Eastern Kansas VA Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.
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ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
- Works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model system.
- Screens new community care consults for eligibility and duplication.
- Communicates with community providers to ensure they accept VA patients and payments.
- Compiles and sends applicable pre-appointment clinical referral documentation.
- Schedules and documents appointments in the established electronic scheduling program.
- Requests medical documentation from community providers.
- Scans/indexes documents directly or routes documentation to the appropriate department to scan/index clinical documentation to the appropriate consult/progress note following VA policy/directives and VA Office of Community Care procedures and guidelines.
- Schedules Veteran appointments with community providers using electronic scheduling software.
- Uses established business rules to schedule appointments for Veterans which includes clinic visits and consultations.
- Complies with the mandatory training requirements for the outpatient scheduling processes.
- Ensures all appointments are scheduled timely and the provider and patient's desired dates are met.
- Must be flexible and able to accomplish other duties as assigned.
- Routinely communicates with physicians, case managers, and other allied health professional staff using sound interpersonal skills and remains consistently aware of sensitive information.
- Performance is judged in terms of overall effectiveness of the operation, the adequacy and accuracy of the work, timeliness, and conformance to established procedures, policies, and instructions.
- Supervision is generally based on direct observations, review of overall results on daily scheduling reports and standards of performance, as well as feedback from the departmental team to ensure mission is carried out.
Work Schedule: Tour of Duty 8:00 am- 4:30pm. Monday thru Friday.
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
. 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)
Telework: Telework eligible, at supervisor's discretion
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $52,871 Per Year (GS 6)
