Total 488 job vacancies in Newark, Ohio

VA Healthcare System Serving Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan (VISN 10) advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Major Duties:

• Plans and direct programs at medical centers and/or satellite outpatient clinics and have full supervisory responsibility.
• Assigns and evaluating the work of subordinate staff; resolving complex problems to ensure patient services are met
• Evaluates new products, equipment, and systems in order to make recommendations for improved operations; identifying educational or training needs; making final decisions on selections; evaluating performance, and taking disciplinary action when necessary.
• Responsible for extracting and analyzing data in order to provide reports in support of performance measures to senior management.
• Responsible for managing medical center primary care clinic grids and clinic cancellations, clinic letters, and any other clinic scheduling needs in collaboration with the Medical Service Administrative Officer.
• Works collaboratively in the Medical Service and performs all related duties; customer service and other duties assigned for the proper and timely treatment of patients and assure appointment schedules are maintained by MSA staff for one or more outpatient clinics. S/He must assist with clinic contingency plans by adjusting appointment times, locations, or dates as well as shift patients to other healthcare providers as conflict with staffing and/or coverage occurs.
• Assures Medical Support Assistant staff explains the agency's mandate to collect insurance information to veterans, their families, and other eligible patients.
• Contributes to the revenue collection process by identifying patients with third party insurance.
• Must screen/receive phone calls in a courteous and timely manner, determine the nature of requests and provide the information desired using privacy rules and established clinic processes.
• Must be able to train staff on the requirements of VHA Scheduling Directives and complete accurate scheduling responsibilities
• May be asked to participate in Medical Service huddles and weekly team meetings where patient care planning and management occur. Will rotate this to assure all Medical Support Assistant staff is in attendance and understands the process for their assigned teamlet(s).
• Routinely communicates with physicians, case managers, and other allied health professional staff using sound interpersonal skills and is constantly aware of the sensitive information. Otherwise, works independently making decisions based on guidelines, precedents and regulations and performs duties in such a manner that only minimal supervision is required.
• Performs other duties as assigned

• Serves as a Fitness Program Specialist and works for the Installation Fitness Program Manager.
• Implements safe and effective fitness programs ensuring diversity and appropriateness to post and individual needs. Conducts fitness classes based on customer demand (i.e. circuit weight training and cardiovascular training).
• Counsels individuals and groups on the importance of fitness and wellness programs and the adaptation to everyday life through personal contacts with structured programs.
• Provides and/or assists in classes in such things as proper exercise techniques, proper use of equipment to prevent injuries, safety measures, aerobics, stretching, heart and blood pressure monitoring, nutrition, and weight management.
• Understands proper layout of fitness equipment and advises on new procurement to meet standards and customer demands. Stays abreast of current trends in fitness equipment and delivery techniques.

Psychologist in both the Integrative Medicine (pain rehabilitation) and Integrated Care Program

• Serves as Team Member for an inter-professional clinical team, co-located with the Integrative Medicine (IM) and Primary Care/Specialty Medicine teams.
• As a clinical member of the IM Team (50%), provides a full range of diagnostic and evaluation services appropriate to the IM setting, especially pertaining to the evaluation and treatment of pain conditions. (e.g., CBT-CP, Biofeedback)
• As a clinical member of the Integrated Care Team (50%), provides a full range of diagnostic and evaluation services appropriate to the primary care or medical specialty setting, especially in the areas of general psychological evaluation of emotional and behavioral problems and focused cognitive assessments.
• Provides a full range of psychological interventions consistent with training and expertise, with special emphasis on pain and on brief and evidenced-based interventions found to be effective in primary care/specialty medicine settings.
• Facilitates patient and family education appropriate to the IM and primary care/specialty medicine settings and the specific presenting mental or behavioral health issues.
• Provides consultation services for IM and primary care providers (PCP)/specialty medicine to maximize the effectiveness of their interventions in reducing health-risk behaviors and enhancing health-promoting behaviors, with a significant emphasis on a prevention-oriented model of care.
• Supports IM provider and PCP/specialty medicine provider's decision-making, building on IM and medical interventions and improving IM/medical provider patient working relationships.
• Provides clinical care management when appropriate directly to an assigned cohort of patients.
• Provides the expertise and leadership so that the integrated care and collaborative practice model is fully implemented, allowing patients to remain with at the lowest level of care possible for the full range of their health care needs to the extent that this is clinically appropriate.

• Maintains daily open access slots and encourages same day warm handoffs.
• Welcomes and encourages warm handoffs for all mental/behavioral health referral needs (i.e., inclusive of both general mental health and/or specific medical concerns) for completion of focused assessment and triage to the most appropriate level of care.
• Conducts initial assessments that are focused on the main reason(s) for referral with attention to functional impairment, and that are less extensive than traditional mental health intake evaluations (e.g., 30 minutes vs. 60 or 90 minutes for traditional evaluation).
• Completes most individual appointments (both initial and follow-up) within 30 minutes.
• Utilizes the Whole Health approach in clinical practice, including connecting with the Veteran's Mission/Aspiration/Purpose to inform, plan and deliver clinical services.
• Supports Stepped-Care principles to facilitate "on-time, on target" services to Veterans, matching the intensity of recommended services with the level of clinical need.
• Facilitates referrals for Veterans with more severe or complex needs to the appropriate general or specialty mental health program(s) or behavioral health specialist.
• Provides primarily time-limited (e.g., approximately 1-6 sessions), brief (e.g., 30 minutes), evidence-informed, individual and/or group interventions for a broad range of mental health and health behavior concerns.
• Provides a range of psychological interventions consistent with training and expertise with emphasis on brief and evidenced-based interventions effective in medical settings.
• Utilizes intermittent visits and flexible patient contact strategies to support brief but longitudinal care as part of medical teams.
• Uses Measurement Based Care (MBC) in accordance with nationally recommended guidelines.
• Supports a team-based approach to risk identification including assistance with coordination and/or completion of suicide risk assessment and intervention within the medical setting.
• Collaborates with medical members and others (e.g., General Mental Health, Primary Care, Whole Health) to support high-quality, effective, and coordinated service delivery at the patient, programmatic, and system levels.
• Supports medical provider decision-making, building on medical interventions and improving the medical provider-patient working relationship.
• Ensures quality of care by successfully completing national VA trainings and associated ongoing education modules as well as attending PCMHI and/or MHI Community of Practice calls.
• Seeks and creates opportunities to engage in education about the medical population being served.
• Other duties as assigned

VA Healthcare System Serving Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan (VISN 10) advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Major Duties:

• Work independently
• Adheres to all ALARA (As low as reasonably achievable) practices regarding radioactive material
• Receives packages into the Hotlab
• Reviews packages to determine if it is properly packaged and takes appropriate actions
• Performs package wipes and surveys of incoming/outgoing packages
• Documents receipt/disposal of packaging
• Properly documents the receipt of radioactive material for patient or research use.
• Properly performs HOTLAB quality control to include: dose calibrators, well counters, uptake probes, GM meters, and ion chambers on a daily, quarterly, annually basis when applicable.
• Perform daily/weekly surveys and wipes for radioactive contamination monitoring.
• Perform spill clean-up and document the actions taken in accordance with NRC/NHPP regulations.
• Utilizes proper methods for the use and storage of radioactive material.
• Monitors and disposes of radioactive material in accordance with NRC/NHPP regulations.
• Prepares radioactive material for transportation.
• Analyzes circumstances contributing to radiation exposure and recommends procedures to minimize exposure.
• Perform all routine nuclear medicine imaging procedures.
• Perform all routine non imaging nuclear medicine procedures.
• Perform all daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual nuclear medicine camera quality control to include daily floods and center of rotation validations and calibrations when needed.
• Evaluate the results of camera quality control to ensure reliable images.
• Prepares proper instruments, computers and auxiliary equipment and acquires the study as indicated by the protocol/SOP
• Makes new SOP's independently for new procedure when needed.
• Prepares and performs cardiac monitoring and assists with stress testing by starting IV's and ensuring all monitoring equipment is functional.
• Troubleshoots equipment and makes a judgement on the acceptable performance of the equipment prior to initiating a study.
• Assesses the performance and transfer of images to PACS (Picture Archiving System)
• Perform radioactive blood labeling, in-vitro and in-vivo, with proper documentation.
• Adhere to USP 825 standards for labeling blood products and food preparation for radiolabeled eggs/food.
• Maintains records of quality control procedures, administered doses and other daily checks as required by NHPP, NRC, THE JC, OSHA, VA Regulations and other licensing agencies.
• Schedules patient studies in the appropriate sequence for single /multiple procedures and interact with hospital staff regarding exam preparation.
• Receives the patient and provides proper nursing care during Nuclear medicine procedures.
• Performs patient transfers using approved methods such as, but not limited to, patient lifts and roller boards
• Recognize emergency conditions pertaining to the patient or hospital environment and acts appropriately to resolve the condition.
• Effectively communicates with the patient, family members, and staff.
• Provides safe and sanitary working conditions.
• Prepares the patient for the procedure.
• Obtains patient history and checks procedural contraindications.
• Selects and administers the appropriate radiopharmaceutical by the proper route.
• Performs any other assigned tasks required by the nuclear medicine leadership.

VA Healthcare System Serving Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan (VISN 10) advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Major Duties:

• Work independently
• Adheres to all ALARA (As low as reasonably achievable) practices regarding radioactive material
• Receives packages into the Hotlab
• Reviews packages to determine if it is properly packaged and takes appropriate actions
• Performs package wipes and surveys of incoming/outgoing packages
• Documents receipt/disposal of packaging
• Properly documents the receipt of radioactive material for patient or research use.
• Properly performs HOTLAB quality control to include: dose calibrators, well counters, uptake probes, GM meters, and ion chambers on a daily, quarterly, annually basis when applicable.
• Perform daily/weekly surveys and wipes for radioactive contamination monitoring.
• Perform spill clean-up and document the actions taken in accordance with NRC/NHPP regulations.
• Utilizes proper methods for the use and storage of radioactive material.
• Monitors and disposes of radioactive material in accordance with NRC/NHPP regulations.
• Prepares radioactive material for transportation.
• Analyzes circumstances contributing to radiation exposure and recommends procedures to minimize exposure.
• Perform all routine nuclear medicine imaging procedures.
• Perform all routine non imaging nuclear medicine procedures.
• Perform all daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual nuclear medicine camera quality control to include daily floods and center of rotation validations and calibrations when needed.
• Evaluate the results of camera quality control to ensure reliable images.
• Prepares proper instruments, computers and auxiliary equipment and acquires the study as indicated by the protocol/SOP
• Makes new SOP's independently for new procedure when needed.
• Prepares and performs cardiac monitoring and assists with stress testing by starting IV's and ensuring all monitoring equipment is functional.
• Troubleshoots equipment and makes a judgement on the acceptable performance of the equipment prior to initiating a study.
• Assesses the performance and transfer of images to PACS (Picture Archiving System)
• Perform radioactive blood labeling, in-vitro and in-vivo, with proper documentation.
• Adhere to USP 825 standards for labeling blood products and food preparation for radiolabeled eggs/food.
• Maintains records of quality control procedures, administered doses and other daily checks as required by NHPP, NRC, THE JC, OSHA, VA Regulations and other licensing agencies.
• Schedules patient studies in the appropriate sequence for single /multiple procedures and interact with hospital staff regarding exam preparation.
• Receives the patient and provides proper nursing care during Nuclear medicine procedures.
• Performs patient transfers using approved methods such as, but not limited to, patient lifts and roller boards
• Recognize emergency conditions pertaining to the patient or hospital environment and acts appropriately to resolve the condition.
• Effectively communicates with the patient, family members, and staff.
• Provides safe and sanitary working conditions.
• Prepares the patient for the procedure.
• Obtains patient history and checks procedural contraindications.
• Selects and administers the appropriate radiopharmaceutical by the proper route.
• Performs any other assigned tasks required by the nuclear medicine leadership.

This Program Assistant position is located at Newark International Airport (EWR), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to:

• Providing a range of diverse administrative support assignments that include spending a minimum of 25% of time assisting managers in evaluating programs and their effectiveness in delivering services. You will perform a combination of routine and multiple and varying assignments in support of management efforts to evaluate, administer, and improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of organizations and programs.
• Providing assistance to a program area which may include finance, human resources, model workplace, scheduling, or other core functional area. Work activities typically support multiple projects/programs and contribute to one or more organizational units and major subdivisions.
• Assisting managers and other employees in day-to-day operations of the office.
• Compiling, tracking, and analyzing data. Applying analytical techniques and methods to perform a variety of administrative and analytical duties in support of TSA field operations.
• Coordinating the implementation of new office policies and systems and writing policy and internal procedural guidance after clarifying applicability of past practice, emerging guidance, and established policies and procedures with seniors or subject-matter experts.
• Interacting with internal staff and external customers including managers and employees. Contacts involve exchanging information, tracking status, and coordinating efforts.
• Acting as a lead for other support staff to coordinate multiple assignments.
• Preparing complex and sensitive correspondence including evaluation and assessment of the impact of changes to policy, practices, or program characteristics in assigned area.
• Providing advanced computer assistance.
• Undertaking complete analytical studies of limited scope under the direction of a senior, supervisor, or manager
• Reviewing work of lower level administrative support staff for accuracy and completeness.
• Scheduling meetings including conducting analyses of agenda items and proposing recommendations for a range of administrative or program matters for which precedents have been established.
• Providing advice and guidance to employees, timekeepers, supervisors, financial management specialists, and human resource specialists on rules, regulations, and procedures relating to pay, including unusual situations where the guidelines require considerable interpretation and/or research of past precedents. Training staff to enter time-card data. Certifying time-cards and corrections each pay period and conducting random audits, to include the most difficult payroll issues.
• Acting as a point-of-contact with the National Finance Center (NFC) to resolve employee payroll issues.

The LPMHC is expected to possess strong clinical skills to provide treatment for a range of mental health disorders relevant to Veterans and may provide a wide range of care including - high-risk assessment and referral; intake/diagnostic and psychosocial assessments; comprehensive treatment planning using patient centered and recovery based models; evidenced-based individual, group, and family therapy services to Veterans and their families; and case/care management services. The proportion of these duties will be determined by the Mental Health Service Chief (and/or their
delegates) and are expected to be flexible based upon clinical need.
Providing some clinical services in a virtual modality is expected. Virtual modality includes video telehealth, patient/provider secure messaging, telephone visits, review of electronically forwarded medical records.

• Apply knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments including assessing functioning and needs of Veterans to formulate and implement a recovery-oriented treatment plan, identifying the Veteran's problems, strengths, challenges, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the Veteran, family and interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provide psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds.
• Utilizes knowledge of human development and behavior (physical and psychological) and the differential influences of the environment, society and culture.
• Apply knowledge and experience in the use of medical and DSM-5 mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects, and medical and mental health terminology.
• Provide psychoeducation to Veterans and their family members regarding diagnoses, symptom management and recovery from illness.
• Provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on mental health care and compliance with treatment.
• Provide orientation and coaching to new social workers and social work graduate students.
• Function as Field Instructor for social work graduate students who are completing VAAAHS field placements.
• Participate as member of various VAAAHS committees functioning as liaison
  between those committees and the Mental Health Service.
• Evaluate one's own practice through participation in professional peer review case conferences, research studies and other organized means.
• Apply knowledge and skill in use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, and tracking, predominantly those programs in use by VAAAHS.
• Complete comprehensive documentation in the veteran's charts including intake assessments, psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge plans.
• Independently provide evidence-based interventions and treatment modalities used in the Mental Health Service in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals. Utilizes independent judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving and evidence-based crisis intervention
  techniques.
• Respond to consults by interviewing the veteran utilizing questionnaires and other assessment tools while determining the Veteran's emotional, functional, and psychological condition.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment decisions.

The LPMHC is expected to possess strong clinical skills to provide treatment for a range of mental health disorders relevant to Veterans and may provide a wide range of care including - high-risk assessment and referral; intake/diagnostic and psychosocial assessments; comprehensive treatment planning using patient centered and recovery based models; evidenced-based individual, group, and family therapy services to Veterans and their families; and case/care management services. The proportion of these duties will be determined by the Mental Health Service Chief (and/or their
delegates) and are expected to be flexible based upon clinical need.
Providing some clinical services in a virtual modality is expected. Virtual modality includes video telehealth, patient/provider secure messaging, telephone visits, review of electronically forwarded medical records.

• Apply knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments including assessing functioning and needs of Veterans to formulate and implement a recovery-oriented treatment plan, identifying the Veteran's problems, strengths, challenges, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the Veteran, family and interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provide psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds.
• Utilizes knowledge of human development and behavior (physical and psychological) and the differential influences of the environment, society and culture.
• Apply knowledge and experience in the use of medical and DSM-5 mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects, and medical and mental health terminology.
• Provide psychoeducation to Veterans and their family members regarding diagnoses, symptom management and recovery from illness.
• Provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on mental health care and compliance with treatment.
• Provide orientation and coaching to new social workers and social work graduate students.
• Function as Field Instructor for social work graduate students who are completing VAAAHS field placements.
• Participate as member of various VAAAHS committees functioning as liaison
  between those committees and the Mental Health Service.
• Evaluate one's own practice through participation in professional peer review case conferences, research studies and other organized means.
• Apply knowledge and skill in use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, and tracking, predominantly those programs in use by VAAAHS.
• Complete comprehensive documentation in the veteran's charts including intake assessments, psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, and discharge plans.
• Independently provide evidence-based interventions and treatment modalities used in the Mental Health Service in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals. Utilizes independent judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving and evidence-based crisis intervention
  techniques.
• Respond to consults by interviewing the veteran utilizing questionnaires and other assessment tools while determining the Veteran's emotional, functional, and psychological condition.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment decisions.

The social worker is expected to possess strong clinical skills to provide treatment for a range of mental health disorders relevant to Veterans and will provide a wide range of care including - high-risk assessment and referral; intake/diagnostic and psychosocial assessments; comprehensive treatment planning using patient centered and recovery-based models; evidenced-based individual, group, and family therapy services to Veterans and their families; and case/care management services. The proportion of these duties will be determined by the Mental Health Clinic Chief (and/or his/her delegates) and are expected to be flexible based upon clinical need. The Social worker reports to a BHIP Lead, Mental Health Clinic.
While this is a primarily outpatient position, assignments in any setting (e.g. hospital, community) are a possibility based on the clinical needs of the Mental Health Service.
Providing clinical services in a virtual modality is expected. Virtual modality includes video telehealth, patient/provider secure messaging, telephone visits, review of electronically forwarded medical records.

• Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments including assessing functioning and needs of Veterans to formulate and implement a recovery-oriented treatment plan, identifying the Veteran's problems, strengths, challenges, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the Veteran, family and interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provides psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds.
• Utilizes knowledge of human development and behavior (physical and psychological) and the differential influences of the environment, society and culture.
• Utilizes independent judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving and evidence-based crisis intervention techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of medical and DSM-5 mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects, and medical and mental health terminology. Provide psychoeducation to Veterans and their family members regarding diagnoses, symptom management and recovery from illness.
• Provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on mental health care and compliance with treatment.
• May provide orientation and coaching to new social workers and social work graduate students. The Incumbent may function as Field Instructor for social work graduate students who are completing VAAAHS field placements.
• May participate as a member of various VAAAHS committees functioning as liaison between those committees and the Mental Health Service.
• Evaluate one's own practice through participation in professional peer review case conferences, research studies and/or other organized means.
• Knowledge and skill in use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, and tracking, predominantly those programs in use by VAAAHS.

The social worker is expected to possess strong clinical skills to provide treatment for a range of mental health disorders relevant to Veterans and will provide a wide range of care including - high-risk assessment and referral; intake/diagnostic and psychosocial assessments; comprehensive treatment planning using patient centered and recovery-based models; evidenced-based individual, group, and family therapy services to Veterans and their families; and case/care management services. The proportion of these duties will be determined by the Mental Health Clinic Chief (and/or his/her delegates) and are expected to be flexible based upon clinical need. The Social worker reports to a BHIP Lead, Mental Health Clinic.
While this is a primarily outpatient position, assignments in any setting (e.g. hospital, community) are a possibility based on the clinical needs of the Mental Health Service.
Providing clinical services in a virtual modality is expected. Virtual modality includes video telehealth, patient/provider secure messaging, telephone visits, review of electronically forwarded medical records.

• Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments including assessing functioning and needs of Veterans to formulate and implement a recovery-oriented treatment plan, identifying the Veteran's problems, strengths, challenges, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the Veteran, family and interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provides psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds.
• Utilizes knowledge of human development and behavior (physical and psychological) and the differential influences of the environment, society and culture.
• Utilizes independent judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving and evidence-based crisis intervention techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in the use of medical and DSM-5 mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects, and medical and mental health terminology. Provide psychoeducation to Veterans and their family members regarding diagnoses, symptom management and recovery from illness.
• Provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on mental health care and compliance with treatment.
• May provide orientation and coaching to new social workers and social work graduate students. The Incumbent may function as Field Instructor for social work graduate students who are completing VAAAHS field placements.
• May participate as a member of various VAAAHS committees functioning as liaison between those committees and the Mental Health Service.
• Evaluate one's own practice through participation in professional peer review case conferences, research studies and/or other organized means.
• Knowledge and skill in use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, and tracking, predominantly those programs in use by VAAAHS.

• Supervises a team of Paralegal Specialists involved in processing commercial and support garnishments, bankruptcies, involuntary allotments, divisions of retired pay, survivor benefit plan deemed elections, and associated court actions.
• Assigns and reviews work, monitors work in progress, and reports production and management information as required.
• Provides technical assistance to the team paralegals in the interpretation of laws, regulations, and complex cases.
• Review cases, phone logs, writing up errors; answering paralegal and customer service representative system processing questions; handling difficult customer service calls.
• Process the more complex cases such as writs of garnishment, requests for involuntary allotments from active duty pay, applications for direct payments to former spouses from retired pay for child support.
• For vacancies filled at less than the full performance level of the position, duties will be developmental in nature.

***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 may not be limited to the following:

• Advises senior level management officials within the facility on the status of environmental programs and recommends changes in the design of facility work programs to meet new environmental requirements.
• Interacts with Federal, state and local environmental agencies with respect to facility environmental issues.
• Schedules and leads environmental audits to identify and evaluate program implementation and compliance activities.
• Trains other employees and lower grade environmental staff, providing instruction on a variety of subjects related to specific and specialized environmental topics; adapts various available media to fit special and unique training requirements; and participates in the development of novel or innovative environmental training and promotion activities.
• Evaluates, modifies and implements pollution prevention alternatives to reduce the generation of waste.
• Conducts or oversees the identification, collection, segregation, packaging and manifesting of hazardous wastes.
• Participates on the facility's GEMS committee.
• Performs other related duties as required.

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• Working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary care delivery model, utilizing effective organizing, problem solving and decision making abilities to perform receptionist, customer service, and administrative duties to ensure the proper and timely treatment of patients.
• Maintain appointment schedules - scheduling, rescheduling and cancelling appointments
• Providing reception to incoming and outgoing customers and communications
• Manual and electronic data entry
• Reviewing and updating patient demographics and insurance verification
• Providing administrative support to clinical colleagues
• Receiving and directing phone calls in a courteous and timely manner
• Determining nature of requests and providing the information desired without violating privacy rules and established clinic processes
• Requesting medical records from community healthcare facilities
• Monitors intra and inter facility consults through completion.
• Contacting patients with appointment reminders

As a SURFACE MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, WG-5801-11, you will perform the following duties:

1) Performs maintenance, troubleshooting, and major repair on heavy-duty mobile equipment, combat, tactical, and automotive vehicles. This may include self-propelled artillery, tracked cargo and personnel carriers, road graders, mobile cranes, front loaders, bulldozers, power shovels, tanks, tracked combat vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, semi-trailers, forklifts, tractors, and accessory equipment. Troubleshoots, repairs and/or overhauls, as a regular and recurring duty, a variety of the mechanically complex major systems to include internal combustion engines, turbine engines, automatic and non-automatic transmissions, heavy duty drive line systems, and hydraulic utility systems and controls, cross drive or similar multi-system transmissions and a variety of intricate fuel injection systems. Makes repairs and modifications to assemblies and components such as voltage regulators, generators/alternators, brake cylinders, etc., for use or placement in systems for which they were not specifically designed. Improvises work when standard procedures do not apply.

2) Troubleshoots equipment with a variety of the mechanically complex major systems anddiagnoses difficult performance problems and the cause of mechanical failures by means of visualand auditory checks, uses test equipment such as engine analyzers, compression testers,voltmeters, ohmmeters, pressure gauges and computer diagnostic tools. Utilizes embeddeddiagnostics in equipment and a wide variety of specialized original equipment manufacturer systemanalyzers in order to determine the exact nature or extent of repair. Determines what adjustmentsmay be necessary to complete work orders, and whether any additional repairs other than thosespecified or indicated on the work order are necessary.

3) Removes and disassembles engines and complex major assemblies, sub-assemblies,components, and fuel, hydraulic, and oil pressure systems. Makes the appropriate repairs, overhaul,or modifications in accordance with the proper repair specifications and procedures, and improvisesrepair techniques when standard procedures are not available. Reassembles engines and othersystems, and adjusts, tests, and reinstalls in vehicles and equipment as necessary. Makes adjustments and repairs to electrical and suspension systems. Repairs equipment with a variety of interconnected systems to include state of the art electrical and electronic, fuel injection, interconnected gear reduction, multiple engine, and similarly complex systems. Improvises, substitutes, or alters components or parts to fit into systems for which the items were not specially designed or finds other ways to correct defects when existing methods and procedures do not give desired results.

4) Independently performs repairs and maintenance functions with little or no supervision in remote locations. Provides technical guidance and specialized team leadership to lower grade employees within the team. Assists lower grade mechanics in performing major repair work on interconnected complex systems such as electrical, air and hydraulic systems, complex state of the art electrical and electronic systems that use specialized diagnostic equipment to identify problems, complex fuel injection systems and other similar complex systems. May provide Field and limited Sustainment maintenance at unit locations as part of a "contact team."

5) Conducts readiness and repair inspections on vehicles and associated equipment supported by the activity. Performs operational inspections and ensures vehicles and equipment are properly serviced, including brake adjustments, replacing hydraulic fluids, greasing, cleaning, etc., and performs other preventive maintenance operations as required. Inspects supported equipment prior to use during Inactive Duty Training (IDT) and Annual Training (AT), to ensure that it is functioning properly. May inspect in-process repair work of lower graded repairer to ensure equipment is being repaired in accordance with pertinent requirements. May serve as a commodity inspector during Command Maintenance Management evaluations (COMET) or as a member of a Maintenance Assistance Instruction Team (MAIT). Instructs operator/crew in the maintenance of equipment and provides technical advice and assistance to supported units when requested.

6) Performs electrical repairs on complex state of the art electrical and electronic systems requiring extensive training on specialized diagnostic equipment to identify problems.

7) Performs other duties as assigned.


*The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description. A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description (PD#:D1195000). https://acpol2.army.mil/ako/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp

As a SUPERVISORY INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, GS-0132-13, you will perform the following duties:

1. Supervises through subordinate work leaders or supervisors three or more sections of Intelligence Operations Specialists, each sections containing a base level of GS-11.

a. Plans, organizes, and oversees the activities of the subordinate ISR unit crew members. Establishes, revises, or reviews policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment, promotes team building, implements quality improvements, or in response to concerns with regulatory compliance and/or customer requirements. Plans work for accomplishment by subordinate sections, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules based on consideration of difficulty of requirements and assignments such that the experience, training, and abilities of the staff are effectively utilized to meet organization and customer needs. Provides subordinate supervisors, work leaders and staff with direction and advice regarding policies, procedures, and guidelines. Reviews and structures organization to optimize use of resources and maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the organization. Balances workload and provides overall direction and vision to the subordinate section chiefs on a wide range of intelligence, information management and administrative issues. Establishes metric and analysis systems for sections managed to assess efficiency, effectiveness, and compliance with regulatory procedures. Evaluates requirements for additional resources submitted by subordinate supervisors/work leaders, and balances organization needs with overall mission requirements and resource interests. Identifies need for change inorganization priorities and takes action to implement such changes. Plans and schedules work in such a manner that promotes a smooth flow and even distribution and ensures effective use of organization resources to achieve organization goals and objectives. Establishes review systems for the organization that make certain intelligence mission needs are met and validated, and that economy and quality of operations are maintained or improved. Accepts, amends, or rejects work of subordinate supervisors/work leaders. Reviews work and management techniques of subordinate supervisors/work leaders and is held accountable for actions taken and advice provided by staff of subordinate sections. Makes decisions on work problems presented by subordinate supervisors/work leaders. Directs self-assessment activities of subordinate supervisors/work leaders. Reviews training recommended by subordinate supervisors/work leaders to assure it is proper and promotes effective operation of the organization as a whole.

b. Exercises supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Directs, coordinates, and oversees work through subordinate supervisors/work leaders. Advises staff regarding policies, procedures, and directives of higher-level management or headquarters. Selects candidates for subordinate non-supervisory and supervisory positions taking into consideration skills and qualifications, mission requirements, and EEO and diversity objectives. Ensures reasonable equity among sections of performance standards developed, modified, and/or interpreted and rating techniques developed by subordinate supervisors/work leaders. Explains performance expectations to subordinate supervisors/work leaders and employees directly supervised and provides regular feedback on strengths and weaknesses. Appraises performance of subordinate supervisors/work leaders and other employees directly supervised and serves as reviewing official on evaluation of non-supervisory employees rated by subordinate supervisors.

2. Serves as a ISR unit crew commander, responsible and accountable for all facets of ISR unit operations and production to include time critical targeting (TCT), direct threat warning, battle damage assessment, combat identification, combat search and rescue, multi-INT correlation, threat analysis, mapping, intelligence preparation of the battlespace, situation monitoring, and mission reporting.

3. Performs other duties as assigned.

*The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description. A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (D1646P01). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp