Total 11 Education / Training job vacancies in GH Office: Atlanta, GA (5170 Peachtree)

As a Lead Research Microbiologist you will:

• Serve as a Team Leader.
• Lead the team in: identifying, distributing and balancing workload and tasks among employees in accordance with established workflow, skill level and/or occupational specialization; making adjustments to accomplish the workload in accordance with established priorities to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; and ensuring that each employee has an integral role in developing the final team product.
• Serve as a senior scientist and nationally recognized technical authority in viral diagnostics.
• Plan, prioritize, initiate, design, conduct, coordinate, direct, lead basic and apply research studies, particularly as related to development of novel diagnostics for virus families that cause diseases of humans.
• Provide consultation and advice to the agency in areas of personal research expertise.
• Participate in the development of policy and educational documents and on review and advisory panels.

Serves as a training instructor in a vocational or occupational training program in the Education Department of a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional facility and may also serve as a program coordinator for other vocational/occupational training programs.

Selects and/or develops curriculums which focus on the appropriate vocational training area.

This position has direct responsibility for the delivery of classroom training for vocational and apprenticeship courses in the field/trade of HVAC.

Develops a curriculum design and record-keeping system to organize and track student progress through identified course work.

Ensures the training program(s) are implemented and delivered in compliance with Bureau policies, Department of Labor, and Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training regulations, and the standards established by other certifying agencies and organizations.

Serve as apprenticeship program coordinator with responsibility for coordinating the various occupational training programs and classes, as well as responsibilities which include development, review and evaluation of the vocational trades program.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

As a Health Education Specialist you will:

• Design and implement innovative health education strategies to enhance efforts to effectively educate the affected populations, their families and health care providers on public health surveillance, prevention, and intervention.
• Conduct needs assessments to identify educational priorities and needs among diverse audiences interested in public health education.
• Provide expertise, leadership, consultation, and technical expertise and assistance to grantees and contractors in planning, implementing, and evaluating appropriate materials for health education programs.

As an Intelligence Research Specialist (Global), you will:

• Serve as a team member for the Global Security Team, researching, reviewing, interpreting, evaluating, and integrating all-source intelligence data, and other sources of classified and unclassified data, plans, and/or products pertaining to national security and/or global security threats.
• Represent the agency through liaison activity with other government entities and ensure the agency remains aware of all threats which may impact the agency's mission.
• Provide advice for comprehensive overseas defensive activities that is directed towards the protection of personnel, facilities, and residences.
• Prepare threat assessments and brief top level management and subject matter experts.
• Develop and distribute security awareness materials to agency travelers and overseas missions concerning facility physical security, personnel security, emergency communications, etc.

As an Intelligence Research Specialist (Global) you will:

• Serve as a team member for the Global Security Team, researching, reviewing, interpreting, evaluating, and integrating all-source intelligence data, and other sources of classified and unclassified data, plans, and/or products pertaining to national security and/or global security threats.
• Represent the agency through liaison activity with other government entities and ensure the agency remains aware of all threats which may impact the agency's mission.
• Provide advice for comprehensive overseas defensive activities that is directed towards the protection of personnel, facilities, and residences.
• Prepare threat assessments and brief top level management and subject matter experts.
• Develop and distribute security awareness materials to agency travelers and overseas missions concerning facility physical security, personnel security, emergency communications, etc.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines, influence organizational mission and health care, and responsibility for outcomes. The Nurse IV is responsible for administrative functions of their assigned nursing units/programs. Functions as an administrator, educator, and consultant utilizing management theory in collaboration with Nursing/Patient Care Services and other services. Must establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of medical center personnel and relate effectively with customers, families, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the local and network levels. Key relationships with staff are needed to (1) Assist nurse managers and advanced practitioners to carry out the functions and activities expected of them, (2) Contribute ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of nursing organization-wide, (3) Assist in policy-making activities as related to customer service and the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs, and (4) Collaborate with other health care staff to establish and maintain programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care. The population of male and female Veterans served ranges from the adult, age 18, to the elderly adult, age 65 and over. The Atlanta VAHCS is an interdisciplinary teaching facility providing care for a large Veteran population with multiple medical and/or mental health co-morbidities.
Below are the approved Nurse IV positions:

- Chief Nurse for Acute Care Services
- Chief Nurse for Geriatrics and Extended Care
- Chief Nurse for Medical Specialty Care Services
- Chief Nurse for Primary Care Services (2 positions)
- Chief Nurse for Perioperative & Surgical
- Chief Nurse for Mental Health Services
- Chief Nurse for Nursing Education
- Chief Nurse for Nursing Operations
- Chief Nurse for Call Center
- Chief Nurse for Sterile Processing Services
- Chief Nurse for Emergency Department

3. FUNCTIONS:

The incumbent will be responsible to the Deputy Associate Director for Nursing/Patient Care Services and Service Line Manager or Service Line Designee, as appropriate for practice area. Refer to the Organizational Chart for the supervisory chain of command. The Chief Nurses report directly to the Atlanta VAHCS Associate Director of Patient Care Services (ADPCS) for nursing practice and administrative issues.

The Chief Nurses are responsible for assuring fulfillment of nursing, Atlanta VAHCS, and VISN Mission, Vision and Values and for establishing productive working relationships with other administrative services, professional discipline consultants, and community agencies and organizations. As a member of the Nursing leadership team, the Chief Nurses participate in assessing the environment, forecasting trends, transmitting ideas and values, developing and implementing policies, initiating programs, systems, and managing resources. In addition, the incumbent is accountable for all issues that affect nursing practice, such as credentials, functional statements, job descriptions, standards of practice and performance. The Chief Nurses provide active participation in the achievement of Nursing Strategic Goals. The incumbent may also participate in the Atlanta VAHCS Nurse Practice/Protocol Councils and may serve as chairperson of various Atlanta VAHCS committees. The incumbent will be responsible for interpreting and assuring fulfillment of VHA, VISN, and Atlanta VAHCS mission, goals, values and performance standards to nursing staff. As the Chief Nurse, the incumbent is responsible for the provision of high-quality customer-focused, cost effective patient care. The incumbent is responsible for establishing productive working relationships with the staff in all disciplines across clinical centers.

The Chief Nurse of nursing education is responsible for the overall design and execution of nursing education throughout the Atlanta VA Healthcare system, including maintaining and expanding all nursing institution affiliations and nursing accredited programs.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm (subject to change based on agency needs)
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

As an Education Program Specialist you will:

• Function as the head of an assigned educational curriculum area with responsibility to manage associated education programs, training curricula, and/or career enhancement activities.
• Participate in agency operational or planning meetings and publicize educational program goals, objectives, and/or accomplishments.
• Perform review and analyses of administration initiatives and new technologies that may impact education and development programs.
• Collaborate and partner with internal and external stakeholders and serve as a technical expert.

• Provide policy input on intelligence program issues for the Refugee, Asylum, and International Operations (RAIO) Directorate, HQ RAIO FDNS Program Office and lead major intelligence projects.
• Produce immigration intelligence for major functional or geographical areas.
• Identify information related to national security concerns and fraud trends and patterns through complex analyses of data.
• Produce intelligence products that address Key Intelligence Questions that supports the USCIS mission in the administration of the lawful immigration process.
• Disseminate intelligence products that support the mission of the office and the agency.

As a Research Science Officer you will:

• Participate in Division policy and planning and is responsible for accomplishing the mission of the Division.
• Direct and provide expert advice with respect to development of public health research systems.
• Prepare or review the preparation of all reports, articles or monographs describing findings from studies or projects conducted as part of the research and services programs noted above.
• Participate in policy and planning determination pertaining to the Division's research program
• Support staff in their scientific writing competency.

• The responsibilities described are for the full performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope performed with less independence, and limited complexity.
• Produces immigration intelligence for major functional and geographical areas and for the dissemination of intelligence products.
• Identifies intelligence information through the analysis of data captured from applications and petitions.
• Produces intelligence products that address Key Intelligence Questions for the administration of the lawful immigration process.
• Produces raw intelligence reporting in the form of Intelligence Information Reports (IIR).
• Analyzes complex data captured from applications, petitions, and information obtained from a variety of sources.