JOB SUMMARY:
VacancyID: 930551
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs employees who possess the energy, compassion, and commitment to serve those who served our Country. Whatever the job title, every position in VA will give you a chance to make a meaningful and personal contribution to the lives of truly special and deserving people - our Veterans. Working for VA is one of the most emotionally satisfying and professionally rewarding ways to dedicate the best within you to your Countrys service.
If you are transitioning from the military or a Veteran already, we invite you to explore the benefits of continuing your career at the VA. The VA is committed to hiring Veterans.
The VA is much more than just another employer. It is an honorable, open and welcoming community of those who care. Gratitude is our motivation and service is our mission.
The VA has adopted Core Values and Characteristics that apply universally across the Department. The five Core Values define “who we are,” our culture, and how we care for Veterans, their families and other beneficiaries. The Values are Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect and Excellence (“I CARE”).
Americas Veterans need you!
To find out more, go to http://www.va.gov/jobs/.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
- You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
- You will be subject to a background/suitability investigation.
DUTIES:Back to top
PART-TIME:
This is a part-time position (36) hour work week/ (72) hours per pay period. The salary listed represents full-time employment and will be pro-rated based on the actual number of hours worked each pay-period. Likewise, benefits and time-off accrual will also be prorated and based on your part-time work schedule
This posisiton is located at the Community-Based Outpatient Clinic in Fargo, ND. In this position, you will support and manage telehealth clinical encounters from the patient and provider location as the site telepresenter. Your primary day-to-day duties will be comprised of a combination of telepresenter-, imager- and screener-related duties. The bulk of your duties will involve managing the patient site clinical, business, scheduling and technical aspects of telehealth applications. This involves performing a full spectrum of telehealth encounters including tele-mental health, tele-audiology, tele-ICU and home telehealth procedures as well as pre-op and post-op procedures.
The more hands-on, technical aspects of the job include performing a variety of telehealth imaging actions involving tele-retinal screening, tele-dermatology, tele-wound care and other related programs and procedures. This will allow you to work with new and emerging technologies as they become available.
As a health care representative of VA, and an employee supporting its missions, you will be expected to consistently treat patients – our nations Veterans – in a courteous, tactful and respectful manner. Patients depend on you for the quality care and service that they so greatly deserve.
Other Duties include:
- Assisting the care manager with the patients clinical reminders related to the imaging process and takes necessary action based on the readers recommendations.
- Documenting all clinical information in the patients electronic medical record.
- Installing, maintaining, performing inventory and training staff on all video-conferencing technologies and other telehealth peripherals.
- Opening the telehealth room patient room and readying equipment for examination, training, access, etc.
- Developing programs and processes to ensure telehealth modalities are timely, efficient and appropriate to the needs of the patient.
- Reviewing relevant data for the telehealth program and designing studies and training programs to improve services.
- Performing patient screenings and evaluating patient needs regarding the appropriateness of telehealth.
- Orienting patients to all telehealth services such as home telehealth, store and forward, and clinical video telehealth.
- Performing various administrative duties such as documenting patient and clinical reminders, scheduling follow-up visits, and maintaining control records and test.
DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm.
***RELOCATION EXPENSES AND/OR INCENTIVES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED***
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top
GS-06SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Has one (1) year experience that equipped you with theparticular knowledge skills, and abilities (KSA’s) to perform successfully theduties of the position and that is typically in or related to the position. Tobe creditable this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-5grade level. Examples of specialized experience are: working in a medicalsetting with multiple disciplines performing both routine patient care andclerical support duties, taking and recording vital signs, responding toemergent situations, scheduling appoints, performing telehealth imaging,including teleretinal screening, teledermatology and telewound care and usingthe computer to perform a variety of clerical and clinical support duties.NOTE: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work perweek. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spentin appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for suchexperience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties andresponsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in suchemployment.
OR
GS-06 EDUCATION: Has one-half year(nine (9) semester hours) of graduate education or an internship in a fieldthat is directly related to this position? This education must have beenobtained in an accredited business or technical school, junior college, collegeor university. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)
OR
GS-06 COMBINATION OF EDUCATION ANDEXPERIENCE:Has equivalent combination of creditable graduate level education andspecialized experience as described above to meet the total requirements of theGS-06 level. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)
You willbe rated on the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Othercharacteristics (KSAOs) as part of the assessment questionnaire for thisposition:
· Abilityto screen patients.
· Abilityto perform in a support capacity for multiple disciplines.
· Abilityto provide administrative support in a medical setting.
· Abilityto perform functions of a telepresenter.
· Abilityto perform various health care related imaging.
· Abilityto communicate.
English Language Proficiency
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shallserve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basicwritten and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spokenEnglish in order to meet the requirements of this position.
PHYSICALREQUIREMENTS: This isprimarily sedentary with some walking, stooping, bending and carrying of lightitems.For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).
DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.
APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Please refer to this checklist to ensure proper accreditation and for foreign education requirements.
Veterans Preference:
When applying for Federal jobs, eligible veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of DD-214(s) showing all dates of service as well as character of service (honorable, general, etc.). Additionally, veterans with service-connected disability of 10% or more must also submit a copy of their official statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying their service-connected disability and/or their receipt of compensation for service-connected disability. If the military member is within 120 days of separation and does not yet have a DD214, the member may instead submit any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed.
Veterans with service-connected disability of less than 10%, non service-connected disability, and Purple Heart recipients, as-well-as those claiming derived preference for a spouse, widow or widower, or natural mother, should refer to and submit a completed " SF15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference," (go to http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf) and required documentation with your application materials. For more information on Veterans Preference, please visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/veterans.aspx.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Applicants will be ranked based on four quality groups, as follows:
- Best qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;
- Highly qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the requirements of the job;
- Well qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in some, but not all, of the requirements of the job; and
- Qualified - applicants possessing experience and/or education that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors.
After the vacancy announcement closes, reviewed applications are evaluated against the questionnaire responses and placed in the appropriate quality group. Qualified veterans will be afforded preference by being placed at the top of the appropriate quality group. Qualifying veterans with a service-connected disability of 10% or more will be placed at the top of the best qualified group. The best qualified group is the first to be referred to the hiring facility for further consideration and possible interview. The remaining groups may be referred based on the number of applicants available.
Country: USA,
State: North Dakota,
City: Fargo,
Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.
