Total 12 job vacancies in atlanta ga 30305

As a Health Scientist you will:

• Serve as senior scientific public health advisor and management coordinator of national and international scientific public health program activities.
• Serve on review committees, study groups, public health task groups, or comparable groups delegated responsibility for reviewing and developing public health policies, procedures and guidelines as they relate to programs.
• Participate in projects and program evaluations assuring that periodic Office reviews are accurate and timely.
• Supervise a small contingent of positions.

**This posting may also be used to fill Care Manager positions in General Mental Health or other sections of the Mental Health Service Line as they become available.

Clinical Responsibilities (90% of time)

• Provides professional evaluations, decisions, and recommendations regarding the mental health care of Veterans for treatment planning and implementation of care.
• Provides comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
• Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.
• Consults with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues.
• Facilitates patient and family education appropriate to the general mental health outpatient setting and the specific presenting mental health issues.
• Provides consultation services to professional staff within the VAMC-Atlanta and to community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients.

• Assists the program director or coordinator in the design, development, and implementation of clinical programs for a team of treatment providers.
• Adheres to operational policies and procedures for the treatment team, established by the affiliated MHSL Director/Manager.
• Facilitates liaisons with other health care programs in order to effectively coordinate services.
• Complies with national and local performance measures, including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients.
• Complies with all CPRS documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient check out procedures (e.g., entering diagnostic and procedure codes).
• Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Mental Health Service Line Director (or designee) and facility Director.

• Participates in hospital and or Mental Health Service Line committee membership, and/or ongoing special project assignments.

The GS-8 level (Full Performance Level) is the full performance level for this assignment. The Full Performance Health Technician(Ophthalmology) performs a range of standard, but complex, diagnostic procedures, assists during clinic-based surgical procedures, educates patients and legal representatives, assists with the education of medical students and residents.

Work Schedule: Full-Time TBD by service
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

General Description of Assigned Duties

Delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.


Functions of Scope of Assigned Duties:

The Nurse I, Level 1 Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal outpatient care. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of patient care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction. The focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction. Ability to formulate a plan of care based on nursing assessments. Seeks guidance on how to improve care provided to patients and families. Delegates elements of care to the appropriate individual based upon assessed needs, condition, and safety of the patient. The nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.

Primary duties for the Dermatology/Sleep Clinic Staff Nurse will include but are not limited to:

• Serves as a team leader, providing clinical guidance to licensed practical nurses and health technicians.
• Cross-trained to provide clinical triage support for all of the unit's clinics (i.e. - Dermatology, Sleep, Rheumatology), includes Face-to-Face, VVC, and Telephone Visits.
• Documents assessments and interventions by policy and practice standards.
• Assists with medication management, including administration and pyxis inventory.
• Participates in unit-level quality improvement activities such as projects, audits, etc.
• Completes daily, weekly, and monthy monitors as assigned.
• Mentors/precepts new staff and nursing students.
• Crisis intervention for unique population.
• Provide nurse-driven care through nurse visits, including nurse group visits.
• Provide care coordination to improve continuity, access, and quality of care.
• Provides patient/family health education with a focus on self-management, prevention, and wellness, based on the patient's personalized health plan/goals.
• Manages clinical triage, telephone and secure message triage, and scheduled and unscheduled patients.
• Executes nurse driven clinics for appropriate patient populations in order to support positive health outcomes for Veterans.
• Provides patient education and follow-up related sleep study results per Provider interpretations (Sleep)
• Assists with setting up Surgery and Biopsy (Dermatology) clinics.
• Completes post-surgical phone calls (Dermatology) within 2 business days, and documents results in patient's medical record.
• Other duties as assigned.

As a Budget Analyst you will:

• Perform complex budget development, formulation and/or execution functions for substantive agency programs or administrative budget areas.
• Monitor, review and reconcile commitments, obligations, reimbursable orders, etc.
• Work with managers and program specialists in the development of annual work plans and schedules for the execution of approved budgets.
• Review, analyze, and interpret existing and proposed legislation, appropriation language, executive orders, and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) circulars and bulletins.
• Provide expert advice and recommendations for budgetary actions.
• Develop cost-benefit analysis of proposed budgetary and program actions and advise agency officials and program managers of most advantageous courses of action.

Serves as the facilitator and interpreter of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) policies and procedures, as well as related management functions for the institutions located in the region, as well as the Regional office.

Assists in formulating, analyzing and revising the annual salaries and expense regional budget totaling in excess of $500 million.

Keeps the Regional Comptroller totally informed as to the financial condition of the entire region through the monitoring of recurring financial reports for the institutions in this region as well as the Regional Office.

Functions as a senior regional technical advisor on a wide variety of issues requiring extensive analysis.

Performs regional reviews (i.e., unannounced cash verifications) and provide technical assistance in the financial management area.

Responsible for identifying issues and recommending corrective actions, communicating with top management of the facility about problems detected and/or corrected, and reporting to the Regional Comptroller.

Responsible for interpretation and implementation of regulations and directives by the Bureau of Prisons, Department of Justice, Office of Personnel Management, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, General Services Administration, and other government agencies.

General Description of Assigned Duties:

Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice while providing care to clients. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties:

The Emergency Department (ED) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients. They delegate and oversee basic nursing care of licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel and having responsibility of work delegation. The nurse will assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization. Nurse is able to conduct patient centered rounding utilizing the SBAR Tool and all transition of care. Practice includes directing other providers. Partners with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team to promote effective and safe transitions across the health care continuum. Plans and delivers technically competent care t patients. Ability to recognize abnormal signs and symptoms and changes in patients conditions and respond appropriately. Provides urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions. Nursing care ranges from basic nursing care to stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support measures. Ability to formulate a plan of care based on nursing assessments. Documentation is consistent, accurate, concise and timely. The nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.

The ED RN is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing care. Organizes and completes own assignments in a safe and timely manner, and assisting team members as necessary. They assess the patient by collecting pertinent data or information, including the triage of patients based on the five-level triage system to prioritize patients that require more immediate care. They use the assessment data to determine diagnoses, problems, or other concerns. They will identify expected outcomes to develop a collaborative and individualized plan for each patient. Demonstrates grade-appropriate and consistent critical thinking skills. The ED RN will implement that plan, including care coordination, health teaching, and health promotion. They evaluate the progress toward achieving the expected goal and outcomes and adjusts the plan as necessary. Treats self and others with loving kindness and compassion.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

VA Nurse Total Rewards

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; Night Shift: 7:30pm - 8:00am with rotating weekends (subject to change based on agency needs)
*72/80 after 90 days in position with satisfactory progress*
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive(s): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

As a Lead Epidemiologist, you will:

• Lead the team in identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization.
• Serve as the recognized expert in epidemiology for the agency with responsibility for developing policy and objectives, appraising programs, and initiating requirements for epidemiological studies.
• Oversee contracts, grants, awards, or cooperative agreements with full responsibility for carrying out all required monitoring and management duties.
• Design, plan, and initiate epidemiologic studies, surveys, and investigations.
• Serve as a national or internationally recognized consultant and expert on epidemiological issues on critical problems in the field of epidemiology.
• Serve as a project coordinator and recommend resources for epidemiologic projects.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• The outpatient MH RN is responsible for providing patient-centered and recovery-oriented care and maintaining self-awareness while caring for patients living with MH conditions.
• The MH RN facilitates care coordination, linking with the Inpatient MH Units to facilitate continuity of care, MH interdisciplinary treatment team huddles and meetings, warm hand-offs, and develops content as well as facilitates nurse-led psychoeducational groups.
• The MH RN uses therapeutic communication techniques, practices de-escalation techniques, utilizes recovery-oriented language, and provides Veterans, their family members, and/or significant others with education regarding their illness, medications, and treatment plan.
• The MH RN reports and assists and/or directs safety concern resolution and collaborates with program leadership to help improve patient and program outcomes; and directs team response to psychiatric and medical emergencies.
• The MH RN executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.
• The MH RN documents nursing triage assessments, risk screens, measurement-based care tools, clinical reminders, and patient plan of care according to facility policy.
• The MH RN maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient

As a Health Scientist, you will:

• Serve as senior scientific public health advisor and management coordinator of national and international scientific public health program activities.
• Serve on review committees, study groups, public health task groups, or comparable groups delegated responsibility for reviewing and developing public health policies, procedures and guidelines as they relate to programs.
• Participate in projects and program evaluations assuring that periodic Office reviews are accurate and timely.
• Supervise a small contingent of positions.

What will I do in this position if hired?

In this position, you will serve as an analyst and advisor to management on the evaluation of agency programs and resulting effectiveness issues. Typical assignments include:

• Performing in a staff capacity that supports the principal mission or line program(s) of the agency or organizational components.
• Providing line managers with objectively based information for making decisions on the administrative aspects of agency operations and the management of administrative processes.
• Planning, analyzing, and/or evaluating the effectiveness of line or operating programs.
• Providing advice to senior agency officials concerning conventional program review issues.

Promotion Potential: Future promotions will be dependent on your ability to perform the duties at a higher level, the continuing need for an employee assigned to the higher level, and administrative approval.

What else do I need to know?

At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters, and every employee at FEMA has a role in emergency management. Every FEMA employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

FEMA is committed to ensuring that its workforce reflects the diversity of the nation. At FEMA, our workforce includes the many identities, races, ethnicities, backgrounds, abilities, ages, cultures, and beliefs of the people we serve. To learn about FEMA's ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts, reasonable accommodation process, and the FEMA Core Values, please visit www.fema.gov.

• Develop and recommend new/improved work methods, organizational structure, and procedures that promote efficiency.
• Perform employee utilization reviews in the context of knowledge, skills, abilities, speed, volume, and quality requirements of the work processes.
• Plan, develop and conduct internal review studies of substantial technical complexity.
• Oversee execution of administrative activities.
• Develop statistical and narrative data to justify work unit adjustments or position restructuring and a more productive or efficient use of personnel resources.
• Verify income data with the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration for benefits eligibility determinations.
• Ensure proper training resources are available to staff.
• Reassign employees to meet fluctuating workload.
• Realign priorities to support business requirements and operational objectives.
• Convey findings, problem areas, and corrective recommendations to management and staff.