Total 3,564 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Liverpool, North West, L24 8DA

The Lead MSA's working knowledge of various policies and procedures relating to the business rules regarding scheduling, clinical access, and the proper flow of work within the team contributes significantly to the daily business activities. The Lead MSA performs a variety of administrative functions associated with the scheduling of patient care for the clinical programs at the VA Boston Healthcare System.
Duties include but are not limited to:

• Ensures readiness for the patient visits through scheduling appointments and consults.
• Monitors clinics' access to care
• Monitors Insurance Capture Buffer (ICB) usage, ensuring insurance is collected at the time of appointments.
• Keep aware of rapidly changing regulations, directives, software patches, programs and processes involved in the delivery of the healthcare benefits package.
• Assist with the clean-up of the Encounter Action Required Report (EARR) and delinquent recall report and support clinics regarding utilization and clinic profile management.
• Receives and screens phone calls.
• Prepares correspondence and memos as needed.
• Promotes veteran registration for and utilization of MyHealtheVet (MHV).
• Stocks basic office supplies as needed.
• Assists veterans seeking emergent/urgent care and schedules appointments accurately.
• Utilizes call lists and telephones veterans to pre-register them before their visits when necessary.
• Oversee the status of work for all lower grade MSA positions working in the various clinical services.
• Make day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
• Provides on-the-job training for new and current employees.
• Assist Supervisor MSA and leadership on taskings as needed.
• Assists with all other duties as assigned by Supervisor MSA

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 523-F1117
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

NOTIFICATIONS:

• This position is a NAGE bargaining unit position.
• Position is in the excepted service.
• Will be required to travel to other campuses within VA Boston Healthcare System as needed.
• Current and former federal employees must submit copies of their most recent non-award SF50 (notice of personnel action). The SF50 must identify the position, title, series, grad, step, tenure and type of service (competitive or excepted). In some cases, more than one SF50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Starting at $61,144 Per Year (GS 7)

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Ensures readiness for the patient visits through scheduling appointments and consults.
• Monitors clinics' access to care
• Monitors Insurance Capture Buffer (ICB) usage, ensuring insurance is collected at the time of appointments.
• Keep aware of rapidly changing regulations, directives, software patches, programs and processes involved in the delivery of the healthcare benefits package.
• Assist with the clean-up of the Encounter Action Required Report (EARR) and delinquent recall report and support clinics regarding utilization and clinic profile management.
• Receives and screens phone calls.
• Prepares correspondence and memos as needed.
• Promotes veteran registration for and utilization of MyHealtheVet (MHV).
• Stocks basic office supplies as needed.
• Assists veterans seeking emergent/urgent care and schedules appointments accurately.
• Utilizes call lists and telephones veterans to pre-register them before their visits when necessary.
• Oversee the status of work for all lower grade MSA positions working in the various clinical services.
• Make day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
• Provides on-the-job training for new and current employees.
• Assist Supervisor MSA and leadership on taskings as needed.
• Assists with all other duties as assigned by Supervisor MSA

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5PM
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 523-F1117
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

NOTIFICATIONS:

• This position is a NAGE bargaining unit position.
• Position is in the excepted service.
• Will be required to travel to other campuses within VA Boston Healthcare System as needed.
• Current and former federal employees must submit copies of their most recent non-award SF50 (notice of personnel action). The SF50 must identify the position, title, series, grad, step, tenure and type of service (competitive or excepted). In some cases, more than one SF50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Starting at $61,144 Per Year (GS 7)

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Serves as liaison between the facility's Office of Information Technology (OIT) and the Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) service line.
• Represents the unique needs and interests of VA-funded clinical researchers to OIT by working as an advocate and collaborative partner with OIT staff to ensure seamless delivery of information systems to the HSR&D service line.
• Participates on local and national calls of interest related to Information Systems infrastructure and change/development, and integration.
• Provides expert consultation to Service Line leadership regarding Information Systems infrastructure needs and proactively identifies ways to improve efficiency, cost savings, customer service, and usability.
• Creates internal manuals and guidance documents regarding internal processes for managing Information Systems related processes and troubleshooting of issues.
• Analyzes new or proposed legislation and/or agency regulations related to data security, records management, software-use, and other Information Systems-related topics to determine impact on Information Systems infrastructure and future use.
• Researches and investigates new or improved Information Systems business and management practices/tools such as web-based communication platforms, encryption, data integration, big data storage, and other innovations and advises service-line leaders and clinical researchers regarding the potential for incorporating new technologies.
• Reviews regulatory and administrative audits to determine if appropriate changes or corrective actions are required for area of responsibility.
• Provides technical consultation for research proposals submitted for technical review and commentary.
• Collaborates with researchers as requested to provide guidance regarding software, server space, and equipment needs.
• Facilitates the completion of complex OIT folder, software, database, and other requests within the OIT landscape and with the research and development user client in accordance with OIT and VA policy and procedures.
• Develops and deploys service-line level processes and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to manage a large volume of OIT requests to ensure streamlined workflow.
• Performs quality assurance activities within the service data management infrastructure to troubleshoot and resolve problems, ensure security and integrity, optimize content and structure, and ensure compliance with national and local procedures.
• Develops processes and procedures to manage inventory of Information Systems equipment and software licenses including responsibilities for tracking, managing, and maintaining software license renewals across the whole service line.
• Interacts with various research study Principal Investigators, study staff, and operations staff to develop comprehensive IT budgets including specialized software and hardware needs for the centers.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm.
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Starting at $90,744 Per Year (GS 12)

• Manage the day to day operational functions in a department of a medical facility.
• Operate a variety of software systems to maintain a continual accumulation of data for use in reports.
• Perform a variety of clerical, administrative, and technical duties in support of management goals.

Starting at $51,157 Per Year (GS 7)

Major duties include but are not limited to:

Employee Travel Program Coordinator (60%)
The Chief Financial Manager (CFM) is administratively responsible for the FHCC's employee travel program. As the Employee Travel Program Coordinator, the employee is technically responsible for employee travel activity at the FHCC. Primary employee travel duties include assisting employees in preparing electronic Travel Plans and performing first level review of Travel Plans. Additional duties.

Incumbent serves as the local coordinator of the Travel Program. The coordinator has an influential part in the Travel program and communicates with management, employee travelers and fellow employees. Incumbent coordinates all training efforts to ensure a successful program. The incumbent analyzes the program, identifies ways to improve (be more efficient) or provide better service. In coordination with Budget Supervisor sets goals and objectives, implements new ideas and follows up on the process.

Travel Program Oversight (15%)
The nature of the incumbent's duties involve, but are not limited to, Travel fund control point management and maintenance; on-line input to the Travel Package and systems related to the Travel Management Center (TMC). Incumbent provides management with reports, analyses and evaluations on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of programs or operations in meeting established goals and objectives of the Budget Supervisor, CFM, and/or Resource Directorate of the FHCC. The incumbent performs Financial Management system actions. Reconciles subsidiary accounts with general ledger control accounts for obligations, payables and a wide range of documents from various travel related functions.

Travel Management Center (TFM) Program Coordinator (25%)
Incumbent is the facility level liaison between the FHCC and the TMC program. Responsible for monitoring the electronica billings made from the TMC to the Austin Finance Center through Financial Management System (FMS). The incumbent reviews the charge on the employee itineraries to assure accuracy of the appropriate individual credit card accounts. Monthly US Bank reports are consistently reviewed and follow up initiated for delinquent accounts or misuse of the US Bank card. Ensures TM rejects are reviewed and corrected timely. Incumbent systemizes the overall operation of the travel card program. provides management with reports, analyses and evaluation, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, the effectiveness of program or operations in meeting established goals and objectives of the travel program. Manages both the US Bank, and Citi Direct Bank corporate and individual employee accounts. Reviews and audits transactions are in compliance with established rules and regulations.

Incumbent works with minimum supervision and is familiar with generally accepted accounting principles as pertains to travel and all other ancillary duties described below. A general description of what is accomplished:

• Receives, analyzes, and classifies all commitment and obligation documents. Reviews documents for validity of budget data, expenditure limitation, accounting data', and for proper authorization and compliance with existing manuals, regulations, and station policies.
• Certifies fund availability to cover all initiations, commitments, and obligations pursuant to the Financial Management System (FMS) instruction guide and daily reports
• Prepares correspondence concerning the status of outstanding obligations.
• Matches disbursing documents with obligation data; verifies accuracy and completeness of data and ensures that equipment, materials, or services have been reviewed.

The incumbent performs accounting duties that include classification of transactions and maintenance of segments of the accounting system. This includes maintenance of the Trial Balance through general ledger entries, the Operating Ledger by proper costing of documents, and the E-Travel Package. Incumbent examines accounting transactions for accuracy, adequacy of documentation of citations, compliance with regulations, and justification. Incumbent prepares travel authorities, vouchers and advances. Reviews payment of travel claims, tuition and travel advances. Incumbent assists employee travelers with completion of expense reports and proper travel related expenditures.

Examines and Maintains Accounts & Accounting Data
Manages checks and balances to transactions and procedures to ensure data integrity and regulatory compliance. Examines, verifies and maintains financial accounts, according data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of accuracy and completeness of accounting data. Additional duties are included.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Accounting Technician (OA)/PD10320A
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $54,728 Per Year (GS 7)

This position encompasses the following responsibilities in partnership with the Administrative Officer and the support of the section chiefs and supervisors. The incumbent ensures appropriate time mapping and resources to ensure they are empowered to meet expected proficiencies in administration, clinical practice, education, and research.

1. Administrative Duties:

• Obligations/Responsibilities: Attend staff meeting, communicate with PACT team staff and administrative personnel to help facilitate quality care and access to a panel of Veterans and to help in preparation of issue briefs related to adverse patient outcomes, congressional inquiries or any other non-judicial investigation/summary.
• Clinical Management including indirect patient care: Open encounter and open consult maintenance, CPRS documentation requirements, monitoring of clinic management. Maintains involvement in matters concerning clinic productivity, relevant performance, Quality and Patient Safety oversight, as well as process improvements (system redesigns)

2. Clinical Duties:

• Patient Care: Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Demonstrate knowledge of established evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences and the application of that knowledge to patient care and the education of others.
• Clinical Judgement: Ensure practice-based learning and improvement, practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Professionalism: Demonstrate behaviors that reflect commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and understanding and sensitivity to diversity, and a responsible attitude toward patients and the profession.
• Systems-Based Practice: Demonstrate an understanding of the contexts and systems in which healthcare is provided, and an ability to apply this knowledge to improve optimizing health.

3. Education:

• Show effectiveness in teaching, monitor and coordinate educations activities, and comply with necessary trainee supervision requirements.

4. Research and Development:

• Show an ability to identify and define significant Research and Development problems, to plan and execute a precise research program, and to generate effective reports and results worthy of publication (as applicable).

Primary Care Physicians perform a wide variety of tasks and are expected to have a wide degree of creativity and latitude. The provider will work for Primary Care Service within the Salisbury VA Healthcare System (VAHCS). Primary Care Physicians are required to be familiar with the concepts, tools, and technology within the field of Family Practice.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Mr. James Grimm at James.GrimmIII@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
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
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: Thurs/Fri. 7:00am-5:30pm, 2x10s

Starting at $121,020 Per Year (VM 15)

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
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
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

The Pulmonary, Sleep, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Section at VA Boston Healthcare System seeks a board-certified full time sleep specialist to serve as a director the VA Boston sleep medicine program.

The successful candidate will join a staff of two physicians and one physician assistant sleep specialists providing care for a diverse veteran population at three Boston area VA Boston divisions. The program includes a 4-bed Sleep Laboratory, active Home Sleep Apnea Testing Program, busy outpatient clinics, with equipment services provided by a talented staff of RPSGTs.

The practice mix can include exclusively Sleep Medicine, a combination of Sleep and Pulmonary Medicine, and research depending on the candidate's interests. There is an active basic science sleep research program at VA Boston that includes 7 investigators with funding from the VA and NIH. Their programs at the VA offer excellent opportunity for clinician researchers to establish collaborative investigations at the preclinical level in animal models or establish their own program. The System comprises three major campuses and five community-based outpatient clinics. VABHS is the largest recipient of VA intramural research funds and ranks among the top VA facilities in total research funding.

Work Schedule: Full time; Tour of duty to be discussed during interview process.

Starting at $250,000 Per Year (VM 15)

Major duties include, but not limited to:

• Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items.
• Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware.
• Selects and places correct items on patient trays.
• Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets.
• Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
• Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.
• Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides; reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian.
• Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
• Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts.
• Reads and interprets regular or modified menus, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections.
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Varies Sunday - Saturday to include rotating holidays
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920S
Physical Effort and Work Conditions: Work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity. Performs work requiring light to moderate physical. May be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies. Subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.


DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY: This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Starting at $19.12 Per Hour (WG 3)

The Peer Specialist functions as an interdisciplinary team member, assisting physicians and other professional/non-professional personnel in a rehabilitation treatment program. Peer specialists perform a variety of therapeutic and supportive tasks that include assisting Veterans in articulating their goals for recovery and personal wellness, learning, and practicing new skills, helping them monitor their progress, assisting them in their treatment, modeling effective coping techniques and self-help strategies based on the peer specialist's own recovery experience, and supporting them in advocating for themselves to obtain effective services.
Duties include, but not limited to the following:

• Participates in the service, training, consultation, and other professional activities of VA health care services and functions as a fully vested member of the multidisciplinary team.
• Uses personal recovery experiences to model coping techniques and recovery tolls to coach Veterans to relevant skills need for self-management of their health condition(s) and pursuit of their personal wellness.
• Observes behaviors that might indicate difficulty adapting or responding to treatment (e.g., missed assessment appointments, failure to attend or maintain abstinence, risk to self or others, disruptive behavior), completes appropriate documentation, and reports concerns to the treatment team in a timely manner.
• Uses ongoing individual and group meetings to teach Veterans how to identify and combat negative self-talk and overcome fears by providing a forum that allows Veteran to share their experiences.
• As necessary, handles crisis interventions for Veterans and addresses other emergent situations without the benefit of specific instructions.
• Informs Veterans about VA and community supports and resources, including how to effectively utilize them in the recovery and wellness process.
• Maintains a working knowledge of current trends and developments in holistic approaches in wellness and recovery by reading books, journals, and other relevant materials.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 8am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Position Description/PD#: Peer Specialist/PD00068A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Promotion Potential: This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Starting at $44,117 Per Year (GS 6-9)

The purpose of this position is to serve as a Supervisory Medical Support Assistant at a VA Connecticut Healthcare System. The incumbent is responsible for a wide range of assignments and provides supervisory administrative support to the assigned section. Work is performed collaboratively in a Interdisciplinary Coordinate Care delivery model (Patient Aligned Care Team or Specialty Care Setting). Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Planning, organizing, and directing the work of lower medical support assistants.
• Establishing work priorities, identifying developmental training needs of employees and provides or arranges for training when required.
• Working closely with management to identify and develop training which meets the needs of the MSA and administrative/clinical data capture requirements.
• Reviewing work produced and analyzes weekly reports to evaluate production and takes appropriate action to resolve backlogs, scheduling errors, ICB Capture, EARR Review and Pre-Registration Data.
• Conducting regular staff meetings with the medical support assistants to update them on policy changes and new procedures.
• Attending required section meetings and other meetings throughout the facility as deemed appropriate.
• Serving on workgroups and/or committees as deemed appropriate.
• Assisting in audits or studies relating to the clinical setting.
• Acting as liaison with the Medical Support Assistants, Medical staff, Nursing staff and other services offering expert advice on administrative details and procedures relative to areas and will evaluate problematic areas and present findings to management and respective Service Line designees for corrective action.
• Performing work involving collection, compilation, and/or tracking of data and statistical information in support of several VA, VISN, and local programs (i.e. Advanced Clinic Access Procedures, Electronic Waiting List, KIOSKs, Missed Opportunities, Consultation Management, Encounter Actions, Clinic Profile management and utilization and Patient Reminder Phone calls).
• Assisting in the planning, review, and reporting of data.
• Establishing protocols and coordinates incoming data from a variety of sources.
• Performing a basic analysis of the data and generates a variety or reports.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Remote: Not Authorized
Telework: Ad-hoc
Functional Statement #: Supervisory Medical Support Assistant/PDF01629
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Notifications:

• This is not an AFGE or NAGE Bargaining Unit position.
• Positions are covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOCs as needed for coverage.
• Current or former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• Applicants may be referred over for consideration prior to the close date of this announcement.

Starting at $63,782 Per Year (GS 8)

• Provide direct patient care in outpatient clinic settings, inpatient units, cath lab, and operative care.
• Maintain professional competency, courtesy and flexibility and provide the necessary services of this specialty.
• Perform all aspects of Vascular Surgery within approved credentials and privileges.
• Participate in program planning, objectives, policies and standards essential to delivery of quality care.
• Manage patient workload within available staffing, which may include support of mid-levels, student, and resident education.
• Document all clinical encounters consistent within established guidelines.

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Pay: Without Compensation
Benefits: Not eligible
Work Schedule: Intermittent

Starting at $0 Without Compensation (AD 00)

Responsible planning and directing the preventive dental health program.

Instructs patients in oral health care and for the administration of oral prophylaxis.

Performs complete oral prophylaxis to include: supragingival and subgingival scaling using ultrasonic scalers and hand instruments, polishes the teeth with abrasive pastes and rubber cups and applies topical fluoride treatments.

Provides therapeutic and preventive procedures for patients in all classifications of periodontal disease.

Provides treatment for patients with periodontal disease complicated by other dental and medical problems and prepares patients for periodontal surgery by performing deep scaling and root planning therapy, recording pocket depth and severity of disease, and providing proper post-op care.

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.

Starting at $60,429 Per Year (GL 08)

Job Description
Outpatient Clinics maintains the health and manages care for patients with a variety of medical problems including chronic diseases and limited dermatology care. Comprehensive primary care services, including gender specific care are provided. LPN supports screening, LAB services, education and referrals, uses protocols, provides Nurse clinic visits. Work performed will be under the direction of a RN and reports to Nurse Manager. The incumbent will perform, report and record assigned nursing care.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of two years successful nursing practice
• One year recent experience in the outpatient primary care/internal medicine setting
• Demonstrated ability to be self-directed and require minimal supervision
• Demonstrated ability to work well with patients/families and with other health care professionals
• Demonstrated experience in providing patient education and health coaching
• Demonstrated ability to use computer systems in support of patient care delivery
• Documented evidence of interdisciplinary collaboration, team work, and excellent interpersonal skills
• Documented evidence of providing consistent excellent customer service
• Computer skills and typing proficiency sufficient to permit real-time documentation of patient encounters

Preferred Certification(s)

• Gerontology Certified by National Federation of LPN

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 hour tours between the hours of 0700 and 1800
Telework: Not available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Starting at $43,066 Per Year (GS 3-6)

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of an Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) within HMP Liverpool and HMP Altcourse. The service is designed to support the holistic mental health needs of our client group in partnership with other Health providers and HMPPS colleagues.

HMP Liverpool and HMP Altcourse are both Category B, male only, local prisons, in the Liverpool area.

The services provide individual, and soon will provide group-based interventions, based on the needs of the population. The service is developing and will adopt the biopsychological model to inform practice and tailor interventions accordingly. These interventions will be individualised, and trauma informed, alongside comprehensive risk assessment and management.

Core aims of the service are to improve mental and psychological wellbeing via a range of interventions, build the development of independent core skills, reduce risk, and advocate for mental health within the wider prison.

The post holder will be joining a dedicated team of clinical and from a range of backgrounds and experience. Team members have high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the on-going successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.

We are now recruiting a full-time Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) to work across both sites at HMP Altcourse and HMP Liverpool. The service at HMP Liverpool has had SaLT provision for the last two years, this work has proven to be hugely effective with the client group and has become a very valued and respected profession within the team. The successful post-holder will work alongside a part-time Highly Specialist SaLT at HMP Liverpool.

The successful candidate will contribute to the effective on-going delivery of the SaLT service within HMP Liverpool and will lead on the development of the SaLT service at HMP Altcourse. The post holder will have clinical and leadership elements within their role.

The post holder should have considerable experience of working with individuals with complex clinical and risk presentations including within institutional settings and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. This should include work with clients whose needs may mean that they find it difficult to engage with services.

Experience of working in complex service and organisational settings is required alongside an ability to constructively manage the personal, professional, and ethical opportunities and challenges such work can involve.

We are committed to creating an empowered staff team. We strive to be reflective and support of each other which is vital given the challenges this work can entail.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

To provide high quality consultation, specialist assessment and intervention of speech, language and communication needs.

To support the development of the Speech and Language Therapy service and strive for continuous improvement.

To take a lead on and provide evidence-based Speech and Language

Therapy assessment, treatment and intervention to service users who have complex needs.

This role will be integrated in the therapy team and will work with the team to develop person centred care.

Supervision will be provided within the trust as applicable.


This advert closes on Sunday 24 Nov 2024

The UTC/WIC's across Liverpool have opportunities for band 3 Health Care Assistants to work as part of the team.

The vacancies are across the 4 sites - Garston UTC, Old Swan UTC, City WIC and Smithdown WIC. The service is open 8am-8pm every day including bank holidays.

You will work as part of a team ensuring patients receive high quality, safe, effective care.

Shortlisting planned for 11 July

Interviews planned for 15 July



The successful candidates will be based within one of the sites but there is an expectation they may be asked to support in the other sites for periods of time.

The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the clinicians in triage, ensuring stock is available and ordered in a timely manner, carrying out venepuncture, and basic wound care. They will support patients who access the service.

One of the vacancies is for Smithdown Walk-in Centre which is a paediatric only site.





Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

Main responsibilities are to support in triage, basic wound care, venepuncture, carry out observations, stock control and ordering.

This post offers staff excellent opportunities to build on existing skills and develop competencies within these areas. A problem solving approach is an essential component of this role.

Please also see Job Description and Person Specification


This advert closes on Sunday 24 Nov 2024