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• Formulates tenant directives and instructions within the framework of the IHS housing requirements concerning assignments, termination, inspections, maintenance, cleanliness, conservation of utilities, security, safety and other housing activities.
• Conducts technical studies of family housing demands, turnover rates and physical requirements to develop recommendations for changes or improvements. Interprets and has a working knowledge of community resources relative to housing availability.
• Directly supervises 3 Maintenance Worker Helpers WG-4749-05, 1 Housekeeper WG-3566-03 and 1 Laborer WG-4749-05 Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates and prepares schedules for completion of work, assigns work to subordinates based on priorities and capabilities of employees, evaluates work performance of subordinates.

• Implements unique policies and procedures to manage agency information, providing assistance and services to the general public and an organization, agency or facility staff members;
• Supports developing a local level strategy for data governance, which includes leading from the executive office and creating a unique program that includes diverse processes and specific policies which are independent of other facilities;
• Monitors and covers all aspects of the collection, use, dissemination, disclosure and destruction of information within an organization, agency or facility;
• Develops and integrates policy based processes, roles and controls that influences how data is created, collected, used, stored and destroyed throughout the organization;
• Adjudicates complex privacy and FOIA decisions that affect employees, customers and commercial businesses in the absence of supervision;
• Performs in-depth legal research that pertains to both federal and state statutes to render expertise, provide solutions and facilitate corrective action;
• Safeguards information while supporting accountability and transparency initiatives;
• Analyzes all of the interrelated issues that affect the privacy/FOIA program and plans and conducts monitoring activities which measure the overall level of operational compliance by the facility;
• Teaches and trains employees on general data protection procedures and detailed service specific practices for daily operations and uses technology to provide required privacy/FOIA training and supplemental education;
• Performs assessment of privacy-related risks associated with business activities that involve processing of personal and sensitive data;
• Investigates non-compliance of privacy related issues at all levels of an organization, agency or facility and outside of these entities when information is involved;
• Strengthens and sustains the operational life cycle of the privacy/FOIA program by developing a communication strategy that fosters awareness for both internal and external partners to improve compliance, provide training and engage the public;
• Ensures that organization, agency or facility correspondence for data governance is transparent, timely, accurate and complete in response to requests for information from the general-public, Congressional representatives, law enforcement, courts and commercial business;
• Creates a communications process and tools that are flexible, customizable and interactive to address unique compliance challenges and educational/training needs.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Psychologist: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Psychology-Career-Flyer.pdf

Psychologists diagnose mental disorders, conduct psychological and/or neuropsychological assessments, treat mental disorders through a variety of modalities and provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders. Among the modalities provided are individual, family, and group psychotherapies, and other interventions such as biofeedback, psychological hypnosis, and environmental interventions. They consult with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues. Staff psychologists may be involved in program evaluation and/or research activities. The Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) is located in the Mental Health Clinic and serves to 1) assist in implementation of policies and procedures from the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC) and to 2) facilitate implementation of recovery oriented services in Mental Health programs, which includes education of providers and veterans and their families on recovery and evaluation of implementation efforts. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to;

• Functions as a champion and advocate for the recovery model, and serves as a recovery ombudsman to the Team Leader of Mental Health, program managers, and staff on recovery and implementation of recovery oriented services.
• Develops a facility recovery education plan for providers and veterans and their families.
• Develops an ongoing education plan for providers including recurrent didactic presentations about elements of recovery (e.g., recovery plans) and recovery implementation by experts.
• Develops education plan for Veterans and families with information about VA and community mental health support groups and other resources.
• Serves as consultant to MH programs and recovering veterans in development of peer support groups, consumer counseling, and consumer operated services, as per local needs and resources.
• Advises Team Leader of Mental Health on filling peer specialist positions and serves as a consultant to peers specialists.
• Assists with VA regional or local recovery oriented trainings, meetings, or conferences as needed.
• Serves as a MH Liaison to the facility Consumer Council.
• Provides an annual report on implementation progress to the VISN, RC, and the NRC; other reports will also be prepared as requested.
• Meets quarterly via conference call other VISN RCs to coordinate a network response to recovery implementation and implementation of CO policies and procedures related to recovery.
• Expected to spend a percentage of their time (but no more than 25%) engaged in direct clinical services providing recovery oriented care to seriously mentally ill veterans.
• May be assigned the responsibility for providing coordination within the VISN and serving as a Point of Contact to the National Recovery Coordinator and National Recovery Advisory Committee.
• Other duties as assigned.

The individual works in the mental health clinic during regular business hours but may be required to work an irregular tour of duty, weekends, depending on the needs of the service and participate in social work coverage to the medical center off tour.

Duties will include, but not limited to:

• The incumbent is responsible for completing the following duties/responsibilities: Completes structured diagnostic and clinical assessments for participants. This requires knowledge of medical and psychiatric terminology, diagnostic categories, and chart review.
• Reviews assessments completed by others, and obtains missing information from providers, patients, and medical records.
• The incumbent must have a thorough working knowledge Mental Health Suite treatment planning software.
• The incumbent must have a thorough working knowledge of VISTA/CPRS. Must keep abreast of the various changes made within these programs and is responsible for maintaining the integrity of information in these clinical records.
• Provides clinical and case-management services through face to face meetings, and via telephone and video technology.
• Conducts telephone calls and writes letters for the purpose of outreach for new patients, patients who cancel appts, patients who are 'no-shows' and other others.
• Provides psycho-education, support, counseling and/or psychotherapeutic intervention for emotional, psychiatric and psychosocial problems. This includes the development of an appropriate treatment plan in collaboration with other providers.
• Provides social work consultation to Primary Care providers, other Mental Health clinicians and team members in the development of individual treatment plans. This includes coordinating treatment and communicating with other services to facilitate continuity of care for Veterans.
• The incumbent communicates evaluations & recommendations to treatment team members.
• The incumbent develops community resources & coordinates these resources in the interest of the Veteran & his/her family.
• The incumbent specializes in staff development & patient education in the area of mental health treatment.
• The incumbent might participate in on-going research and program evaluations. The incumbent may, as appropriate, supervises the practice of social work students, or less experienced social worker.
• The incumbent will participate in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the service manager.
• The incumbent will be responsible for maintaining accurate record of relevant trainings and participate in continuing education in accordance with VA policies and state licensure. The Social Worker has the ability to evaluate his/her own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means. The Social Worker will complete all mandatory VA trainings in a timely manner.
• The incumbent will fulfill ethical responsibilities to Veterans, colleagues and VA in accordance with NASW Code of Ethics, VHA Code of Ethics, and local Ethics policies, which includes but is not limited to compliance with all laws and regulations related to confidentiality and release of information, and protecting Veterans' personal identifying information.
• The incumbent documents in the patient's medical record in accordance with Social Work and medical center policies, and the requirements of The Joint Commission. This may include a Social Work screening and/or development of a biopsychosocial assessment and treatment plan within the time frame required by Social Work service standards. Progress notes are timely and reflect progress toward treatment goals. Outcomes are evaluated and documented. The incumbent will ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.
• Incumbent will demonstrate knowledge and utilization of Evidence Based Treatment, Measurement Based Treatment and contemporary treatment concepts/modalities widely recognized as valid in Social Work, Psychology and Psychiatry professions.
• Accepts other assignments as delegated by the Outpatient Psychiatry Department Program Manager and the Outpatient Social Work Supervisor.

The Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) functions as a champion and advocate for the recovery model. LRC also serves as a recovery ombudsman to the Associate Chief of Staff of Mental Health (ACOS-MH), program managers, and staff on recovery and implementation of recovery-oriented services. In conjunction with the ACOS-MH, the LRC develops a 3-5 year plan for the facility that identifies staged implementation of recovery-oriented services (e.g., use of recovery plans). LRC is responsible for coordinating the evaluation of recovery implementation at the facility and reporting results to the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC). With guidance from the NRC, the LRC will implement measures to assess recovery policy and procedure adherence, as well as assess the extent that the recovery model is embodied in the Mental Health programs. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to;

• Develops a facility recovery education plan for providers and Veterans and their families.
• Develops an ongoing education plan for providers, Veterans, and families that includes recurrent didactic presentations about elements of recovery (e.g., recovery plans) and recovery implementation by experts.
• Serves as consultant to Mental Health programs and recovering Veterans in development of peer support groups, consumer counseling, and consumer operated services, as per local needs and resources.
• Advises the Mental Health Program Managers on filling peer specialist positions and serves as a consultant to peers specialists.
• Assists with VA regional or local recovery-oriented trainings, meetings, or conferences as needed.
• Serves as a Mental Health Liaison to the facility Consumer Council.
• Provides an annual report on implementation progress to the VISN, RC and the NRC; other reports will also be prepared as requested.
• Meets quarterly via conference call with the VISN RC to coordinate a network response to recovery implementation and implementation of CO policies and procedures related to recovery.
• Must have a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Mental Health Service and/or their families.
• Able to independently work with Veterans and their families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems.
• Possess a thorough knowledge and have experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Independently complete psychosocial assessments and be able to independently provide a DSM diagnosis to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and/or their families.
• Able to utilize this assessment in facilitating the Veteran's maximum use of treatment for attainment of the highest level of independence that is possible and practicable.
• Utilize standardized instruments in the assessment of mental health problems/conditions.
• Must possess knowledge and ability to independently implement Evidenced Based treatment modalities, provide individual, group or family psychotherapy, supportive contact and psychosocial education for Veterans and families.
• Must be experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) functions as a champion and advocate for the recovery model. LRC also serves as a recovery ombudsman to the Associate Chief of Staff of Mental Health (ACOS-MH), program managers, and staff on recovery and implementation of recovery-oriented services. In conjunction with the ACOS-MH, the LRC develops a 3-5 year plan for the facility that identifies staged implementation of recovery-oriented services (e.g., use of recovery plans). LRC is responsible for coordinating the evaluation of recovery implementation at the facility and reporting results to the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC). With guidance from the NRC, the LRC will implement measures to assess recovery policy and procedure adherence, as well as assess the extent that the recovery model is embodied in the Mental Health programs. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to;

• Develops a facility recovery education plan for providers and Veterans and their families.
• Develops an ongoing education plan for providers, Veterans, and families that includes recurrent didactic presentations about elements of recovery (e.g., recovery plans) and recovery implementation by experts.
• Serves as consultant to Mental Health programs and recovering Veterans in development of peer support groups, consumer counseling, and consumer operated services, as per local needs and resources.
• Advises the Mental Health Program Managers on filling peer specialist positions and serves as a consultant to peers specialists.
• Assists with VA regional or local recovery-oriented trainings, meetings, or conferences as needed.
• Serves as a Mental Health Liaison to the facility Consumer Council.
• Provides an annual report on implementation progress to the VISN, RC and the NRC; other reports will also be prepared as requested.
• Meets quarterly via conference call with the VISN RC to coordinate a network response to recovery implementation and implementation of CO policies and procedures related to recovery.
• Must have a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Mental Health Service and/or their families.
• Able to independently work with Veterans and their families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems.
• Possess a thorough knowledge and have experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Independently complete psychosocial assessments and be able to independently provide a DSM diagnosis to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and/or their families.
• Able to utilize this assessment in facilitating the Veteran's maximum use of treatment for attainment of the highest level of independence that is possible and practicable.
• Utilize standardized instruments in the assessment of mental health problems/conditions.
• Must possess knowledge and ability to independently implement Evidenced Based treatment modalities, provide individual, group or family psychotherapy, supportive contact and psychosocial education for Veterans and families.
• Must be experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Preparing the clinical environment, which may include preparing medical and telecommunications equipment to be used for clinical examination and treatment.
• Serving as a telepresenter within scope of practice during clinical video telehealth (CVT) and VA Video Connect (VVC) encounters.
• Serving as an imager and clinical data manager for store and forward telehealth (SFT) clinical encounters.
• Taking measures to ensure patient care is delivered safely by following appropriate procedures for inventory management, cleaning of clinical equipment and the care environment while following all patient safety guidelines, protocols, and procedures.
• Ensuring that patient privacy is protected by complying with all information security and patient privacy regulations.
• Receiving and scheduling requests for simple and complex intra-facility, and inter- facility telehealth appointments using an electronic resource-based scheduling system.
• Monitoring and maintaining schedules of rooms, patients, technologies, clinical providers and presenters as needed to ensure efficient telehealth operations.
• Configuring, installing, troubleshooting, cleaning, and performing minor routine maintenance of assigned telehealth technology.
• Ensuring assigned telehealth technologies are managed appropriately to include inventory, secure, ready for use, and accounted for by preparing and tracking maintenance work orders, information systems, inventory records, and communicating with the National Telehealth Technology Help Desk to facilitate troubleshooting, repair, and coordination of replacement equipment as necessary.
• Maintaining regular contact with other staff members and the Facility Telehealth Coordinator to work out process issues, equipment needs, problems, data collection and any other logistical issues.
• Completing other duties as assigned.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf

The Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) functions as a champion and advocate for the recovery model. LRC also serves as a recovery ombudsman to the Associate Chief of Staff of Mental Health (ACOS-MH), program managers, and staff on recovery and implementation of recovery-oriented services. In conjunction with the ACOS-MH, the LRC develops a 3-5 year plan for the facility that identifies staged implementation of recovery-oriented services (e.g., use of recovery plans). LRC is responsible for coordinating the evaluation of recovery implementation at the facility and reporting results to the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC). With guidance from the NRC, the LRC will implement measures to assess recovery policy and procedure adherence, as well as assess the extent that the recovery model is embodied in the Mental Health programs. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to;

• Develops an ongoing education plan for providers, Veterans, and families that includes recurrent didactic presentations about elements of recovery (e.g., recovery plans) and recovery implementation by experts.
• Serves as consultant to Mental Health programs and recovering Veterans in development of peer support groups, consumer counseling, and consumer operated services, as per local needs and resources.
• Advises the Mental Health Program Managers on filling peer specialist positions and serves as a consultant to peers specialists.
• Assists with VA regional or local recovery-oriented trainings, meetings, or conferences as needed.
• Provides an annual report on implementation progress to the VISN, RC and the NRC; other reports will also be prepared as requested.
• Meets quarterly via conference call with the VISN RC to coordinate a network response to recovery implementation and implementation of CO policies and procedures related to recovery.
• Must have a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Mental Health Service and/or their families.
• Able to independently work with Veterans and their families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems.
• Possess a thorough knowledge and have experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Independently complete psychosocial assessments and be able to independently provide a DSM diagnosis to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and/or their families.
• Able to utilize this assessment in facilitating the Veteran's maximum use of treatment for attainment of the highest level of independence that is possible and practicable.
• Utilize standardized instruments in the assessment of mental health problems/conditions.
• Must possess knowledge and ability to independently implement Evidenced Based treatment modalities, provide individual, group or family psychotherapy, supportive contact and psychosocial education for Veterans and families.
• Must be experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs.
• Other duties as assigned.

• You will provide technical expertise and authority for the development, coordination, implementation, management, and oversight of all Health Research Center sites for physical security
• You will provide development, coordination and functional oversight of Antiterrorism and Force Protection related matters at each site and facility.
• You will plan, formulate, and coordinate all matters pertaining to the protection and security of personnel, property, and material
• You will work closely with all appropriate Force Protection Directorates Aboard Base Point Loma in providing and receiving physical security guidance
• You will serve as alternate Security Manager and alternate Operations Security (OPSEC) manager for the command.
• You will conduct Terrorism Threat Assessments reviews for sites and facilities aboard the installation

The Health and Wellness coach provides support to positively influence the relationship between lifestyle and health outcomes. The incumbent will guide the exploration of behaviors may increase the risk of developing or worsening chronic disease and those that reduce the likelihood of chronic illness. The Health and Wellness coach collaborates with Veterans and Veterans primary care and specialty care treatment provides to develop goals designed to improve the health and well-being, reduce impact of chronic illness and lessen the likelihood of admission to the emergency department, inpatient care of long-term care. Some of the major duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• Providing health coaching to individuals or groups in outpatient and inpatient settings using multiple formats (face-to-face, telephone, virtual, etc.) in order to increase/promote a positive lifestyle (habits and behaviors).
• Supporting Veterans in fostering internal strengths and external resources to develop self-directed strategies for making personalized, sustainable, healthy lifestyle behavior changes and more effectively manage chronic disease.
• Collaborating with interdisciplinary clinical and non-clinical staff and teams throughout the VA health care system on a Veteran-centered process to facilitate and empower Veterans to develop and achieve self-determining goals related to health and well-being and that align with what matters most or their mission, aspiration, or purpose.
• Utilizing motivational interviewing, coaching theories, and coaching techniques to assist clients in accomplishing their action steps and goals.
• Within the coaching process, addresses appropriate social and structural determinants of health.
• Providing education around health and wellness coaching services, evidence, and research.
• Utilizing a coaching process model that aligns with NBHWC standards.
• Connecting Veterans with wellbeing services when they are in service of the Veteran's self-identified wellness goals.

Duties and responsibilities for this position include, but not limited to the following:

• Daily responsibilities include collecting, compiling, and tracking data and statistical information in support of Veteran Transportation Service (VTS).
• Perform a basic analysis of the data and generates a variety of reports.
• Collate in-coming data from a variety of sources. Reviews documents, reports and/or applications for omissions and inconsistencies and ensures data entry is complete and accurate.
• Enter pertinent information into an automated tracking system.
• Receive DSS extracts to verify that the workload being captured in DSS is correct.
• Maintain automated system of program- specific data to track items such as service project milestones, progress reports, clinic trends, program trends, performance measures, compliance strategies, etc.
• Interact with various other transportation services such as Emergency Medical Service (EMS), Volunteer Transportation Network (VTN), Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) etc., and other transportation providers.
• Coordinate service practices that decrease waits and delays for patients in all specialty areas.
• Plan consult processing flow to ensure veterans receive consultation services in a timely manner.
• Utilize the Veterans Health Information System & Technological Architecture (VISTA), Computerized Patient Record Systems (CPRS) or SharePoint Consult/Request Tracking System in processing internal consultations.
• Provide procedural support in administering quality monitors to be utilized in the internal consultation process to measure the success of efforts to provide seamless care and to support the education of staff in the proper use of the electronic record, to include internal consultation processes.
• Coordinate service practices that decrease waits and delays for patients in all specialty areas.
• Plan consult processing flow ,to ensure veterans receive consultation services in a timely manner.

The Optometry Health Technician is a key member of the Eye Care treatment team and is responsible for assisting the Ophthalmology and Optometry staff/resident physicians in all aspects of patient care.

Duties include, but may not be limited to:

• Obtains a detailed history from each patient
• Reviews patient medical record for appropriateness of follow-up appointment
• Maintains supplies and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals needed in the exam room
• Demonstrates familiarity with routine clinic and departmental procedures and performs general clinic duties, including filing, answering phones, scheduling of appointments and patient check-in, check-out
• Performs fundus and slit lamp (external) photography
• Sets up and performs external ocular photography
• Performs visual field testing in the evaluation of patients with glaucoma, neurological disorders, retinal diseases and other ocular disorders
• Performs auto refraction and lensometer measurements
• Assists with reading patient's spectacle prescription with the lensometer
• Completes lensometry testing (a) to measure and record distance and near vision with and without glasses or contact lenses, and (b) to assess color vision.

The Optometry Health Technician is a key member of the Eye Care treatment team and is responsible for assisting the Ophthalmology and Optometry staff/resident physicians in all aspects of patient care.

Duties include, but may not be limited to:

• Obtains a detailed history from each patient
• Reviews patient medical record for appropriateness of follow-up appointment
• Maintains supplies and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals needed in the exam room
• Demonstrates familiarity with routine clinic and departmental procedures and performs general clinic duties, including filing, answering phones, scheduling of appointments and patient check-in, check-out
• Performs fundus and slit lamp (external) photography
• Sets up and performs external ocular photography
• Performs visual field testing in the evaluation of patients with glaucoma, neurological disorders, retinal diseases and other ocular disorders
• Performs auto refraction and lensometer measurements
• Assists with reading patient's spectacle prescription with the lensometer
• Completes lensometry testing (a) to measure and record distance and near vision with and without glasses or contact lenses, and (b) to assess color vision.

Major Duties:

• Assemble loads from quotas.
• Stacking items on carts for effective utilization of space.
• Tagging carts for proper destination and loading carts on trucks and trailers.
• Ensure linens are collected, separated and recorded.
• Maintains accurate shipping records.
• Rotating stored stock.

Design and execute biochemical methods for cell culture extraction and measurement.
Create comprehensive documents, technical reports, and presentations, as well as written standard operating procedure documents, inventories, and laboratory records.
Generate research reports, manuscript and grant application

Work Schedule: Full-time (Without Compensation)