Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center

About the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center is a two-division Medical Center that provides tertiary care inmedicine, surgery, neurology, psychiatry, rehabilitation medicine, and spinal cord injury. The Downtown Division is authorized 155 beds (58 medicine, 37 surgery, and 60 spinal cord injury). The Uptown Division, located approximately three miles away, is authorized 315 beds (68 psychiatry, 15 blind rehabilitation and 40 medical rehabilitation. In addition, a 132-bed Restorative/Nursing Home Care Unit and 60 domiciliary are located at the Uptown Division. The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center and Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon entered into a Joint Venture for Shared Services, which provides for the cost-effective sharing of resources between these two federal health care facilities in the Augusta metropolitan area. In 2004, two Active-Duty Rehab Care Units were opened to treat OEF/OIF active duty military personnel who required rehabilitation. The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center prides itself on continually improving and expanding its health care knowledge. The medical center enjoys a strong affiliation with the Medical College of Georgia. The Augusta VAMC provides medical and allied health training to an average of more than 700 students and residents annually. Additional health training affiliations exist with 44 academic institutions. Programs and Services: Active Duty Rehab Unit Agent Orange Ambulatory Surgery Center Audiology Blind Rehabilitation Center Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Day Treatment Domiciliary Home Based Primary Care Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill Hospice Unit Long Term Psychiatric Care Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI) Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) Neurology Open Heart Surgery Persian Gulf Registry Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Pulmonary Function Laboratory Respiratory Therapy Respite Care Restorative Nursing Home Care SCI Hospital-based Home Care Sleep Laboratory Program Speech Pathology Spinal Cord Injury Center Stroke Rehabilitation Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program Vocational Rehabilitation Program Women’s Health Clinic Community-Based Outpatient Clinics In addition to our main facility in Augusta, we offer services in two community-based outpatient clinics. These clinics are located in — Aiken, South Carolina Athens, Georgia Mission To do everything we can for Veterans. Vision Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, will be recognized locally, regionally, and nationally as a leader in quality patient care, positive customer service, medical/allied health education, health-related research, and employment opportunities. Key Business Drivers Our key business drivers are quality, financial integrity, patient satisfaction, and employee satisfaction. Values Integrity: Act with high moral principle. Adhere to the highest professional standards. Maintain the trust and confidence of all with whom I engage. Commitment: Work diligently to serve Veterans and other beneficiaries. Be driven by an earnest belief in VA’s mission. Fulfill my individual responsibilities and organizational responsibilities. Advocacy: Be truly Veteran-centric by identifying, fully considering, and appropriately advancing the interests of Veterans and other beneficiaries. Respect: Treat all those I serve and with whom I work with dignity and respect. Show respect to earn it. Excellence: Strive for the highest quality and continuous improvement. Be thoughtful and decisive in leadership, accountable for my actions, willing to admit mistakes, and rigorous in correcting them.