Training Technician

Summary The incumbent reports to the Designated Learning Officer (DLO) and coordinates the efficient implementation and operation of patient health education programs in the Veterans Learning Center. In executing this role, it is necessary to cross Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, intra-/inter-departmental lines of authority. OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The Atlanta VA Medical Center is located at 1670 Clairmont Road in Decatur, Georgia. The medical center oversees several VA Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Atlanta, Austell, Blairsville, Covington, Fort McPherson, Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Henderson Mill, Lawrenceville, Newnan, North Dekalb County, North Fulton County, Northeast Cobb County, Oakwood, Pickens County, Rome, South Cobb County, South Fulton County, Stockbridge, and Trinka Davis Veterans Village. The Atlanta VA Healthcare System is a tertiary care facility classified as a Complexity Level 1A facility. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services complete with state-of-the-art technology, education and research. Comprehensive health care is provided through emergency medicine, primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in the areas of medicine, surgery, mental health, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care. The Atlanta VA Healthcare System is part of the VA Southeast Network (VISN 7), which includes facilities in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.Major Duties: The Training/Education Technician is responsible for identifying, implementing, and assessing effective instructional design, methods and educational technologies for educational programming to support the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center (Atlanta VAMC) programs. Duties include actively participating as a part of a multidisciplinary team to assess and develop medical education curriculum and evaluations to support multiple clinical service lines and medical service support staff. Additional duties include but are not limited to: Provide instructional design and promote visual pedagogies for effective online education programs. Identify and develop shared curriculum across medical and allied health programs; coordinate medical education programming. Develop content and quality oversight to ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements for all electronic learning programs/systems including organization, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and program development. Provide guidance and advice on program policies and procedures, participate in performance improvement activities, and conduct and act as a resource for Service Line and Service specific program needs. Provide oversight of the library program, coordinate training and travel funding, and VHA sponsored scholarship programs. Oversees the Atlanta VAMC Education Service Line Satellite office at the (Fort McPherson or Atlanta) CBOC, and acts as Education Service Line liaison to Trinka Davis Veterans Village (Carrolton, Georgia), Oakwood CBOC, Newnan CBOC and Stockbridge CBOC. Provides technical support/coordination for educational classes and trains others. Provides guidance related to videotaping and/or copying, and distributing electronic media. Serves as the TMS direct Education Service Line liaison. Serves as the Administrator for the Class Management System (CMS) and Personal Development Plan (PDP) applications. Collaborates with Atlanta VAMC TMS Domain Manager (s), project teams, and other stakeholders throughout the life cycle of e-learning TMS development. Uses Microsoft software (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Office, Database, publisher, etc,.) Has knowledge and skill in applying analytical and evaluative methods and techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations and adapting techniques and evaluation criteria to the measurement and improvement of program effectiveness and/or organizational productivity. Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday, 07:30a.m. to 4:00p.m. Subject to change based on agency needs. Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized. Telework: Not Authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. Position Description/PD#: Training Technician/PD #508-50147A Financial Disclosure Report: Not required