Total 825 health beauty fitness job vacancies in Others category in SITE - Butterworth Hospital - 100 Michigan St - Grand Rapids

Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Tracking and reporting on Veterans who have attempted suicide or are at high risk for suicide
• Responding to referrals from the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) and self-referrals from other sources
• Ensuring that all VA staff members have received discipline-appropriate suicide prevention training (VA S.A.V.E. training or equivalent)
• Collaborating with community organizations and partners to increase awareness of suicide prevention best practices and providing training to individuals who have contact with Veterans
• Providing subject matter consultation to providers on available resources for suicidal individuals, as well as expertise and direction in the areas of system design to prevent deaths by suicide.
• Working with providers to ensure that monitoring and treatment is intensified for high-risk patients while making sure that those who are at elevated risk receive education and support about approaches to reduce risks
• Reporting to OMHSP on Veterans who attempted or died by suicide and sending OMHSP requested data, which is used to determine characteristics and risks associated with these groups of Veterans
• Ensure NWI follows prescribed practice related to the activation, management and deactivation of High Risk for Suicide Patient Record Flags (HRF-PRF).
• Implement facility suicide prevention strategies in accordance with VHA policies and clinical practice guidelines
• Use available online tools, training materials, and resources to enhance the care provided to Veterans and raise awareness among community stakeholders
• Assist, as needed, with clinical outreach contacts related to VCL consults, REACH VET outreach, flag reviews, post-discharge f/u or any other contacts necessary to meet clinical needs and program requirements.
• Document services rendered to support the accurate tracking of workload and productivity
• Professional knowledge of the principles and theoretical concepts of counseling and social work, as well as the administrative mechanism and processes appropriate to the assignment.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to provide direct care to suicidal and/or mental health patients, as well as ability to provide patient/staff education.
• Ability to select the pertinent techniques for data collection and identify aspects of successful program operations that can be used for improving this and similar programs, including the ability to utilize a variety of fact-finding techniques.
• Thorough knowledge of the program objectives to ensure that actions taken are appropriate.
• The incumbent participates in training activities and scheduled conference calls as required by OMHSP. In addition, the incumbent may have contact with staff at VISN 23 who provides training, education, mentoring, and technical assistance. Other applicable guidelines include treatment plans, tour reports, procedural manuals, VHA and medical center regulations, treatment program policies, treatment manuals, and accepted clinical practice.
• The incumbent uses judgement in meeting patient needs by selecting and adapting various therapies in accordance with the guidelines. Significant deviations from the guidelines are referred to the supervisor. The incumbent is responsible for maintaining case records in a manner consistent with medical center, JCAHO, and other applicable standards.
• Facilitate/participate in community outreach events which provide information, education and awareness of suicide prevention efforts and resources.
• Disseminate resources such as literature and other mediums within VA facilities and to external shareholders as needed/requested.

***THIS IS A TITLE 5 EXCEPTED NATIONAL GUARD POSITION***

This position is located within the Safety Office at an Air National Guard unit. The primary purpose of this position is to manage the ground safety program for the installation involving diverse group industrial safety and occupational activities and provide advisory safety services to tenant organizations. The incumbent advises command staff and operating officials on safety requirements, standards and procedures. The organizational goals or objectives of this position are to ensure the safety program is upheld by providing advisory safety service, guidance and direction to base personnel. The incumbent will work closely with the Chief of Safety.

1. Performs recurring assignments to control or eliminate unsafe physical conditions, equipment and machine hazards, and risks in human performance that may cause injury to persons or damage to property. Performs periodic inspections and evaluations of assigned unit to determine compliance with appropriate occupational safety and health regulations.

2. Conducts formal investigations of reportable and non-reportable mishaps of a recurring nature involving personal injury accidents, property damage, or occupational illnesses within the assigned functional area. Obtains statements from witnesses, photographs mishap scene, records circumstances of mishap and extent of injuries, estimates cost of property damage, and prepares a formal report of findings with proposed recommendations and abatement dates to correct the unsafe acts/conditions.

3. Reviews and recommends revisions to standard local safety instructions and guides that are relevant to current or planned contractor operations and base employees. Evaluates specific safety standards adopted by national safety associations, societies, or institutes; publications on work processes; and current industrial problems and makes recommendations as to local application related to specific work operations of assigned functional areas.

4. Reviews plans and specifications for minor construction, building alterations, and/or changes in installation equipment, to ensure compliance with safety codes and standards. Attends pre-construction conferences to brief contractor on safety requirements outlined on standardized checklists.

5. Provides technical safety training and instruction on specific safety procedures to supervisors, employees, and/or unit safety representatives on such areas as traffic safety techniques, proper storage of hazardous materials, common laboratory hazards, and building evacuation procedures. Uses a wide variety of formal training materials, such as outlines, handouts, publications, films, exhibits, protective devices, and visual aids to provide and/or reinforce information related to safe work practices, accident prevention techniques, and mishap reporting requirements.

• Directs the administrative and clinical aspects of the Workplace Violence Prevention Program across the WCHCS System.
• Coordinates interdisciplinary staffing by Chairing the Disruptive Behavior Committee (DBC), Employee Threat Assessment Team (ETAT), Workplace Behavioral Risk Assessment (WBRA) team and oversees Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior (PMDB).
• Coordinates the inter/multidisciplinary Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams including the DBC and the ETAT.
• Demonstrates experience in leading diverse and interdisciplinary teams.
• Forms and maintains a cohesive team of staff from a variety of disciplines and supervisory chains of authority to ensure targeted and evidence-based efforts to promote the safety of beneficiaries and personnel of the WCHCS.
• Maintains a close partnership with the national WVPP.
• Aligns local program implementation with national best practice guidelines.
• Seeks national guidance regarding disruptive individuals in the workplace, behavior risk and threat management recommendations, and strategies to promote a culture of safety in VHA.
• Maintains a close working relationship with community partners in public safety and organizational safety.
• Provides the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; and selection of staff, training, and recommendation of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary action.
• Conducts all required Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE).
• Provides regular clinical supervision to team.
• Establishes and clearly communicate guidelines and performance expectations for the WVPP members.
  • Provides quarterly updates to the Clinical Executive Board and submit WVPP-related work products directly to the Chief of Staff and/or Facility Director.
• Utilizes knowledge of community resources, makes referrals to the community and other government agencies as appropriate, and coordinates services.
• Conducts psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds.
• Manages practices and oversees the day-to-day business of the inter/multidisciplinary committees that reviews incidents of Patient-Generated Disruptive Behaviors, Visitor-Generated Disruptive Behaviors, and Employee-Generated Disruptive Behaviors.
• Conducts and delegates behavioral threat assessments to inform recommendations for individualized risk management strategies; consulting with VA Providers, clinical staff and DBC and ETAT members; informing and providing risk relevant clinical interventions in cases of disruptive or violent behavior history; providing and overseeing education to staff; providing timely and accurate responses to action items and recommendations made by the DBC and ETAT.
• Ensures ongoing training of team members in evidence- based threat assessment and threat management practice. The Program Coordinator collaborates with leadership to ensure facility policies are compliant with The Joint Commission, Office of Inspector General, and OSHA requirements regarding workplace violence prevention training.

• Directs the administrative and clinical aspects of the Workplace Violence Prevention Program across the WCHCS System.
• Coordinates interdisciplinary staffing by Chairing the Disruptive Behavior Committee (DBC), Employee Threat Assessment Team (ETAT), Workplace Behavioral Risk Assessment (WBRA) team and oversees Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior (PMDB).
• Coordinates the inter/multidisciplinary Behavioral Threat Assessment Teams including the DBC and the ETAT.
• Demonstrates experience in leading diverse and interdisciplinary teams.
• Forms and maintains a cohesive team of staff from a variety of disciplines and
  supervisory chains of authority to ensure targeted and evidence-based efforts to promote the safety of beneficiaries and personnel of the WCHCS.
• Maintains a close partnership with the national WVPP.
• Aligns local program implementation with national best practice guidelines.
• Seeks national guidance regarding disruptive individuals in the workplace, behavior risk and threat management recommendations, and strategies to promote a culture of safety in VHA.
• Maintains a close working relationship with community partners in public safety and organizational safety.
• Provides the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; and selection of staff, training, and recommendation of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary action.
• Conducts all required Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE).
• Provides regular clinical supervision to team.
• Establishes and clearly communicate guidelines and performance expectations for the WVPP members.
• Provides quarterly updates to the Clinical Executive Board and submit WVPP-related work products directly to the Chief of Staff and/or Facility Director.
• Utilizes knowledge of community resources, makes referrals to the community and other government agencies as appropriate, and coordinates services.
• Conducts psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds.
• Manages practices and oversees the day-to-day business of the inter/multidisciplinary committees that reviews incidents of Patient-Generated Disruptive Behaviors, Visitor-Generated Disruptive Behaviors, and Employee-Generated Disruptive Behaviors.
• Conducts and delegates behavioral threat assessments to inform recommendations for individualized risk management strategies; consulting with VA Providers, clinical staff and DBC and ETAT members; informing and providing risk relevant clinical interventions in cases of disruptive or violent behavior history; providing and overseeing education to staff; providing timely and accurate responses to action items and recommendations made by the DBC and ETAT.
• Ensures ongoing training of team members in evidence- based threat assessment and threat management practice. The Program Coordinator collaborates with leadership to ensure facility policies are compliant with The Joint Commission, Office of Inspector General, and OSHA requirements regarding workplace violence prevention
  training.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Functions as a professional and technical advisor to clinical staff, other allied healthcare professionals, program directors and managers throughout the medical center/facility.
• Oversight over HR staffing, employee relations and labor relations in Food Service Operations.
• Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.
• Establishes a training plan for the food operations section.
• Develops and leads food operations.
• Establishes strategic goals and ensures priorities align with the strategic plan of the NFS department, VISN and national programs.
• Leads the continuous quality improvement effort in Food Service Operations.
• Identify and prioritizes problems, sets long and short-term goals, develop action plans and analyze data to evaluate progress to improve outcomes.
• Develop and update policies and procedures and establish and oversee a system for regulatory compliance. Coordinate food service operation policies and procedures with clinical nutrition management, nursing and other services, as applicable.
• Manage the budget and other resources, anticipating future trends and inflation, new service opportunities, recommendations for growth, efficiencies and strategic efforts are factored into resource requests and brought to the Chief.
• Direct staff in management of contracts, subsistence, supply purchasing for NFS and submits reports to the NFS Chief.
• Solicits support and/or negotiates with facility managers to influence decisions to support food operations section success.
• Works closely with the Supervisory Dietitians to support the department, cover the work within NFS and execute the activities of the department.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Peer Specialist functions as an interdisciplinary team member, assisting professional and non-professional personnel as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team. 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, as well as helping veterans 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. This position will serve as a community-based peer specialist within the local VA facility catchment area. The working environment may include providing peer support services in places such as Veterans' homes, prisons, jails, treatment courts, shelters, tent encampments, street outreach, etc.
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.
• Position requires operation of a motor vehicle or access to public transportation to perform assigned duties.
• Accompanies Veterans to appointments as needed, whether medical, housing, or other treatment plan goal appointments, either through agency vehicle or public transportation.
• Assists Veterans to identify resources and problem solve how to overcome barriers so that the Veterans can independently address transportation and other personal needs.
• Subsequent background checks may be required if treating Veterans in an institutional setting
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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Major duties of this position include but are not limited to:
Functioning as the coordinator of care for Veterans at suicide risk receiving care through the Battle Creek VAMC healthcare delivery system including its Outpatient Clinics. The SPC also serves as an advisor to the Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health, Mental Health Service Chiefs, facility leadership, program managers and other medical center staff concerning suicide prevention strategies for individual patients, for the facility and for the Veteran community as a whole in conjunction with the SPCs at the Wyoming Health Care Center and Battle Creek VAMC, and other members of the Suicide Prevention Team.

Specific functions of the SPC include, among others, identifying Veterans at risk for suicide, tracking appointments and coordinating enhanced care as needed, educating providers, Veterans, families, and members of the community about risk factors and warning signs for suicide, and identifying treatment options. This is accomplished through:

• Tracking all suicide attempts and patients with serious suicide ideation at each facility through the use of the "Suicide Behavior Report" progress note. The coordinator will implement the use of this template at each facility and be placed as a co-signer or additional signer on the template in order to be made aware of all attempts and patients with serious ideation.
• Ensuring that Suicide Behavior Flags are posted on the charts of relevant Veterans and monitoring the need for continued flagging.
• Assuring that all Veterans on the facility tracking list are being followed closely by the appropriate provider on a regular basis as determined by the coordinator and the provider.
• Tracking any no-show appointments by these patients and following up with the patient as soon as possible to reschedule the appointment.
• Following up with Veterans who have contacted the Veterans Crisis Line.
• Maintaining required databases and reports per the National Suicide Prevention Program.
• Preparing Heads Ups and Issue Briefs as needed.
• Monitoring and maintaining the REACH Vet database and the clinical care required.
• Monthly contact with Veterans deemed at high risk for suicide as defined by national guidelines and with those Veterans who remain actively on the high-risk list.
• Monitoring the completion of the treatment plan, safety plan, and means reduction for those patients who have been identified to potentially pose an increased risk for future suicidal behavior.
• Disseminating, organizing, and, where possible, conducting evidence-based and promising, emerging interventions.
• Maintaining awareness of suicide treatment options and making recommendations to the patient's provider when new options become available.
• Obtaining any relevant HIPAA clearances to allow transmittal of facility data on suicide attempts and individuals at risk to the Suicide Prevention Center of Excellence for trending and quality assurance purposes; and transmitting the data following cyber security requirements as applicable for this sensitive data.
• Assuring that all of these patients have a 24-hour resource number including the VCL to call and ways to get assistance if an immediate crisis should occur.
• Establishing an on-going Gatekeeper Training program with non-clinical frontline staff such as clerks and telephone operators to assure that they are aware of options for patients with whom they come in contact during crisis situations.
• Working with community resources such as VSO's and other community groups to assure that they are aware of how to recognize Veterans at risk for suicide and their options for getting these Veterans assistance.
• Developing and implementing an ongoing education plan for providers, Veterans, families, and members of the community on risk factors and warning signs for suicide, and treatment options.
• SPCs will participate in training activities and scheduled conference calls as required by the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (OMHSP)
• Performs other related duties as assigned

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• The incumbent must also possess a current National Registry or State of Michigan Paramedic level certification is also required upon hire.
• The incumbent must be certified according to the VHA Directive 7718 as a Firefighter II upon hire.
• The incumbent must also possess certifications as a Pumper Driver/Operator upon hire.
• The incumbent must also possess Fire Inspector II within 24 months of employment.
• The Firefighter (Paramedic) works a 48-hour tour of duty which averages to 72 hours per week to accomplish the goals and mission of the Medical Center. The Firefighter will occasionally work overtime for staffing purposes.
• The Firefighter (Paramedic) responds to all Medical Center emergencies, performs such firefighting duties as determining the nature and extent of the fire, the appropriate action required, laying, and disconnecting hoses, directing fire streams, operating firefighting equipment, ventilation of burning buildings, performing evacuations and rescues, administering appropriate emergency treatments, etc.
• Drives and operates the two fire engines and other emergency vehicles to the scene of the emergency, following predetermined routes or selecting an alternate route when necessary. The incumbent positions the apparatus considering such factors as wind direction, sources of water and hazards from falling structures.
• Operates pumps, foam generators, nozzles, and other similar firefighting equipment. Determines proper pressures for the distances to be pumped and the number of lines being used. Applies principles of hydraulics as they pertain to water flow friction and friction loss. Maintains a constant awareness of water levels in self-contained tanks and warns handline and rescue personnel when tanks are close to running dry.
• Performs checks, tests, and maintenance on fire department vehicles and equipment, and troubleshoots and corrects problems during actual operations.
• Responds to all structural alarms and medical emergencies at the Battle Creek VAMC and at times, provides medical and fire protection as a member of the Calhoun County Mutual Aid Agreement.
• Transports patients to off station hospitals, hospitals, care facilities, residences and appointments, providing both Advanced Life Support (ALS) or Basic Life Support (BLS) care and treatment.
• Provides non-invasive procedures following approved state and federal ALS level protocols in support of the attending Medical Center Physician.
• Performs routine maintenance and/or inspection of fire extinguishers, tools, firefighting equipment, fixed fire protection equipment, and other related items.
• Informs the Fire Section Supervisors of any lost or damaged equipment and any mechanical failure or maintenance work required on vehicles or equipment.
• As required, the incumbent shall assist in training new Medical Center firefighters to ensure they are familiarized with the fire apparatus and the medical center's buildings, etc.
• Manage medical emergencies related to respiratory, cardiac, diabetic, cold/heat related, and all other Advanced Life Support (ALS) functions.
• Manage trauma related emergencies, such as falls, cuts, broken/fractured extremities, head, and back injuries.
• Operate firefighting and ambulance emergency vehicles.
• Properly document patient care reports and other fire related documents.
• Operate as a member of hazardous materials response team.
• Operate as a member of a confined space rescue team.
• Understand aspects of a firefighting and rescue team.
• Safely remove occupants trapped inside elevators.

Major Duties Include, but are not limited to the following:
The Nursing Assistant provides direct patient/resident care in a variety of settings, including acute care units, acute mental health unit, community living center. Care includes assisting with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), such as bathing, dressing, eating and mobility. Operates a variety of equipment including, but not limited to, wheelchairs, stretchers, vital sign machines, bladder scanners, lifts and oxygen. Assists with procedures using proper technique. Transports patients using safe technique. Completes thorough, timely and accurate documentation of care provided. Must be able to recognize and react to acute changes or emergent patient conditions such as bleeding, abnormal vital signs and behavior crisis. Duties if this position include but are not limited to :

• Assists in the care and treatment of patients receiving medical, surgical, or mental health treatment. Observes and reports changes in patient behavior, attitude, and appearance, such as patients' color, vital signs, wound/skin condition, and reaction to/results of treatment.
• Assists in the performance of treatment by performing duties such as the taking/monitoring, recording, and reporting of vital signs, height, weight, patient concerns/symptoms, and less obvious changes in patients' condition. Assists with treatment and diagnostic procedures by preparing and positioning the patient, obtaining supplies/equipment, reassuring the patient, cleaning up following the procedure, documenting/reporting concerning the procedure, and conducting post-procedure checks on the patient as directed by the RN.
• Provides care to patients experiencing extremes of behavior, including those who are severely depressed, agitated, and/or acting out and those patients with complex medical conditions. The care provided frequently involves setting up/working around various types of medical equipment and the use of medical supplies.
• Recognizes emergency situations and appropriately intervenes while awaiting assistance

Major Duties Include but are not limited too:

• Serves as the Medical Center's Green Environmental Management Systems (GEMS) Manager leading in developing and implementing a viable GEMS (ISO) program at the Medical Center, its four VA Clinics (located in Colorado and Utah) three additional leased facilities and one Community Living Center.
• Meets with top management regarding administrative matters on behalf of the Service chief and Section Chiefs regarding GEMS program.
• Oversees a variety of administrative programs, including the distribution and dissemination of incoming mail, internal controls, records management, publication and forms management, and timesheets.
• Directs administrative support services to ensure that inquiries, correspondence, and actions
  for the area of responsibility are addressed appropriately.
• Serves as primary interface with Federal and State of Colorado and City/County of Grand Junction environmental regulators on all environmental compliance and management issues and topics and permits at the Medical facility.
• Assures that all the Environmental Memorandums and procedures are current and applicable, including annual safety plans and review, environmental plans and Medical Center Memorandums and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Reviews and evaluates completed staff actions (memos, reports, studies, fact sheets, information papers) for overall quality of the document, appropriate levels of coordination, consistency, logic, soundness of recommendations, and compliance with policy.
• Contacts the originating office to recommend changes, etc. before documents are forwarded to higher levels.
• Implements administrative policies and procedures for facility-wide areas of responsibility.
• Proposes improvements to administrative directives and policies.
• Provides advice and guidance on the interpretation and application of administrative directives and instructions. Analyzes management plans to determine the impact on administrative processes.
• Performs various duties to assess work practices and evaluate environmental conditions or stresses for hazards to the health and safety of workers, including recommending and working to implement preventative measures or controls.
• Employs sound and effective communication and interpersonal skills for foster teamwork and employee morale and to facilitate problem and conflict resolution.
• Leads in planning, organizing and implementing and providing technical assistance for projects to resolve environmental problems.
• Provides technical expertise as the GEMS Program Manager for the design, modification, operation, and maintenance of Western Colorado Health Care System (WCHCS)facilities and infrastructure to ensure compliance with environmental regulations.
• Conducts monthly and quarterly environmental and industrial health committee meetings within National and WCHCS standards.
• Identifies developmental training needs of employees and develops strategies to meet the environmental needs.
• Coordinates with the Medical Center Education staff to assure environmental educational needs are identified and provided and the Mandatory training requirements are completed.
• The incumbent is responsible for knowledge in tracking, trending and analyzing administrative processes, methods, techniques, to evaluate issues concerning efficiency and effectiveness of service administration.
• Gathers data and performs analysis and interprets policy and procedural information in order to give advice and guidance and make decisions or recommendations on management and technical issues involving personnel, resources and /or systems.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides developmental vocational rehabilitation services to Veterans with a wide array of psychiatric and physical disabilities and psychosocial conditions that present a myriad of barriers, to achieve competitive employment and educational and independent living goals.
• Serves as a consultant to an interdisciplinary treatment team or other clinical staff as it relates to the Veteran's vocational rehabilitation needs. Communicates appropriately with community health care professionals to provide useful input to other team members and employers concerning the Veteran.
• Ensures fidelity to evidence-based and evidence-informed vocational and professional counseling practices. Evaluates Veteran's abilities and disabilities; monitors and records Veteran's progress to ensure goals and objectives are met.
• Conducts biopsychosocial assessments using medical records, pertinent disability documentation, and observation. Incorporates interviews into the assessment with the Veterans and their support systems to generate personal, vocational, and educational histories.
• Synthesizes the information to develop case conceptualization and make clinical recommendations to facilitate treatment planning and provision.
• Selects, administers, and interprets psychometric assessments and vocational instruments to evaluate abilities, transferrable skills, aptitudes, interests, values, preferences, and overall work resilience. Customizes vocational exploration activities, including informational interviews and labor market research, to identify self-determined rehabilitation needs and goals.
• Determines clinical need for and capacity to benefit from therapeutic and rehabilitation services. Vocational programming benefits may include work restoration/resilience treatment, transitional work placement and compensation, financial benefits counseling, potential benefits protections, supported employment, and assistive technology.
• Develops patient-centered treatment plans, using Specific, Measurable, Agreed upon, Realistic, and Time-based (SMART) goals, and provides regular, ongoing assessment of Veteran's progress. Complete clinical charting and participate in professional peer reviews.
• Provides job development, job placement, job coaching, job accommodation, adaptation, retention, and education services to both Veterans with disabilities and for those employers who employ these Veterans. Conducts a job analysis to identify essential functions and develop reasonable accommodations.
• Promotes employment programs to community employers to establish relationships that will result in providing work opportunities for Veterans with significant behavioral, physical, emotional and/or cognitive impairments.
• Facilitates job placement for Veterans by teaching valuable job search skills, resume/application development, interview skills and basic computer skills. Coordinate job search clubs for Veterans to improve in self-directed job search activities.
• Procures and manages transitional work agreements from community, state, and federal agencies. Monitors worksite compliance with agreements to ensure Veterans are appropriately trained and evaluated consistent with industry standards.
• Devises solutions to reduce and/or eliminate barriers and meet Veterans' placement needs which may require substantial modification to environmental or functional demands within a work setting.
• Provides psychoeducational and/or psychotherapeutic groups to facilitate effective job search skills, employer-desired soft skills, work and life skills fostering independence and recovery.
• Provides disability education and program-specific training to staff and stakeholders. Communicates appropriately with community health care professionals to provide useful input to other team members and employers concerning the Veteran and the family's psychosocial needs.
• Provides vocational rehabilitation counseling services within various settings of the medical center and/or community.

The Housekeeping Aid (HKA) - Environmental Services (EVS) Technicians who maintain VA facilities for Veterans and their families are essential to the patient care experience at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A VA healthcare career as a HKA-EVS Technician means working alongside other Veterans, who make up 85 percent of the housekeeping staff.

As a HKA-EVS Technician, you will perform a full range of light and heavy cleaning duties and routine housekeeping duties. Veterans rely on the skills of these professionals to keep patient areas clean and safe by addressing spills quickly, discarding trash, installing light bulbs in halls and rooms, and vacuuming and polishing floors.

Duties include cleaning wards, patient rooms, storerooms, offices, corridorscorridors, restrooms, shower rooms, and other areas. HKA-EVS Technicians sweep, mop, scrub (machine) floors, vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture, empty waste baskets, clean light globes and Venetian blinds, wash walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders, refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture. HKA-EVS Technicians carry out assignments with minimal supervision.

HKA-EVS Technicians sweep, mop, scrub (machine) floors, vacuum carpets and upholstered furniture, empty waste baskets, clean light globes and Venetian blinds, wash walls, windows and ceilings by climbing small ladders, refill toilet tissue and towel dispensers and move furniture. HKA-EVS Technicians carry out assignments with minimal supervision.

Work Schedule: Multiple Shifts to be discussed at interview.
Position Description Title/PD#: Housekeeping Aid/PD01630A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Dietitian (Clinical) duties include:

• Conducts comprehensive nutrition assessments using the Nutritional Care Process (NCP), including nutrition focused physical examinations, to establish a nutrition diagnosis and determine risk and/or degree of malnutrition.
• Develops and implements Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to address the nutrition diagnosis, evaluates and monitors the effectiveness and outcomes of MNT interventions. Modifies the plan as needed to achieve positive patient outcomes.
• Calculates nutrient requirements and necessary diet restrictions or food and drug interactions tailoring the diet prescription to each individual patient.
• Documents MNT in the medical record using the Assessment, Diagnosis, Intervention, Monitoring, Evaluation (ADIME) format.
• Functions independently and accurately when record keeping.
• Identifies patients in need of nutritional support and recommends the appropriate mode of support and communicates appropriately with the health care team.
• Actively participates in formal and informal interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Assesses educational needs and provides nutrition education/counseling for individuals and groups that is tailored to the Veteran(s).
• Utilizes virtual care technology to improve access to care.
• Maintains productivity standards.
• Maintains accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities and completes patient encounters using approved systems.
• Ensures continuous improvement of safe and quality care of Veterans.
• Leads activities in the implementation of new initiatives. Uses data in the development of measures, data evaluation, and initiation of corrective actions.
• Complies with The Joint Commission requirements and other accrediting agency standards to ensure safe and quality patient care.
• Collaborates with the Food Operations Section and department leadership to enhance the Veterans' dining experience, support patient satisfaction, and serve as a liaison between clinical units and the Food Operations Section.
• May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

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

Incumbent is a staff audiologist with lead program responsibilities and provide back-up administrative functions to the Supervisory Audiologist in his/her absence. The lead audiologist conducts a full range of audiological evaluations to determine the type and degree of hearing loss, determines patients' need for amplification, predicts and measures the effectiveness of amplification, and determines need for and type of rehabilitation and counseling of veterans with hearing loss and their families. In addition, the lead audiologist ensures that work assignments of the other members of a clinical team are carried out by performing a range of administrative duties.

• Serves as a clinical Audiology service provider.
• Uses knowledge of contemporary audiology practice;
• Exercises independent clinical judgment and adapts clinical procedures and techniques to accommodate age-specific and unique patient conditions, needs, and expectations.
• Consults with physicians and other health care practitioners related to diagnostic evaluation and treatment;
• Evaluates patients to determine nature, type, and severity of hearing and balance disorders using a full range of diagnostic tests and techniques, past, family, and social history, record review, and consultation with family and other health care practitioners;
• Ability to deal professionally with patients who present with inconsistent behavior, conflicting test results, and multiple handicaps that inhibit the utilization of normal audiologic test procedure;
• Plans, coordinates, and implements a full range of patient-focused treatment services designed to optimize function;
• Documents in the medical record: evaluates, diagnosis and clinical opinion, treatment plans, outcomes of treatment, changes in functional status, and patient/family education;
• Demonstrates competence in the operation and maintenance of diverse and specialized audiology equipment, including computer facilities and adjunct components;
• Organizes clinical data systematically for effective retrieval for clinic and investigational requirements;
• Responsible for analyzing problems that occur in the delivery of services, collection of related data and information, and implementing solutions and follow-up plans to assure that the actions were appropriate. These activities must be reported to the Audiology Supervisor and Service Chief;
• Attends interdisciplinary team meetings; participates with other health care practitioners to address the global needs of the patient, advises on diagnosis and treatment;
• Facilitates all hearing aid software updates throughout the Audiology clinic;
• Serves as Triage POC for Secure Messaging within the Audiology Clinics;
• Monitors/tracks monthly ROES reports on sales and pending certifications;
• Responsible for IOI-HA outcome data collection and reports;
• Develops/Maintains virtual care modalities for audiology services
• Point of Contact {POC) for audiology students with their respective university.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025 or until all positions are filled. Applications will be reviewed bi-weekly or as vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.

The following duties are required of the position; they include, but are not limited it:

• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including assessment and the most appropriate psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care.
• Performs psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population of patients of males, females, geriatric, and post deployment combat veterans who are mentally ill and have psychosocial issues that may include homelessness, unemployment, and poor family support network.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs in the Medical Center to which the psychiatrist is assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety, psychosis, PTSD, substance abuse, and other psychiatric disorders in various clinical settings including the outpatient, inpatient, emergency department, primary care/mental health integrated programs, and hospital ward settings.
• The Psychiatrist may serve as a mental health team leader with responsibilities for coordinating consults and triage of specialty clinic referrals.
• Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members which enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.
• Orders diagnostic tests and consultations and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
• Ensures that the practice of psychiatric medicine is consistent with Joint Commission, CARF, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice psychiatric guidelines, VISN standards, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, mandatory continuing education, and HIPPA policies.
• Participates in supervision and teaching in support of the psychiatric residency program, and performs other directly related duties as assigned.
• Involved in performance improvement and quality assurance initiatives.
• Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staff.
• Involved in the supervision and teaching of psychiatry residents and other trainees assigned to unit as appropriate.
• Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assist in implementation of treatment plan as appropriate regarding their patients.
• Is responsible for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center or healthcare system, as appropriate.
• Plans and oversees the completion of personal research programs, designed to provide information regarding program planning and relevant treatment approaches.
• Other duties as assigned