Total 4,218 job vacancies in Patuxent River, Maryland

Advisor to the Director and OAAM leadership in acquisition systems related to past performance. In this position, you will:

• Plan, develop, implement, and train the entire agency/bureau acquisition workforce on contractor past performance programs and closeout functions.
• Represent the agency/bureau on department level committees, work groups, and boards on contractor performance system-related topics.
• Manages a wide variety of organizational initiatives.
• Act as liaison to departmental, internal and external workgroups.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until May 27, 2025. Eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred to the hiring manager 14 calendar days after opening and every 30 days following. This announcement may close without prior notification.

The Inpatient Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit Registered Nurse (RN) demonstrates leadership and mastery of practice in delivering/providing medical surgical/telemetry nursing care to wide assortment with medical-surgical diagnoses in an efficient, comprehensive, and continuous patient-driven holistic care through active collaboration, communication and coordination of resources to a variety of patients. The Inpatient Medical-Surgical/Telemetry RN performs initial history and assessment, patient teaching/education, Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), and verification of informed consent.

Other major duties include: electrocardiogram, intravenous pumps, tube feeding, ceiling lifts, pulse oximetry, glucometer management, telemetry monitoring, and follows appropriate respiratory isolation standards. He /she demonstrates clinical competence and leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others such as patients, their family members/ significant other and members of the interdisciplinary team. He/she is self-directed in goal setting, and, in the management of complex patient situations utilizing the nursing process. He/she demonstrates the ability to identify an issue, analyze it, develop and implement interventions. The Inpatient Medical-Surgical/Telemetry Unit RN completes initial assessments and reassessments of patient condition and response to treatment.

He/she initiates follow-up as needed. He/she promotes the medical center mission, vision and values; complies with Equal Employment Opportunity programs, partnerships, customer service standards and VA policies and procedures. He/she administers prescribed therapies using appropriate judgment; evaluation of therapies is pertinent and timely.

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: 730am - 8pm; 730pm - 8am (will include holidays and weekends)
Compressed/Flexible: Not available
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not available
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact visn5edrpcoordinators@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not available

The Nursing Assistant (NA) in the Emergency Department (ED) utilizes glucose monitoring machine to receive glucose readings for veterans, provides direct care for complex veterans, perform, and transmits EKGs as ordered, assists in transporting patients to and from diagnostic testing procedures, acts as therapeutic companions to identified high risk patients and makes observations of subtle changes in veteran's condition, relaying information to the Primary Nurse. Participates in maintaining a clean, safe environment for the patient/resident. He/she takes vital signs, collects specimens for lab testing, performs 12-lead EKG as needed and performs point-of-care COVID-19 testing. The ED NA rotates with other NAs to respond to Rapid Response calls at Baltimore Medical Center. The ED NA strictly follows all infection control guidelines to provide safe patient care.

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Work Schedule: Compressed 12/ 8 to include day, nights, overnights, weekends and holidays.
Compressed/Flexible:Compressed may be available.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): 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 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)
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: Not available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 23116/22124/23118
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until May 27, 2025. Eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred to the hiring manager 15 business days after opening and every 30 days following. This announcement may close without prior notification.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until May 27, 2025. Eligible applicants will be reviewed and referred to the hiring manager 14 calendar days after opening and every 30 days following. This announcement may close without prior notification.

Duties:

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Department (ED) is integral frontline staff performing initial patient triage and ongoing assessment and treatment of acute/urgent presenting symptoms in collaboration with the provider. The RN uses critical thinking and excellent communication skills to care for patients. He/she is knowledgeable of an array of presenting symptoms to quickly triage with appropriate use of nursing protocols in providing evidence-based care.

He/she takes vital signs, collects specimens for lab testing, administers medications, administers blood products by IV transfusion, performs 12-lead EKG as needed, and performs point-of-care COVID-19 testing. The RN documents care given in the correct note template and VHA's clinical reminders. The ED nurse rotates with other RNs to respond to Rapid Response calls at Baltimore Medical Center. The ED RN strictly follows all infection control guidelines to provide safe patient care.

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: Compressed 12/ 8 to include day, nights, overnights, weekends and holidays.
Compressed/Flexible: Compressed tours available.
Telework: Not available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact visn5edrpcoordinators@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

As an SUPERVISORY ARCHIVIST, you will:

• Independently carry out day-to-day operations using a variety of coordinating, planning, and leadership techniques in assuring that the work of the support and administrative staff and Research Services is successfully accomplished.
• Ensure a high-level of communication within Research Services and supports communication activities with component heads, managers, supervisors, administrative staff, and stakeholders.
• Develop work plans, provides general day-to-day direction in compliance with work plans and Research Services policies and procedures, monitors progress, and submits management reports.
• Serve as the supervisor of the support and administrative staff, supervising the performance of employees from grades GS-8 through GS-14.

The Satellite Pharmacy provides clinical pharmacy services to inpatients and ambulatory oncology/hematology patients and supports investigational drug development and trials by providing authoritative advice on the medications aspects of research protocols.

The ideal candidate for the Oncology-Hematology-Satellite Supervisor position will be an exceptionally talented, knowledgeable, and motivated Clinical Pharmacist with extensive sterile compounding experience and expertise providing pharmaceutical care to complex, oncology and hematology patients to include the monitoring of investigational studies for compliance with research protocols; reviewing drug therapy for proper drug selection, rational indications, dosing, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, IV incompatibilities, and complications of multiple drug therapies; and providing ongoing education to physicians, nurses, and pharmacists on pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, and other aspects of drug therapy.

Duties for the Supervisory Pharmacist (Oncology/Hematology - Satellite) will include but are not limited to the following:

• Providing pharmaceutical care to complex oncology/hematology patients
• Serving on in-house panels, medication related committees and work groups
• Developing templates based on new and amended research protocols to guide medication preparation activities
• Collaborating with internal staff and clinical researchers in the design and implementation of research protocols, collection of data, and analysis of results.
• Coordinating drug retrieval and preparation based on drug stability, preparation complexity and patient arrival time
• Reviewing of medication orders for compliance with research protocols
• Reviewing medication orders for standard of care indications, dosing, adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, IV incompatibilities and supportive care regimens
• Collaborating with providers in the design and optimization of complex drug treatment plans.

• You will develop and maintain a collection of materials so the library is current.
• You will develop plans for library acquisitions, audiovisuals, and collection organization to enhance the library resources program.
• You will manage projects and guide staff to successfully complete work.
• You will study problems or processes to provide input on potential solutions and implement corrective actions.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY

As a Health Scientist Administrator, you will be:

1. Serving as a Contracting Officer Representative for grants and contracts that focus on Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project.
2. Collaborating on the preparation, presentation, and dissemination of scientific findings.
3. Serving as a technical expert supporting the Agency data development and research that uses clinical administrative health data.

As an Information Technology Specialist, you will:

• Coordinate information technology projects by managing schedules and communication; develop project plans for completion.
• Responsible for implementing systems and project management techniques for projects; coordinating customer approvals.
• Oversee the application and service delivery process for various projects.
• Collaborate with the security team to ensure system and software meet requirements; liaise with various stakeholders to ensure suitability.

This position is located at Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB),Assistant Administrator - HQ Operations - Scientific Services Division.

As a Chemist, you will:

• Perform examinations on samples and/or formulas of regulated commodities, including the most complex examinations without technical guidance, using scientifically sound and applicable procedures, and provide expert level regulatory interpretation of analytical data.
• Prepare technical reports, research papers, position papers, memoranda, and documents that are accurate, including clear recommendations for policy decisions.
• Formulate, guide, and implement technical capability enhancement projects or program development activities across the division.
• Take a leadership role in the continual improvement of the laboratory's data systems (e.g., FONL, LIMS) and to the quality and safety programs by suggesting division-wide changes and leading multi-lab workgroups.
• Represent the laboratory on scientific and regulatory issues in professional meetings, negotiations with government officials, members of industry, and/or professional organizations/associations; defending findings and recommendations as necessary.

• You will serve as a senior principal investigator for meeting research objectives investigating biodosimetric approaches to assess radiation exposure in order to optimize triage and treatment of radiation casualties.
• You will be responsible for the design, execution, statistical analysis, critical evaluation, and interpretation of the research results.
• You will be working together with other principal investigators and collaborators outside AFRRI. The multifaceted nature of these interactions requires a high level of organization skills.
• You will demonstrate, effective writing and organizational skills to apply for extramural funds to support research.
• You will attend to the timely preparation of final reports and summaries of work in progress and provides oral briefings on the research as required.
• You will ensure that research results are published whenever possible in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presents data at scientific meetings.
• You will provide guidance to technical staff, capital equipment funds, and other research funds to ensure that the research goals are met.
• You will monitor progress of assigned technical staff and makes adjustments or redefines research goals when support resources change.

• Conducts the development, implementation, and administration of systems for the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of data.
• Applies appropriate techniques for dealing with imperfect data such as probabilistic matching and imputation of missing values.
• Provides technical advice in the development and analysis of pilot initiatives and applications, and makes recommendations to management on the use of such technology as it relates to CMS data.
• Translates complex concepts and findings into concise, plain language consistent with mission goals that can be easily understood by a wide audience.
• Recommends improvements to upstream processes to improve data quality.

As an Archivist, you will:

• Plan and coordinate activities leading to the identification of records eligible for transfer to the National Archives and Records Administration.
• Review and provide archival input on records control schedules and appraisal reports.
• Review transferred records to confirm their provenance and assure proper application of the records schedule or deed of gift that authorized their transfer.
• Recognize relationships among records transferred to the legal and/or physical custody of the National Archives and Records Administration, establish the boundaries of series, and determine appropriate record group allocation.
• Prepare descriptions of complex bodies of records for inclusion in the Archival Research Catalog.

• For Senior Engineers: Serve as the senior technical advisor for a respective technical domain area in the review of technical documentation, development of project efforts, and customer engagements.
• Provide technical direction of branch-specific research and engineering activities to ensure work is resourced appropriately.
• Evaluate state-of-the-art commercial and military power and energy systems to inform the feasibility and suitability of new technologies or designs.
• Conduct exploratory research, as applicable, in the areas of electrochemical systems, power electronics, power generation, and power data and controls; documenting results in official research papers, patents, and publications.
• Use engineering analysis to assess complex technical challenges, decompose those challenges into executable research/engineering areas, and communicate direction to junior staff.
• Guide the technical resourcing needs of current and future efforts through close collaboration with personnel across the division.
• Guide junior staff in the development of research papers, patents, and publications, as applicable.
• Serve as a mentor to junior engineers conducting work within the branch.
• Serve as laboratory manager for all branch spaces.
• Manage laboratory standard operating procedures and equipment needs.
• Recommend technical training needs/opportunities to their respective branch chief to maximize readiness and personnel growth.
• For Chief Engineers: Leads the divisions strategic outreach, partnerships, and business development activities to build coalitions and address the Army's critical power and energy challenges.
• Leverages technical expertise from across the branches to shape the development of future Science and Technology efforts. Work directly with Branch Chiefs and Senior Engineers across the division to shape proposed work.
• Oversees the programmatic execution of high priority international and/or cross-organizational efforts across the division.
• Provide oversight, conduct assessments, and coordinate recommendations and findings on the implementation of policies, strategies, plans, and resourcing decisions within Army and across the Department of Defense.
• Represent division interests with key stakeholders, shaping the development of technical science and technology roadmaps and associated investment decisions at Power and Energy focused organizational bodies across the government.
• Lead knowledge management activities in respective area to include, integrated product teams, roadmaps, guiding development of reports, info-papers, repositories, marketing materials, lunch-and-learns and division collaboration sites.
• Support the mentoring of junior staff in effective methods of stakeholder management and program management activities.

• Develops, evaluates, and implements policies related to activities and processes involved with the monitoring and oversight of external stakeholders who contract or provide services in support of CMS’ lines of business.
• Develops, implements, and maintains operational requirements, a program oversight strategy, as well as databases to manage and analyze programmatic information such as routine and ad hoc reports, deliverables, and programmatic documentation.
• Gathers and analyzes information, conducts various reviews and studies to assess ongoing operations, program vulnerabilities and initiates/recommends improvements.
• Develops and reviews health care policies and legislation in order to draft related policy documents, regulations, procedures and guidance to states.
• Works with the CMS Office of Legislation and Congressional committees and staff in performing an impact analysis or mark-up of various Congressional options before the committees.