Total 1,527 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Fort Drum, New York

• Evaluate patient's condition to properly stabilize for treatment.
• Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation on patients through various techniques such as, intravenous (IV) insertion, intubation and drug administration.
• Evaluate patient's condition to properly stabilize for treatment.
• Determine advance medical implications of wounds to treat appropriately.
• Determine proper method to stabilize patients with physical injuries, such as, fractures, dislocations and sprains.

• Obtain information from patients and/or family to identify major complaints, symptoms, or reason for seeking health care.
• Take vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, pain level, height, weight, measurement of head circumference and length) as part of patient's medical assessment and perform a behavioral health screening of assigned patient.
• Provide individualized nursing care to patients based upon the physician's medical plan, the nursing assessment and the physical, mental and emotional needs of the patient.
• Screen and review immunization records to select required immunizations, correct dosages, and administer oral, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular immunizations to all age groups.
• Assist physician with various examinations and diagnostic procedures.
• Perform teaching to patients and/or family regarding self-care procedures and documents teaching.

• Provides classroom instruction and individual student health education and counseling.
• Provides emergency care of illness or injury occurring during school hours according to standard first aid guidelines.
• Maintains health information and documents.
• Collaborates with teachers and other school personnel to interpret pupil health status.
• Participates in the establishment, management, and evaluation of a comprehensive school health program.

• Serves as a primary care manager and member of a collaborative health care team within a Primary Care (PC) Department in the Directorate of Health Care Services)
• Performs professional medical screening, diagnostic, and treatment services to assigned military personnel and eligible civilian beneficiaries of a DHA aligned Health Clinic
• Determines primary care needs of patients and generates referrals to for specialty care when necessary
• Examines patients and performs initial patient work-up and assessment of patients' care and treatment; and determines the need for and orders laboratory tests, x-rays and other procedures necessary to complete assessment of the patient
• Assesses real and potential health hazards and current health status, discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional or mental problems
• Provides a full range of emergency series or crises interventions including lifesaving emergency procedures in order to stabilize a patient within the scope of practice and approved protocols
• Provides assistance in training of staff personnel
• Participates in the clinic's quality improvement program peer review program

• Ensure that procedures assessments and inspections are implemented, and safety risk assessment codes are assigned to orders.
• Advise management, workers, and unions on safety requirements and potential incident causing situations and methods and techniques for preventing mishaps.
• Monitor effectiveness of safety promotional, educational and seasonal campaigns designed to meet both general and specific goals of reducing mishaps occurrences.
• Assist the Garrison with the development and implementation of Army Safety and Occupational Health Management System.
• Investigate all extensive property damage incidents and mishaps, all temporary or totally disabling injuries, illness and all fatalities.
• Serve as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for the implementation of the USAG Fort Jackson Safety and Occupational Health Management System program integrator.

Area of Consideration:All Sources

Contact the Albuquerque Area IHS Recruiter:
Michelle Aguilar Bowser
Phone: 505-256-6731 or
Email: Michelle.AguilarBowser@ihs.gov

Incumbent ensures patients at the Albuquerque Service Unit receive quality, patient-centered care that is timely, appropriate, cost-effective, sensitive and coordinated to affect desired clinical outcomes.

• Provide holistic and comprehensive case management services to all patients that include: intake assessment, benefit assessment, goal setting, long-term care plan development, progress monitoring, advocacy and referrals.
• Serve as the primary contact between referral health care agencies, treatment facilities, patients, patient's families to ensure delivery of effective and appropriate treatment according to established plan of care.
• Develop patient care plans with the care team according to clinical practice guidelines with the patient, family, caregiver(s) and significant other(s).
• Provide formal and informal health education to patients and family on a one-to-one basis and/or to groups.
• Collect, trend and analyze outcome data to be used in identifying best practices and targeting performance improvement solutions.
• Initiate therapeutic interventions and administers prescribed medications.

Area of Consideration: Government-Wide

Contact the Albuquerque Area IHS Recruiter
Michelle Aguilar-Bowser
Phone: 505-256-6731 or
Email: Michelle.AguilarBowser@ihs.gov

Incumbent ensures patients at the Albuquerque Service Unit receive quality, patient-centered care that is timely, appropriate, cost-effective, sensitive and coordinated to affect desired clinical outcomes.

• Provide holistic and comprehensive case management services to all patients that include: intake assessment, benefit assessment, goal setting, long-term care plan development, progress monitoring, advocacy and referrals.
• Serve as the primary contact between referral health care agencies, treatment facilities, patients, patient's families to ensure delivery of effective and appropriate treatment according to established plan of care.
• Develop patient care plans with the care team according to clinical practice guidelines with the patient, family, caregiver(s) and significant other(s).
• Provide formal and informal health education to patients and family on a one-to-one basis and/or to groups.
• Collect, trend and analyze outcome data to be used in identifying best practices and targeting performance improvement solutions.
• Initiate therapeutic interventions and administers prescribed medications.

This position serves as a vital part of the JJP VA Medical Center Police and Security Services often serving as the face of the VA and as the first person a Veteran or visitor encounters when entering a VA facility. The position provides security and assistance to Veterans, patients, employees, contractors, volunteers, affiliates, visitors, and others who frequent VA facilities daily. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Provides physical security support for Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, National Cemetery Administration and Veterans Administration Regional Office (VHA/VBA/NCA/VARO).
• Assists in evaluating risk and developing procedures and physical security measures designed to safeguard personnel, property, and operations from unauthorized access, espionage, terrorism, sabotage, damage and theft.
• Ensures security requirements, including appropriate safeguards, cameras, panic and intrusion alarms are implemented.
• Performs law enforcement assignments to prevent or resolve offenses: books the accused; takes the accused before the appropriate District Court or magistrate; confers with the prosecutors; appears before the grand jury upon request; appears at preliminary hearings; and/or testifies at trial, if needed.
• Responds to reports of a crime in progress and/or calls for police assistance.
• Initiates appropriate actions to pursue and apprehend offenders who are leaving the scene of a crime or who attempts to resist arrest. Subdues individuals causing disturbances. Identifies and arrests violators based on eyewitness accounts. Takes charge at crime scenes restricting access to only those persons required to be present.
• Performs bomb search functions as required. Coordinates such search activities with the local bomb squad.
• Assists in managing the Security Program for the Medical Center/Health Care System which ensures that individuals requiring access have been vetted.
• Collects information and prepares reports on the facilities compliance with VA operations, regulations Physical Security and Physical Access Control Systems (PACs).
• Meets with key customers and coordinates with officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policy and procedures, and resolve problems that arise.
• Develops various physical security-related documents, spreadsheets, graphs, reports and presentations using various automated systems and software packages, including the Veterans Health Information and Technology Architecture (VistA) System, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint to enter, access and retrieve information in the medical center computer system.
• Maintains a Physical Security Tracking report to ensure physical security surveys are followed up promptly.
• Monitors and evaluates existing present and planned security projects to ensure timely and quality service conforms to statutory, contractual and technical requirements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Use a broad range of professional knowledge of advanced concepts, principles, procedures, and practices relevant to the substance abuse program and addiction medicine outpatient program to conduct comprehensive substance abuse treatment of patients.
• Conduct evaluations of Soldiers, family members, retirees, and eligible Federal civilian employees referred for consultation from the individual, family members, commanding officers, supervisors, agents of the courts, and medical personnel
• Make clinical assessments to inform treatment decision-making
• Develop and implement comprehensive treatment plans. Conduct ongoing review of patient progress; evaluate and modify treatment plans to meet changing needs.
• Document case findings, diagnoses, and recommendations in a clear and concise manner.

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Health Technician-Ophthalmology full performance level duties include, but aren't limited to the following:

Provides technical clinical care to patients who have received care provided by Ophthalmologists for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, follow-up care & patient counseling
Performs screening procedures such as patient history, pupil responses, visual acuity & color vision testing
Performs highly technical procedures using complex medical equipment, such as keratometry, tonometry, measuring eye's optical status, pachymetry, topography, ultrasonography, scanning laser imaging, retinal photography & angiography, electrophysiology, etc
Performs intraocular measurements used by surgeons to select appropriate lens implant for cataract surgery
Scrubs in & assists w/ surgical procedures including injections, minor & major operative procedures: wound revisions, eyelid lesion biopsies, cultures conjunctiva or cornea; reformation of anterior chamber, evacuates hyphema, repositions corneal endothelial grafts, intra-vitreous injections & laser surgical procedures
Instills ophthalmic pharmaceutical agents, places/removes eye dressings/shields
Maintains/calibrates/tests equipment
Obtains patient physical history, to include chief complaint; reason for visit; pertinent signs/symptoms; past history both ocular & general; family history both ocular & general; social history & medication/allergy review, including current ocular prescription/non-prescription medications
Tests visual acuity at distance & near, w/ & w/out correction or w/ & w/out pinhole
Measures eyeglass prescription using manual or automated lensometer, records sphere, cylinder, axis & prism in both plus & minus cylinder
Evaluates pupil: records size, shape, symmetry, reaction to light & accommodation & any abnormalities, including relative afferent pupillary defect
Performs basic refractometry uses auto refraction or habitual glass prescription in phoropter
Instills eye medications: i.e., drop or ointments, including anesthetic, dye, dilation, cycloplegic, or antibiotics
Measures intraocular eye pressure using techniques including Goldman applanation tonometry
Performs pachymetry to determine corneal thickness & manual keratometry or automated topography to detinning corneal curvature
Performs intra-ocular lens calculations using IOL Master
Performs automated visual field testing using various perimetry machines
Performs external & fundus photography
Performs Optical Coherence Tomography, of anterior segment, retina & optic nerve
Performs urgent ocular patient screening/triages
Educates patients & legal authorized representatives in eye care, including preoperative & postoperative instructions
Educates/trains medical students, residents & fellows
Ensures proper cleaning & disinfection; calibration, maintenance, backup, annual inventory & orders: instruments, supplies & equipment; obtains quotes as needed & reports needed repairs to biomedical engineering
Maintains current BLS course certification
Protects printed & electronic files containing sensitive data in accordance w/ Privacy Act of 1974 provisions & other applicable laws, federal regulations, VA statutes & policies
Protects data from unauthorized release or from loss; alteration or unauthorized deletion
Follows applicable regulations & instructions regarding access to computerized files, release of access codes, etc
Demonstrates I-Care values when interacting w/ all internal/external customers
Maintains current knowledge of & practices according to The Joint Commission requirements
Protects printed & electronic files containing sensitive data according to Federal privacy Act & confidentiality statutes
Follows regulations & instructions regarding release of sensitive/protected patient/ employee information
May serve on Service Line/VISN 19/medical center committees, workgroups, &/or task forces, etc
Performs other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year: 13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection w/ the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees w/ a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to monthly maximum of $416.66
Retirement: Traditional federal pension-5 years vesting, & federal 401K w/ 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
Telework: Not available
Functional Statement #:PD51477A

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The fitness program includes, as a minimum, group exercise classes, incentive programs, special events, for all customers and fitness improvement programs for military members not meeting Air Force fitness or weight standards. The sports program includes, as a minimum, self-directed and intramural sports. As customers request and resources allow, provide enhanced fitness programs and enhanced sports programs, e.g., extramural and varsity sports.

1. Plans, develops, organizes, manages, and supervises diverse and comprehensive physical fitness and sports programs which include group exercise classes, self-directed fitness and sports programs, incentive programs, special events, intramural, extramural, and varsity sports, and instructional programs.

2. Performs first level supervisory personnel management responsibilities. Supervises apprentices and fitness and sports specialists (GS-06 and below) in the Fitness Center.

3. Develops, implements, monitors, and documents a comprehensive training program to ensure all staff members possess the necessary skills and knowledge for their position.

4. Prepares APF and NAF budgets, which include the expenditures required to conduct the fitness and sports programs (Categories A and B) and resale operations (Category C).

5. Determines adequacy of facilities, identifies additional needs and recommends facility construction/alterations
and renovation projects and monitors repair and maintenance of existing facilities and equipment. Plans and coordinates all aspects of recurring and non-recurring activities, special events and joint military and civilian community undertakings to make maximum use of facilities, services, and other resources.

The Nurse Community Care Coordinator is responsible for executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care.

• Duties include but are not limited to the following:
• Demonstrates proficient practice and decision-making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills.
• Possesses intimate knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards and guidelines.
• Serves as a liaison to both internal and community providers and is responsible for managing the care of the Veteran throughout the consult process.
• Leads the provision of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision­ making, and evaluating outcomes within the immediate practice setting.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Protects the civil rights of all individuals on VA controlled property;
• Prevents, detect and investigate crimes;
• Patrols assigned areas on foot or by motor vehicle;
• Subdues persons causing disturbance or who threaten harm to themselves or others;
• Follows rules/procedures concerning search and seizure of evidence and contraband;
• Obtains search and arrest warrants;
• Arrests violators;
• Provides basic first aid and CPR prior to arrival of emergency medical personnel;
• Prepares report of activities and events that occurred during shift;
• Performs traffic control; and
• Assists citizens in emergency situations;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Operates a multi-trunk console located within telecommunications section of the Police Service
• Handles a wide variety of calls - local, long distance, overseas, and facility emergency calls
• Disperses callers rapidly and professionally to proper party or service within Medical Center - all callers must be treated courteously and assisted in a timely manner
• Responsible for the monitoring, testing, and recording the results of varying alarms and systems
• Responsible for the proficient operation of several complex computerized functions which include, multi-channel radio systems, closed circuit television system, and fire alarm system
• Handles incoming calls approximately 50% of the time, identifying location of clinics, units, and staff members
• Monitors a complex security closed circuit camera system that focuses on numerous locations
• Performs other related duties, including clerical, as assigned

Major duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Pull stock inventory and material for delivery; replenish stock inventory; interact with clinical and administrative customers and maintain records on stock levels.
• Communicate to the Lead or Supervisor any concerns related to supplies, equipment and procedures.
• Provide information to customers regarding medical supplies.
• Monitor expiration dates, rotate stock to limit outdates and remove items from use as required by outdates.
• Monitor and control critical supplies.
• Perform daily inventory using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule that will allow for timely replenishment.
• Resolve differences between records and physical count of stock.
• Distribute items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management systems.
• Deliver supplies in a timely manner and ensure supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition.
• Complete specialty cart preparation.
• Clean assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles.
• Receive supplies and materials into the medical center's catchment area.