Total 10 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

The major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenishes items as necessary.
• Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
• Uses general sanitation principles to safeguard food against spoilage and waste.
• Prevents contamination by cleaning equipment previously used for raw food.
• Prepares boxed/to go meals.
• Organizes work in a logical sequence.
• Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
• Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities.
• Prepares beverages according to the number of servings required.
• Read and interpret a regular or modified menu, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Ensuring compliance with record keeping requirements for VHA records.
• Independently develops and utilizes records management metrics, dashboards, audits, surveys, and other reports to identify potential issues related to the health care system records management program.
• Responsible for the maintenance of the master records inventory and file plan for the Health Care System.
• Conducts a program of regular internal records management reviews and audits records maintained by service lines to assist offices within the organization in maintaining appropriate records management procedures.
• Formulates and implements professional organizer techniques and strategies to streamline file system organizations across a wide range of storage environments.
• Provides ongoing general and/or program specific training to staff related to records management, ensuring all records liaisons are trained on the creation, maintenance, use, storage, and disposition of the records created within their area of responsibility.
• Educates end-users on how to utilize inventory file plan organizations using variety of inventory and file plan systems and meta data repositories.
• Collaborates with Office of General Counsel upon receipt of a litigation hold, and advises personnel in litigation hold procedures, ensuring litigation related records are safeguarded and available.
• Advises health care system personnel on the maintenance and/or disposition of documents not included in an approved Systems of Records and acts as a point of contact for management of unscheduled records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Nurse Women's Health (WH) Clinical Navigator assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care., plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate expert leadership, experience, and creative approaches in providing complex patient management.

• Provides patient management, care coordination, and disposition planning for Veterans, including but not limited to addressing mammography, cervical cancer screening, and/or bone density testing.
• Assists Veterans, family members, and caregivers with receiving the most appropriate options and services to meet their complex health care needs.
• Coordinates care with multiple providers across all levels and sites of care. Coordination also includes assuring services interface within the Veterans Affairs (VA) and community programs to provide continuity of care to Veterans.
• Provides oversight of the patient's journey through the diagnostic and treatment continuum, ensuring that all steps in the process are scheduled, timely and completed, while tracking the plan of care.
• Coordinates and facilitates, as needed, WH care including contacting the Veteran, facilitating appointments and authorizations, tracking receipt of test results and other medical documentation, and notifying providers of needed follow up care.
• The WH Clinical Navigator will interface with outside referral agencies and ensure that their business and clinical practices follow regulatory standards.
• Anticipates and implements preventive patient care measures.
• Provides guidance and education to patients and caregivers and collaborates with other professionals at all levels.
• Addresses psychosocial, as well as nursing and medical needs of patients and their families/caregivers, through participation with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Ensures the plan of care and educational requirements are individualized and tailored specifically to support each individual patient's needs.
• Reports status of service needs and contributes to problem resolution and modification of processes as necessary.
• Supports the WH Program and evaluates care and outcomes to ensure timely and appropriate provision of gender specific services.
• Advocates for holistic care through patient/family education and provider interaction and implements an educational plan to meet the patient care needs.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
• Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients.
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
• Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.
• Responsible for documenting broad and complex outcomes at the program or service level, that can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.

This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service of a Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Nutrition and Food Services is responsible for providing meals and nutritional care to Veteran patients at the Medical Center. The primary purpose of the Cook, WG-6, is to prepare nutritious, high quality meals for service to the Veterans. The position has a sequence of steps that require attention to work operations, sanitation and safety; work assignments may require knowledge and judgment. The work of this position is involved in the preparation of regular or special diet foods and meals. This includes cooking meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, and vegetables and making soups, gravies, sauces, desserts, and other foods. MAJOR DUTIES:

• Works independently to prepare and cook a variety of items including regular and therapeutic diet (diabetic, low sodium, low protein, gluten free, etc.) entrees and dessert items.
• Follows menus, production sheets and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed.
• Cooks hot cereals, concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, gravies.
• Grills eggs, hamburgers, meat patties, pancakes, French toast; makes cold sandwich fillings and assembles a variety of sandwiches.
• Uses a variety of methods to prepare meats, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling
• Slices meat items by hand confirming to specific size requirements or weight specifications.
• Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables; bakes frozen potatoes, pre-made cookie dough, muffin batters.
• Prepares and heats convenience items; prepares pureed foods and adjusts consistency with thickeners.
• Washes, peels and cuts fruits and vegetables by hand or machine. Assembles and mixes salad ingredients and dessert items including gelatin molds and fruit crisps.
• Plans cooking processes to produce complete meals on time and at the proper temperature which may require coordination of cooking several items with different cooking times.
• Attractively presents and garnishes food.
• Makes a variety of desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies and pastries.
• Washes, peels, chops, grinds, pares, cuts, slices, dices, purees, dredges, flours, breads items.
• Follows sanitary food handling procedures; covers, labels and dates food items; utilize or discard ingredients by expiration date.
• Disassembles and assembles component parts and accessories for cleaning.
• Cleans, stores and maintains all kitchen utensils, equipment and work areas.
• Cleans and sanitizes assigned work areas: worktables, sinks, blast chillers, racks, carts.
• Achieves certification in food safety such as ServSafe and is able to apply knowledge of food safety, food temperatures, etc.
• Operates dish machine; checks detergent level and water temperature before washing and sanitizing cook's equipment.
• Cleans ovens, combination oven/steamer, slicer, mixer, steam kettles, grill daily.
• Receives, rotates and stores perishable and non-perishable items according to service policies. Removes outdated or damaged goods from stock.
• Labels all food items with contents and dates per labeling guidelines.
• Weighs, measures, and assembles ingredients accurately and according to standardized recipes or requisitions.
• Monitor and maintain proper spacing of food products from floor, ceiling and shelving to ensure adequate air flow and spacing of products for optimal food safety.
• Monitor for signs of pest notifying the appropriate individual as determined by your local policy.
• Maintain accurate food inventories.
• Provides assistance to supervisor or higher grade worker in ordering food in accordance with daily and weekly menu requirements.
• Maintains strict security of all areas.
• Performs other related duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN7EDRPFacilityCoordinators2@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
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

The Urologist is an integral member of the Surgery Section medical staff. You are responsible for performing urological procedures on patients referred to the Surgery Service by Primary Care and Specialty providers.

• Performing initial histories and physical examinations on inpatients and outpatients.
• Providing ongoing outpatient and inpatient care for assigned patients.
• Screening outpatients to determine need for further care.
• Prescribing medications within defined scope of practice.
• Ordering diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests, x-rays, electrocardiograms (EKG's).
• Carrying out health promotion and disease prevention activities.
• Drawing blood specimens for testing and performing other comparable lab procedures as needed.
• Initiating and expediting requests for consultations and scheduling special tests and studies.
• Making interim summaries of the patient's medical record.
• Dictating history and physicals, admission notes, and discharge summaries.
• Dictating notes on procedures performed for which the Urologist is responsible through participating in the care of Veteran patients in the Operating Room.
• Mixing, starting and administrating IV solutions/medications.
• Assisting in continuing the endoscopic/surgical program for urology at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center.
• Providing consultative services in the Emergency Department.
• Sharing night call and weekends with other urologists.
• Providing education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Providing age-appropriate care for the adult and geriatric patient.
• Responsible for understanding the aging process and to modify treatment plans to accommodate the changes that occur with aging.
• Assisting with collateral duties within the surgery section.
• Conduct C&P urology exams.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of the central steam plant consisting of both water-tube and fire-tube (1) boilers with the capacity of producing 1,700 HP at 55,000 lb. of steam per hour.
• Changes flowcharts, and computes daily use of make-up water, steam production, fuel usage (both natural gas and diesel) and calculates heating and cooling degree days to validate efficient operation. Performs hourly inspection of equipment under load.
• Follows established procedures during the lighting of, operation, sequencing, and during all boiler procedures and testing.
• Completes annual inspections of both types of boilers.
• Inspects fire box for refractory ass and tube wear on the outside of tubes, baffles, piping, and tubes for wear and scaling.
• Operates and maintains all support equipment: deaerator tank, condensate tank, condensate pumps, feed water pumps, forced draft blowers, air compressors and fuel oil pumps.
• Performs operator-level preventive and corrective maintenance on chillers, cooling towers, fire-tube and water tube boilers, pumps, valves steam traps, valve actuators and damper linkages and other associated equipment.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the safe operation and maintenance of the central steam plant consisting of both water-tube and fire-tube (1) boilers with the capacity of producing 1,700 HP at 55,000 lb. of steam per hour.
• Changes flowcharts, and computes daily use of make-up water, steam production, fuel usage (both natural gas and diesel) and calculates heating and cooling degree days to validate efficient operation. Performs hourly inspection of equipment under load.
• Follows established procedures during the lighting of, operation, sequencing, and during all boiler procedures and testing.
• Completes annual inspections of both types of boilers.
• Inspects fire box for refractory ass and tube wear on the outside of tubes, baffles, piping, and tubes for wear and scaling.
• Operates and maintains all support equipment: deaerator tank, condensate tank, condensate pumps, feed water pumps, forced draft blowers, air compressors and fuel oil pumps.
• Performs operator-level preventive and corrective maintenance on chillers, cooling towers, fire-tube and water tube boilers, pumps, valves steam traps, valve actuators and damper linkages and other associated equipment.

Duties include, however not limited to:

• Supervises the daily operations of the SPS department, guiding technicians and ensuring that all tasks are completed accurately and on time.
• Coordinates the workflow, ensure that instruments are processed and returned to clinical department promptly.
• Oversees adherence to infection control and sterilization standards to ensure patient safety. They monitor compliance with regulations, SOPs, IFUs, AAMI standards and procedures to maintain high standards.
• Acts as a communication bridge between the SPS team, clinic staff, and hospital management, ensuring that everyone is informed about any issues, changes or updates in procedures.
• Assembles highly complex instrument sets including, but not limited to, open heart, major orthopedic total joint, cardiovascular, craniotomy and complex endoscopic instrumentation.
• Processes all complex endoscopic instrumentation to include those medical devices used in the gastroenterology laboratory, bronchoscopy laboratory, urology and operating room.
• Reviews manufacturer guidelines to ensure the correct methods and parameters are followed when cleaning, decontaminating and sterilizing RME.
• Troubleshoots and analyzes mechanical failures and makes necessary adjustments to complex decontamination and sterilization equipment, as well as interprets alarm conditions which may occur while operating the equipment.
• Informs management and healthcare staff when cleaning and processing standard operating procedures (SOPs) or instruction for use have been changed or updated to assure the changes have been validated to meet all guidelines.
• Other duties as assigned.

Major duties:

• The Nurse Manager's position is a critical position which will provide the management of all operations of Nursing Education Service Line.
• The NM is responsible and accountable for the direction and supervision of specific orientation, training, development of staff, and evaluation of individual staff performance.
• Responsible for overall supervision of all activities of Nursing Education Service Line.
• Functioning They function as a role model, educator, practitioner, and supervisor providing leadership to the team.
• Enhancing They enhance care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team to remove barriers and implement new evidence-based cutting-edge programs/processes.
• The Nurse Manager (NM) focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction. This nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.
• The NM is the designated first-line supervisory authority and is responsible and accountable for the operation of their assigned units and
  provides coverage for other NMs as needed.
• They function as a role model, educator, practitioner, and supervisor providing leadership to the team. They enhance care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team to remove barriers and implement new evidence-based cutting-edge programs/processes.
• Demonstrates the fundamental knowledge of the unit and is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of 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.
• Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and participating in process improvement initiatives.
• The NM seeks knowledge from professional organizations to enhance leadership and career growth.
• They adhere to ethical principles in decision-making, fostering accountability at personal, organizational, and staff levels.
• They equip staff with tools for culturally competent care and promotes a culture of accountability for high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.
• They cultivate alliances across the care continuum, building trust through active listening, engagement, and emotional intelligence.
• The NM participates in the development of care delivery models and environmental design, ensuring evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care.
• Ensures compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards.
• Aligns nursing/clinical objectives with organizational strategic outcomes, participating in strategy planning and execution.
• They promote an inclusive workplace valuing diversity to achieve the organizations vision and mission.
• The NM maintains knowledge and ensures compliance with all regulatory and accreditation standards, Directives, policies, and standard operating procedures (SOP).

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Providing oversight of the Women Veterans Program and working closely with the Women Veteran Medical Director to form the foundation of the women's health team at the facility level. Serving as Chair of the Women Veterans health Committee at the facility level.
• Providing expertise and guidance specific to women Veterans for facility-wide strategic goals and objective and executing comprehensive planning for women's health that improves the overall quality of care provided to women Veterans and achieves program goals and outcomes.
• Serving as an advocate for women by working closely with Veteran Experience Office (Patient Advocate Office) to facilitate problem resolution and women Veteran satisfaction.
• Collaborating with facility leadership on culture transformation to create a safe, secure, and respectful environment for women Veterans to receive care.
• Collaborating with facility leadership to ensure local implementation of national policy related to women Veterans and reviewing and providing input on all facility policies as they are created or revised
  to support the needs of women Veterans.
• Collaborating with Fiscal and facility leadership to advocate for resources to support programs to meet the needs of women Veterans.
• Collaborating with the Education Department and/or Designated Learning Officer to identify and address training needs for facility staff specific to women Veterans and promoting national and local educational programs for women's health providers and other staff.
• Participating in the review of the physical environment, including identifying deficiencies and opportunities for improvement and work with facility leadership, facility planner, and other staff to ensure that new construction and renovations are appropriate to meet the needs of women Veterans.
• Collaborating with facility and community stakeholders to develop a comprehensive outreach plan that includes increasing public awareness of services available for women Veterans; networking to enhance community engagement with non-VA stakeholders and increasing market penetration.
• Partnering with Special Population Coordinators and Program Coordinators to ensure the needs of women Veterans are addressed across the health care system.
• Collaborating with facility leadership and local contracting staff to review applicable facility contracts related to women's health, including for all CBOCS, health network providers, diagnostics services, as they are created to revised to ensure they meet the requirements that are consistent with national women's health policy.
• Collaborating with facility leadership and internal and external partners to ensure that timely access to necessary care in the community is provided.
• Collaborating with facility leadership to ensure that high quality and gender-specific diagnostic services for women are available in a timely manner at all points of care and ensuring processes are in place for timely patient notification and coordination of care as indicated.
• Provides a full range of psychological and social determinant of health assessment services to clarify the needs of the Veterans and to facilitate development of a holistic treatment plan.
• Assesses for suicide and self-harm and provide appropriate intervention, including but not limited to safety planning.
• Refers for Admission to mental health inpatient programs as needed.
• Completes clinical reminders that are within scope of practice for social workers.

Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday
Compressed/Flexible:Not Available
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 58570F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized