Total 266 health beauty fitness job vacancies in Health / Beauty / Fitness category in BUMC Tucson (1625 N Campbell Ave)

• Responsible for the delivery of a wide range of installation youth fitness, health, and outreach programs in multiple CYS settings. Develops and maintains and partnerships with schools and community organizations.
• Within an existing curriculum, develops and implements lesson plans and appropriate environments that incorporate a broad range of fitness and health activities for early childhood, school age, and youth program participants.
• Assists in training coaches using the National Youth Sports Coaches Association (NYSCA) guidelines. Provides assistance in planning practices to warm up/cool down techniques, injury prevention, proper use of materials and equipment.
• Shares expertise in the operation of age-appropriate exercises and skills development for children and youth.
• Helps inspect facilities/programs to ensure compliance with applicable standards and makes recommendations for improvements. Secures supplies, equipment, and facilities as appropriate.
• Maintains control of and accountability for all attending children and youth. Models appropriate behaviors and techniques to establish a program that promotes positive child, youth, staff, and parent interactions.

Position located in the Health Services Department at a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional facility.

Primarily responsible for providing emergency assessment and medical care to inmate patients.

First responder at the scene of sudden illness or emergency and sometimes encounters situations which may be life threatening.

Determines, upon consultation with a medical provider (physician/physician assistant/nurse practitioner), the most appropriate method of transportation to the local hospital.

Prioritizes treatments for patients having multiple problems and employs a variety of established medical emergency procedures, techniques, methods and equipment, including the performance of emergency triage.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

As a Health Scientist (Child Well-Being Program), GS-0601-13, your typical work assignments may include:

• As a health science expert, works as part of a team coordinating care for a large population or group, with focus on pediatric populations in the care of DHS. Provides oversight, consultation, negotiation with other departments and in quality improvement functions and operations.
• Supports the day-to-day management of the contracted CWB Specialists and Lead Specialists, including coordinating with DHS components in the field, and facilitates needed information sharing between contracted CWB Specialists/Lead Specialists and the CWB Program Manager.
• In coordination with the CWB Federal Staff cohort, the CWB Program Manager, and the appropriate DHS component points of contact, assigns contracted CWB Specialists to field locations within the sector based on environmental circumstances and factors.
• Conducts regular oversight meetings with the contracted CWB Lead Specialists overseen to discuss key trends and provide programmatic, clinical and professional development.

The GS-5 Entry Level Technician will respond to the needs of the staff ophthalmologists, the supervisory technician or other designated administrative supervisor who will maintain daily supervision and guidance. Limited routine assignments under daily direct supervision are an integral part of the position. Deviations from unanticipated problems and unfamiliar situations are referred to the supervisor for a decision or help.

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Obtain basic ophthalmic and medical history following a template.
• Assist patient to examination room.
• Participates in performance of quality assurance activities such as staff meetings, mandatory educational in-services, quality control reports, systems redesign, and team and morale improvement.

• Obtains basic medical and ophthalmic history,
• Measures and records visual acuity,
• Administers anesthetic eye drops,
• Performing basic tonometry (NCT and tonopen),
• Estimates the anterior chamber depth
• Records a simple spectacle reading through automated and manual lensometry.

• Triages patient phone calls or urgent walk ins in conjunction with a provider;
• Ensures exam rooms are stocked with adequate supplies;
• Educates and instructs patients on administration of eye drops and post-operative instructions;
• Accurately measures, compares, and evaluates pupillary responses;
• Administers eye drops including drops to dilate the pupils;
• Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, and axis;

• Performs equipment inventory to maintain proper stock of exam room and clinic supplies.
• Obtains patient physical history, to include chief complaint; reason for visit; pertinent signs and symptoms; current medication allergies; past ocular and general medical history; family history both ocular and general; social history; and review of medications and allergies, including current ocular prescription and non-prescription medications.
• Accurately measures visual acuity at distance and near with and without a pinhole.
• Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, recording sphere, cylinder, axis, and prism in both plus and minus cylinder.
• Performs pupil evaluation recording pupil size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light and accommodation.
• Instills eye medications (drops or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilating drops, cycloplegic drops, or antibiotics).
• Measures intraocular pressure with standard techniques, including Goldmann applanation tonometry.
• Performs pachymetry to determine corneal thickness and manual keratometry or corneal topography to determine corneal curvature.
• Performs intra-ocular lens calculations using an IOL Master.
• Performs automated visual field testing using various perimetry machines.
• Performs optical coherence tomography (OCT) of the anterior segment, retina and optic nerve.
• Performs patient screening and triage of potentially urgent ocular conditions.
• Assists during clinic-based ophthalmic surgery, including but not limited to intra-vitreous injections and laser surgical procedures.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Functions independently under scope of practice as defined by the medical center to provide chronic medication management to patients, including women's health (e.g., preconception, contraception, pregnancy, menopause), and chronic disease management (e.g., HTN type 2 DM, hyperlipidemia, tobacco cessation, COPD). This includes, but is not limited to the following: initiating, modifying, or discontinuing medication therapy, ordering labs and other test to help determine efficacy or toxicity of medications, designing, implementing, assessing, monitoring, and documenting therapeutic plans utilizing best evidence or VHA and/or SAVAHCS published guidelines.
• Provides comprehensive medication therapy management/recommendations for patients in preconception, lactating, pregnant or postpartum phases.
• Communicates and coordinates with other disciplines for medication management during preconception and pregnancy.
• Reviews patient medication regiments for clinical effectiveness, medication selection, dosing, contraindication, side effects, potential interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communicates findings with prescribers and provides appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
• Applies knowledge of normal laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care and recognizes significant abnormalities.
• Applies knowledge and expertise in the principles of clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to make adjustment recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
• Reviews and implements pharmacotherapy and treatment guidelines, during direct patient care or via recommendations to other providers.
• Documents clinical interventions and therapeutic plans accurately in CPRS in a timely and professional manner.
• Collaborates with clinic staff to provide pharmaceutical care to selected patients as outlined by best evidence, VHA and SAVAHCS clinical practice guidelines. Clinical activities include histories, evaluations, and outlining, executing, and monitoring pharmacotherapeutic treatment plans utilizing the most effective, least toxic, and most economical medication treatments.

The Technician will collaborate with Dietitians regarding Food/Drug Interactions, notifying clinical staff of potential issues with meal service and delivery and taking direction regarding management. Duties include, but not limited to:

• Handles patient meal service orders, and enter meal orders into Dietetics Software system
• Provides professional and courteous customer service via telephone, email, and in-person
• Collaborates with dietitians regarding food/drug interactions, notifying clinical staff of potential issues with meal service and delivery
• Interprets and processes diet orders
• Prints, prepares, and reviews meal tickets
• Triages calls from inpatient units or outpatient clinics and procedure areas relating to patient meal trays or nourishments
• Retrieves computerized information/printouts to assist with tray and/or nourishment assembly such as standing orders, nourishment labels, tabulated recipe lists, and other simple information to assist in meal delivery
• Provides basic-level education and information on therapeutic diets
• Correctly interprets diet activity and patient information to ensure meal trays contain food items adhering to patient requests and preferences, and current therapeutic diet order
• Communicates patient concerns with registered dietitian or dietetic technician
• Verifies physician orders for unusual diets, conflicting modifications, tube feeding orders and nutritional supplements
• Uses a computer to record, retrieve and print recipes, menus, and inventory reports
• Performs other related duties as assigned

The Technician will collaborate with Dietitians regarding Food/Drug Interactions, notifying clinical staff of potential issues with meal service and delivery and taking direction regarding management. Duties include, but not limited to:

• Handles patient meal service orders, and enter meal orders into Dietetics Software system
• Provides professional and courteous customer service via telephone, email, and in-person
• Collaborates with dietitians regarding food/drug interactions, notifying clinical staff of potential issues with meal service and delivery
• Interprets and processes diet orders
• Prints, prepares, and reviews meal tickets
• Triages calls from inpatient units or outpatient clinics and procedure areas relating to patient meal trays or nourishments
• Retrieves computerized information/printouts to assist with tray and/or nourishment assembly such as standing orders, nourishment labels, tabulated recipe lists, and other simple information to assist in meal delivery
• Provides basic-level education and information on therapeutic diets
• Correctly interprets diet activity and patient information to ensure meal trays contain food items adhering to patient requests and preferences, and current therapeutic diet order
• Communicates patient concerns with registered dietitian or dietetic technician
• Verifies physician orders for unusual diets, conflicting modifications, tube feeding orders and nutritional supplements
• Uses a computer to record, retrieve and print recipes, menus, and inventory reports
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Varies to the need of the facility
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Health Technician (Dietetic)/PD99835S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• Develops a thorough, administrative and strategic operational initiatives of the health care groups within the organization that enables the specialist to identify problems, analyze data, and recommend resolutions based on specific knowledge of the organization's objectives and priorities, resources, and catchment area.
• Plans, organizes trends and review requests for clinical program resources within their assigned executive's chain of command and makes recommendations, based upon the relative needs while considering their ability to utilize the resources requested.
• Reviews policies and procedures that are in conformance with the overall philosophy of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) related to all aspects of healthcare programs.
• Provides guidance and advice on program specific matters such as handling legislative issues, the development and implementation of policy or program initiatives, protocol issues, and other important correspondence or VISN/VACO related matters.
• Coordinates and participates in strategic planning for clinical programs throughout the healthcare system, and with subordinate services and programs within their ELT members chain and scope of command, to produce decisions and actions that shape and guide the organization's purpose and activities, particularly with regard to the future - a fundamental component of organizational management and decision making.
• Makes recommendations regarding necessity of the project, and what elements are to be included in the scope of the project based on local, VISN, or national strategic initiatives and alignment.
• Reviews audits and evaluations which are conducted at the facility. This includes reviews by the Joint Commission, Medical Inspector, and Inspector General, and program evaluations which requires monitoring progress.
• Deals with problems arising from quality-of-care issues and consumer complaints arising from individual patients, Veterans groups, Congressional offices, and other stakeholders. He/she/they obtain data and prepares replies to correspondence.
• Serves as the primary liaison on behalf of all elements of the healthcare system between the VISN and headquarters.
• Resolves problems through personal contacts, obtains expedited decisions on urgent matters, and otherwise assists services/programs in obtaining responsive action for their requests.
• Maintains a broad knowledge of improved clinical healthcare operations issues, updates equipment, construction techniques, etc., that may be helpful to senior management.
• Participate and lead fact-finding and administrative board of investigations for useful, effective evidence-gathering and reliable, efficient fact-finding in a wide array of circumstances, as charged by the Medical Center Director.
• Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects. Studies and projects addressed are commonly so diverse and complex that they often require input and assistance from departmental or program offices.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Interpret requests or instructions from radiologist or medical officers.
• Prepares room, equipment and materials needed for patient procedures.
• Properly verifies the patient's identity using two unique identifiers and using active rather than passive identification; follows VHA directives and policies.
• Explains procedures to patient in a manner that will gain cooperation, understanding, and allay apprehension.
• Transfer patients from stretcher or wheelchair to sonographer exam table utilizing safe patient handling techniques; ergonomic methods and devices.
• Positions the patient for desired results; utilizing positioning cushions and privacy shields as appropriate.
• Performs diagnostic ultrasound examination on multiple areas of the body, including, but not limited to the abdomen, neck, chest, extremities, pelvis and retroperitoneal space, for the purpose of acquiring high quality examinations that assist in the diagnosis and treatment of patient medical disorders.
• Performs Intra-Operative Ultrasound examinations to assist the Interventional Radiologists in tumor ablation procedures in a sterile surgical environment.
• Sets up equipment, makes multiple simultaneous settings and adjustments in operation of the equipment, and manually maneuvers the transducer to perform the exam; insuring accurate results.
• Obtain pertinent clinical data from the patient, electronic health record, requisition, and interviewing the patient and/or family.
• Properly selects patient's information from the HIS/RIS list on the workstation, verifies patient information prior to scanning. Annotations are made, correct orientation of the image, configures the image before transmitting to PACS.
• Perform computer work and required forms associated with patient exams, credit of patient visits, complications and/or quality improvement activities of the department.
• Maintain a neat and clean work area, including desks and countertops at all times. Ensuring supplies within assigned work area are properly supplied/stocked so that examinations are not delayed due to lack of necessary equipment and supplies. Assist in maintaining inventory of supplies and notify supervisor of low level of supplies in a timely manner.
• Maintain Ultrasound equipment as directed by the manufacturer.
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the scan (positioning/label/technique/network information) prior to transmission to the PAC's network.
• Maintain electronic records of patient exams assuring that the images acquired are transferred into the patient record and perform clerical duties as related to patient care as it pertains to release of information and image disc creation.
• Assists the Interventional Radiologist in the performance of cyst punctures, aspiration biopsies, and catheter placements for the purpose of diagnostic treatment using ultrasound techniques. This requires the use of surgical sterile techniques, syringes, needles, contrast, etc.
• Develops and maintains patient prep procedures so that patients and wards understand the proper preparations for ultrasound examinations in an effort to minimize delays of examinations. These preps are disseminated either by written preparation information or by telephone conversation.
• Explain procedure, answer questions relating to the procedure, position patient for all necessary views and tend to their comfort for the duration of the procedure. Requires the exercise of judgement to assess and respond to patient's needs prior to, during, and after the procedure.
• Distributes ultrasound examinations and related information to the radiologist responsible for the interpretation of the exams. This is done so that treatment based on diagnosis may be effectuated in a timely manner.
• Maintains competency and thorough knowledge of the processes for Critical, Semi-Critical, and Non-Critical Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) and Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs) that document the process and procedures for cleaning, disinfection, sterilization and preparation of RME and follow established procedures for cleaning, disinfection, sterilization and preparation of RME and follow established procedures for all RME.

The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) practices in Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certification for Primary Care Service to provide a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and the advancement of the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The NP provides advanced clinical practice, consultation, and management.

The NP practices to the full extent of their education, training, and certification. Core functions are outlined in the clinical privileges that correspond with this position. The NP has prescriptive authority for a panel of patients or program as indicated by their position.

The NP is a licensed independent practitioner with advanced education and national certification in Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certification who provides evidence-based care for a population of patients.

Major duties and responsibilities of the position:

• Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with Primary Care Team and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, including medication for contraception.
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services.
• Provides education to patients and their families.
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and Excellence.

The Memory Care Unit, Registered Nurse is responsible for coordinating Resident treatments with Physical, Occupational and Speech therapy. The Incumbent reports and charts significant changes in resident condition, evidence of pain or motivational level onto VHA's electronic health systems applications. Duties include caring for dementia patients related behaviors, the RN collaborates with interdisciplinary care teams and family relatives as well as assist with restorative nursing care

The Memory Care Unit, Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the effectiveness of nursing care delivered to the patients. The incumbent adheres to the established policy and procedures and the systemic clinical changes. The incumbent will be responsible for overseeing and completing the required assessments and documentation for the effective management of residents covered under Community Care Living Center, Memory Care Unit and will monitor residents to ensure targeted discharge, education and home care needs are met. Handles routine admissions and discharges.

Duties May Include but Not Limited To:

• The incumbent will monitor vital signs.
• Perform intravenous therapy, ostomy care and tracheotomy care.
• Administer enteral tube feedings
• Perform wound care management.
• Help residents with range of motion (ROM) exercises.
• Administer indwelling catheter care.
• Monitor respiratory care.
• Perform Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Administer medication.

• Serves as an expert providing authoritative advice and consultation for more markedly difficult, complex, unique, and/or emerging tests requiring special knowledge. Examples are, but not limited to, molecular/DNA testing, bone marrow examination, genetic testing, and flow cytometry.
• Conducts studies and recommends changes to correct deficiencies and improve the specialty area.
• Recommends new/replacement instrumentation.
• Designs work flow to accomplish objectives in the clinical specialty area.
• Advises all organizational levels on various aspects of the specialized testing, including the appropriateness of specific tests and takes into consideration the clinical context and usefulness of the test information.
• Advises on alternate testing to overcome ambiguities in the clinical diagnoses.
• Identifies training needs appropriate for the type and complexity of the laboratory services performed.
• Identifies, defines, and resolves issues associated with complex aspects of data or unique or controversial aspects of the testing where no direct precedent exists.
• Analyzes emerging trends and technology and adopts appropriate methods and testing.
• Applies laws, policies, precedents, regulatory, licensing, and accrediting requirements to establish, monitor, and maintain the specialized testing.
• Maintains process control in a specialty area through a multifaceted quality assurance program.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care. This nurse provides gender-specific direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department. Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels. This nurse provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. The focus is on individual growth and development in outpatient PACT nursing practice with increased levels of self-direction. Ability to formulate a plan of care based on nursing assessments. Seeks guidance on how to improve care provided to patients and families. Delegates elements of care to the appropriate individual based upon assessed needs, condition, and safety of the patient. The nurse brings primary care principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.




VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: 4 Ten Hour Tour (M-F)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

RN Pay Scale NY48

Note to VA Employees: Grades and steps will be unaffected by this change but could result in a change to your current salary due to different pay scales.

The specific patient population to whom direct care is provided includes adults with a variety of different conditions. The incumbent must also be able to direct non professional staff's lifting, moving, and/or transferring of patients, and use equipment to provide patient care which usually involves lifting and/or pushing the equipment. The RN is responsible for the storage, proper cleaning techniques, and use of reusable medical equipment (RME). He/She is responsible for carrying out proper procedures for caring for patients in an isolation environment by following proper infection control procedures. Communicates regularly with nurse managers, physicians, nursing supervisors, charge nurses, transfer coordinators, allied healthcare staff, healthcare technicians, Pharmacy, and the business office.

The RN's role will include, but is not limited to the following duties:

• Establishing nursing diagnoses.
• Providing health education and procedural teaching to patients and significant others.
• Administering and evaluating pharmacological and other therapeutic treatment regimens.
• Administering medicine
• Administering Injections - Vaccines etc.
• Establishing priorities and making ethically-sound decisions to ensure safe patient care.
• Assisting the physicians during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to promote optimal patient outcomes by team collaboration.
• Responding to emergency situations to promote optimal patient outcomes by recognizing changes in patients' health status.
• Performing diagnostic studies within the scope of nursing practice as ordered by the physician.
• Documenting patient data to ensure continuity in the provision and coordination of patient care.
• Collaborating with other health care professionals.
• Communicating with veterans ad family members regarding veteran's care.
• May be responsible for charge nurse duties
• Managing follow-up care.
• Acting as resource to others.
• Participating in continuing educational activities, achieving/maintaining certification.
• Possess knowledge of unit level performance measures and participates in quality improvement monitoring
• Additional duties as assigned

The Registered Nurse (RN) Safety Manager (PSM) ,Supervisor executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management program aspects. The Program Safety Manager, Supervisor demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to impact the standard of care and safety of staff while caring for all patients throughout the continuum of care. Accountable for planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating the program and the staff who support it. The PSM Supervisor will oversee the provision of staff education, orientation, competencies, and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation related to the program.

• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence.
• Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team. Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes. Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
• Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture.
• The PSM Supervisor continuously evaluates the program, collecting and submitting facility performance measures.
• Participates in quality improvement activities for nursing and develops performance measures to ensure programmatic outcomes are successful. Ensures the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are understood by the team and integrated into the program strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and products, and services.
• Communicates and evaluates assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and timeframes for completion.
• Demonstrates proficiency in leadership based on sound judgment, critical thinking, and deliberate planning. Leads discussions with facility leaders regarding program goals and requirements to meet the operational needs of the facility and program.
• Provides strategic advice and recommendations, while collectively collaborating with the program staff to develop solutions to complex issues and reporting actions to leadership. The PSM Supervisor is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program level and for supporting the program in all services within the organization.
• Program level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility, Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), or Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO).