This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Bay Pines VA Healthcare System, Prosthetic and Sensory Aides Service (PSAS). The PSAS provides support to optimize the health and independence of the Veteran services provided within various services, including the Veterans Integrated Services (VISNs), Inpatient Clinics, Outpatient Clinics and domiciliaries throughout the United States.
Prosthetic Representative primary duties include but are not limited to: Completes contracting and procurement assignments to prepare and authorize purchase orders for a wide variety of prosthetic and orthotic devices. Works in collaboration with supervisor to oversee the operation of the Prosthetic, Orthotic and Optical Laboratories. Ensures requests for items or services are complete and received under established timeframes.
Confers independently with contractors, vendors, and other health care workers as needed regarding procurement needs. Monitors contracts for compliance with PSAS's statement of work; and receives, analyzes, and completes requests for prosthetic equipment and services. Keeps the supervisor well informed of procurement or contract issues as they arise.
Monitors and analyzes PSAS compliance reports, Delayed Order Report, aged credit card transactions, compliance metrics and scorecards. Develops tools that monitor VHA's quality assurance program. Analyze and interpret data for trends and provide guidance to improve quality assurance, policies and procedures.
Works in collaboration with supervisor and senior staff to plan, draft, develop, and prepare budget estimates; to develop cost-containment measures for prosthetic equipment and services; to authorize benefit payment and reimbursement.
Procures materials, supplies, and equipment; familiar with inventory stock and works collaboratively with Supply Chain to provide oversight of prosthetic service inventories; and refers veterans to proper clinical area for evaluation with guidance from supervisor and senior staff. Work may include authorizing and preparing purchase orders for a wide variety of prosthetic and orthotic devices, medical supplies and home medical equipment and repairs.
Identifies and selects codes for the National CMS/ Health Care Procedural Coding System (HCPCS). Enters every item purchased through and/or billed to ensure proper reporting. Conducts data analysis using the program's statistical data to prepare various VHA and PSAS reports regarding prosthetics and sensory aids.
Ensures surgical implants are Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved/cleared; collaborates with Supply Chain Management to establish local procedures and to disposition implants appropriately. Collaborates with clinical staff when devices and equipment require repair or replacement and takes necessary actions to resolve issues.
Uses analytical abilities, communication skills, and social awareness to identify, analyze, and resolve routine prosthetic issues or problems to effectively complete assignments. Reviews, interprets, and applies laws concerning benefits available to disabled patients. Maintains awareness regarding medical and psychological problems related to patients need to use prosthetic devices. Authorizes the purchase, fabrication, fitting, or repair of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Prepares minutes and/or correspondence to veterans, health care officials regarding prosthetics needs, requirements, and clinic decisions and recommendations to ensure they are implemented. Drafts responses to a variety of policy and routine and non-routine correspondence inquires related to Veterans, contractors, congressional, Home 02 program issues, new local and national guidelines implementation. Assists with processing Veteran appeals and drafting responses.
Interacts with Veterans, caregivers, and clinical staff by answering questions related to benefit programs, including questions about the provision of prosthetic items, home care equipment, benefits, or service issues, and discharge planning requirements. Informs veterans and family on different appliances and services available. Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday - Friday Telework: Yes - Ad-Hoc Only Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 21294F, 21295F, 21296F, 21297F Prosthetic Representative.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Physical Requirements: Pre-placement and periodic physical examinations are required for hybrid occupations to ensure workers are placed in positions where they can perform the essential functions of their job including their physical, mental and emotional capacities, without endangering their health or the health of their co-workers. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
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.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Michael.Markham@va.gov · 254-778-4811 X150406
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $40736 – $97087/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-30.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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