Prosthetic Representative

Summary

This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. The incumbent serves as a Prosthetic Representative (Assistant Chief); sharing full responsibility with the Chief for supervising all phases of prosthetic operations. The incumbent serves as Chief of the service in the Chief's absence.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Advises the VA Central Office for the development of PSAS policies and manages arid provides national-level oversight to a VISN or facility PSAS program to achieve VHA's overall mission goals.
• Completes human resources assignments independently, including drafting and developing functional statements, performance standards, and competencies. Makes PSAS's staff selections; assigns personnel; and provides direction to subordinate staff. Manages the training and evaluation of staff. Assesses competencies; evaluates performance; and recommends awards, advancements, and disciplinary actions.
• Serves as an advisor to clinicians regarding the selection, prescription, and acquisition of prosthetic devices involving furnishing information concerning such matters as, new developments in the field of prosthetics and sources of supply for such devices.
• Interprets prescriptions of clinicians to make certain that proper prosthetic devices are selected for, or by, the patients. Authorizes the purchase, fabrication, or repair of prosthetic devices.
• Contributes to the effective utilization of resources, budgetary allocation, and fiscal management. Manages, interprets, and presents fiscal data (i.e. fund controls, contracts, and equipment expenditures), forecasts resource, and equipment needs; administers an allocated budget.
• Oversees the staff completion of contracting requirements, procurement, and inventory management assignments independently to prepare and authorize purchase orders for a wide variety of prosthetic and orthotic devices
• Drafts, develops, and implements new local organizational policies, directives, and procedures that are consistent with national policies, procedures, programs, and processes. Provides documents to the supervisor for final approval after the incumbent submits final, review, comments, and recommendations.
• Responds to a variety of policy and correspondence inquires related to contractors, congressional inquiries, Veteran concerns, specialty benefit program issues, new local and national guidelines implementation, and develops tools that allow monitoring of a quality assurance program, etc.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm.
Telework: Not eligible.
Travel: 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.

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