- Position Title
- Rehabilitation Technician
- Agency
- Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSY-11043839-21-CR Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, February 26, 2021 to Monday, March 22, 2021
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Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Assessment 1
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
Do you possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade (GS-04) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization? (Example: Experience that involved the observation of and assistance in the application of techniques relating to behavior, capacities, traits, interests, and activities of either humans or, under laboratory conditions, animals. Experience may have been gained in connection with a program of research or direct services in psychology that gave a practical understanding of some of the principles, methods, and techniques of psychology needed to assist professional psychologists.)
Or
Have you successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree or at least 24 hours semester hours in course studies such as psychology, statistics, or other directly related subjects?
Or
Do you possess equivalent combinations of education and experience?
Or
Have you successfully completed a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree or at least 24 hours semester hours in course studies such as psychology, statistics, or other directly related subjects?
Or
Do you possess equivalent combinations of education and experience?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Provides orientation to new residents by explaining Domiciliary policies/procedures, treatment expectations and goals. Reviews for signature the Domiciliary treatment agreement and other forms needed for admission.
3.
Provides therapeutic support and interaction to Veterans. Appropriately identifies or resolves residents problems or refers them to staff with specific clinical expertise.
4.
Provides crisis intervention in situations of a medical, psychiatric and/or behavioral
nature.
nature.
5.
Monitors Veteran in the area of substance use by obtaining UAs and breathalysers per
unit policy.
unit policy.
6.
Routinely tours the unit for Veteran whereabouts and needs. Notes absences and initiates missing person policy as needed to ensure the safety of Veterans.
7.
Monitors the the domiciliary unit and notes building issues in regards to cleanliness, repair needs and security issues and follows procedures for notification of EMS, Engineering and Safety for remedy.
8.
Routinely conduct searches of resident rooms and common areas according to VA policy.
9.
Acts as a facilitator for patient groups that are educational and recovery oriented.
10.
Performs regular administrative functions: completes entries in cardex, shift report, completes progress notes, enters work orders, nutrition requests, bed changes in vista.
11.
Instructs and directs residents in appropriate emergency procedures: fire, bomb threats, tornado drills and other disasters in alliance with facility policy.
12.
Enters accurate data into residents treatment file
13.
Completes reports of incidents using electronic reporting system or by completing appropriate VA forms
14.
Participates in therapeutic communities and interdisciplinary meetings
15.
Monitors resident compliance with treatment plan requirements and program policies
16.
Functions as active member of an interdisciplinary team
17.
Uses ability to observe, recognize, and record a patient's physical and/or mental status.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
18.
I understand that I must possess OR Obtain a Class D Chauffeur License with Endorsement 3 for passenger vehicles within 30 days of selection or I will be removed from the position