves as first line Supervisory Contact Representative in Enrollment Case Management, Health Eligibility Center. Incumbent is responsible for providing leadership and supervision to a unit consisting of Contact Representatives, GS-05, GS-06, and GS-07.

Work Schedule: Full time, 40 hours per week/8 hours per shift, hours of operation are 6:30am-7:30pm CST, most new employees will work evening hours. Tour of duty based on organizational needs and determined by seniority. Official tour of duty will be selected based on business needs and will start after training is completed.
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. AD-HOC
Remote: The position may be authorized for remote work. Remote work will be discussed during the interview
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Contact Representative/PD07454A
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Eastern Kansas VA Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

The primary responsibilities of this Registered Nurse may vary by assignment. Those duties may include but not limited to:

• Provide population specific and age specific care for patients from young adulthood to older Veterans/groups in the senior years of life.
• Manage a defined but dynamic caseload of patients in collaboration with an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
• Documenting observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition; collaborating with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes; providing a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems; and accountable for meeting and maintaining the qualification standards and functional statements of assigned grade.
• Function as team members and coordinate and provide care for a select group of patients. The requirements entail but are not limited to crisis intervention, teaching, medication management, administering medications, assessments, admissions, discharges, and follow-up care.
• Also collaborates with patients to assess and identify needs, issues, care goals, and resources in critical factors for achieving desired outcomes for discharge from either Mental Health (MH) or Primary Care (PC) setting, post hospital recovery and health maintenance/wellness. Additional duties include, but are not limited to:
• Supporting mental health Veterans for tele-mental health or on ground providers, using phone, face to face, and virtual contacts.
• Providing backup coverage for walk in behavioral health clients needing urgent assessment and working with access providers to provide disposition of urgent or emergent mental health needs.
• Maintains current knowledge of multidisciplinary resources, programs and services, referring patients for community resources as appropriate.
• Assists with the navigation of health care systems and intervenes or refers as needed to facilitate the achievement of patient outcomes.
• Enhances patient self-management by providing information regarding all options, choices, and resources.
• Supports patient-driven care in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner, using evidence-based principles.
• Serves as a resource and advocate in the protection of patient and family rights.
• Guides others in the recognition of and participates in the resolution of ethical issues.
• Provides for safety of at-risk patients awaiting evaluation or admission to acute psychiatry, by ensuring 1:1 observation is maintained at all times.

Kansas City VA Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veteran.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am 4:30pm (plus on-call)
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EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact visn15edrp@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
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
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Duties:
The candidate will spend time as attending on the Hematology/Oncology inpatient consult service; providing consultative support to all inpatient services and serve as oncology/hematology attending on call for the consult service.

• Outpatient and inpatient duties include:
  • The candidate physician will see patients in the continuity clinics and new referrals of patients to the hematology/oncology outpatient clinics.
  • The candidate may serve as the primary physician for patients with active cancer or hematologic disease.
  • Supervision of inpatient as well as outpatient chemotherapy and infusion procedures.
  • Perform bone marrow aspirates and biopsies and participate in oncology conferences.
  • Supervise hematology/oncology fellows from Kansas University Medical Center.???????
• The Kansas City Oncology Department has an active clinical trials program. Academic opportunities include:
  • Serving as principal investigator of clinical trials through SWOG, the GU-NPOP program, and drug company sponsored clinical trials.
  • Oversight of regulatory requirements and compliances with IRB regulation in human research.
  • The position can include a major role in the clinical research, administrative, and educational programs of the Hematology/Oncology Section for interested candidates.
• The candidate physician has the option of affiliation or voluntary appointment with the University of Kansas Medical Center. Administrative Duties include:
  • The physician will participate in quality improvement initiatives within the division and be part of the oncology department's cancer committee.
  • Serving on hospital and University-affiliated committees.

VAEKHCS is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Incumbent responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Preparing, reviewing, and processing financial documents regarding purchase orders, travel authorizations, temporary receipts, payments, and miscellaneous accounting documents.
Review and necessary action in connection to daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting reports to ensure timely and accurate completion.
Ensuring accounting elements are correct on funding documents and verify compliance with VHA Financial regulations.
Reviewing and processing incoming daily Finance business.
Reviewing and clearing rejected documents in IFCAP and FMS per VHA prescribed deadline(s).
Completion of assigned reconciliations in accordance with VHA Financial regulation.
Routinely following up on undelivered purchase orders, aged payables, aged credit card orders, and aged VISTA running balance transactions to include submitting corrections and recommended actions.
Correctly documenting and processing journal vouchers, public vouchers, and other transactional Finance data.
Collecting and compiling accounting data in a meaningful reporting format, as needed.
Properly documenting and processing Agent Cashier business such as temporary receipts for cash, check or money order, collecting payment history data, customer service in relation to billing inquiries, debit vouchers, OCTNET scanning and reporting and replenishments in accordance with VHA Financial regulations.
Supporting Accountants, Chief Accountant, AFO and CFO by maintaining various support duties.
Provide assistance with obligating, Beneficial Travel inquiries, Employee Travel accommodations, Agent Cashier coverage, Accounts Payable audit, and Accounts Receivable.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: 8am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician/PD09154-A and PD09155-A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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


Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Reviews incoming miscellaneous materials such as mail, publications, directives, etc. and presorts these into action and/or information categories.
• Maintains suspense files for replies and follow up on overdue items.
• Performs administrative and/or clerical tasks in support of various office functions such as establishing and maintaining office files, collating documents, preparing folders, etc.
• Processes incoming and/or outgoing mail, including the processing of express mail.
• Performs general mail handling and distribution including sorting, opening, date stamping, classifying, processing, and routing mail.
• Maintains logs or records of special items received and/or distributed.
• Serves as a Motor Vehicle Operator for the Consolidated Patient Account Center (CPAC). Makes scheduled mail runs and conducts pickups and deliveries as required.
• Screens outgoing materials for proper format and to assure that they are assembled and addressed in accordance with appropriate regulations.
• Protects printed and electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974 and other applicable laws, federal regulations, VA statutes and policy, and VHA policy and protects data from unauthorized release or from loss, alteration, or unauthorized deletion.
• Conducts follow-up with Veterans through telephonic, electronic, or written media to insure that services provided were adequate and appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Under the supervision of the Nurse Manager/Charge Nurse/Team Leader, the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides nursing care to the Veteran patient with consideration to psychosocial, cultural, and age specific needs. Demonstrates the knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems, and knowledge of age specific differences from the adult or older population. Maintains acceptable standards within the health care setting and works under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or Physician. Provides nursing care in accordance with the overall philosophy of Ambulatory Care Service. Performs, as designated by appropriate supervisor, nursing care required to meet the nursing needs of the patients to include but not limited to; sets up and plans in advance for any clinic urgent care activity, anticipates needs of patients and providers, prepares patient for exams, obtains appropriate equipment and supplies without being reminded, obtains and records vital signs and required information to level appropriate for area of work.

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. May included Holidays.
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***

• Plans and coordinates work of the office and resolves issues that arise;
• Ensures the smooth flow of correspondence, conference arrangements and completed action items;
• Provides advisory and technical assistance to patients, administrative staff and professional staff;
• Maintains subject matter files and records that relate to the work of the unit;
• Receives visitors and telephone calls and determines the nature of request to independently handle the request or direct to the appropriate staff;
• Receives and handles concerns ensuring that quality service is rendered in a timely, competent manner;
• Responds to inquiries and administrative problems;
• Assists in preparing responses to Congressional inquiries;
• Notifies appropriate staff of need for information and follows up to ensure timely response by others;
• Exercises control over the Chief of Staff calendar/appointments (schedules appointments, checks availability, confirms/reschedules appointments, coordinates meetings, etc.);
• Receives incoming correspondence ensuring grammatical and procedural correctness;
• Screens material prior to distribution for suspense dates and follow ups;
• Perform office automation work on a computer utilizing multiple programs to complete documentation;
• Provides support/back up to the Credentialing Coordinator, and other front office secretarial staff;
• Performs other directly related duties as trained and assigned.

As a Staff Nurse you will provide prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill and injured veterans. Duties include documenting observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition; collaborating with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes; providing a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems; and accountable for meeting and maintaining the qualification standards and functional statements of assigned grade. Our facility is seeking individuals who possess good organizational skills which enable completion of work, a demonstrated ability to assume leadership in a patient centered program, and the ability to establish effective communication with patients, families, visitors and members of the interdisciplinary team. Incumbent leads by example in defining a customer service culture to ensure that all customers are treated with respect and civility. Ensures that whenever possible, works to cultivate partnerships with our customers in developing solutions to meet their needs.

Preferred Experience:
1-2 years of recent acute care

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday. 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. May include Holidays.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025 or until all positions are filled. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be 30 November 2024, with subsequent cut-off dates every two weeks. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• The Section Chief is a leadership position that is responsible for all aspects of primary care delivery within the defined section, and supervision of staff. In conjunction with the Associate Chief and Chief of Primary Care, the Section Chief is responsible for:
• Planning, organizing, developing, implementing, controlling and refining comprehensive patient management/clinical support within clinic.
• Provides services, technical counsel, and leadership guidance necessary to section staff. to meet the care and treatment needs of patients within the clinic.
• Should be a forward-thinking physician who embraces primary care delivered via Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model.
• Maintaining records of meetings that include reports of conclusions, data recommendations, responsible person, actions taken, and an evaluation of effectiveness of actions taken as appropriate.
• Developing policies and procedures to assure effective management, ethics, safety, communication, and quality within the section and between Primary Care and other services as appropriate.
• Review at least annually privilege templates for each service and make recommendation to the Chief or Associate Chief as needed for modifications.
• Provides a full range of services including assessment and using the most appropriate techniques in providing quality care in their subspecialty.
• Perform appropriate evaluations, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions in units/programs in the Hampton VA Medical Center to which they are assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management.
• Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.

The Robert J. Dole VAMC is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Protects the civil rights of all individuals on VA controlled property;
• Prevents, detect and investigate crimes;
• Patrols assigned areas on foot or by motor vehicle;
• Subdues persons causing disturbance or who threaten harm to themselves or others;
• Follows rules/procedures concerning search and seizure of evidence and contraband;
• Takes charge of significant and catastrophic events;
• Conducts investigations, apprehensions, and detention;
• Obtains search and arrest warrants;
• Arrests violators;
• Uses independent judgment in cases where policy is not clear;
• Provides basic first aid and CPR prior to arrival of emergency medical personnel;
• Prepares report of activities and events that occurred during shift;
• Performs traffic control;
• Assists citizens in emergency situations; and,
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Interviews veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the veterans functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment.
• Interprets and explains VA's treatment and benefit programs.
• Reviews all data, subjective and objective, makes a clinical assessment, identifying needs and strengths.
• Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity and insight.
• Uses advanced clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options.
• Assesses high risk factors, acuity and needs for services.
• Monitors and assists veterans to maintain appointments at VAMC and other community agencies for medical, psychiatric, substance abuse, vocational and other services consistent with veteran's goals associated with healthful independent living.
• Refers veterans to appropriate VA and other government/community services including: local shelters, food banks, employment services, veteran's benefits, and social security applications.
• Assists veterans who encounter problems obtaining services from the VA and other service delivery agencies, by increasing their problem solving/social interaction skills.
• Independently evaluates the client's situation, including the veteran's reaction to it and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
• Based on the psychosocial assessment, uses professional judgement and advanced practice skills to make a psychosocial diagnosis.
• Develops psychosocial treatment plans in coordination with interdisciplinary team members, including goals for psychosocial clinical treatment.
• Identifies eligible candidates for VASH from the HCHV Program.
• Assists HCHV staff during outreach activities including field interviews, assessment and referrals for homeless veterans contacted in the community, shelters, "on the streets," as well as those who are referred by the VET Center or the HCHV Office.
• Establishes a continuing relationship with the veteran, evaluating progress towards goals and adjusting the treatment plan as appropriate.
• Social Work Service covers in-patient hospital weekend/holiday shifts. All Social Workers are assigned a 5 hour weekend shift twice a year.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques.
• Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance.
• Resolves informal complaints and grievances.
• Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary.
• Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters.
• Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area.
• Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests.
• Assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations and with VHA Scheduling Directives 1230, 1231, 1232
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates; set and adjust short-term priorities and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments, and the capabilities of employees.
• Receives and relays incoming and outgoing telephone and intercom messages.
• Receives and responds to unclear inquiries from patients concerning a variety of medical, personnel, and administrative matters.
• Receives and directs patients and visitors, answers routine inquiries and obtains necessary record information prior to patient's visit.
• Makes patient appointments and/or makes or assists in making the determination as to the patient's eligibility for benefits.
• Receives, schedules, and routes patients applying for care.
• Receives new and recurring applications for care.
• Procures data from official records, verifies information contained in the application.
• Enters no-show information for patients who fail to report for scheduled appointments, rescheduling patients as directed by the physician.
• Determines the nature of the patient's medical care needs, questions, or complaints and answers questions, provides information, gives guidance, and initiates action as appropriate.
• Maintains contact with medical and clerical staff in various clinics and wards to resolve delays and misunderstandings in the medical administrative aspect of providing medical care.
• Responds to technical questions regarding patient rights and responsibilities and medical eligibility for care.
• Serves as key member of the patient care team providing crucial administrative advice and guidance.

As independently licensed health professionals, CRNAs are responsible and accountable for their practice. The scope of practice includes direct patient care, administration, educational and research activities. The CRNA works with diverse age groups to include adult and geriatric patients and is able to meet age specific needs of the patient population served. The CRNA is clinically accountable to the Chief, Anesthesia Service.

CRNAs practice in collaboration with other health care professionals in a collegial relationship to achieve common goals for care, safety, and welfare of patients. CRNAs provide anesthetic services within four general categories:

1. 1. Pre-anesthesia preparation and evaluation
   2. Anesthesia induction, maintenance, and emergence
   3. Post anesthesia care
   4. Peri-anesthetic and clinical support functions outside the OR suite

EKHCS is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Duties to include but not limited to the following:

• Maintains a current knowledge on procedures, policies, and directives related to work duties.
• Performs routine phlebotomy, electrocardiograms, aerosol respiratory therapy, oxygen therapy, incentive spirometry, chart documentation duties, direct patient care duties, patient and family teaching duties, and patient safety duties.
• Performs and documents patient and family teaching that includes patient instruction for home care concerning breathing exercises, treatments, and rehabilitation.
• Instructs patients to perform incentive spirometry and follows up with patient to ensure proper usage.
• Records treatments, findings, and progress in the patient record. Reports to the professional nurse or physician any significant signs, symptoms, or behavioral changes observed in the patient.
• Performs standard 12-lead EKGs, and performs necessary maintenance, storage, and cleaning of EKG equipment for the next use of the equipment.
• Performs venipuncture according to written protocols to ensure proper collection, labeling, handling, and delivery of blood specimens to the laboratory.
• Uses aseptic technique to obtain blood cultures.
• Collects specimens for blood glucose analysis using the blood glucose monitoring instrument. Enters and verifies completed test results, and reports results to appropriate individuals. Calibrates, cleans, and maintains the instrument.
• Completes appropriate laboratory documents to accompany blood samples to the laboratory.
• Transports patients and specimens to required destinations.
• Prepares and assists with examinations, diagnostic, and therapeutic tests according to written procedures and policies.
• Performs and records a variety of advanced specialized treatments that include nasal, nasopharyngeal and/or tracheotomy suctioning, inserting urethral and suprapubic catheters, institutes and maintains bladder irrigations with three-way urethral catheters. Utilizes aseptic techniques when applying compresses or complicated dressings that may include irrigations and packing, and empties Hemovac and Jackson-Pratt drains. Provides care for patients requiring artificial ventilatory assistance.
• Performs clerical duties including answering phones, making copies, and other tasks as needed.
• All other duties as assigned.