Total 7 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

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At the full performance level, the incumbent serves as the Health System Specialist for the Associate Director. He/She has authority over and responsibility for the daily operation of activities taking place within the Associate Directors Service Line and is accountable for consistency and standards of delivery within the service line. This includes guidance and oversight in the policy development, evaluation, improvement and oversight of financial regulations, fiscal requirements, established standards of healthcare delivery and management of healthcare concepts and practice. This position facilitates the active and complex interactions necessary for the smooth delivery of the many aspects of health care operations. The core duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• Identifies and resolves management issues within the service line.
• Participates in day-to-day policy making as well as in long-range planning and development of strategic plans, goals and objectives.
• Applies the specialized principles and practices of healthcare management in directing or supporting a health care system.
• Provides full staff assistance on administrative matters affecting operation of a VA medical center or health care system.
• Advises on matters related to planning, development, direction and evaluation.
• Serves as a key member of the leadership team and participates in executive leadership discussions, decisions, and policy development.
• Provides program direction to other managers at the facility.
• Participates in the analysis and interpretation of workload and other data used in resource planning.
• Directs and assists leadership in management analyses and development of reports pertaining to program plans, development operations and assessment of any planning phase of the Healthcare System's activities.
• Formulates and develops management policies, standard operating procedures, protocols, and standard work.

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

The incumbent performs as a Supervisory Biomedical Engineer for the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program at the Kansas City VAMC, a large, 1b complexity medical center. The Kansas City VAMC has 157 beds and 8 CBOCs serving more than 50,000 veterans. The facility is supported by $47million inventory of medical equipment. HTM Service oversees all medical equipment systems.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Knowledge of the management of overall department resources, i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, and staffing at the local level.
• Draft and/or make recommendations to local policies and /or directives related to healthcare technology management.
• Sets priorities, responsibilities, meets multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems, delegate tasks, and develop and implement effective solutions.
• Supporting an equipment management program that meets current Joint Commission, FDA, CAP, CARF, NFPA, and VA requirements.
• Develop and implement solutions resulting in efficient operations and use data efficiently to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity.
• Continuing education program for clinical staff addressing the principles and application of medical instrumentation used in the delivery of healthcare. Effectively communicate, both orally and in writing, with a wide variety of individuals, including technical and professional clinical staff, to communicate technical information
• Leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, within and outside of biomedical engineering to include conflict management, dispute resolution, mediation, or reasonable accommodations.
• Advising clinical and administrative staff on medical engineering technology including existing and emerging technology addressing viability, long-term suitability, compatibility, and/or safety while keeping abreast of changes in technology and utilizing information gained in the solution of biomedical engineering problems.
• Assisting with capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment.
• Functioning as a subject matter expert in the field of biomedical engineering who directly supports specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance at a medical center.
• Knowledge of basic project management principles, as applied to the healthcare setting and medical equipment, and information system implementation
• Provides support to VISN and National Initiatives. At the facility level, employees must have notable ongoing responsibilities as assigned by the VISN, and/or Healthcare Technology Management Program Office.
• Managing a recall and safety alert program for medical devices, including medical device incident investigations to assure compliance with patient safety goals, SMDA, and Joint Commission requirements.

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

The incumbent performs as a Supervisory Biomedical Engineer for the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program at the Kansas City VAMC, a large, 1b complexity medical center. The Kansas City VAMC has 157 beds and 8 CBOCs serving more than 50,000 veterans. The facility is supported by $47million inventory of medical equipment. HTM Service oversees all medical equipment systems.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Knowledge of the management of overall department resources, i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, and staffing at the local level.
• Draft and/or make recommendations to local policies and /or directives related to healthcare technology management.
• Sets priorities, responsibilities, meets multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems, delegate tasks, and develop and implement effective solutions.
• Supporting an equipment management program that meets current Joint Commission, FDA, CAP, CARF, NFPA, and VA requirements
• Develop and implement solutions resulting in efficient operations and use data efficiently to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity.
• Continuing education program for clinical staff addressing the principles and application of medical instrumentation used in the delivery of healthcare. Effectively communicate, both orally and in writing, with a wide variety of individuals, including technical and professional clinical staff, to communicate technical information
• Leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, within and outside of biomedical engineering to include conflict management, dispute resolution, mediation, or reasonable accommodations.
• Advising clinical and administrative staff on medical engineering technology including existing and emerging technology addressing viability, long-term suitability, compatibility, and/or safety while keeping abreast of changes in technology and utilizing information gained in the solution of biomedical engineering problems.
• Assisting with capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment.
• Functioning as a subject matter expert in the field of biomedical engineering who directly supports specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance at a medical center.
• Knowledge of basic project management principles, as applied to the healthcare setting and medical equipment, and information system implementation
• Provides support to VISN and National Initiatives. At the facility level, employees must have notable ongoing responsibilities as assigned by the VISN, and/or Healthcare Technology Management Program Office.
• Managing a recall and safety alert program for medical devices, including medical device incident investigations to assure compliance with patient safety goals, SMDA, and Joint Commission requirements.

As the Supervisory Chief Healthcare Engineer, the incumbent's duties include, but are not limited to:

• The incumbent has full administrative and managerial responsibilities for planning, staffing, budgeting, developing, and effectively managing the total Engineering Program.
• The incumbent functions include, but are not limited to; all planning, design, and supervision of project renovation, modernization, and construction work; safety, industrial hygiene, and green environmental management services; fleet, energy conservations services; and all maintenance and repair of building, grounds, building service equipment, and utility systems.
• The incumbent is responsible for strengthening and enhancing Medical Center engineering and operations.
• The incumbent has final decision-making authority, responsibility, and accountability on issues affecting all of Engineering Service.
• The incumbent collaborates with operations and program managers to ensure integrated goals and priorities for Engineering Service are met.
• The Chief Engineer facilitates stakeholder understanding of clinic program desires and engineering, technical, facility, and infrastructure requirements and capabilities. This position is knowledgeable of, and plays an integral role in the accomplishment of, overall VISN and Medical Center goals, missions, and priorities to assure a positive impact on other programs and resources.
• The incumbent position develops and provides the Medical Center executive leadership and the clinical staff information on the methods, techniques, and procedures necessary to integrate these programs into the mission of the Medical Center.
• The incumbent provides professional and technical guidance and direction and review of assigned programs, including professional engineering work in several disciplines such as: civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, environmental engineering, and fire safety and safety engineering.
• The incumbent manages human resource functions such as performance, training and development, hiring, and firing.
• The incumbent determines organizational changes in key positions within the Service; ensures internal personnel-related programs are dealt with in a timely and efficient manner; communicates agency and local policies and priorities to all employees within the Engineering Service; delegates to each section supervisor the authority and responsibility to carry out assigned tasks; follows progress of each and recommends improvement to be made where warranted; ensures labor/management relations are maintained in accordance with Medical Center policy.
• The incumbent supports the VISN Capital and Energy Engineers in the administration of the programs. In this capacity he meets regularly with other Engineers from the VISN and VA Leadership from the Office of Capital Asset Management. The Chief Engineer provides an interface between the facility, the VISN, and VACO.
• The incumbent provides technical advice on a wide range of engineering issues, including the Strategic Capital Investment Plan, Capital Asset Inventory, Capital Asset Resource (CAPRES) Survey, Deferred Maintenance, management of an engineering department, and a myriad of engineering related topics. This position is also called upon to mentor newer engineers and help them learn the things they need to know to manage an engineering department.

As the resident expert in clinical informatics and health IT, the CHIO serves as the primary advisor to the Chief Medical Officer. He/she serves as a key leader and expert in the use of clinical informatics for the enhancement and support of health care to veterans and will represent VISN 9 on national committees and task forces and will ensure that the information and technology needs of VISN 9 are considered at the national level. The CHIO position requires the ability to mange the highest quality of health informatics and is responsible for providing oversight, coordination, and leadership in developing and managing the Network programs for health informatics and information management. The CHIO is expected to be a strong agent for change and must demonstrate an ability to understand the needs of his/her professional counterparts, for example, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, etc. In addition, the CHIO must demonstrate understanding of the Medical Center organizational structure and the role informatics plays within the organization. This person will lead multi-disciplinary clinical and technical teams in the evaluation, selection, and implementation of clinical information systems and assumes primary responsibility for clinical system design, implementation and optimization. On daily basis, she/he demonstrates a high level of analytical ability, critical decision making skills and an extensive knowledge of healthcare issues, with a focus on the science of integrating healthcare, technology, and clinical data. The CHIO serves as the key leader and expert in the use of clinical informatics.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Play key role in using the capability of the VA clinical information systems to assist practitioners in doing the right things for the right patients at the right time.
• Ensures adequate support to measurably improve the quality of data and the transfer of clinical information between providers.
• Ensure valid information is available to the patients and to their health care practitioner.
• Coordinates the use of electronic health record software packages for the provision of quality clinical care as well as the use of clinical decision support tools to streamline the process of patient care and provide accurate date in a timely manner. Rational therapeutics within the Medical Center are assisted by this process.
• Ensure the VHA EHR operates in a way that improves patient care, ensures patient safety, and meets the needs of providers through continuous evaluation, testing, and improvement of the system.
• Evaluate clinical computing systems; analyze and evaluate the effect of interventions on health outcomes.
• Enable healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the EHR to deliver quality care by developing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing informatics tools and access to them.
• Evaluate, document, analyze, prioritize, and recognize requirements for the improvement of the EHR and other systems in collaboration with the end-user.
• Expand and enhance patient access to patient information through the various initiatives, and further the effective and efficient use of medical information systems for patients.
• Contribute to the planning and execution of computer hardware/software development to meet patient care needs and ensure optimal computer use.
• Uses communication, education, and leadership to support comprehension of and adaptation to organizational updates; leveraging project management principles and environmental assessment to drive adoption of change.
• Ensure that all local, VISN and national informatics policies are implemented properly and in a timely manner.
• Supervise professional and non-professional staff to accomplish the work of the health informatics office.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30AM - 4:00PM

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Relocation Incentive: may be offered to highly qualified selectees.
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

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

The ADPCS is of an executive nature, comprised of complex leadership and administrative components associated with critical health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, health care, and policy. They are accountable to the Health Care System Medical Director and are an integral part of the senior leadership team.

• The ADPCS is a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and is the top executive within nursing services. The ADPCS will promote a healthy work environment for nursing through the implementation of shared decision making processes.
• The incumbent is the chief spokesperson for organized nursing services and is the catalyst for the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of optimal Veteran centered organizational goals.
• The ADPCS is a key leader in strategic planning, organization assessment, and program development with authority and responsibility to establish standards for the practice of nursing at the health care system level ensuring the continuous and timely availability of quality nursing services.
• The ADPCS is responsible for the practice of nursing 24/7. This includes all registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and allied health staff (LPNs, NAs, etc.) regardless of line authority.
• The ADPCS has line authority over the Deputy Associate Director, Patient Care Services (DADPCS), Sterile Processing Service (SPS), Chaplain Service, Education and Staff Development, Cancer Care, and Social Work Service (SWS). The incumbent exercises final authority and approval for the following: job descriptions, policies, and procedures; standards of patient care, treatment, and services; nursing practice standards; staffing plans; functional statements; and standards to measure, assess, and improve patient outcomes. Appropriately delegates activities to those service lines under the purview of the ADPCS.
• The ADPCS champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) founded on a collective mindfulness approach to develop evidence-based health care solutions that promote a culture of prevention and safety.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• The Chief of Surgical Services is responsible for the overall operation and supervision of the Surgical Service, including resident education, Medical Staff Leadership, quality improvement, maintenance of reusable medical equipment, and the provision of excellent Inpatient and Outpatient care.
• Administratively, he/she is responsible for making long-range plans for the continuing function and development of the surgical service and for the development of sound and carefully documented organizational plans and budgetary proposals for presentation to top management. He/she has the skill set to interact positively with the Medical Center's Executive Leadership Team to lead and promote surgical staff excellence, staff development, with experience in an academic setting.
• He/she represents the service on important Medical Center committees with influence on patient care, teaching, and closely monitors all other committees on which surgery and specialty care service has representation. Responsible for recruiting qualified physicians to perform comprehensive and specialized surgical patient care and teaching. He/she maintains an active role with the Quality Management and Improvement Service by actively participating in the multi-faceted Peer Review Board (PRB) and by facilitating any outside surgical peer reviews requested through the risk manager.
• He/she plays a pivotal interactive role with quality/outcome measurement systems that are in place as integrated improvement tools. He/she assures that data collection is accurate and verified and that the returned aggregated data elements are communicated to the appropriate process owners and providers.
• He/she is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with medical and surgical diseases, accomplished through ambulatory and bed-based resources assigned to the surgical service. Also actively participates in patient care by conducting patient clinics and operative procedures, through hospital rounds, morning reports, conferences, consultations, participation in ambulatory care and other similar activities.
• He/she participates in the ongoing professional development of all surgical resident physicians that intermittently work with affiliates under the Academic Affiliation Agreement. He/she ensures that educational experiences of surgery are of the quality and quantity expected by relevant accrediting bodies.
• He/she ensures and maintains positive customer relations with all contacts. Embraces and demonstrates VA's Core Values of Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence. This person is trustworthy, accessible, is committed to providing quality care, promoting an atmosphere of innovation, and efficiency. He/she is committed to continuously improving management systems and customer satisfaction to make this surgical service and facility an employer of choice.