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Yeah, we have full time telework employees and gave away their offices a long time ago so 🤷‍♀️
Yeah, we have full time telework employees and gave away their offices a long time ago so 🤷‍♀️
I wonder what that would look like for all the clinics struggling with space. Even with teleworking and remote positions, space is a significant issue. I imagine addressing actual problems isn't the goal though. We're working off vibes here.
I am so burnt out by my VA cell phone requiring me to change my pin and not letting me use old pins that I have now set the dumbest possible pin for it (I probably shouldn't say what it is specifically, so use your imagination)
I gave up on numbers and went to letters now. However, I was so sick of it that my password was 1-2-3-4 at one point.
One day I'm going to make my password Actuallypasswordrequirementsmakethemlessecurenotmore
Interesting, I assume they can’t change jobs that have been coded as fully virtual.There are some pretty substantial rumors that the new administration is not going to allow any telework for federal employees, so I'm not sure what that would mean for those cushy VACO jobs
I've always wondered that about VA. I can understand the need to have providers present in the clinic, but I've never worked at a VA that did not have space issues. Easiest way to improve access when you don't have space for more doctors? Hire doctors for remote positions. Cheaper than contracting with community providers, and you'll get better continuity of care.There are some pretty substantial rumors that the new administration is not going to allow any telework for federal employees, so I'm not sure what that would mean for those cushy VACO jobs
Interesting, I assume they can’t change jobs that have been coded as fully virtual.
But I imagine many of these mid level management jobs have telework at the discretion of the agency and they are required to live within a certain distance from their central office location, even if they essentially work full time remotely.
I've always wondered that about VA. I can understand the need to have providers present in the clinic, but I've never worked at a VA that did not have space issues. Easiest way to improve access when you don't have space for more doctors? Hire doctors for remote positions. Cheaper than contracting with community providers, and you'll get better continuity of care.
But then there seems to be this pervasive idea, even within VA among leadership, that VA clinicians are slackers, can't be trusted to monitor themselves, and will all take advantage of the situation if allowed to telework.
At one point my password for my CPRS login was 'kissmyass@07.' I crap you not.One day I'm going to make my password Actuallypasswordrequirementsmakethemlessecurenotmore
Interesting, I assume they can’t change jobs that have been coded as fully virtual.
But I imagine many of these mid level management jobs have telework at the discretion of the agency and they are required to live within a certain distance from their central office location, even if they essentially work full time remotely.
I have a fully remote VA clinical job, was hired as fully remote, was not required to relocate (and I live several states away from the hospital I work for). I am definitely worried about the stability of it with the new admin, though my entire team is virtual/remote so knocking out this position would be losing an entire BHIP which feels like an unwise choice... I am hoping to make it through the next few years
I’m not worried about fully remote clinical jobs until further notice.You aren't alone. There are a lot of folks in the same position, myself included. Though there is a lot of rhetoric, I don't think that the reality will be as chaotic as the talk will make it seem. At the very least, I think that there will be some notice and time to plan. There has been a big push towards telehealth that last few years and the interruption in patient care would make for terrible press.
You aren't alone. There are a lot of folks in the same position, myself included. Though there is a lot of rhetoric, I don't think that the reality will be as chaotic as the talk will make it seem. At the very least, I think that there will be some notice and time to plan. There has been a big push towards telehealth that last few years and the interruption in patient care would make for terrible press.
I’m not worried about fully remote clinical jobs until further notice.
To start, the entire national Clinical Resource Hub infrastructure would need to be dismantled and providers re-assigned (eg when C&P depts were disbanded but those people had to find homes in other clinics if they didn’t voluntarily leave), which would massively impact patient care and hospital processes. And then there’s the fully remote hiring that has happened locally to recruit and/or expand staff.
I read a The Hill op-ed that just was published and they spoke of proponents in Congress being upset that federal buildings are not being utilized, which shouldn’t include hospitals since there’s almost certainly a lack of space versus too much space.
The cabinet picks just keep getting worse and worse. I wish he'd just announce the VA secretary and get it over with at this point.
While I have zero inside scoop details, Dennis McDonough (who had zero healthcare or military experience whatsoever prior to his appointment) has been spearheading the access above all push (which sounds exactly like something a career bureaucrat would do) so it probably can’t get any worse.The cabinet picks just keep getting worse and worse. I wish he'd just announce the VA secretary and get it over with at this point.
While I have zero inside scoop details, Dennis McDonough (who had zero healthcare or military experience whatsoever prior to his appointment) has been spearheading the access above all push (which sounds exactly like something a career bureaucrat would do) so it probably can’t get any worse.
I tried to post a pic of Alfred E Neuman but failed, lolDerek Zoolander has just been nominated to be Education Secretary.
New VA Secretary (kinda looks like all the others):Ohh, yeah, that does track. But I am pretty sure it could still get worse, lol.
Doug CollinsThe cabinet picks just keep getting worse and worse. I wish he'd just announce the VA secretary and get it over with at this point.
Honestly he has better chops for the job than McDonagh. Biden screwed that one up royally. Should have been Buttigieg.
Derek Zoolander has just been nominated to be Education Secretary.
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Is it just me or does Matt Gaetz look like he was born to play the lead in American Psycho?
And do other things good too!At least he wants to teach kids how to read good!
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Is it just me or does Matt Gaetz look like he was born to play the lead in American Psycho?
More like he's saying, 'Settle down, Beavis..huh-hu-huh a'huh-huh!'![]()
Is it just me or does Matt Gaetz look like he was born to play the lead in American Psycho?
More like he's saying, 'Settle down, Beavis..huh-hu-huh a'huh-huh!'
Where’s AOC to chastise ya’ll?
I hate VVC intakes (okay, to be fair I hate all intakes, but especially VVC)
Hell...I gotta say that I'm secretly thrilled with the prospect of actually being given some (even slim) measure of decisionmaking authority over...you know...my own supposedly independent practice of my profession at the VA. It seems like half my day (when I'm not running into walls/barriers) involves various permutations of the childhood game, 'Mother-May-I?'Oh snap, so they can't decline our community care referrals anymore?
Also, how is the VA going to pay for this? We're already underwater financially.
One of my grad school email passwords was "longpasswordsaredumb" plus a number and a symbolOne day I'm going to make my password Actuallypasswordrequirementsmakethemlessecurenotmore
Who cares how they pay for it lol. Their problem not mine. I'm just glad we might be able to have one release valve they can't stop for the never ending referrals.Oh snap, so they can't decline our community care referrals anymore?
Also, how is the VA going to pay for this? We're already underwater financially.
100% this.Who cares how they pay for it lol. Their problem not mine. I'm just glad we might be able to have one release valve they can't stop for the never ending referrals.
Also, how is the VA going to pay for this? We're already underwater financially.
They can lay psychologists off but that would be a political nightmare.By firing us...eventually.
My guess is that the sociopolitical "Beast" (Leviathan?) that is the VA will just lay off / downsize most of the "general mental healh" and psychotherapy-providing psychologists under the guise of cheaper/faster/better options of using social workers and bachelors-level counselors, medical marijuana, service llamas, Tai Chi, 'whole health,' and MDMA since these are the popular choices for 'treating' PTSD that the public will demand.They can lay psychologists off but that would be a political nightmare.