About the Position: The incumbent will be expected to work within the Orthotics & Prosthetics Clinic at WRNMMC. The successful applicant will have a private office that is adjacent to the O&P lab within the America Building on the Walter Reed campus. Normal work hours occur between 0730 and 1630 hrs, Monday through Friday. While situational telework will be possible for unique circumstances, the incumbent will generally be required to work on site 40 hrs per week.

Duties

Provides oversight and leadership related to orthotics and prosthetics procurement, fitting, fabricating, and training. Coordinates/manages provider and staff schedules to ensure maximal efficiencies within the O and P clinical operations, optimizing patient access to care. Ensures O and P staff uphold professional standards of conduct within Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Manages O and P provider and staff schedules, workload, and productivity to optimize efficiencies within the clinic and ensure an equitable work environment. Abides and upholds institutional policies regarding sexual harassment/assault prevention. Ensures and facilitates O and P staff continuing education, training and competencies. Leads quality improvement initiatives to optimize safe and high-quality care. Serves as a technical specialist at a superior level in providing Orthotic and Prosthetic care. Develops long-range purchase plans to ensure state-of-the-art status for equipment and services. Serves as mediator on conduct and performance problems and resolves minor grievances. Serves as a consultant to the hospital and Department of Rehabilitation in development of research ideas, protocols and advanced applications of orthotics and prosthetics. Collaborates with physicians and occupational and physical therapists in an interdisciplinary fashion to provide comprehensive, individualized patient care. Provides services to patients with a range of disabilities in need of orthotic and prosthetic services. Interviews candidates for positions, makes recommendations for appointments, awards, and promotions.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. A background investigation and credit check are required.
• You must undergo a specific initial background checks, investigation and periodic re-verification check of multiple agency records to obtain and maintain a suitable determination to occupy a position having regular contact with children.
• This position is subject to a pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
• This position has mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documentation of exemption must be provided upon hire).
• This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing.
• This position may require the incumbent to work on any day or shift, including PMs, nights, weekends, holidays, or on an "on call" basis, necessary to meet mission requirements.
• This position has been designated “Mission Essential”. In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations, the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.
• This position requires that you obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA)Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian EmployeeInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferOffice of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement EligiblePeople with Disabilities, Schedule APriority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleReinstatementVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes planning and developing clinic budget; monitors compliance with OSHA, Joint Commission, and other federal regulations; manages clinical data utilizing information systems such as MHS Genesis or other WRNMMC/Defense Health Agency management reports; and procures, educates and fits patients with all types of customized orthotic and/or prosthetic devices. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-13). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Customer ServiceOral CommunicationQuality Management Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-13).

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address JT-DHA-DDAAFF DHA NCR MKT-WR NATL MIL MED CTR DO NOT MAIL Bethesda, MD 20889 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk