Total 919 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

• Handles patient meal service orders.
• Completes quality monitors to ensure food items/menu selections for regular and therapeutic diets are prepared and served appropriately (i.e. accuracy, timeliness, appearance, and temperature, dysphagia food testing).
• Ensures all food/supplies are covered, labeled, and dated.
• Stores, rotates and inventories stock items and disposes outdated food/beverages.
• Advises supervisor of any special orders or changes needed that may impact food production, including instances when substitutions are needed due to food preferences.
• Collaborates with Dietitians regarding food/drug interactions and notifies clinical staff of potential issues.
• Follows policies and procedures for patient feeding, including but not limited to missed patient meals, late tray requests, patient meal ordering, and adherence to prescribed therapeutic diet.
• Conducts meal rounds on units after tray delivery to ensure patient satisfaction and provides service recovery and meal corrections when needed.
• Triages calls from inpatient/outpatient clinics and procedure areas related to patient meal/nourishments.
• Assists patients in selection of the proper foods according to their individual diet.
• Takes appropriate action to maximize patient satisfaction with meal service.
• Answers questions and provides information about menu and food items.
• Conducts patient rounds to discuss menu available food items and ways to order meals.
• Enters meal orders into a computerized system.
• Retrieves computerized information/printouts to assist with tray and/or nourishment assembly.
• Collecting, compiling, and entering data from patient satisfaction surveys.
• Prints lists, reports, labels, and tray tickets following established local procedures.

NOTE: This is a TERM appointment (not-to-exceed 9/25/2025). Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration (more than 1 year but not more than 4). Term employees are eligible to earn leave and generally have the same benefits as permanent employees including health and life insurance, within grade increases and Federal Employees Retirement System and Thrift Savings Plan coverage. Term appointments may be extended without further competition (up to the 4-year maximum). The appointment to a Term position does not confer eligibility for promotion or reassignment to other positions or the ability to be noncompetitively converted to permanent employment.

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-9. At the GS-7 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-9. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds.


This position serves as an Inventory Manager in the Commodity Management Division of the Logistics Service in the Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Care System responsible for the inventory and management of all expendable supplies and durable medical equipment in the assigned area(s). Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Manages and controls an assigned class of expendable material for a Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VA HCS) and supported catchment area. Recognized as an authority on expendable (EX) material commodity management and serves as a subject matter expert to all services and service lines. Inventories managed include a wide variety of expendable items and durable medical equipment (DME) which may or may not be available through the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor (MSPV) program or other negotiated or Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts.
• Conducts short, mid and long-term advanced planning for expendable items and durable medical equipment (DME), utilizing enterprise-wide computerized planning tools. Analyzes data to include demand history, program requirements, Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VA HCS) operations, procurement lead-time, current stock levels and other factors which impact procurement decisions. Advanced planning requires significant interaction and coordination with service lines, biomedical engineering, and other stakeholders to balance competing priorities including clinical requirements and budget constraints. Computes requirements for supplies and durable medical equipment (DME).
• Develops acquisition strategies to acquire and purchase durable medical equipment (DME), displaying familiarity with contracting laws and regulations with industry practices. Supports customers and acquisition personnel in developing requirements, utilizing mandatory sources and standardization of sources. Exercises Ordering Officer Authority in determining best value and contract sourcing.
• Analyzes inventory management reports including due-in reports, pending backorder reports, outdated inventory reports, inventory balance reports and 90-day inactive reports. Assures that replenishment orders are approved and released in a timely manner by reviewing requisitions, documents, and other related reference material. Expedites delivery of urgent requirements through correspondence and telephone calls to vendors, manufacturers or other organizations. Verifies receipt documents for accuracy.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Clerical work
• Office management
• Customer Service
• Screen calls and visitors
• Maintain Calendars
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, Ohio and Fort Thomas, Kentucky serving 15 counties in Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana with 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. Cincinnati VAMC has two off-main campus locations in the Cincinnati area via an Eye Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division, as well as an onsite Community Living Center.

Major Duties:

• This position reports directly to the CBOC Administrator and the Administrative Officer during their absence. The employee is responsible for the overall program management of the scheduling processes of Veterans.
• Provides direct administrative oversight to the (5) GS-0679-08 Supervisory Medical Support Assistants which ensures compliance of the National Scheduling directive and that its contents are followed according to the directive.
• Has a major responsibility in the process for meeting access measures in Primary Care.
• Accountable for the oversight of the day-to-day scheduling activities of all outpatient care administrative programs at the Primary Care main campus clinic, Women's Health clinic, OEF/OIF, Employee Health and all Six (6) outpatient clinics.
• Collaborates with the Group Practice Manager in the formulation and interpretation of reports.
• Works closely with the CBOC Administrator, Service Chief, Chief Nurse, Administrative Officer, Nurse Managers, Clinic Profile Manager, PCMM Coordinator and the Primary Care Data Analyst to collate and disseminate performance measures.
• Works with the GPM by reviewing and analyzing data, attending various access meetings, and devising plans for improvement.
• Responsible for various compilation and reporting of different performance measured reports and ensures that all tasks and reports meet required deadlines.
• Ensures that all scheduling activities are performed according to the VHA scheduling policies.
• Tracks and reviews data, generates reports assessing the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of programs at each site and develops ongoing plans for program improvement. Participates in a leading role in the facility and network initiatives for growth, access, quality patient care and customer service.
• Advises and assists in determining program needs to assure maximum utilization of space, equipment, people, and funds available and develops alternate courses of action for the betterment of patient care.
• Responsible for formulating administrative policies for the internal management of the clinics and coordinates the distribution and implementation of directive material received.
• Ensures that all scheduling staff will be compliant with mandatory trainings for the outpatient scheduling process.
• Identifies areas requiring attention and recommends and coordinates courses of action with the CBOC Administrator.
• Serves as an active member of the Primary Care Management team, keeping the CBOC Administrator informed on all matters requiring their attention and/or action.
• Has delegated authority necessary to accomplish assigned programs and responsibilities to effectively utilize the manpower resources allocated to the administrative service programs.
• Assists in projecting annual budget estimates for operation of medical administration activities. These budget estimates include staff requirements, equipment, supplies, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Duties include but not limited to:

Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising the delivery of care to employees. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on 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. Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.

• Functions as facility Employee Occupational Health nurse, working in collaboration with EOH Clinicians and the Medical Director.
• Supports the delivery of Employee Occupational Health services, including triaging employees with illnesses and injuries, COVID testing and providing vaccinations.
• Functions as a consultant in health promotion and disease prevention and uses advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate programs to promote healthy behaviors among employees.
• Manages the annual Employee Influenza vaccination campaign.
• Maintains CWM EOH Sharepoint with current information for staff
• Performs data collection and analysis to determine employee health needs and expectations for the occupational health and employee wellness program. Based on this information, develops, implements, and evaluates activities for effectiveness.
• Facilitates the Employee Wellness Committee, working with interdisciplinary health professionals to develop mission, goals, and annual strategic action plan.
• Understands workman's compensation laws; local, state, and federal regulatory requirements; and systems for maintaining health records.
• Collaborates with appropriate human resource/administrative personnel as well as Safety and Infection Prevention.
• Will facilitate staff wellness offerings, and address AES outcomes along with Employee Whole Health committee
• Attends Whole Health executive committee monthly meetings and reports data on EWH.
• Maintains EWH intranet site current, and advertise offerings to staff as appropriate
• Attends and participates in the annual Whole Heath fair event, along with whole health staff*Attends New employee orientation and presents to new CWM staff on whole health principles, services and trainings as well as Occupational Health services

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Implements unique policies and procedures to manage agency information, providing assistance and services to the general public and an organization, agency or facility staff members;
• Supports developing a local level strategy for data governance, which includes leading from the executive office and creating a unique program that includes diverse processes and specific policies which are independent of other facilities;
• Monitors and covers all aspects of the collection, use, dissemination, disclosure and destruction of information within an organization, agency or facility;
• Develops and integrates policy based processes, roles and controls that influences how data is created, collected, used, stored and destroyed throughout the organization;
• Adjudicates complex privacy and FOIA decisions that affect employees, customers and commercial businesses in the absence of supervision;
• Performs in-depth legal research that pertains to both federal and state statutes to render expertise, provide solutions and facilitate corrective action;
• Safeguards information while supporting accountability and transparency initiatives;
• Analyzes all of the interrelated issues that affect the privacy/FOIA program and plans and conducts monitoring activities which measure the overall level of operational compliance by the facility;
• Teaches and trains employees on general data protection procedures and detailed service specific practices for daily operations and uses technology to provide required privacy/FOIA training and supplemental education;
• Performs assessment of privacy-related risks associated with business activities that involve processing of personal and sensitive data;
• Investigates non-compliance of privacy related issues at all levels of an organization, agency or facility and outside of these entities when information is involved;
• Strengthens and sustains the operational life cycle of the privacy/FOIA program by developing a communication strategy that fosters awareness for both internal and external partners to improve compliance, provide training and engage the public.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Duties of this position include:

• Performs duties related to the receipt, intake, scanning, indexing, quality control, destruction, and transfer of health and administrative information.
• Confirms record integrity and reviews the image quality.
• Utilizes a computer to perform a wide variety of record keeping, correspondence, and tracking operations and performs timely filing, retrieval, and clerical duties associated with the retention, maintenance, disposition, guardianship and control of health records in both terminal digit and alphabetic filing system.
• Recalls records when necessary and returns them to correct location after purpose has been accomplished.
• Scans various health information documents.
• Reviews documents for appropriate scanning criteria and ensures that all necessary health/administrative information meeting the criteria.
• Retrieves records using a combination of computer-based patient treatment history and historical record transactions to deduce locations of hard-to-find records.
• Processes health record transfer requests.
• Ensures sensitive health records are maintained in an extra-secure manner and available only to requestors in the scope of their official duties.
• Maintains confidentiality of all electronic records and paper components of the health record.
• Follows appropriate procedures when mailing and destroying health information in paper or electronic format.
• Communicates daily with other administrative and clinical staff members to locate/obtain health records.
• Explains health record documents to medical center staff and assists them in understanding how to recognize which nomenclature and indexing term to use.
• Conducts extensive searches for health records when initial searches have been unsuccessful.
• Maintain accessible records and provide efficient service for direct and indirect patient care by managing the receipt and scanning of health documents in a timely and accurate manner.

The duties include, but are not limited to:

Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties:
- Provides food-operations-specific leadership, serving as professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals.
- Has 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.
Supervisory Controls:
- The incumbent works under the general supervision of the Supervisory Dietitian, Chief, Nutrition and Food Services, who establishes objectives and department priorities.
-The incumbent is expected to complete work assignments with relative independence and minimal guidance, personally setting the deadlines for completion of work. Assumes responsibility in work assignments in accordance with regulations and independently resolves most conflicts by using considerable judgment and interpretation.
-Work is reviewed to ensure that overall objectives of the position are met.

• Perform CT/DRT imaging of the spine, head and neck studies utilizing specialized sequences to visualize the anatomy and pathology necessary for diagnosis.
• Perform imaging of the peripheral and visceral vessels through CT/DRT angiography of the abdominal systems and extremities.
• Adhere to hospital infection control and safety policies/techniques with emphasis on sterile technique; the storage of the sterile supplies; the disposal of body fluids and sharps; proper attire; hand washing practices; and continuing education.
• Prepare contrast materials that are used in CT, CTA, angiography, and other exams.
• Responsible for providing a teamwork environment with Radiologist, fellow technologist, and all other personnel that they are interacting with daily to facilitate pertinent information to ensure the success of the CT/DRT section.
• Work with schedules to assure timely accomplishment of assigned workload, making day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities and additional assignments.
• Practice safety to reduce injury to patients, staff, and self.
• Responsible for always maintaining adequate supplies in section.
• Confer with radiologist to determine requirement of non-standard exams.
• Perform reconstructions of CT, and angiographic studies when requested or when part of a standard procedure.
• Maintain records and files of exams performed on patients.
• Continually review new development in the field of angiography and computerized tomography.
• Receive and interpret all radiology request. Input pertinent radiology information into computer systems.

The initial application review cut-off for this job announcement is 50 applications. The first 50 applications received will be considered first. Applications received after the initial cut-off number (50 applications) may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

The primary purpose of the position is to provide supervision, guidance, and assistance to Contact Representatives in the performance of their duties. Duties may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Takes appropriate steps to recommend or effect changes necessary to enhance employee and section performance.
• Develops new or proposed policies, procedures, and guidelines and makes recommended changes to standard operating procedures (SOPs) as needed.
• Conducts research and investigations to solve problems.
• Monitors recorded and live calls.
• Assures employees are trained and familiar with assigned duties, agency policies, and procedures.
• Analyzes individual and section performance and productivity on both a qualitative and quantitative basis in relationship to established goals and objectives.
• Provides daily, monthly, and quarterly annual reports and statistical data.
• Participate in special projects, ongoing analyses, investigations, and initiatives.
• Recommends personnel actions that include both disciplinary and performance-based actions.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provides emergency communications services
• Handles a wide variety of calls-local, routine, long distance and international and assists in the placing of them
• Compiles and prepares reports relating to events occurring in the operation of the Police Operations Room for coordination of emergency situations
• Provides patient information, using the computer for location and condition of patients
• Updates patient locator from the daily "Gaines and Loss" sheet
• Conducts hourly radio station identification code checks and radio checks every 30 minutes with uniformed police officers
• Takes emergency and non-emergency police complaints over the phone and dispatches police units to the appropriate locations
• Insures radio and tape machines are in working order and tapes are changed, stored and safeguarded according to policy
• Testifies in criminal court as a witness in cases where they observed the criminal activity
• Performs other duties as assigned

The Peer Specialist functions as an interdisciplinary team member, assisting physicians and other professional/non-professional personnel in a rehabilitation treatment program. Peer specialists perform a variety of therapeutic and supportive tasks that include assisting Veterans in articulating their goals for recovery and personal wellness, learning, and practicing new skills, helping them monitor their progress, assisting them in their treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the peer specialist's own recovery experience, and supporting them in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services. 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.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Perform technical level purchasing support adhering to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR), Veteran Health Administration (VHA), and Prosthetics directives and handbooks, Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) policy and station memorandums to acquire Veteran specific medical equipment, supplies and services based on a medical provider's clinical assessment and evaluation of the Veteran's medical condition.
• Submits Acquisition Plans and Procurement Packages for stock and veteran specific needs to the Network Contracting Office and uploads quotes, bids, invoices, consults, and other important documents to Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS).
• Verifies Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and Bradstreet information and ensures each vendor is in System for Award Management (SAM) and in good standing with the government to do business with.
• Verifies accountability of all prosthetics expenditures in both the purchase menu and the prosthetics program and associate all obligations to the individual veteran.
• Ensure the services provides are documented not only as the type of service, but the duration.
• Complex purchasing: requires irregular research, analysis, collaboration and many other steps to ensure both best value and the most appropriate devices are purchased for the Veterans.
• Routine purchasing: includes routine purchase orders on established contracts or through established vendor resources using regular significant research, analysis or collaboration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The QM Consultant brings principals and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills. They participate in the exploration of outcomes at the program level. Program is defined as a substantial coordinated group of activities impacting patients and/or employees. The QM Consultant collects data, monitors staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards, provides reports detailing trends, and provides direct staff support to all services in planning, designing, integrating, modifying, and administering, a comprehensive quality management program area. The QM Consultant participates in a number of facility councils, committees, and workgroups.

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: 7:30 am-4:00pm
Compressed/Flexible: May be available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Major duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services.
• Provides/Assists with diagnoses of mental disorders, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients to include a full range of psycho-diagnostic services.
• Provide comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
• Provides education to patients, family members, significant others, and community members.
• Provides consultation to professional staff within the WJB Dorn VAMC or CBOC and to community providers, concerning clinical assessment findings and appropriate treatment plans for patients.
• Functions as a member of the Outpatient Mental Health Team. The incumbent assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical findings, patient care decisions, and documentation.