A temporary promotion is NOT authorized. Applicants must submit their current supervisor's approval to be considered for this detail. Failure to submit approval at the time of application may result in an ineligibility rating. The Robert J. Dole VA Medical Center is seeking a highly qualified candidate to Detail into the Home-Based Primary Care Physical Therapist position.

Duties

VA Careers - Physical Therapy: https://youtube.com/embed/Gi2hoFqIoqY Robert J Dole VA Medical Center committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans. Major duties include but are not limited to: Serves as a staff physical therapist with evaluation and treatment responsibilities in outpatient, inpatient and acute rehabilitation despite primary focus in home setting. Communicates effectively within a multidisciplinary service to provide quality care with compassion and a commitment to excellence. Carries primary responsibility for providing in-home physical therapy assessments, and the planning, and administration and management of rehabilitation in the home for patients of the RJDVA and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) Home Based Primary Care Program (HBPC). The physical therapist provides in-home services to patients with a wide variety of multiple, complex chronic illnesses and/or profound disabilities. The population served is composed of veterans enrolled in the RJD VAMC from all age groups who receive their primary care at either the medical center or one of the affiliated CBOCs or by a HBPC physician. Flexibility with a diverse population of veterans is essential. Decisions are made in the community without onsite supervision of another health care professional. The incumbent demonstrates a high ability and skill in professional autonomy as well as recognizes the team cohesiveness necessary to meet the needs of a population with chronic longitudinal and often debilitating health care needs. The incumbent should have a working knowledge of the applications of occupational therapy, and recreational therapy, to ensure appropriate rehabilitative assessments, treatment, and management, whether directly or by referral to the appropriate rehabilitative discipline is completed. Provider will have knowledge and skill in working with patients with chronic mental health or medical disease processes that impact their quality of life. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 08:00AM-4:30PM Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency: Individuals appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C. chapters 73 or 74, to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA must be proficient in written and spoken English. Experience and Education: Bachelor's degree in Physical Therapy AND five (5) years of progressively independent experience as a physical therapist. OR Master's degree in Physical Therapy AND two (2) years of progressively independent experience as a physical therapist. OR Doctorate degree in physical therapy. Note: Individuals must be a graduate of a Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) accredited college or university. The CAPTE is the only accreditation agency recognized by the United States Department of Education (USDE) and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) to accredit entry-level physical therapy programs. A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Licensure. Individuals must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to practice physical therapy in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Note: Non-licensed PTs, who otherwise meet the basic requirements in this standard, may be given a temporary appointment as a graduate PT at the GS-11 grade level under the authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 (a)(1)(D) for a period not-to-exceed two years from the date of employment on the condition that such PT provide care only under the supervision of a PT who is licensed. Failure to obtain licensure during that period is justification for termination of the temporary appointment. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). References: Refer to VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-12 Physical Therapist Qualification Standard, GS-0633. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-11 to GS-12. Physical Requirements: This position requires ability to drive to patients homes to independently assess in person. The work requires a valid driver's license and the ability to drive long distances, sometimes on substandard roads. Access to homes may require walking on uneven, unimproved driveways and terrain including gravel, dirt, mud and steep slopes. It may further require negotiating steps/stairs and the home may be in poor condition and have poor environmental controls. The primary physical demand is fatigue associated with driving long distances between the medical center and the patient's home, and toleration of weather extremes and pet dander. Some of the work is sedentary involving research, calculating diets, preparing reports, etc. It may involve considerable walking throughout the medical center, prolonged standing, and carrying lightweight objects. Work is performed in the office, medical center, the patient's home, and community locations. The home setting may be hot, cold, have unsound floors, bug infestation, etc., which requires special home visit safety precautions. The work involves risk of exposure to a variety of contagious diseases, hazards of the kitchen environment, and the road. Many patients have pets which may stimulate one's symptoms should one have pet allergies.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Robert J Dole VA Medical and Regional Office Center 5500 East Kellogg Drive Wichita, KS 67218 US
• Name: Kelly Spears
• Phone: (316) 469-0740
• Email: [email protected]