Therapy Assistant
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
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Therapy Assistant

Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

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Posted:
April 7, 2021
Location:
Leavenworth, Kansas
Salary:
Open
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Discipline:
Allied Health
This vacancy announcement is for an evening shift for a Therapy Assistant position with the Behavioral Health Service of the VA Eastern Kansas HCS located at the Leavenworth campus. In these roles, you will function as a Therapy Assistant. Therapy Assistants function as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team for veterans in the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program. Incumbent serves as a primary care provider during assigned shift, which may include weekends. Major duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Collects specimens from patients for drug and alcohol analysis. Conducts comprehensive orientation to each veteran when admitted. Serves as primary triage for the veteran during the treatment program. May conduct groups related to Domiciliary education/procedures Conduct room inspections and security rounds for the Domiciliary Serve as a liaison between treatment teams and other providers Inform clinical and administrative staff on a regular basis about special patient care problems and areas of rehabilitation needs that are currently not being addressed Work closely with nursing staff assigned on off tours of duty to assess special patient care problems Work Schedule: Evening Shift: 3:30 pm - Midnight Compressed/Flexible: Not available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Therapy Assistant/ 09443-A(GS-5) and 6287-A (GS-6)

Internal Number: 597371100
About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Providing Health Care for Veterans: The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities, including 170 medical centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
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