Director of Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center (GRECC)
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
We are seeking a leader for this key position at VA Greater Los Angeles (GLA) – a tertiary care facility that is affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. This position reports to the Chief of Staff of the VA Medical Center.
The ideal candidate will be a nationally recognized academic physician with experience encompassing administrative management skills and is expected to have extramural funded research. Candidates must have knowledge and experience in administering complex academic programs in a large academic medical center involving diverse staff and population. Comfort in working with matrix environments and an atmosphere of continuous improvement will be needed.
The Director will be responsible for completing integration of the GRECC across GLA. The individual will additionally be responsible for enhancing patient care, research, and training programs not only at GLA but across VISN 22. This responsibility is accompanied by working to enhance VISN 22 Geriatric and Extended Care programs across the Network. The individual is expected to represent GLA to the Network, VA Central Office, and other external committees and groups and fully participate in many of GLA’s executive committees.
This is a full-time VA Greater Los Angeles Medical Center position. Applicants should qualify for a faculty appointment at UCLA at the Professor or Associate Professor level. Other qualifications include: US Citizenship, Full current and unrestricted medical license to practice, & Board-certified in Geriatric Medicine or Psychiatry.
Applications will be evaluated until the position is filled.
Please mail application for Physicians VA Form 10-2850, Curriculum Vitae, three references, and if you are a veteran please provide us with a copy of your DD 214 copy 4.
Please send to:
Department Of Veterans Affairs
11301 Wilshire Boulevard
Human Resources (10A2-TM), Building 218, Room 17 Los Angeles, CA 90073
PSYCHIATRIST
Join one of the most innovative Mental Health teams in the country! Receive the job satisfaction of providing care to men and women who have defended our nation’s freedom.
The VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System is seeking a psychiatrist to provide the full range of psychiatric services to patients in our Outpatient Mental Health Clinic in Bakersfield, California. This psychiatrist selected for this position will treat conditions that include PTSD, anxiety and mood disorders, substance abuse disorders, traumatic brain injuries, and sexual trauma, and will provide leadership to a multidisciplinary Mental Health clinical staff. The psychiatrist will be expected to teach and must be eligible for a faculty appointment at UCLA.
The VA provides an excellent professional environment in which innovation is encouraged and scientific evidence directs practice. The Bakersfield Clinic fosters a strong team model of practice in an interdisciplinary environment.
Generous Vacation Package
Ten Paid Holidays Per Year
Health & Life Retirement Package
US Citizenship is required
EOE/Reasonable Accommodation/Random Drug Testing Position
Direct Deposit RequiredRecruitment Incentive (To attract highly qualified applicants)
No Malpractice Insurance Premiums
Up to $38,000 for Education Debt Reduction
Send letter of interest and CV to:
Robert T. Rubin, MD, PhD, Chief, Department of Psychiatry, VA Greater LA Healthcare System (robert.rubin@va.gov; 310-268-3319)
Medical Supply Technician (*Full-time), GS-622-5/6
Nursing Service
Announcement No. 11-009 (MY)
Opening Date: 1/26/2011
Closing Dates: 2/25/2011
Salary Range: GS-5: $34,881 - $45,341/ PA
GS-6: $38,882 - $50,544/ PA
Vacancies: 4 Duty Location: West Los Angeles, CA
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: Applications will be accepted from U.S. Citizens in the following categories: Permanent Employee’s of VAGLAHS CBOC’s included; LA National Cemetery; Veterans Canteen Service (Perm); Veterans with 30% or more service-connected disability; Nutrition & Food Service; Schedule A eligible; CTAP & ICTAP eligible; VA Nationwide; Reinstatement/Transfer eligible; VRA eligible; VEOA eligible; Title 38 employees eligible under interchange agreement.
NOTE: *The medical supply technician will be assigned to work primarily day or evening shifts to meet patient workload shifts. He/she will rotate to all shifts (days, evening, or nights) as needed to ensure staffing coverage. He/she will also rotate to work weekends as assigned.
DUTIES: This position is assigned to the Decontamination and Sterilization Unit (DSU) under Nursing Service. The Incumbent performs works in the areas, which includes decontamination, preparation and case cart assembly, steris sterilization, sterile storage within the DSU; is responsible for having knowledge of Medical Supply Technician related to standard procedures and processes; assists with quality assurance to ensure proper disassembles supply items to avoid the damage or unnecessary wear; determines methods or devises new processes when traditional practice is not sufficient; packages individual items and assembles trays or sets according to guidelines; selects correct sterilizing medium and cycles and operates sterilizer; performs daily inventories of ward/units supply areas; consults with customers on items in short supply and recommends possible substitutions, checks deliveries for quality, quantity, and price, stores items in accordance with inventory system.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: GS-5: 1 year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-4 grade level in the Federal service OR completion of a 4-year course of study above high school leading to a bachelor's degree with courses related to the occupation. GS-6: 1 year of Specialized Experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successful the duties of the position to be filled, which includes processing, assembling, packaging, wrapping and preparing, sterilizing, storing and issuing sterile and non-sterile medical supplies and equipment.
Applicants with Certified Supply Technician or Operating Room Technician certification are preferred.
TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: Applicants must meet the one-year time-in-grade requirement at the GS-6 level by the closing date of this announcement. Time-in-grade restrictions remain in effect. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has determined that it will not eliminate TIG restrictions from its regulations at this time
Notice to VA Employees. It is to your benefit and we strongly encourage you to submit a resume or Optional Form for Federal Employment, OF-612, detailing your related experience with dates and hours worked.
How to Apply:
VA GLA applicants must submit an “Application for Promotion or Reassignment”, VA form 4078. The (1) Employee Supplemental Qualifications Statement, VA Form 4676a, and (2) Supervisory Appraisal of Employee for Promotion, VA Form 4667b are optional.
Non-VA GLA applicants must submit the following: (1) OF-612, Optional Application for Federal Employment. (2) Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment; (2) documents required to support their eligibility as described in the following paragraphs. NOTE: Regardless of which application format you choose, you must include the following information:
a. The announcement number, title, and grade of the position for which you are applying.
b. Personal Information:
(1) Full name, mailing address (including zip code), home/work telephone numbers (including area codes);
(2) Social security number and country of citizenship;
c. Education:
(1) High school – name, city, state, and zip code (if known) and date you received diploma or GED.
(2) Colleges and universities – name, city, state, and zip code (if known), major(s), type of degree(s)received and date(s) received. If you did not receive a degree, show total credits earned and indicate whether semester or quarter hours. Submit copies of your transcripts.
d. Job-related Work Experience (Paid and/or Non-paid):
(1) Job title (include series and grade if Federal) and salary;
(2) Duties and accomplishments;
(3) Employer’s name and address;
(4) Supervisor’s name and telephone number (indicate if we may contact your current supervisor);
(5) Starting and ending dates (month and year) and hours per week.
e. Other Qualifications, if applicable:
(1) Job-related training courses (title and year);
(2) Job-related skills (i.e., computer hardware/software, tools, machinery, etc.);
(3) Job-related certificates and licenses (current only).
(4) Job-related honors, awards, and special accomplishments. Give dates and description.
Status Eligibles - Current Federal employees, former Federal employees, transferees, and reinstatement eligibles must submit a copy of their most recent/last Notification of Personnel Action, (SF-50B) which shows tenure and position occupied, in order to verify competitive status eligibility. If your latest SF-50B does not show your highest grade held, also include copies of Standard Forms 50B, which verify the length of time the highest grade was held.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) Employees - (1) Must be a current VA employee identified as displaced or surplus serving on a career or career-conditional competitive appointment, or an excepted service appointment without a time limit. (2) The vacancy is at or below the grade level and with no greater promotion potential than the position from which you have or may be separated. (3) You are found to be well-qualified. To be considered well-qualified you must meet the minimum education, experience, suitability and physical requirements, including all selective factors, where applicable, and to be rated well qualified, applicants must have demonstrated ability in the principles, practices, and techniques of Federal civilian personnel management. (4) You must occupy a position in the same local commuting area of the position for which you are applying. Individuals seeking CTAP must submit a copy of their Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice, or Certificate of Expected Separation, a copy of most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50B which shows tenure and position occupied; and a copy of your most recent performance rating of record.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) Employees - (1) Must be a current or former employee displaced from a federal agency serving on a career or career-conditional competitive appointment, or an excepted service appointment without a time limit. (2) The vacancy is at or below the grade level and with no greater promotion potential than the position from which you have or may be separated. (3) You are found to be well qualified. To be considered well qualified, you must meet the minimum education, experience, suitability and physical requirements. You must meet all selective factors, where applicable, and to be rated well qualified, applicants must have demonstrated ability in the principles, practices, and techniques of Federal civilian personnel management. (4) You must occupy or have been displaced from a position in the same local commuting area of the position for which you are applying. Individuals seeking ICTAP eligibility must submit: proof of eligibility (such as your RIF separation notice, certificate of expected separation, or notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function or directed reassignment to another commuting area); a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, SF-50B which shows tenure and position occupied; and a copy of your most recent performance rating.
Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) - Preference eligibles OR veterans who have been honorably discharged after substantially completing 3 or more years of continuous active service are eligible to apply under this authority.
