The employee will be assigned as a Rehabilitation Technician at the White City or VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center in White City, OR. The employee provides short term rehabilitation services to Veterans and their family members.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Cares and comforts all residential patients and acts as residential rehabilitation first-line clinician. Reports individual progress or problems to the interdisciplinary team. Works with individual patients to bring about a reconciliation of issues. Exercises judgment to identify patient treatment goals, supports the treatment plan and obtains other pertinent clinical information in conjunction with the treatment team. Directs and supports the patient in the implementation of treatment goals and provides input into the treatment and discharge plans. Provides consultation to the leadership of the therapeutic community groups and resident committee. Interacts with interdisciplinary treatment teams on treatment plan development, implementation and progress review. Assists patients in determining the steps they need to take in order to achieve treatment goals. Facilities daily individual and group sessions, utilizes sophisticated skills to achieve the patient's goals of highest level of function and rehabilitation. Utilizes and teaches communication, relapse prevention and problem-solving techniques with individuals and groups. Provides counseling follow-up of patient case load, utilizes accepted standards for individual counseling techniques concerned with psychosocial recovery and rehabilitation. Documents written notes in a resident's medical record. Responds to emergencies and assumes temporary control of situations and areas. Evaluates and assesses patients who may be at risk to hurt themselves or others and notifies other staff and providers as needed. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Various; inpatient unit operates 24/7, 365 days a year. Specific schedule discussed during interview process. Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized.

Requirements

Qualifications

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-6 level in the Federal service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience include: caring and comforting all residential patients and acting as residential rehabilitation first-line clinician; identifying patient treatment goals; facilitating daily individual and group sessions; providing counseling follow-up of patient case load; working in an interdisciplinary team; experience working with crisis intervention; and experience working with limit setting and de-escalation. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have successfully completed one full year of graduate education or an internship meets the specialized experience required. Education/internship must be directly related to this position. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) OR COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Combination of successfully completed graduate-level education (in excess of 6 months) combined with specialized experience to qualify for this position. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Customer ServiceInterpersonal EffectivenessOrganizational StewardshipPsychologyPublic Safety and Security IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Physical Requirements: The work requires regular and recurring periods of standing, sitting, walking, lifting, moving equipment and furniture and other items along with documentation and use of computers. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

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: Recognition of Foreign Qualifications | International Affairs Office (ed.gov).

Contacts

• Address White City VA Medical Center 8495 Crater Lake Highway White City, OR 97503 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]