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This position is located at the Coatesville VA Medical Center in Informatics.
12/20/2021 to 01/03/2022
$69,345 - $120,631 per year
VN 00
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
00
No
Yes
CBSZ-11320745-22-JA
627847100
- Responsible and accountable for the provision of information, education, training, and technical support for all nursing and allied health related to electronic documentation and the coordination and direction of BCMA.
- Creates a culture of safety around BCMA. Works collaboratively to enhance the safety of patients receiving medications.
- He/she is responsible for the coordination of all patient care activities related to medication administration workstations/BCMA.
- Demonstrates strong interactive and collegial interactions essential to facilitating informatics initiatives; he/she works in collaboration with all disciplines and services affected by the BCMA computer software program.
- Functions as a resource and consultant for clinical issues related to BCMA to ensure patient care needs are provided in a safe and timely manner. Facilitate information dissemination to end users on policies and procedures relevant to BCMA and the medication management process.
- Serves as liaison between administration, clinical staff, and IT regarding BCMA / CAC and the medication management process; he/she collaboratively interacts with Information Technology (IT) personnel in order to provide expert nursing knowledge and information that will result in comprehensive patient care outcomes
- Actively participates in National/VISN BCMA / CAC conference calls and training initiatives.
- Functions as an internal consultant in evaluating program(s), resources, and services. Incorporates theories, principles, and concepts from appropriate sciences into informatics practice, informatic systems, implementation methods, workflow analysis, process redesign, project management.
- Provides leadership in developing/maintaining reports targeting clinical performance criteria. Initiates and maintains databases and reporting structures and works collaboratively with others to assess variances.
- Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates computer applications for clinical services, administration, education, and patient care. Updates clinical data element templates as required.
- Initiates and/or supports a range of informatics/informatic solution(s)/ projects to improve organizational performance; monitors and effectiveness of outcomes
- Function as an effective member of the clinical informatics team, assisting in resolution of end user problems related to BCMA/ CPRS, interface tools, clinical application tools and services.
- Identifies and resolves impediments to clinical documentation where identified.
- Provides initial and ongoing CPRS training to staff and assesses their ongoing needs.
- Assist in the assessment of clinical application needs, facility wide.
- Assists with staff questions, programmatic need and effectively liaisons with other departments
- Evaluates the effectiveness of BCMA/ CAC training.
- Utilizes professional standards of care and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities
- Implements education plans to meet changing program or service needs
- Maintains knowledge of current techniques, trends, and professional issues
- Collaborates with others/ other departments in activities to improve care Manages program resources (financial, human, material, or informational) to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient care.
- Works collaboratively to improve outcomes at the program or service level
- Represents BCMA/ CAC on facility and nursing committees.
- Assists in revising menu options for users.
- Duties as assigned
Work Schedule: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Monday - Friday
Telework: Available
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Discloser Report: Not required
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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Pandemic Telework Program: Due to COVID-19, the VA is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected, you may be expected to temporarily telework, even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office, you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement. [Management officials will provide information about returning to the official, pre-pandemic worksite, when applicable.] At that time, you may be eligible to request to continue to telework depending upon the terms of your organization's telework policy and the duties of the position.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
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; religions; 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.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
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. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 01/03/2022 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11320745.
Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.
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