Rehabilitation Technician (Domiciliary Assistant)

Veterans Health Administration • Cleveland, OH

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Rehabilitation Technician (Domiciliary Assistant). The Rehabilitation Technician (Domiciliary Assistant) will function within Social Work Service. The Lead Rehabilitation Technician (Lead Domiciliary Assistant) duties include, but are not limited to: Develops and maintains professional helping relationships with residents. Assists residents with physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral challenges. Provides program orientation and processes check-ins upon return from pass. Ensures shift reports occur verbally and in writing. Manages storage, documentation, and the return of resident belongings. Coordinates with staff to ensure urgent tasks are completed. Provides coverage for absent colleagues. Documents team activities and ensure follow up. Skill in written and oral communication, and the ability to interact in a positive manner with Veterans, medical staff, visitors and management. Ability to interact appropriately with Veterans who are demonstrating negative behaviors. Models appropriate behavior and treat all individuals respectfully. Completes entries in the communication log. Performs daily inspections of equipment, supplies, and safety/security conditions and initiates corrective actions including work orders or emergency repairs. Provides administrative support including preparing program materials such as handbooks, orientation packets, and discharge documents, and processing residents for admission and clearance. Responsibilities include completing safety, security, and privacy inspections, urine analysis, documenting observations, and initiating corrective actions such as work orders. Identifies or resolves resident concerns or refers to appropriate staff. Provides crisis intervention during medical, psychiatric, or behavioral emergencies, assessing situations promptly and securing appropriate care. Reports incidents and refers concerns to VA nursing or Charge Nursing depending on time of day.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Must complete all required steps in the process.
• Must complete an online assessment measuring critical general competencies.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.
• A pre-placement physical examination is not required.
• 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.
• 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).
• Will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period.
• Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-05 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS­-04.
• Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
• Applicants must be eligible under the VA Interchange Agreement, having served continuously for at least one year in the other merit system under this interchange agreement.
• All Title 38 Veterans Canteen Service (VCS) employees must have served in their Excepted Service position for at least 90 days in order to be eligible for a position within the Competitive Service.
• Applicants who were previously selected under a Competitive Delegating Examining Office (DEO) announcement must have served in their position for at least 90 days prior to being eligible for other positions within the Competitive Service.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-04 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.
• Successful completion of all the requirements for the bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major study in health sciences, nursing, behavioral science, guidance, counseling, social science, pharmacy, education, the biological sciences or other fields related to rehabilitation of alcohol or drug-dependent persons may be substituted for 3 years of experience including 1 year of specialized experience and meets in full the requirements at the GS-5 level.

Nice To Haves

• Skill in written and oral communication, and the ability to interact in a positive manner with Veterans, medical staff, visitors and management.
• Ability to interact appropriately with Veterans who are demonstrating negative behaviors.
• Models appropriate behavior and treat all individuals respectfully.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains professional helping relationships with residents.
• Assists residents with physical, mental, emotional, or behavioral challenges.
• Provides program orientation and processes check-ins upon return from pass.
• Ensures shift reports occur verbally and in writing.
• Manages storage, documentation, and the return of resident belongings.
• Coordinates with staff to ensure urgent tasks are completed.
• Provides coverage for absent colleagues.
• Documents team activities and ensure follow up.
• Completes entries in the communication log.
• Performs daily inspections of equipment, supplies, and safety/security conditions and initiates corrective actions including work orders or emergency repairs.
• Provides administrative support including preparing program materials such as handbooks, orientation packets, and discharge documents, and processing residents for admission and clearance.
• Completes safety, security, and privacy inspections, urine analysis, documenting observations, and initiating corrective actions such as work orders.
• Identifies or resolves resident concerns or refers to appropriate staff.
• Provides crisis intervention during medical, psychiatric, or behavioral emergencies, assessing situations promptly and securing appropriate care.
• Reports incidents and refers concerns to VA nursing or Charge Nursing depending on time of day.

Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package.
• As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level