Veterans Affairs Mandates Vaccine For Medical Employees
The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking extra steps to keep our veterans healthy.
According to KATC TV3, the department announced today that it will begin requiring that its medical employees get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced in a press release that the COVID-19 vaccines will be mandatory for physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, nurses, physician assistants, and other healthcare professionals who work with veterans.
The vaccine will be mandatory for these personnel whether they work in the Veterans Health Administration facilities full time or part-time, or provides direct care to those VA serves .
By Natalie Alms
A new document from the Office of Personnel Management dissects current human resources policies for issues ranging from managing remote workers to flexible work schedules as agencies plan for re-entry into offices and a post-pandemic federal workforce.
The additional guidance includes sections on remote work as it relates to locality pay and travel reimbursements, two policy areas already flagged by OPM officials as complicated by not being designed for federal employees to live and work far from their agency s offices, but it does not issue new policy.
A section on labor-management relations also reminds agencies that they may have collective bargaining obligations over re-opening procures, such as how much notice employees get before they return to the office or what safety measures will be in place when they do.
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On Monday the Department of Veterans Affairs announced all workers in the federal government healthcare system will be required to take the Wuhan coronavirus vaccine. July 26 Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough announced he will make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for Title 38 VA health care personnel including physicians, dentists, podiatrists, optometrists, registered nurses, physician assistants, expanded-function dental auxiliaries and chiropractors who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit VHA facilities or provide direct care to those VA serves, the VA announced. VA is taking this necessary step to keep the Veterans it serves safe. Each employee will have eight weeks to be fully vaccinated.
VA Mandates Vaccines for Health Care Workers
“It’s the best way to keep veterans safe, especially as the Delta variant spreads across the country,” said VA Secretary Denis McDonough.
The Veterans Affairs Department announced on Monday it will require all frontline healthcare workers to get vaccinated, making it the first federal agency to issue any sort of coronavirus vaccine mandate.
The mandate will apply to Title 38 health care employees who work in Veterans Health Administration facilities, visit the facilities or provide direct care to individuals the VA serves. The order covers about 115,000 employees, according to
Government Executive reported last year about the vast health and safety issues VA employees were facing in the beginning of the pandemic.
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