[AERNet] VA position - (outpatient O&M/RT/LV) BROS in Augusta

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Announcement Number:
 07-ALH-77

Position Title:
 Blind Rehab Specialist (Poly Trauma)

Location Facility:
 AUGUSTA

Assigned To:
 Allied Health Service Line

Job Number:
 VHA509BRSP91508

Grade:
 GS-12

Salary:
 $63,417 - $82,446

Opening Date:
 01/09/2007

Closing Date:
 01/26/2007

Position Type:
 Traditional

Full Time:
 Yes

Supervisory Status:
 No

Required Forms:
  VA Form 10-2850c; OF 306; latest SF 50;latest performance appraisal; 
copy of transcript (official transcript will be required if hired); 
response to KASO's on VA Form 5-4676a or plain bond paper, addressing 
the basic knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics 
below. Applicant should submit VAF 5-4667b to his/her supervisor for 
supervisor's appraisal of KASO's.

Position Summary:
  Incumbent will work closely with the polytrauma rehabilitation team; 
participating in the rehabilitation of a population whose rehab is 
complicated by multiple injuries including traumatic brain injury, 
amputations, or orthopedic injuries for example. Incumbent must be able 
to adjust rehab techniques to meet the unique needs of these younger, 
more active patients. Incumbent will be responsible to manage and 
provide direct blind rehabilitation training services to eligible 
beneficiaries. The incumbent identifies, assesses, trains, manages, and 
provides follow up for patients using clinical resources of the 
facility; uses objective and subjective assessment tools and methods 
requiring broadly based advanced knowledge in low vision orientation 
and mobility, living skills teaching, manual skills and other 
associated disciplines; develops an individualized rehabilitation 
training plan for each client with rehabilitation potential; makes use 
of a wide variety of complex training aids and devices; provides case 
management for all patients while under his/her treatment; provides 
effective patient counseling in the psychosocial adjustments to 
blindness as an integral component of the work to assist the client in 
greater acceptance of blindness and the blind rehabilitation process; 
creates local policies, projecting and administering budgets; must be 
familiar with computers in order to write reports, document workload, 
schedule clients and maintain the database. The incumbent will impact 
assessments to clients unique medical, physical, psychosocial needs 
including environmental considerations and has substantial 
accountability for promoting program effectiveness, modification of 
service delivery patterns and promoting acceptance of the program; 
interaction with a large interdisciplinary treatment team.

Location Summary:
  Augusta, Georgia is a fast growing, diverse city known for being the 
home of the world renowned “Masters” golf tournament. If golf is not 
one of your favorite sports, Augusta and neighboring areas, offer a 
myriad of other sporting events to enjoy, including baseball, boating, 
skiing, fishing, horse racing, and boat racing. Augusta also offers a 
multitude of cultural events including the Augusta symphony, Opera and 
the Augusta Theater Company. Within 2-3 hours, you can be in the 
mountains, at the beach or at the “Mall of Georgia” in Atlanta. Augusta 
offers the hospitality of the “Old South” along with the conveniences 
of a metropolitan city.

Position Requirements:
  Basic requirements for the General Health Science Series, GS-601, 
requires a degree with a major study in an academic field related to 
this position. The number of semester hours required to constitute a 
major field of study is the amount specified by the college or 
university attended. If this number cannot be obtained, 24 semester 
hours will be considered equivalent to a major field of study. 
Applicant must submit a transcript. Applicant must also have one year 
of specialized experience at the next lower grade which is experience 
that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, abilities 
to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in 
or related to the work of the position to be filled. Graduate education 
cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level. Time in grade 
requirements must be met. Applicants are responsible for submitting 
with his/her application documentation that shows time-in-grade 
restrictions have been met. APPLICANT'S PLEASE NOTE: 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 (particularly positions with a positive education 
requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or 
degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized 
by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify 
accreditation at the following website: 
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html All education claimed 
by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.

Relocation Expenses:
 No

Relocation Bonus:
 No

Rating Factors:
  1. Ability to teach and train blind rehabilitation disciplines. 2. 
Ability to organize, coordinate, and manage the activities of the Blind 
Rehabilitation Program. 3. Knowledge of the blind rehabilitation 
process which includes appropriate consultation and interaction with a 
large interdisciplinary treatment team. 4. Ability to use assessment 
techniques in skill areas (orientation/mobility, living skills, low 
vision, manual skills, computer access training) to determine the 
rehabilitation needs of blinded veteran patients. 5. Ability to provide 
counseling to blinded veterans concerning blindness related issues. 6. 
Knowledge of rehabilitation principles related to traumatic brain 
injury, amputation and polytrauma patients. 7. Ability to apply blind 
rehabilitation principles to younger, active patients with complex 
injuries affecting their rehabilitation.

Application Procedures:
  Submit all required documents by the closing date of the announcement 
to the following address: VA Medical Center, Human Resources (05), 1 
Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904, attn: Pamela Leach.

Promotion Potential:
 No

Promotion Grade:



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Organization Contact:
 Pamela Leach

Organization Address:
 1 Freedom Way

Organization Phone:
 (706) 733-0188

Organization Email:
 Pamela.Leach2 at va.gov






The Department of Veterans Affairs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For additional information or questions about this vacancy, please call 
or e-mail the person listed as the Organization Contact for this 
position.





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