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Gerofit Coordinator - Kinesiotherapist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 15 days ago
About the Role
The Incumbent serves within Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service (PM&RS) at the Salisbury VA Medical Center in Salisbury, NC, as a Staff Kinesiotherapist. The incumbent who works at this level provides assessment and treatment intervention on an independent basis across the continuum of care and services provided by PM&RS.
What You'll Do
- →Assists in orientation of new students, staff KT's, Veterans to each clinical area/ session.
- →These duties require monitoring and checking the completion of various competencies related to equipment, procedure and protocol for general PM&RS knowledge as well as clinic specific needs.
- →Initiates and maintains positive communication with each veteran referred to our clinics prior to, during, and after discharge.
- →Assists in arranging additional learning experiences within the facility to provide the staff with greater understanding of comprehensive care for our patients in Gerofit.
- →Assists in continual refinement of program with the goal of establishing and maintaining a premiere Gerofit experience based on evidence based best practice and novel approaches.
- →Designs, conducts and evaluates the Gerofit Program experiences and actively seeks additional enrollment opportunities to enhance the program.
- →Represents PM&RS at various clinical and educational activities at the discretion of the PM&RS section clinical leadership team.
- →Demonstrates the teaching skills required to provide education to patients, family members, caregivers, employees, students, and coworkers.
- →Communicates effectively with other internal and external health care providers.
- →Completes all required written reports and clinical documentation in a clear and concise manner and within expected time frames.
- →The incumbent continually seeks to improve knowledge and skill by review of current literature, participation in in-service training, and attendance at continuing education programs especially in their area of expertise.
- →Continuing education and training will be focused on maintaining and improving competency in all general clinical functions but will also include coursework directed toward the development and improvement of clinical instruction, data collections and reporting techniques, and utilization and reporting of outcome measures.
- →Conducts record keeping related to patient care documentation and quality improvement (QI) data collection as specified by the PM&RS section clinical leadership team and the GRECC.
- →Responsible for collection and reporting of QI data as requested by the PM&RS section clinical leadership team.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0e50fcfa-dace-4926-a212-4f3f38856dc4
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