Total 1,346 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Cebu City

NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled, which could be prior to the listed closing date. Applications will be sent to the hiring manager every two weeks.

The James H. Quillen VA Medical Center is seeking a full-time board certified/board eligible non-invasive/clinical cardiologist. The candidate should be trained in all aspects of non-invasive/clinical cardiology. Non-invasive cardiology provides direct patient care through busy cardiology ward and cardiac critical care unit (CCU) inpatient consultation service, a robust non-invasive lab that performs state-of-the-art echocardiography (including strain and 3D imaging for structural interventions) and outpatient clinics. The candidate will engage in in-patient care, management of patients in cardiac critical care unit (CCU) and provide cardiology consultation services on an outpatient basis. The candidate will have outpatient clinic responsibilities to improve clinic access to veterans with cardiovascular disease by providing both direct care in the clinic, supervision of advanced practice providers, and supervision in the cardiology fellowship outpatient clinics. Strongly prefer a physician who will provide transthoracic, transesophageal, stress echocardiography and nuclear stress testing services in the cardiac non-invasive lab. The physician will engage with trainee education as part of the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Cardiology Fellowship training program.

An appointment as core clinical faculty with our affiliate (ETSU), is available to qualified applicants.

In this role, the incumbents will provide feedback and patient education to the patients and their families and demonstrate excellence in all facets of patient care and meets or exceeds compliance standards. The incumbents will provide consultative feedback and management on patients referred from other sections of the hospital and/or affiliated VA outpatient clinics, and perform administrative functions and other tasks as assigned by the Section Chief of Cardiology and/or the Chief of Medicine.

The incumbents are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and treatment of disease. The ideal candidate should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team. The incumbents are expected to adhere to stated policies and provide timely documentation of clinical notes (e.g. H&P, consult review, e-consults, medication reconciliation, etc) and timely interpretation and closure of diagnostic reports, consults, and clinic encounters (i.e. EKGs, Echocardiograms, Stress testing, Holters, etc).

In addition, the incumbents are expected to coordinate and communicate the treatment plan with Hospitalists, Primary Care Providers, nursing staff, social workers, clerical staff, pharmacy and other subspecialists and ancillary staff. The ideal candidates will help to ensure that the highest quality patient care is delivered in a resourceful and efficient manner.


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

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. Learn more. EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN9HREDRP@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: 7:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday. Incoming cardiologist will be expected to participate in equitable call coverage on a rotating basis with other full-time cardiologists.

Major Duties include but not limited to:

• Troubleshoots, repairs and installs equipment used by the Kitchen, Canteen and Medical Services and for heating at locations throughout the station. Typical items of equipment include dishwashers, steam cookers, steam and electrical hot water heaters, unit heaters, convection heaters, all types of pumps, steam generators, water tanks and heaters.
• Troubleshoots, repairs and installs various components of the steam, fire sprinklers, water and drainage/sewer systems. This involves repair and/or replacement of lines, valves, pressure regulators, pumps, traps, lagging, packing, gauges and heat exchangers.
• Maintains and installs a variety of plumbing fixtures including sinks, toilets, showers and tubs, and their components.
• Performs preventative maintenance on equipment and utility systems as scheduled.
• Properly performs operator maintenance on and stores such tools and equipment used by the pipefitters. These items include hand tools, pipe· threaders, augers, drills, torches, welders, piping, valves, replacement parts, etc.
• Works with and guides the work of patients, temporary employee and occasionally apprentices.
• The incumbent will be called upon to assist in small scale asbestos abatement projects, in his trade, as necessary.

Technology Delivery Manager - Finance and Human Resources - Healthcare - Immediate Start

Hybrid - London | Technology | Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months | Full Time

Competitive salary, depending on experience.

37.5 Weekly Hours

Nuffield Health is the charity that's building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and leisure facilities to flagship community programmes - we'll do whatever it takes to look after the UK's wellbeing. It starts with passion and commitment to quality. It starts with you.

As a multi-skilled Technology Delivery Manager, you'll build, coach and guide multi-discipline teams to deliver within a mixed methodology delivery environment. We are looking for someone who is passionate about contributing to our Nuffield Health purpose 'to build a healthier nation'. Who can deliver alongside driving forward our Technology wide initiative to be more agile. We are currently operating within Units and Squads with cross-dependency technologies, meaning we're looking for someone with great collaboration & communication skills.

As our Technology Delivery Manager, you will:

You'll be working within the Finance, Procurement and HR squad who are at the heart of multiple important initiatives across our Nuffield estate. Fundamentally the purpose of the Delivery Manager role is to enable squad delivery - guarding the squad's time, removing all things that are hindering or 'blocking' the squad's progress, so they can focus purely on delivering business outcomes without obstacle. Within this role, you will be responsible for implementing delivery-related ways of working changes that drive improved outcomes and productivity.

We are looking for an experienced Delivery/Project Manager with experience within healthcare - ideally with a real interest in the key areas of finance and/or people solutions . This role requires the ability to understand and manage technically complex deliveries. Within this role you will be managing complex dependencies across squads and it requires a high level of stakeholder and supplier management along with the ability to manage multiple deliveries in parallel - in a busy, high performing team.

As our Technology Delivery Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Delivery, focusing squads on cost effective business outcomes

• Managing delivery risks and dependencies

• Squad Planning and Prioritisation

• Squad collaboration

• Ways of working

• Measuring success and continually improving squad performance

• Building and managing stakeholder relationships

• Being a squad's delivery advocate

• Supporting the Head of Delivery and Lead Delivery Manager in developing delivery processes & practices

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.

It starts with you.

• Conduct surveys/inspections throughout all phases of exercises/operations.
• Maintain the quality of Safety Programs; make recommendations for improvements.
• Formulate, develop, organize, execute, and assess the Command Units, their subordinate elements, and associated activities.
• Research, study, and evaluate operations and risks that occur during tactical, combat, field operations, and exercises.
• Work with Supervisors on correcting safety issues through engineer controls, i.e. personal protective clothing/equipment.
• Provide technical safety advice to a variety of audiences.
• Conduct investigations, reporting, and analysis of off-duty injury and property damage accidents as identified for training and tactical accidents.
• Provide staff support to subordinate commands and serve as the senior professional and technical consultant on all safety matters.
• Coordinate with other activities, i.e. Fire Protection, Medical, Law Enforcement, etc., to execute program objectives.
• Speak for, and represent, the Command on committees and councils dealing with safety program matters.
• Approve short- and long-range plans for the Safety Office to include identifying and preparing budget input for Command Operating Budget cycles and current budget year executions.

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.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Primary responsibility is for patient care, supporting diagnostic and treatment procedures, patient charting and patient education.
• Support functions include both direct patient care and administrative duties.
• Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair; performing visual and auditory checks of hearing aids and hearing assistive technology.
• Fabricating earmold impressions with proper (non-diagnostic) otoscopy.
• Ordering earmolds based on plan of care through prosthetics or DLC and fitting and modifying earmolds.
• Providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers consistent with the audiologist's treatment plan, including but not limited to, realistic expectations, communication strategies, and/or aural rehabilitation.
• Assisting in set up and delivery of face-to-face and telehealth visits by preparing the equipment for patient evaluation and other audiology procedures.
• The incumbent is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all interactions in the medical records and that all encounters are correctly documented using electronic medical record and computerized tracking and ordering functions via ROES.
• Maintaining comprehensive supply and equipment tracking systems to include monitoring stock of RME and consumable items.
• Ensuring proper inventory levels to complete the daily tasks; prioritizing the acquisition of all supplies and equipment regarding date of expiration and may maintain a loaner hearing aid inventory.
• The Health Technician (HIS) assists patients through triaging phone calls and audiology requests with regards to priority and urgency, following the audiologist's plan of care.

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.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Primary responsibility is for patient care, supporting diagnostic and treatment procedures, patient charting and patient education.
• Support functions include both direct patient care and administrative duties.
• Hearing aid troubleshooting and repair; performing visual and auditory checks of hearing aids and hearing assistive technology.
• Fabricating earmold impressions with proper (non-diagnostic) otoscopy.
• Ordering earmolds based on plan of care through prosthetics or DLC and fitting and modifying earmolds.
• Providing basic hearing aid information for patients and caregivers consistent with the audiologist's treatment plan, including but not limited to, realistic expectations, communication strategies, and/or aural rehabilitation.
• Assisting in set up and delivery of face-to-face and telehealth visits by preparing the equipment for patient evaluation and other audiology procedures.
• The incumbent is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all interactions in the medical records and that all encounters are correctly documented using electronic medical record and computerized tracking and ordering functions via ROES.
• Maintaining comprehensive supply and equipment tracking systems to include monitoring stock of RME and consumable items.
• Ensuring proper inventory levels to complete the daily tasks; prioritizing the acquisition of all supplies and equipment regarding date of expiration and may maintain a loaner hearing aid inventory.
• The Health Technician (HIS) assists patients through triaging phone calls and audiology requests with regards to priority and urgency, following the audiologist's plan of care.

• The incumbent processes all incoming requests to the facility for Release of Information (ROI) along with information required by the VA Regional Office through the Automated Medical Information Exchange (AMIE).
• Evaluates validity of each request.
• Determines which information is to be released in compliance with existing laws(Privacy Act of 1974, Freedom of Information Act, and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
• Ensures that proper authorization exists before release is made.
• Processes the request to the requesting agency or individual.
• Inputs all requests into the ROI computer package for logging and tracking of these requests.
• Receives and directs callers and visitors.
• Receives and/or gives out forms and assists visitors and/or callers with the completion of forms or documents.
• Responds to questions from patients concerning services.
• Provides advisory and technical assistance to patients, administrative staff and professional staff regarding release of information.
• Inquiries vary widely and information given requires explanation of office functions, describing specific requirements, providing basic instructions, or a similar degree of detail.

• Plan, organize, coordinate and adapt the full range of meat and poultry inspection operations in slaughter and/or processing establishments;
• Ensure establishments meet requirements of the Pathogen Reduction and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations;
• Oversee consumer protection, non-food safety concerns such as proper labeling and packaging;
• Serve as team leader who works with and supervises other public health professionals to ensure establishments under our jurisdiction comply with sanitation standards and properly implement systems that control hazards from entering the food supply;
• Enforcing Federal meat and poultry inspection procedures prior to slaughter and throughout the entire process, including humane handling;
• Conduct ante-mortem inspection, post-mortem inspection, processing, dispositions, transportation and distribution of meat, poultry, and egg products to markets and retail stores;
• Consult with union officials, plant management and discuss with subordinates new or revised regulations, policies and procedures;
• Maintain meaningful labor-management relationships with subordinates by representing and expressing management's viewpoints to daily communications;
• Promote EEO and Safety principles/programs, train subordinates, assign and review work, evaluate and rate performance, counsel employees on performance, resolve complaints and grievances, recommend disciplinary action as necessary.

Duties include:

-Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing
quality improvement and outcomes utilization.
-Provides urgent and emergent care to patients with acute and/or chronic medical, surgical, and psychiatric conditions.
-Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
-Supports colleagues and other nurses through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
-Evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations.

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: Rotational
Pay Schedule: NG42

Major duties include but is not limited:

• Develop and execute all business operations and administrative functions within the BHSL and its diverse programs.
• Provide support, guidance, and training to leadership as well as front-line staff on administrative issues.
• Develop, implement, maintain, apply, and continuously improve infrastructure (processes, policies, tools, etc.) for effectively managing administrative operations within the service.
• Responsible for monitoring the Service's performance on business and administrative functions regarding quality, efficiency, effectiveness, and patient satisfaction; to identify opportunities for improvement; and to design and carry out improvement initiatives when opportunities are identified.
• Develops, gathers, collates, manages, analyzes, interprets data regarding the Service's operations.
• Conducts robust business analyses of proposed courses of action (feasibility studies, business case analyses, make/buy analyses, risk assessments, etc.) and uses these to inform business decisions and to advocate for resources.
• Primary point of contact and technical subject matter expert on VA performance measures for which the Service has primary responsibility.
• Developing and interpreting guidance on Behavioral Health business operations.
• Manages quality assurance and compliance initiatives for the Service and its programs.
• Provides administrative expertise and support to program coordinators in their duty to maintain compliance with accreditation standards established by the Joint Commission, the Commission on the Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and other relevant regulating bodies.
• Directs administrative projects and develop tools or reports through delegation of subordinate administrative staff.
• Monitors quality controls and data validation on products produced from Behavioral Operations Department staff.
• Sets workload goals and timelines for completion.
• Uses technical expertise and advanced informatics experience to train and assist staff overcome administrative challenges.
• Independently develops, plans and carries out the projects through delegation to subordinate administrative staff and selects the approaches and methods to be used in solving problems according to a broad understanding of the BHSL objectives, priorities and deadlines.
• Manage the Service's multi-million-dollar budget, monitoring expenses, tracking budget execution functions, analyzing, and forecasting funding requirements, identifying cost saving opportunities, preparing budget proposals, and advocating for needed resources.
• Provides ACOSBH and program coordinators with continuous appraisal of the utilization and status of fund control points assigned to their programs.
• Serves as an Approving Official for Government Purchase Card acquisitions.
• Monitors contract performance and serves as the primary Contract Officer (COR) for the service.
• Responsible for planning and organizing the administrative work of the assigned section, estimating costs, coordinating with staff and line management personnel, conducting all phases of the work and resolving problems independently in accordance with applicable precedents and his/her independent assessments of the needs of the Service Line and sections/departments.
• Responsible for managing service-level resources and providing oversight of the management of program-level resources by program managers and coordinators.
• Manages the Service's physical resources, including equipment, vehicles, and physical space assigned to the Service.
• Studies and conveys to leaders within the Service, facility, and VISN, the administrative impact of proposed changes to policies, strategic goals, and other initiatives.

*NOTE - This announcement will be open until a selection is made, which may be prior to the closing date of this announcement. Applications will be sent to the hiring manager every two weeks.

The James H. Quillen VA Medical Center is seeking a full-time board certified Hematologist / Oncologist to serve our veteran population. The physician is responsible for providing consultation in Hematology/Oncology, both for outpatient and inpatient. The candidate will provide Hematology/Oncology care on routine basis for the outpatient clinic. The provider promotes, directs, evaluates and is responsible for the management of safe patient care. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Physicians will obtain a comprehensive (or otherwise appropriate) health history and perform a physical examination on all patients who present to the Oncology/Hematology clinic or other assigned clinical area. Order and enter diagnostic studies and interprets laboratory tests, EKG, and radiology diagnostic tests (CXR, CT scan, PET, MRI). Attend, participate, and present at weekly Tumor Board. Collaborate and consult with other providers and other members of the healthcare team for confirmation of diagnosis and treatment of the Hematology/ Oncology patient.

Collaborate, assist, and advise mid-level providers in the treatment of Hematology/oncology patients. Recommend treatment and therapy measures regarding physical, social and environmental factors. Work with nursing, social work, psychologists, pharmacists, dietitians and mental health providers who will be available to see patients and for consultation.

The physician will be responsible for documenting of initial visit, follow up visits, procedures performed, problem lists, procedure lists, and making interval progress notes in Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).

In this role, the incumbents will provide feedback and patient education to the patients and their families and demonstrate excellence in all facets of patient care and meets or exceeds compliance standards. The incumbents will provide consultative feedback and management on patients referred from other sections of the hospital and/or affiliated VA outpatient clinics, and perform administrative functions and other tasks as assigned by the Section Chief of Hematology/Oncology.

The incumbents are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and treatment of disease. The ideal candidate should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.

Incoming physician will be expected to participate in equitable call coverage on a rotating basis with the other providers in the Hematology/Oncology clinic.

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

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be available for highly qualified candidates.
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN9HREDRP@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: Tuesday - Friday, 7:30AM - 6:00PM (negotiable), with on call rotation

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Performing psychiatric evaluations for a diverse population, including geriatric and medically ill Veterans, who have mental illness and have psychosocial issues.
• Providing a full range of therapeutic interventions including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders in this setting.
• Ensuring practice of psychiatric medicine is consistent with current standards of geriatric psychiatry care, TJC, CARF, HIPPA, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, and mandatory continuing education. Orders diagnostic tests and consultations, and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
• The Psychiatrist may serve as a mental health team leader with responsibilities for coordinating consults and triage of consults. Psychiatrist will be expected to participate in the treatment team meetings and collaborating with multidisciplinary team members.
• Essential job responsibilities also include after hours on-call duties/availabilities (1630-0800), and tour of duties as assigned on weekends and holidays (0800-1630)
• Supervising and educating psychiatric residents and medical students, as assigned.
• Procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation and proper patient checkout procedures (e.g., entering diagnostic and procedure codes, and timely closing out of all patient encounters)
• Participating in other committee and administrative assignments as instructed.
• Areas which the psychiatrist is assigned and has clinical privileges to practice may include Mood D/O, anxiety, psychosis, PTSD, substance abuse, neurocognitive D/O and other psychiatric disorders in various clinical settings (outpatient, inpatient, ED, Medical Surgical Units)

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Perform oral and radiographic examinations of the oral cavity.
• Diagnose pathological or irregular oral conditions.
• Administer local anesthesia.
• Perform routine and complex restoration of teeth.
• Perform simple and complex extractions of teeth.
• Perform alveoloplasty and other routine surgical procedures.
• Perform prosthetic dentistry to include immediate dentures, full dentures, partial dentures, crowns, and fixed bridgework.
• Perform routine endodontic procedures on single and multi-canal teeth.
• Perform routine and surgical periodontal procedures.
• Provides supervision of dental staff assigned to their clinic location.
• Responsible for clinic administration in compliance with VHA, Medical Center, and Dental Service Directives, Policies, and Procedures.
• Helps dental service chief in everyday activities and requirements of dental service.
• Ensures all the clinical provider's evaluations are completed timely. FPPE /OPPE are up to date.
• Ensures all the performance evaluations are completed on time.
• Reviews all the consults and ensures that they are scheduled promptly.
• Run the reports required to monitor the clinical activities.

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Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates care with other services such as Vocational Rehabilitation, Health Care for Homeless Veterans, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team, along with community partners.
• Population served includes issues with substance dependence, mental health issues such as PTSD, mood disorders, TBI, SCI and legal problems related to mental health matters.
• Interviews Veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the Veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the Veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial and/or mental health assessment.
• Has the ability to serve Veterans who tend to have serious frequent and severe crises, lack family or an adequate community support network, be poor at self-monitoring, frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support.
• Completes a psychosocial and/or mental health assessment documenting appropriate treatment plans, interventions, VA/community resource referrals and follow-up case management services; services provided are focused on helping Veterans maximize treatment potential and achieve a more satisfying and productive level of emotional, social, and physical functioning.
• Case management ensuring that the Veteran receives needed substance abuse, psychological, and psychosocial services in the most appropriate treatment setting and is assisted with resolution of access to these services, and facilitating linkage of the Veteran and/or family members with community resources.
• Utilizes the latest version of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual; the appropriate level of care is assigned using the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) multi-dimensional criteria.
• Uses the full range of direct social work practice services in the course of assessing, treating and coordinating care for assigned Veterans.
• Independently evaluates the client's situation, including the Veteran's reaction and ability to cope, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
• Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary disposition plan, involving the Veteran and family or significant others.
• Performs insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness, catastrophic medical conditions, dementia and other high-risk diagnoses.
• Makes independent professional decisions and recommendations for agency action.
• Interprets and explains VA's treatment and benefit programs.
• Reviews all data, subjective and objective, and makes a clinical assessment, identifying needs and strengths.
• Uses advanced clinical training, insight and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options.