If you are not a current, permanent VA employee or Federal employee from another agency, you should apply to 12610556.
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Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Provide comfort measures and activities of daily living during clinic visits.
- Perform the following procedures: takes digital photos, performs complex- dressing changes, wound management, urostomy, ileostomy, and colostomy care, tracheal and nasopharyngeal suction, suprapubic catheter care, designated urological procedures, and specialized dermatological procedures.
- Insertion of indwelling/intermittent catheters.
- Collection of laboratory specimens (urine, blood, culture and sensitivity).
- Assist with specialized outpatient exams during gynecological, otolaryngeal and ophthalmology visits.
- Perform tonometry and visual screening acuity measurements.
- Maintain and determine an adequate supply of medications and supplies
- Administer Vaccine according to directives and facility policy. Complete request for Lipid Blood work.
- Verbalize knowledge of and demonstrate sufficient interviewing skills to elicit response from patient, identify physical needs, problems or emotional concerns that may interfere with the therapeutic treatment plan.
- Enter annual request for hemoglobin AIC level for diabetic patients Follow policies related to special screenings (suicide risk screening, and alcohol, smoking screening) as required.
- Order urine microalbumin for diabetics.
- Duties include participation in complex Mental Health procedures common to the Mental Health.
- Recognize and respond to emergency situations, anticipating emergent protocol and implementation of it and seeks assistance of the RN and or MD/NP to initiate appropriate emergency intervention as directed.
- Observe, identify and respond to the patient's needs based upon subjective symptoms reported or observed.
- Provide intense observation and reports alteration in symptoms and or conduct identified as disturbed behavior.
- Communicate effectively via phone or in person considering the veteran's mental status and receptiveness to instructions provided.
- Utilize motivational interviewing strategies when engaging in face to face or non-face to face encounters.
- Perform clinical intake, preventive medicine screening, pain education and allergy screening and document adverse react.
- Assist with patient teaching, using approved guidelines. Document on appropriate forms and/or in CPRS and refer veterans or caregiver to the social worker, dietician or other members of the team as requested.
- Determine subjective and objective symptoms the require referral to the RN or provider for intervention.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm (subject to change based on the needs of the service)
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
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 #: 629-00035-F, 629-00036-F, 629-00037-F, 629-00038-F.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Starting at $59,291 Per Year (GS 00)