Total 737 Maintenance / Repair job vacancies in US - California - Thousand Oaks - Field/Remote

• Provides administrative and clerical support to various staff members of the Field Office in order to accomplish organizational goals and missions.
• Operates switchboard to provide assistance; takes messages or directs calls to the proper person.
• Refers telephonic complaints and inquiries from outside sources and the general public to higher grade level employee for appropriate action. If complaint is within another agency's purview, refers caller to that agency or accepts the information and promptly apprises the agency.
• Serves as WebTA Time Keeper to assure all records are accurate and complete by the closing date of each pay period.
• Manipulates automated information systems to perform duties associated with the retrieval of information from FBI, state, and local law enforcement databases and commercial computerized information systems.
• Disseminates information to those involved in the investigation during course of normal work operations, and on occasion, during planned interagency activities and special operations in the office of assignment.
• Ensures the physical security of office premises to include any storage areas or auxiliary parking facilities.
• Confirms alarms are operational, and monitors alarm systems.
• Personally conducts, or ensures inspections are made to verify doors and windows are properly locked; office safe and file cabinets containing official records and materials are secured; files, correspondence, keys, equipment and instruments are safeguarded; and all confidential trash is removed for destruction.
• Responds appropriately to triggered alarms and any security violations.
• May serve as COMSEC custodian, responsible for the receipt, custody, transfer, safeguarding, accounting and destruction of COMSEC material.
• Provides training and guidance to others on various facets of work performed.

• Maintains accounts by reviewing documents to verify accounting data as necessary, entering data into the system.
• Prepare reports reflecting the examinations made, discrepancies noted, and the corrective entries required to adjust accounts.
• Reviews and reconciles all third-party payer documents for correct data, on all third-party vouchers for accurate claims number.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual reconciliation and recapitulation of third-party billing to assure that collection, billed data, and the computerized and manual reports are in balance.
• Maintains current documentation and guidelines pertaining to reimbursement activities inappropriate files, binders, etc., and ensures preparation and distribution of copies to all appropriate disciplines.

• Admit neonates to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Care Unit.
• Perform advanced diagnostic and life-saving treatment procedures.
• Develop full treatment regimens requiring knowledge of new techniques, use of prolonged or complicated procedures, or advanced and delicate skills.
• Provide appropriate resuscitative measures in the delivery room (e.g., preterm infants, emergency C-sections, complicated deliveries, etc.).
• Oversee trainees and nurse practitioners to ensure quality, timely and appropriate medical care.
• Assist in the education, evaluation and mentorship of the aforementioned trainees.
• Conduct teaching conferences and lectures for nursing and medical staff on techniques and theory of well-child preventative pediatrics, neonatal, and perinatal issues.

THIS IS A T32 EXCEPTED SERVICE, PERMANENT POSITION

The primary purpose of the SUPERVISORY SUPPLY TECHNICIAN, GS-2005-9, is to serve as Property Book Officer and be responsible for the management of organizational property accounts.

May make additional selections within 90 days of eligible(s) issuance.

The incumbent, evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of safety regulations, and has responsibility for perceiving the need for, recommending the initiation of, and justifying new or amended regulations to Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and supplementary regulatory material. The incumbent of this position is responsible for applying expert knowledge of and experience with 14 CFR for the development and implementation of standards, programs, and procedures for FAA field personnel and the public governing all matters related to air carrier maintenance safety issues.

Special Projects

Provides on a continuing basis effective control of assigned branch projects and special assignments and a means of reporting status and accomplishment thereof to the Branch Manager. Perceives the need for and proposes research and development projects. Determines the need and makes substantiated recommendations for new or amended regulations, policies, and procedures.

Enforcements

Evaluates IFO performance in investigation and reporting of enforcement cases and accident and incident cases. Proposes new or amended investigation and/or enforcement policy for the Division and appropriate offices/agencies.

Technical Assistance

Participates in field office in-depth evaluation to determine program accomplishment and effectiveness and accordance with established policy. Develops and prepares recommendations for corrective action based on evaluation findings.

Exemptions

Incumbent is responsible for the preparation of Federal Register notices regarding original petitions for exemptions within their assigned area of responsibility. Also, the incumbent coordinates with other Aviation Safety and Flight Standards organizations to develop a complete analysis and appropriate response. Since exemptions are rulemaking documents, this review may include coordination with the Office of Rulemaking and the Office of General Counsel so that the denial, grant or disposition of petition for rulemaking will withstand a legal challenge. Technical input must be reviewed for completeness and ensure it responds to all aspects of an exemption petition.

Policy Development and Implementation

Analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of division policy in assigned programs areas to include evaluation and analysis. Develops policies, including advisory circulars, inspector guidelines, and training standards related to IFO work programs and adherence to related policies. Reviews and evaluates, on a continuing basis, established rules and regulations to assure they have kept pace with needs to which they were directed and that they are still reasonable, necessary, and adequate. Assures effective coordination of assigned programs and activities with Safety Assurance offices, other organizational segments of the Division, the Agency and organizations outside of the agency.

Training and Outreach

The incumbent engages with internal and external stakeholders to promote safety, understanding, and compliance related to assigned programs. Represents the agency as a technical trainer/instructor delivering formal training for assigned technical programs. Develops new and revises existing agency employee training courses, to include on-the-job training (OJT) job task analysis (JTA) documents. Serves as course mentor for agency sponsored training courses.

Representative to Industry, Government, and International Organizations

Participates in national and international working groups and panels with other organization elements of the agency, or other government agencies, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and industry representatives for the purpose of resolving complex and controversial problems having a direct influence on the safety of assigned technical programs operations, facilities, and equipment.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Duties include but not limited to:

• GS-04:
  • Reviews record documentation to abstract all required medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data with guidance and instruction from supervisor or senior coder to develop knowledge of the organization and structure of an electronic patient record.
  • Applies knowledge of medical record content, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, diseases processes, and official coding guidelines to assign codes to the most basic and routine inpatient services.
  • With instruction from a senior coder or supervisor learns to select diagnosis, operation, or procedure codes based on the accepted coding practices, guidelines, conventions and policy.
• GS-05:
  • Maintains current knowledge of regulatory and policy requirements affecting coded information.
  • Assigns codes to documented patient care encounters (inpatient and outpatient); encounters are routine and less complex or for only one specialty or subspecialty.
  • Reviews health record documentation to abstract all required medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data. Patient health records may be paper or electronic.
• GS-06:
  • Assists facility staff with basic documentation requirements to reflect the patient care provided; provides support in the areas of regulations and policy, coding requirements, resident supervision, reimbursement, accepted nomenclature, and proper sequencing.
  • Uses skill and knowledge of the organization and structure of the patient health record to capture and justify code assignment.
  • Uses a variety of computer applications in day to day activities and duties, such as Outlook, Excel, Word, and Access; competent in use of the health record applications (VistA and CPRS) as well as the encoder product suite.
• GS-07:
  • Assists facility staff with documentation requirements to completely and accurately reflect the patient care provided; provides technical support in the areas of regulations and policy, coding requirements, resident supervision, reimbursement, workload, accepted nomenclature, and proper sequencing. Insures provider documentation is complete and supports the diagnoses and procedures coded.
  • Utilizes the facility computer system and software applications to correctly code, abstract, record, and transmit data to the national VA database in Austin.
  • Performs a comprehensive review of the patient health record to abstract medical, surgical, ancillary, demographic, social, and administrative data to ensure complete data capture. Patient health records may be paper or electronic. The abstracted data has many purposes, for example, to profile the facility services and patient population, to determine budgetary requirements, to report to accrediting and peer review organizations, to bill insurance companies and other agencies, and to support research programs.
• GS-8:
  • Code all inpatient stays (facility and professional fees), all write-in diagnoses and procedures for outpatient encounters and laboratory, radiology, surgical and outpatient encounters that are billed to insurance companies. Codes information from the medial records of patients to generate a clinical care patient care database for the Medical Center. Assures the maintenance and accuracy of the diagnostic and procedural statistics for the facility as well as optimum appropriate reimbursement from the third party payers, by the timely and accurate coding of diagnoses and procedures utilizing the required classification system.
  • Captures data through the Ambulatory Care Data Capture Superbill Form (both printed and electronic), electronic visit notes, the Quadramed/DSS Complaint Coding Module (CCM) and the Patient Treatment File (PTF) in Vista and in Quadramed/DSS. Converts narrative electronic visit notes to ICD, CPT and HCPCS codes.
  • Manually code from the medical record documentation and enter into the appropriate software packages. Inpatient data is captured by the Coders reading the electronic and paper medical record then converting the narrative to ICD, CPT and HCPCS codes.

• Serve as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner facilitating pharmaceutical care services and direct patient care programs within assigned service(s) to ensure drug utilization activities are aligned with patient care needs and regulated standards.
• Maintain collaborative and comprehensive medication therapy management clinics and services in designated areas of practice, under a scope of practice.
• Delivers direct care to patients though a variety of modalities and ensure documentation for encounters and clinical decisions in the electronic health records.
• Reviews electronic medical record to monitor for appropriateness of drug therapy, including evaluation for adverse drug reactions, drug-drug and drug food interactions, disease due to iatrogenic cause, medication therapy duplication.
• Performs drug usage evaluations, quality assurance/ performance improvement activities as required.

• Provides consultant services regarding clinical nutrition, diabetes, nutrition support, gerontology, oncology, obesity and weight management, pediatric, renal or sports nutritional products, policies, and procedures.
• Conducts a comprehensive nutrition assessment and diagnosis using medical, biochemical, and nutritional data for patients identified at nutritional risk.
• Evaluates the effectiveness and measures progress toward outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions.
• Serves as an education resource, instructing medical staff within the medical center on the current research and practice.
• Develops and implements an individualized plan for nutrition intervention in accordance with the patient's medical program goals and objectives, nutrition prescription, and self-management training.
• Provides appropriate documentation that summarizes the nutrition care plan in the patient's medical record, including nutrition assessment, diagnosis, plan, implementation, and progress toward goals.

• Serves as an Engineering Technician and Advanced Manufacturing in support of the Travis AFB Centralized Air Force Manufacturing Center (CAFMC).
  
• Review and approve organic (Air Force Developed) production level, repair and/or first article TDPs: Reviews design drafting projects (Technical Data packages, 2D drawings, 3D solid models and Engineering Orders (EOs) based on determination of technician's current capabilities.
  
• Performs a wide array of manufacturing engineering technician duties in support of aircraft part repair and origination.
  
• Performs project planning, design, and troubleshooting work for establishing new facility and laboratory plans and for modifying existing floor plan layouts as needed.
  
• Coordinates projects with other engineering disciplines. Applies knowledge of other disciplines to determine coordination required to ensure all design and repair considerations have been addressed.
  
• Participates in discussions, meetings or serves on panels or committees.

• Assists with patient flow and gives direct patient care within scope of responsibility.
• Assists providers with invasive or non-invasive examinations or procedures.
• Monitors patients undergoing procedures and identifies patients in acute distress or with potential for acuity change.
• Assists in the dissemination of information to patients regarding discharge instructions, health promotion, disease prevention and wellness.
• Participates in monthly clinic/unit meetings to review and evaluate the care provided to patients,identify opportunities to improve the care delivered, and recommend corrective action whenproblems exist.
• Maintains medical records, collects and files lab, radiology and consultation reports as necessary.

CDISs must be able to perform all duties of an MRT (Coder-Inpatient). The CDI Specialist serves as a consultant to various medical staff and ad hoc committees related to medical documentation activities, including compliance. They serve on various workgroups and teams as assigned. They are also responsible for reports preparation and presentation of data to the committee(s). Serves as a consultant in the development and updating of Medical Center policy memoranda pertaining to document function and medical record activities. Ensures that medical record documentation activities are consistent with the requirements established by VA manuals and directives and the Joint Commission standards and Scoring Guidelines.

They are responsible for facilitating improved overall quality, education, completeness, and accuracy of health record documentation through extensive interaction with clinical, coding, and other associated staff to ensure clinical documentation supports services rendered to patients, appropriate workload is captured, and resources are properly allocated. The CDI Specialist analyzes, interprets, and trends findings of quality improvement monitors and prepares monthly/quarterly reports for presentation to the medical staff and/or management. Based on these findings, makes recommendations, and persuades physicians/service chiefs to adopt proposals that result in necessary policy or procedural changes. The CDI Specialist must possess thorough knowledge of medical, terminology, anatomy and physiology and practical knowledge of medical treatment modalities, procedures, surgeries, and disease processes. They review documentation and facilitate modifications to the health record to ensure accurate severity of illness, risk of mortality, complexity of care, and utilization of resources. They identify opportunities for documentation improvement by ensuring that diagnoses and procedures are documented to the highest level of specificity, accurately address all acute and chronic conditions, and reflect the true health status of patients. Serves as Subject Matter Expert for HIMS regarding medical record documentation. Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, service chiefs, and other medical center staff at all organizational levels. Must possess effective interpersonal skills.

Responsible for determining the need for and extent of training medical staff personnel regarding medical record document and requirements. May be required to develop training materials and continuing education programs. Training programs may include legal and ethical documentation practices, Evaluation and Management Code assignment, medical record documentation requirements, etc. In cases where additional medical record documentation is necessary, incumbent advises and/or discusses the issue with the responsible physician(s) via query. Queries sent to clinical staff to clarify ambiguous, conflicting, or incomplete documentation. They review appropriateness of and responses to queries through review of query reports. Evaluates, monitors, and reports on data from a variety of sources in relation to inpatient and outpatient reimbursement. These sources include Data Validation outputs and data provided from the local VISTA and VA Central Office. Incumbent will conduct monitors, summarize data, and prepare reports in a variety of areas, including a variety of special projects for the HIMS section.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Chief, HIMS or designee.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 554-60217-0 Medical Records Technician Clinical Document Improvement Specialist (Inpatient) GS-0675-09
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

• You will read and interpret sketches, electrical, or hydraulic schematics for optimal heavy mobile equipment performance.
• You will collaborate with journey level workers to repair heavy mobile equipment.
• You will determine repairs, adjustments, and modifications needed for heavy mobile equipment.
• You will disassemble, inspect, repair, or replace diesel or gasoline engines and parts (e.g., injection valves, cylinder, heads, cylinder sleeves, pistons, rings, connecting rods, bearings, gaskets, crankshafts) during maintenance.
• You will use precision measuring devices such as micrometers, dial indicators, compression gauges, distortion gauges, and injection gauges.

CDISs must be able to perform all duties of an MRT (Coder-outpatient). The CDI Specialist serves as a consultant to various medical staff and ad hoc committees related to medical documentation activities, including compliance. They serve on various workgroups and teams as assigned. They are also responsible for reports preparation and presentation of data to the committee(s). Serves as a consultant in the development and updating of Medical Center policy memoranda pertaining to document function and medical record activities. Ensures that medical record documentation activities are consistent with the requirements established by VA manuals and directives and the Joint Commission standards and Scoring Guidelines.

They are responsible for facilitating improved overall quality, education, completeness, and accuracy of health record documentation through extensive interaction with clinical, coding, and other associated staff to ensure clinical documentation supports services rendered to patients, appropriate workload is captured, and resources are properly allocated. The CDI Specialist analyzes, interprets, and trends findings of quality improvement monitors and prepares monthly/quarterly reports for presentation to the medical staff and/or management. Based on these findings, makes recommendations, and persuades physicians/service chiefs to adopt proposals that result in necessary policy or procedural changes. The CDI Specialist must possess thorough knowledge of medical, terminology, anatomy and physiology and practical knowledge of medical treatment modalities, procedures, surgeries, and disease processes. They review documentation and facilitate modifications to the health record to ensure accurate severity of illness, risk of mortality, complexity of care, and utilization of resources. They identify opportunities for documentation improvement by ensuring that diagnoses and procedures are documented to the highest level of specificity, accurately address all acute and chronic conditions, and reflect the true health status of patients. Serves as Subject Matter Expert for HIMS regarding medical record documentation. Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with physicians, service chiefs, and other medical center staff at all organizational levels. Must possess effective interpersonal skills.

Responsible for determining the need for and extent of training medical staff personnel regarding medical record document and requirements. May be required to develop training materials and continuing education programs. Training programs may include legal and ethical documentation practices, Evaluation and Management Code assignment, medical record documentation requirements, etc. In cases where additional medical record documentation is necessary, incumbent advises and/or discusses the issue with the responsible physician(s) via query. Queries sent to clinical staff to clarify ambiguous, conflicting, or incomplete documentation. They review appropriateness of and responses to queries through review of query reports. Evaluates, monitors, and reports on data from a variety of sources in relation to inpatient and outpatient reimbursement. These sources include Data Validation outputs and data provided from the local VISTA and VA Central Office. Incumbent will conduct monitors, summarize data, and prepare reports in a variety of areas, including a variety of special projects for the HIMS section.

Performs other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Chief, HIMS or designee.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 554-60096-A Medical Records Technician Clinical Document Improvement Specialist (outpatient) GS-0675-09
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required