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***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 not limited to:

• Supports the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Assistant Financial Officer (AFO) and the Customer Service supervisor to provide accurate and timely compensation for employees.
• Investigates employee compensation-related errors and/or anomalies through analysis of VA Financial Management and Human Resources automated systems.
• Corrects issues identified through customer service requests or internal audit discovery.
• Reviews and reconciles various types of employee compensation and leave transactions involving General Schedule (GS), Wage Grade (WG), VM, VN, Title 5, Title 5 Hybrids, Title 38, Title 38 Hybrids, Senior Executive Service (SES), Veterans Canteen Service (VCS), and Fee Basis Providers.
• Utilizes a variety of systems such as Defense Civilian Payroll System (DCPS), the payroll system operated by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS); Remedy, a DFAS application; and VA Time and Attendance (VATAS).
• Processes a variety of transactions including travel claims, timecards, and personnel records.
• Communicates orally and in written form to provide advice and guidance to customers, prepare reports and represent the organization in interactions with other VA elements.
• Conducts audits ensuring adherence to regulations and policy, generates reports and develops action plans to resolve the identified issues.
• Develop and conduct training on financial regulations, policies and applicable software applications/systems.
• Provide guidance and assistance to customers via the telephone and email.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Receives telephone calls and visitors to the clinic, determines the nature of call or visit, obtains identifying information, and verifies the patient's eligibility for treatment. and updates the existing medical record or prepare new record.
• Schedules appointments, completes the client admission forms. Screens/Updates the existing medical record or collects sufficient information to prepare new record. Reviews discharge information or handouts with client.
• Maintains clinic exterior, reception area and exam rooms to ensure general cleanliness (to include cleaning urine, feces and blood). Dispenses medications, annotates prescriptions and refills prescriptions accordance with polices and procedures
• Completes bi-weekly payroll reports. Prepares and submits required end of month reports. Assists with preparation of the yearly clinical budget. Initiates personnel actions at the direction of management. Monitors and replenishes inventory.
• Receives payments for services rendered. Balances cash and checks daily; makes daily bank deposit. Monitors and replenishes inventory. Serves as clinic ordering official and Government Purchase Cardholder. Processes purchasing documents.

The Community Living Center is comprised of Three (3) distinct neighborhoods: a 10-bed Hospice Unit, and a 66-bed combination Long Term Care/Short Stay Unit/Rehabilitation. The program is designed to provide optimal comprehensive resident care within available resources and is consistent with the Health Care System and Nursing Service mission, philosophy, and goals. The length of stay for veterans in the unit may range from a few days to several years. The length of stay is determined by the individual needs of the veteran, potential for rehabilitation, and availability of resources for discharge to the least restrictive environment. Discharge planning and patient/family education is initiated upon admission and continues throughout the veterans stay in the Community Living Center.

The Restorative Registered Nurse within the Community Living Center will oversee a program designed to improve or maintain the functional ability of Veteran residents, so they can achieve their highest level of well-being possible. This program concept actively focuses on achieving and maintaining optimal physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning. Generally, restorative care is initiated when a resident is discharged from formal physical, occupational, or speech rehabilitation therapy. The Community Living Center has an interdisciplinary team that includes staffing representing Nursing, Dietary, Social Work, Pharmacy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Nurse Practitioners, and Physicians. The interdisciplinary team meets each week to discuss care planning and needs of patients. Nurses are competent in the management of patients with complex diseases such as Diabetes, CHF, COPD, Cancer, and Dementia. Staff receives education in other areas, including pain management and end of life care.

The 4 (four) key quality characteristics of the RN role are as follows:

1. Clinical knowledge and skills
2. Rehab/restorative nursing abilities
3. Compliance with infection control guidelines

Preferred Qualification(s):

• Minimum of one (1) year nursing home experience at the SNF level, in the role of Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with patients, families, and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated skills in decision-making, sound clinical judgment and critical-thinking abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to use computer systems in support of patient care delivery.

• ANCC for Gerontological Nursing
• ANCC for Medical Surgical Nursing

Supervisory Medical Supply Technician duties includes but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for assisting the Chief, Sterile Processing Services (SPS), in oversight of all operational and administrative activities of the service.
• Responsible for the quality management system activities within Sterile Processing Services, to include training, competency assessment, development, and enforcement of standard operating procedures.
• Through subordinate supervisors provides technical and direct supervision to over 24 GS3/4 through GS8 Medical Supply Technicians.
• Manages, directs, and adapts work to accomplish program goals and objectives, and to meet new and changing program requirements.
• Serves as liaison between SPS and other departments.
• Assists Chief, SPS, in managing the SPS Equipment Inventory Listing (EIL) for equipment assigned to SPS such as sterilizers, washer/disinfector, ultrasonic, sealers through the nonexpendable property program for the assigned facility/system and requests replacement of all equipment under their purview as needed.
• In the absence of the Chief, serves as a member or in an advisory capacity on committees such as Commodity Standardization, Infection Control, Environment of Care, and Reusable Medical Equipment. In addition, the Assistant Chief is required to attend regularly scheduled meetings as assigned to represent SPS and to provide written and verbal reports as required.
• Issues, adapts, implements, and maintains local SPS policies and procedures as applicable to specific facility/system programs.
• Assists the Chief, SPS in developing, directing, and maintaining a Quality Control Program ensuring product quality assurance through random sampling, biological monitoring, product assessment and other means, and providing specific reports as required.
• Solicits assistance from, or responds to, inquiries from outside regulatory and advisory agencies to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures from organizations such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), Joint Commission (JC), International Association for Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM), Association of Perioperative Nurses (AORN), and others.
• Responsible for facilitating training of various aspects of SPS, including reprocessing and inventory management. Conducts departmental orientation, training, skills review and assists with educational programs to maintain high staff quality performance standards. Identifies and promotes staff development.
• Responsible for coordination and integration of production requirements to meet needs of customers, both scheduled and non-scheduled.
• Assists Chief, SPS in preparing a devaluating future scheduling projects, anticipating future workload requirements to forecast appropriate staffing levels.
• Works closely with Supply Chain Management to monitor inventory levels to identify and take corrective action on matters relating to potential inventory shortages created because of additional case volume, scrap, or any customer related skills that may exist.
• Oversees appropriate reprocessing of reusable medical equipment (RME) to eliminate risk of infection and to provide timely safe patient care in all patient care areas.
• Responsible for continuous quality improvement projects that result in improved services to all customers. - In conjunction with Chief, SPS, responsible for developing policies and procedures that meet the infection prevention standards set by JC, AAMI, AORN, IAHCSMM and others and for monitoring compliance with those policies to meet established local, VISN, VHA and JC requirements for safe patient care.
• Knowledgeable and prepared to function as Acting Chief of the service.

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

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice. Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management. Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with other members of the HBPC interdisciplinary team. Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies. Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services. Provides education to patients and their families. Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes. Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence. Independently practices as a NP, utilizing evidenced-based practice guidelines in the delivery of high-quality care. Collaborates with patients, families, and the health care team to develop and implement treatment plans and evaluate health outcomes. Demonstrates critical thinking in assessing and managing complex clinical situations. Leads the delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, improving outcomes of panel/program. Leads and implements changes that enhance the quality and timeliness of Veteran/patient care applying research and evidence in the delivery of healthcare for patient populations.

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad-hoc

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Recruitment/Relocation Incentive has not been approved for this position.

Duties and responsibilities for the position include but are not limited to the following:

1. Technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
2. Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patients' conditions; to use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; and to accurately recognize, report and record relevant patient information. Completed work should need only a general review by a registered nurse or physician for appropriateness and conformity with established policies/procedures.
3. Prepares and administers prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous) and performs treatments according to established policies/procedures. Observes for physical and/or emotional changes in patient's condition from prescribed medications/treatments, promptly and accurately documenting noted changes, and reporting any deviations from normal to RN or MD.
4. Ability to observe, identify and respond to the patient's needs for care, including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education. In organizing and delivering care, the LPN recognizes and considers emotional, cultural, spiritual, socio-economic, and age-related factors.
5. Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, seek assistance of the RN and/or MD, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed.
6. Establishes constructive relationships with individual patients and their families to elicit feelings and attitudes, and to promote positive relationships, communication and socialization skills. Fosters an environment of respect for individual patient and family rights to privacy and dignity in all aspects of care delivery. Effectively incorporates knowledge and understanding of established customer service standards in all interactions with patient, family members, and/or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient's condition before, during, and following the procedure. Serves as a preceptor in orienting, educating, and training less experienced LPNs or NAs related to support duties for these more complex, specialized tests/procedures.
7. Knowledge and skill in performing support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which include preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient's condition before, during and following the procedure. Serves as a preceptor in orienting, education, and training less experienced LPNs or NAs related to support duties for these more complex, specialized tests/procedures.
8. Actively seeks out educational opportunities to enhance nursing knowledge and skills, sharing new knowledge gained with other staff to improve and advance nursing practice.
9. Embodies the I CARE ore values of this organization. Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence create a culture of caring and civility that supports our goals.
10. Ensures that confidential information is at all times safeguarded and protects information from being disclosed to unauthorize sources. Consults the supervisor when in doubt before releasing confidential information to a third party.
11. Knows, understands, and consistently complies with VA information security policies, procedures, rules and regulations such as: Reporting known or suspected incidents immediately to the Information Security Officer. Using VA computers only for lawful and authorized purposes. Not installing unauthorized software on the computer. Handling, storing, and disposing of sensitive information safely. Not e-mailing sensitive information. Complying with safeguards, policies, and procedures to prevent unauthorized access to VA computer systems. Complying with terms of software licenses and only using VA-Licensed and authorized software.
12. Provision of direct nursing care to patients with an emphasis on patient
    teaching and interventions such EKGs and phlebotomy.
13. Medication administration and oxygen therapy.
14. Clinical reminders with appropriate consults and alerts as indicated.
15. Cleaning and reprocessing of reusable medical equipment.
16. Patient intake.
17. Assisting with minor procedures, including obtaining and arranging necessary equipment, positioning patients, ensuring comfort and privacy- monitoring patient during the procedure.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 0800 - 1630 Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU

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.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Subject Expert - The position will be a subject expert for the CC&ICM program. The position will be a champion for the implementation and maintenance of the CC&ICM program.
Groups - The position may complete groups for CC&ICM. The position will demonstrate an understanding of group facilitation, development, and recruitment. When appropriate the position will utilize telehealth for groups.
Coordination - The position will coordinate CC&ICM development and implementation at the facility and/or CBOC's. The position will provide facility education to staff. Veteran recruitment for CC&ICM. The position will provide training regarding CC&ICM across the entire HCS. This position will also be the lead on implementing the CC&ICM.
Psychosocial Assessment - The social worker will develop an assessment of the veteran, family, economic, community, and psychosocial support systems when clinically indicated. The assessments must reflect a high level of skill in gathering, analyzing, interpreting, and documenting data that is pertinent and directly related to patient health care planning, treatment, education and case management. The veteran, family members, significant others and the interdisciplinary treatment team are involved in this process, whenever possible. The goal of the communication is to highlight the veteran's strengths, limitations, and internal/external supports and service needs in order to optimize the veteran's functional status and safely maintain the veteran in his/her home.
Clinical diagnosing using DSM-5 and ICD-10 behavior codes - Incumbent demonstrates knowledge in DSM-5 diagnosing and documents diagnostic impressions in psychosocial assessments when appropriate. Clinician may function independently or within a team to determine an appropriate diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan based on that diagnosis.
Treatment Planning/Goal Setting - Incumbent demonstrates basic knowledge of psychosocial treatment modalities and demonstrates the ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques. The social worker is responsible for developing a treatment plan, and setting achievable treatment goals with the veteran/family in collaboration with the primary care interdisciplinary treatment team members when indicated. Incumbent demonstrates basic knowledge of medical and mental diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures to include acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side/effects; and basic medical terminology.
Therapy - Social worker may provide the veterans and their caregivers with ongoing psychotherapy (group and/or individual) and/or supportive counseling when appropriate. Incumbent is able to demonstrate the ability to utilize the DSM-V to ensure appropriate treatment recommendations.
Referral to service providers - Throughout the course of treatment the social worker is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources. The social worker will collaborate with other service providers in reassessing the veteran's needs for VA and community resources and entitlements. The social worker is responsible for educating the veteran and/or caregiver of the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the veteran's preference or that of his/her surrogate decision-maker.
Resource Development - The social worker is responsible for developing a resource file of VA and community social service programs and will refer the veteran to needed services.
Advocacy - Social worker understands the intimidation of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the veteran/family.

Work Schedule: 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Telework: Available - Regular 6+ days/pay period
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

The Peer Specialist functions as an interdisciplinary team member, assisting physicians and other professional/non-professional personnel in a rehabilitation treatment program. Peer specialists perform a variety of therapeutic and supportive tasks that include assisting Veterans in articulating their goals for recovery and personal wellness, learning, and practicing new skills, helping them monitor their progress, assisting them in their treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the peer specialist's own recovery experience, and supporting them in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services.
Duties include, but not limited to the following:

• Participates in the service, training, consultation, and other professional activities of VA health care services and functions as a fully vested member of the multidisciplinary team.
• Uses personal recovery experiences to model coping techniques and recovery tolls to coach Veterans to relevant skills need for self-management of their health condition(s) and pursuit of their personal wellness.
• Observes behaviors that might indicate difficulty adapting or responding to treatment (e.g., missed assessment appointments, failure to attend or maintain abstinence, risk to self or others, disruptive behavior), completes appropriate documentation, and reports concerns to the treatment team in a timely manner.
• Uses ongoing individual and group meetings to teach Veterans how to identify and combat negative self-talk and overcome fears by providing a forum that allows Veteran to share their experiences.
• As necessary, handles crisis interventions for Veterans and addresses other emergent situations without the benefit of specific instructions.
• Informs Veterans about VA and community supports and resources, including how to effectively utilize them in the recovery and wellness process.
• Maintains a working knowledge of current trends and developments in holistic approaches in wellness and recovery by reading books, journals, and other relevant materials.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Take vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, pain level, height, weight, measurement of head circumference, and length within a medical clinic.
• Administer oral, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular immunizations.
• Perform both administrative and logistical tasks as a member of the healthcare team.
• Provide individualized nursing care to patients based upon the physician’s medical care plan, the nursing assessment, and the physical, mental and emotional needs of the patient.

VA Careers - Physical Therapy: https://youtube.com/embed/Gi2hoFqIoqY

The Supervisory Physical Therapist duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• The incumbent is responsible for constant surveillance and evaluation of the outpatient physical therapy program for its effectiveness, cost containment and operational data management by data retrieval, analysis, tracking, monitoring for productivity, clinic utilization, scheduling ,access, book -ability, encounters, consultation management and maintaining statistical data for decision-making purposes; developing and monitoring cost effective programs; helping CPM develop clinical policies as appropriate and develop methods and tools to scientifically evaluate program activities and effectiveness. Final authority rests with the Clinical Program Manager in conjunction with the Chief of PM&RS.
• The incumbent will arrange necessary additional education and training to all outpatient physical therapists and other special areas such as but not limited to various modalities, medical equipment, and new therapeutic techniques as applicable to general and specific disciplines, to maximize overall positive rehab outcome of Veterans.
• The incumbent will ensure outpatient Physical Therapists maintain current state/national licensure/certifications when applicable and maintain all therapists' high standard clinical competencies in specific discipline/field. The incumbent ensures staff will receive mandatory training in a timely manner with rare exception.
• The incumbent administers the leave program for the outpatient Physical Therapy section, approving and scheduling sick/annual leave while maintaining quality patient care with adequate staffing.
• The incumbent establishes Human Resources actions in the areas of midterm and annual performance evaluations, timely completion of performance appraisals, general and job specific competency assessments, orientation, help CPM with training of new therapists with rare exception.
• The incumbent closely coordinates/communicates with CPM and PM&RS office for personnel administration and management of work, adhering strictly to policies and standards of Medical Center, policies. He/she will discuss, investigate, and respond to employee grievances and dissatisfaction to resolve conflicts. Incumbent works with CPM with regard to labor management, providing information and resolving conflicts and/or problems that may arise. He/she will assure the CPM and Chief PM&RS/or other higher management officials are familiar with the negotiated agreement. He/she acts with CPM as the liaison with Human Resources office concerning personnel related matters including but not limited to coordinating and participating in disciplinary actions and responding to appeals and grievances. He/she attends hearings when requested. This may involve working with District Council and EEO investigators. He/she assists CPM and Chief PM&RS in projecting staffing needs, writing functional statements or position descriptions, developing job analyses, grievance procedures, performance standards, business plan information and disciplinary actions.
• The incumbent works closely with facility Patient Advocate, Customer Service Officer, Service Level Patient Representative (SLPA) and others as needed to resolve patient complaints and enhance public relations and activities. This includes investigations, correspondence preparations, and corrective action follow-ups.