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Program Manager - Controlled Substance Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 40 days ago
About the Role
The Lexington VA Health Care System is seeking a highly skilled, motivated individual to serve as the Program Manager - Controlled Substance Coordinator (CSC) within Quality Service. As CSC, you will play a critical role in the oversight and management of the Controlled Substance Inspection Program (CSIP), ensuring regulatory compliance, supporting patient safety, and preventing diversion within our facility.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Investigates inspection findings to ensure receipt of adequate corrective action plans from clinic Service Line Managers.
- →Categorizes and determine inspection findings and other incident reports.
- →Maintains the inspection rotation schedule in compliance with consecutive inspection restrictions, inspector terms, and competencies.
- →Manages technical and administrative direction, schedule assignments, respond to questions, resolve conflicts, set deadlines, and find coverage for unexpected absences.
- →Tracks program metrics and non-adherence to regulations.
- →Decides the methodologies to use in achieving work goals and objectives and continuously monitor and improve inspection methods.
- →Consolidates reports from CSIs, Omnicell's and/or inspection areas.
- →Evaluates CSI performance and assess training needs to assure inspector competencies.
- →Writes monthly and quarterly reports and present quarterly at the QPSC meeting.
- →Provides leadership, advice, and instruction to the high-level stakeholders relative to the CSIP operations and current analysis of the program.
- →Provides technical guidance, training, understanding, and improvement concepts.
- →Ensures the development and implementation of regular, effective education and training for all controlled substance inspectors on issues relating to the CSIP.
- →Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.
- →Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 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) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 260c00af-ab29-4b33-8ff1-b77d21887d59
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