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Prosthetic Representative
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 60 days ago
Hybrid San Antonio, TX $41K – $99K Apply by Jul 24, 2026 Prosthetic Representative ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics Clinical Services Lab. The PSAS provides support to optimize the health and independence of the Veteran services provided within various settings, including the Veterans Integrated Service, Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics, and domiciliaries throughout the United States.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Prosthetics: https://youtube.com/embed/3NUvF5jjErQ Major Duties: Serves as a Prosthetic Representative completing a variety of prosthetic and sensory aids assignments, projects, activities independently to meet PM&RS's long-and- short term program goals.
- →Performs technical, administrative, and analytical prosthetic related assignments for the PM&RS OPPCS Lab.
- →Works directly with Veterans and clinical teams to assist with applications and answer questions related to benefit programs that cannot be handled by lower level employees.
- →They provide recommendations to the treatment team regarding the development of prescriptions and provide technical assistance and guidance on planning and coordination e??orts, to address complex patient medical and rehabilitative needs for equipment, services, and benefits.
- →At this level employees may serve as the lead for the prosthetic program providing oversight of specific services within PM&RS.
- →Serves as a VHA and PM&RS representative on local and national committees, workgroups, and teams to address a variety of PM&RS's issues, initiatives, and projects.
- →Keeps the PM&RS senior staff aware of outcomes and recommendations to enhance the program.
- →Seeks best practices from other VHA facilities to enhance PM&RS OPPCS Lab's prosthetic and sensory aids program to meet veterans' needs.
- →Conducts visits to VISNs and VHA locations to collect, review, and analyze their best practice information and report findings to the supervisor to consider.
- →Ability to communicate tactfully and effectively both orally and in writing.
- →Drafts, develops, and implements new local organizational policies, directives, and procedures that are consistent with national policies, procedures, and programs.
- →Provides documents to the supervisor for final approval after the incumbent submits final, review, comments, and recommendations.
- →Maintains awareness of VA's, VHA's, and PSAS's requirements by governing bodies, i.e.
- →The Joint Commission (JC), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics (ABC).
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this 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.
- ✓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 trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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