Total 8 Maintenance / Repair job vacancies in AgeCare Aurora

NOTE: This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 31, 2024. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be November 30, 2024. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis OR until positions are filled.

• VA Total Rewards: Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
• Pharmacy Technician Total Rewards: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Pharmacy-Technician-Career-Flyer.pdf

• Required to have principles, practices, concepts and theories providing for sound independent work.
• Responsible for computerized prescription process and input of prescriptions and medication orders or electronic equivalent.
• Resolves pharmacy/medication issues with other members of the healthcare team, Veterans and external customers.
• Trains developmental pharmacy technicians and students.
• Dispenses medication or sterile products following all regulations, policies and procedures to ensure safe medication distribution.
• Troubleshoots automated dispensing equipment (ADE) or technology platforms/databases.
• Accurately interpret, fills, and prepares prescriptions with appropriate medications and or medical supplies for pharmacist verification.
• Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition by assuring that all stock and equipment are in assigned places and all shelves and counters are free of dust and debris in order to create optional work areas.
• Assures drugs and supplies are appropriately stored and secured according to USP and VA guidelines, including the storage of high-risk, look a-like sound a-like, hazardous, controlled substances, corrosive chemical, flammable liquids, and refrigerated items.
• Receives, checks, rotates, and places in stock all items received from pharmacy procurement section and identifies and reconciles any discrepancies to assure correct items have been received.
• Utilizes automation dispensing equipment available to the pharmacy staff following all safety and QA procedures. Reports automation malfunctions timely the supervisor as appropriate.
• Records expiration dates in the automatic prescription dispensing system upon receipt.
• Perform monthly inspections to assigned areas to ensure proper storage of medications and soon to expired drugs are removed.
• Completes inspection reports in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral or external medications (non-sterile). This includes calculating and converting to proper weights and measures the amount of drug or solution to be used for final pharmacist verification.
• Assists in training and orientation of new staff technicians, interns, and students.
• Assumes an active role in the overall pharmacy-training program consisting of students, externs, interns, residents, and professional and non-professional staff members.
• Demonstrates the ability to work under a variety of circumstances to maximize group productivity and quality.
• Maintains national certification with PTCB or ExCPT.
• Complies with all VHA, Medical Center, and Pharmacy regulations, directives, policies, and procedures.

NOTE: This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 31, 2024. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be November 30, 2024. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis OR until positions are filled.

• VA Total Rewards: Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
• Pharmacy Technician Total Rewards: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Pharmacy-Technician-Career-Flyer.pdf

• Required to have principles, practices, concepts and theories providing for sound independent work.
• Responsible for computerized prescription process and input of prescriptions and medication orders or electronic equivalent.
• Resolves pharmacy/medication issues with other members of the healthcare team, Veterans and external customers.
• Trains developmental pharmacy technicians and students.
• Dispenses medication or sterile products following all regulations, policies and procedures to ensure safe medication distribution.
• Troubleshoots automated dispensing equipment (ADE) or technology platforms/databases.
• Accurately interpret, fills, and prepares prescriptions with appropriate medications and or medical supplies for pharmacist verification.
• Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition by assuring that all stock and equipment are in assigned places and all shelves and counters are free of dust and debris in order to create optional work areas.
• Assures drugs and supplies are appropriately stored and secured according to USP and VA guidelines, including the storage of high-risk, look a-like sound a-like, hazardous, controlled substances, corrosive chemical, flammable liquids, and refrigerated items.
• Receives, checks, rotates, and places in stock all items received from pharmacy procurement section and identifies and reconciles any discrepancies to assure correct items have been received.
• Utilizes automation dispensing equipment available to the pharmacy staff following all safety and QA procedures. Reports automation malfunctions timely the supervisor as appropriate.
• Records expiration dates in the automatic prescription dispensing system upon receipt.
• Perform monthly inspections to assigned areas to ensure proper storage of medications and soon to expired drugs are removed.
• Completes inspection reports in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Compounds and/or reconstitutes oral or external medications (non-sterile). This includes calculating and converting to proper weights and measures the amount of drug or solution to be used for final pharmacist verification.
• Assists in training and orientation of new staff technicians, interns, and students.
• Assumes an active role in the overall pharmacy-training program consisting of students, externs, interns, residents, and professional and non-professional staff members.
• Demonstrates the ability to work under a variety of circumstances to maximize group productivity and quality.
• Maintains national certification with PTCB or ExCPT.
• Complies with all VHA, Medical Center, and Pharmacy regulations, directives, policies, and procedures.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

• Primary responsibility is for patient care, supporting diagnostic and treatment procedures, patient charting and patient education, which do not require a full professional audiology education or knowledge and skills represented by audiology licensure. Support functions include both direct patient care and administrative duties.
• Direct patient care duties may include, but not limited to the following:
  • Greeting and escorting patients;
  • Patient instruction and counseling on hearing loss or hearing aids either on an individual basis or in a group setting;
  • Conducting hearing pass/fail screenings without interpretation;
  • Non-diagnostic otoscopy;
  • Cerumen management;
  • Taking earmold impressions;
  • Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair;
  • Providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers;
  • Performing listening checks on hearing aids;
  • Electroacoustic analysis of devices;
  • Pairing hearing aids and accessories via Bluetooth technology;
  • Programming previously stored settings into hearing aids;
  • Activating remote controls.
• The incumbent is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all interactions in the medical records and that all encounters are correctly documented using electronic medical record and computerized tracking and ordering functions via ROES.

• Managing office supplies;
• Tracking loaner stock hearing aid inventory;
• Electronic ordering, verifying orders upon arrival to ensure components are present and working correctly;
• Packaging and mailing hearing aids and accessories;
• Processing ROES transactions (e.g. certifying and issuing hearing aids, entering orders and repairs);
• Responding to routine inquiries from patients, including determining nature of hearing aid inquiry and responding to administrative questions;
• Assisting patients, visitors, and others requesting information;
• Management of infection control, patient safety, and clinical supplies for the audiology clinic;
• Maintenance of clean, disinfected instrumentation, equipment, and work surfaces in the audiology clinic, Reprocessing reusable medical equipment based on facility policy according to Medical Center infection control procedures and reusable medical equipment policies.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

• Primary responsibility is for patient care, supporting diagnostic and treatment procedures, patient charting and patient education, which do not require a full professional audiology education or knowledge and skills represented by audiology licensure. Support functions include both direct patient care and administrative duties.
• Direct patient care duties may include, but not limited to the following:
  • Greeting and escorting patients;
  • Patient instruction and counseling on hearing loss or hearing aids either on an individual basis or in a group setting;
  • Conducting hearing pass/fail screenings without interpretation;
  • Non-diagnostic otoscopy;
  • Cerumen management;
  • Taking earmold impressions;
  • Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair;
  • Providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers;
  • Performing listening checks on hearing aids;
  • Electroacoustic analysis of devices;
  • Pairing hearing aids and accessories via Bluetooth technology;
  • Programming previously stored settings into hearing aids;
  • Activating remote controls.
• The incumbent is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all interactions in the medical records and that all encounters are correctly documented using electronic medical record and computerized tracking and ordering functions via ROES.

• Managing office supplies;
• Tracking loaner stock hearing aid inventory;
• Electronic ordering, verifying orders upon arrival to ensure components are present and working correctly;
• Packaging and mailing hearing aids and accessories;
• Processing ROES transactions (e.g. certifying and issuing hearing aids, entering orders and repairs);
• Responding to routine inquiries from patients, including determining nature of hearing aid inquiry and responding to administrative questions;
• Assisting patients, visitors, and others requesting information;
• Management of infection control, patient safety, and clinical supplies for the audiology clinic;
• Maintenance of clean, disinfected instrumentation, equipment, and work surfaces in the audiology clinic, Reprocessing reusable medical equipment based on facility policy according to Medical Center infection control procedures and reusable medical equipment policies.

• VA Total Rewards: Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
• Pharmacy Technician Total Rewards: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Pharmacy-Technician-Career-Flyer.pdf

• Serves as a key resource advising others in their particular specialty area or section of the pharmacy (such as procurement, sterile compounding (USP compounding standards), controlled substances DEA, automation, clinical pharmacy, lead tech, contact center, etc.).
• Analyzes data for self-driven (independent) performance improvement projects, workload analysis and statistical reports.
• Solves problems and implementing corrective actions to maximize outcomes in their program area.
• Maintains special accreditations and prepare for national reviews/inspections (e.g., The Joint Commission, Inspector General, American Society of Health System Pharmacists®, controlled substance inspections).
• Develops training programs and material for orientation, competency development and educational needs for regulatory requirements within the specialized pharmacy program area.
• Required to know pharmaceutical and supply inventory requirements to ensure compliance with regulations and national/audit/inspections (e.g., financial regulations, The Joint Commission, Inspector General, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists®, DEA, USP 797/800, FDA 503A/B).
• Required to know clinical specifications, characteristics and ordering processes of a wide variety of soft prosthetics and supply items (e.g., catheters, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy supply and associated products) that technicians procure to dispense to Veterans in the outpatient pharmacy setting.
• Manages specialized programs related to inventory including, but not limited to, specialty medications and supplies, All Hazards Emergency Cache Program, recalls, reverse distribution and pharmaceutical waste.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

1. Produces diagnostic quality images and Doppler frequency shift recordings using M-mode, two-dimensional, pulsed and continuous wave Doppler spectral display, and color flow Doppler imaging.
2. Interprets normal echocardiography findings and deviations produced by a wide variety of cardiovascular diseases.
3. Performs complex procedures such as cardiac studies of the four chambers of the heart using sector scanning techniques to detect stenotic and incompetent valves, chamber enlargement, and pericardial effusion and cardiovascular studies deriving pressure gradients across obstructed valves, etc.
4. Performs complementary ultrasonic examinations (including noninvasive) transthoracic echocardiography, bubble studies and contrast echocardiography (invasive), stress echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.
5. Adapts transducer positioning, instrument controls, and examination techniques to the individual patient being studied and the problem being evaluated including recognizing pertinent abnormalities and documenting abnormal findings
6. Interacts with patients explaining procedures and positioning and prepping the patient for procedure.
7. Follows policy for pre-cleaning of TEE probes.
8. Completes diagnostic studies ordered by and in collaboration with physician on all tours of duty with minimal or no direct supervision; works with co-workers to coordinate appointments/ workload according to appropriateness of patients/ staffing; prioritizes in/outpatients and requests throughout the day.
9. Assists with ICE procedures, valve related procedures, and PFO closures in the Cath Lab.
10. Performs non-standard complex echocardiograms and transesophageal echocardiograms, including 3D when applicable and requested by a Cardiologist.
11. Performs specialized stress echocardiograms for pre-op planning and for various disease states when requested by a Cardiologist.
12. Performs complex research echocardiograms that may be very detailed and deviate from our standard protocol.
13. Manages Echocardiography images in PACS system and copy to CD as needed.
14. Understands JCAHO and other regulatory requirements.
15. Communicates effectively and professionally with employees at varying grade levels.
16. Functions as back-up technician for performing 12-lead EKGs, Holter/Event monitor placement, and stress tests as needed.
17. Confers with Cardiology/Echo physician or Fellow for difficult exams and notifies both referring physician and Cardiology/Echo physician of results of exam, as needed

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Duties and skills needed to be successful in this position include, but are not limited to:

1. Produces diagnostic quality images and Doppler frequency shift recordings using M-mode, two-dimensional, pulsed and continuous wave Doppler spectral display, and color flow Doppler imaging.
2. Interprets normal echocardiography findings and deviations produced by a wide variety of cardiovascular diseases.
3. Performs complex procedures such as cardiac studies of the four chambers of the heart using sector scanning techniques to detect stenotic and incompetent valves, chamber enlargement, and pericardial effusion and cardiovascular studies deriving pressure gradients across obstructed valves, etc.
4. Performs complementary ultrasonic examinations (including noninvasive) transthoracic echocardiography, bubble studies and contrast echocardiography (invasive), stress echocardiography, and transesophageal echocardiography.
5. Adapts transducer positioning, instrument controls, and examination techniques to the individual patient being studied and the problem being evaluated including recognizing pertinent abnormalities and documenting abnormal findings
6. Interacts with patients explaining procedures and positioning and prepping the patient for procedure.
7. Follows policy for pre-cleaning of TEE probes.
8. Completes diagnostic studies ordered by and in collaboration with physician on all tours of duty with minimal or no direct supervision; works with co-workers to coordinate appointments/ workload according to appropriateness of patients/ staffing; prioritizes in/outpatients and requests throughout the day.
9. Assists with ICE procedures, valve related procedures, and PFO closures in the Cath Lab.
10. Performs non-standard complex echocardiograms and transesophageal echocardiograms, including 3D when applicable and requested by a Cardiologist.
11. Performs specialized stress echocardiograms for pre-op planning and for various disease states when requested by a Cardiologist.
12. Performs complex research echocardiograms that may be very detailed and deviate from our standard protocol.
13. Manages Echocardiography images in PACS system and copy to CD as needed.
14. Understands JCAHO and other regulatory requirements.
15. Communicates effectively and professionally with employees at varying grade levels.
16. Functions as back-up technician for performing 12-lead EKGs, Holter/Event monitor placement, and stress tests as needed.
17. Confers with Cardiology/Echo physician or Fellow for difficult exams and notifies both referring physician and Cardiology/Echo physician of results of exam, as needed

Planning: Plans on a quarterly or longer basis, the overall use of subordinate personnel and resources under their control.

Work Direction: Assigns and explains work requirements and operating instructions to subordinate supervisors, sets deadlines, and establishes the sequence of work operations to be followed.

Administrative: Assures that subordinate supervisors effectively carry out policies to achieve management objectives.

Develops, publishes, and ensures employee compliance with standing operating procedures for the activity supervised. Prepares for and participates in various types of readiness evaluations, inspections, mobilization and command support exercises.

Performs other duties as assigned.