Prosthetic Representative

Summary

This position is located at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville, IL. The position of the Assistant Chief Prosthetic Representative is to administer, supervise, or perform work concerned with rendering prosthetic and sensory aids services to disabled patients. Assistant Chiefs share with the Chief full responsibility for managing and supervising all phases of prosthetic operations.

Duties

The incumbent functions as the Chief of Service in the Chief's absence. The incumbent makes selections; assigns personnel; and provides direction to subordinate staff. They manage the training and evaluation of staff and develop local organizational policies and procedures. They serve as liaison between Prosthetic Service and other departments.

• Develops and maintains a system of internal reviews that ensure service programs operate in compliance with regulatory and accrediting organizations.
• Contribute to the effective utilization of resources, budgetary allocation and fiscal management.
• Develop local organizational policies and procedures consistent with national policies and procedures.- Authorize and prepare purchase orders.
• Develop Statement of Work for various types of contracts.
• Serves as Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COR) for the facility's Prosthetic contracts.
• Establish long and short term program goals.
• Coordinates, oversees and evaluates the facility Home Respiratory Care Program.
• Works closely with patients and/or caregivers, Pulmonary Medicine clinicians, Hospital Based Primary Care staff and VISN contracted vendors and equipment manufacturers in administering a uniform program in compliance with all required procedures, policies and standards established by the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 12 and TJC.
• Conducts home visits to validate vendor compliance to the contract as a regular part of the VISN's QM/PI Program.
• Conducts inspections of the contracted vendor's establishment.
• Receive, analyze and process requests for prosthetic equipment and services.
• Identifies and selects national CMS/ Health Care Procedural Coding System (HCPCS) codes are entered for every item purchased through and/or billed to ensure proper reporting.
• Responds to a variety of correspondence i.e. Congressional.
• Chairperson in local facility committees, workgroups, teams.
• Assess and provide technical guidance concerning equipment and benefits to beneficiaries and other health care workers.
• Adjusts work load and develops performance measures.
• Plans, develops and prepares budget estimates.
• Serves as technical advisor and subject matter expert.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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