Total 99 Director/C-Level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in City of London, London, ec2v 6db

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Serves as the CAFA Director’s representative, fully participating in the planning and program development of user fee costs and activities to support PPQ’s mission, goals, and policies.
• Coordinates with the CAFA Director to provide overall leadership, direction, coordination, and operational accountability for the CAFA division and associated programs.
• Coordinates, develops, and integrates staff functions with other APHIS programs and programs of other federal, state, and foreign agencies and private organizations.
• Represents the CAFA Director in meetings and dealing with outside groups such as Members of Congress, agricultural industry groups, and officials of other government agencies.
• Oversees in-depth analyses of user fee policy and program management issues of importance to APHIS’ mission to protect and serve U.S. agriculture.
• Oversees administration of PPQ’s user fee activity-based cost models; manages the team that designs, develops, operates, and evaluates the user fee cost model and associated regulatory activities.
• Improves program cost tracking, analysis, and financial decision-making.
• Manages financial accounts for appropriate conduct of the assigned program(s) which may or may not involve special appropriations, user fees, reimbursable overtime, or trust funds.
• Leads national budget development for assigned program responsibilities and provides coordination for the Program Planning and Budget Development Process.

Starting at $122,198 Per Year (GS 14)

The first 50 applicants will receive first consideration. Additional applicants will be referred in increments of 50 at management's request.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

The Associate Director Education supports the Deputy Director and the Senior Consultant for Operations in overseeing SPP Education and is responsible for coordinating and supporting VHA's National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide and develops national suicide prevention training and education as well as recommends policy, programming and planning actions, and strategic guidance for suicide prevention for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Associate Director Education provides support to the operationalization of the VA's 10-year National Strategy and its four major domains (Healthy & Empowered Communities, Clinical & Community Prevention Services, Treatment & Support Services, Surveillance, Research & Evaluation) through the SP NOW initiative.

The incumbent is responsible for the advancement of the translation of new suicide prevention initiatives into educational resources across the VA system and works closely with the Rocky Mountain MIRECC and VISN 2 CoE for Suicide Prevention in the translation process. The Associate Director Education is responsible for ensuring national rollout of initiatives are in alignment with implementation science principles and include interface with a wide range of clinical and administrative offices within VHA. These initiatives embody the mission to make "suicide prevention everyone's business" by co-leading the integration of suicide prevention into the broad VHA health care continuum.

The Associate Director Education will provide primary leadership to the Education team within the SPP office, leading the national suicide prevention education and training program as well as development of a policy and legislative agenda. The work directed is, administrative, technical, and complex. The incumbent adheres to local and national VA policies, often consulting with peers on professional and technical matters. The incumbent assists the Senior Consultant of Operations with complex reviews of effectiveness, efficiency and productivity of suicide prevention office efforts and develops detailed plans, goals, and objectives for the long-range implementation and administration of the program, which has wide ranging impact on other VA and national level programming.

The incumbent uses critical decision-making skills to prioritize difficult needs and solve problems quickly, logically, and accurately. Employs good judgment, initiative, and creativity in independent and collaborative problem solving and in designing solutions when guidelines do not exist or apply or where gaps exist. In this way, the Associate Director Education, under the supervision of the Senior Consultant for Operations, affects the workings of SPP and the outcomes for Veterans and stakeholders. This work includes developing new ways to resolve major administrative problems or planning the most significant administrative management aspects to ensure successful program implementation.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800-1630
Remote: The position is not remote.
Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period)
Position Description Title/PD#: Health System Specialist-- Associate Director of Education/PD247210

Starting at $122,198 Per Year (GS 14)

Kansas City VA Medical Center s committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

The incumbent performs as a Supervisory Biomedical Engineer for the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program at the Kansas City VAMC, a large, 1b complexity medical center. The Kansas City VAMC has 157 beds and 8 CBOCs serving more than 50,000 veterans. The facility is supported by $47million inventory of medical equipment. HTM Service oversees all medical equipment systems.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Apply advanced knowledge of principles, theories, concepts, and practices of biomedical engineering. Keep abreast of changes in technology and utilize the information gained in the solution of biomedical engineering problems to meet operational needs of multiple facilities.
• Ability to directly support the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance for multiple facilities.
• Directly support the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance for multiple facilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines, senior management, VHA Central Office, and VISN staff.
• Has responsibility supervising technical staff, including lower-level engineers, biomedical engineering technicians, and other staff typically found at a university affiliated tertiary care facility (complexity level 1,) with one or more subordinate biomedical engineers. In this assignment, supervisory biomedical engineers at the facility level will have notable ongoing responsibilities, supporting VISN biomedical engineering initiatives, and/or notable ongoing responsibilities as assigned by the Healthcare Technology Management Program Office.
• Knowledge of the management of overall department resources, i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, and staffing at the local level or at the VISN level.
• Draft and/or make recommendations to policies and /or directives related to healthcare technology management in scope of organizational objectives spanning from multiple facilities, VISN or national.
• Sets priorities, responsibilities, meets multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems, delegate tasks, and develop and implement effective solutions.
• Supporting an equipment management program that meets current Joint Commission, FDA, CAP, CARF, NFPA, and VA requirements.
• Develop and implement solutions resulting in efficient operations and use data efficiently to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity.
• Leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, within and outside of biomedical engineering to include conflict management, dispute resolution, mediation, or reasonable accommodations.
• Assisting with capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment.
• Functioning as a subject matter expert in the field of biomedical engineering who directly supports specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance at a medical center.
• Knowledge of basic project management principles, as applied to the healthcare setting and medical equipment, and information system implementation.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm CST
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
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)
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with 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 the monthly maximum of $416.66.
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)
Telework: Not Available
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Starting at $157,638 Per Year (GS 14)

Kansas City VA Medical Center s committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

The incumbent performs as a Supervisory Biomedical Engineer for the Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) program at the Kansas City VAMC, a large, 1b complexity medical center. The Kansas City VAMC has 157 beds and 8 CBOCs serving more than 50,000 veterans. The facility is supported by $47million inventory of medical equipment. HTM Service oversees all medical equipment systems.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Apply advanced knowledge of principles, theories, concepts, and practices of biomedical engineering. Keep abreast of changes in technology and utilize the information gained in the solution of biomedical engineering problems to meet operational needs of multiple facilities.
• Ability to directly support the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance for multiple facilities.
• Directly support the most complex and specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance for multiple facilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other disciplines, senior management, VHA Central Office, and VISN staff.
• Has responsibility supervising technical staff, including lower-level engineers, biomedical engineering technicians, and other staff typically found at a university affiliated tertiary care facility (complexity level 1,) with one or more subordinate biomedical engineers. In this assignment, supervisory biomedical engineers at the facility level will have notable ongoing responsibilities, supporting VISN biomedical engineering initiatives, and/or notable ongoing responsibilities as assigned by the Healthcare Technology Management Program Office.
• Knowledge of the management of overall department resources, i.e., finances, space, equipment, supplies, and staffing at the local level or at the VISN level.
• Draft and/or make recommendations to policies and /or directives related to healthcare technology management in scope of organizational objectives spanning from multiple facilities, VISN or national.
• Sets priorities, responsibilities, meets multiple deadlines, analyze organizational problems, delegate tasks, and develop and implement effective solutions.
• Supporting an equipment management program that meets current Joint Commission, FDA, CAP, CARF, NFPA, and VA requirements.
• Develop and implement solutions resulting in efficient operations and use data efficiently to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity.
• Leading and dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers, within and outside of biomedical engineering to include conflict management, dispute resolution, mediation, or reasonable accommodations.
• Assisting with capital asset and infrastructure planning for medical equipment spanning initial concept, installation, and effective implementation of complex medical equipment.
• Functioning as a subject matter expert in the field of biomedical engineering who directly supports specialized clinical technology including service, system administration, training, and quality assurance at a medical center.
• Knowledge of basic project management principles, as applied to the healthcare setting and medical equipment, and information system implementation.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm CST
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
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)
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with 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 the monthly maximum of $416.66.
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)
Telework: Not Available
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Starting at $157,638 Per Year (GS 14)

Kansas City VA Medical Center s committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Serves as a professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals.
• Represents the Clinical Nutrition Section on projects, committees and/or workgroups within the department and facility.
• Assumes full responsibility for planning, directing, and assessing the work and competence of subordinate staff.
• Collaborates with other managers in the medical center to negotiate and/or make decisions on NFS related matters affecting clinical operations.
• Provides Clinical Nutrition Section specific leadership and exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities -
• Develops procedures and guidelines for clinical operations and monitors compliance with regulatory standards and policies and procedures.
• Participates in performance improvement efforts within Clinical Nutrition section, acting on quality improvement data and plans.
• Leads the action planning process to attain goals and resolve deficiencies.
• Identifies and prioritized problems, sets long and short-term goals, identifies action plans for the clinical section and nutrition programs.
• Builds and implements contingency plans within the section, ensuring continuity of clinical operations in all internal and external emergency situations.
• Executes the training plan for the clinical section and ensures staff remain up to date on advances and changes in medical nutrition therapy. Orients and trains employees related to clinical nutrition and appropriate policies and procedures. Assists with new employee onboarding.
• Ensures that materials utilized in Veteran education are evidence-based, using current literature and research.
• Analyses data (i.e., event capture, clinic utilization) to recommend allocation of clinical nutrition resources.
• Ensures evidence-based guidelines are integrated into clinical practice.
• Ensures Veteran education materials are written with based on evidence based guidelines, current literature, practice, and research.
• Collaborates with the food operations staff, bridging the work of the clinical nutrition staff to the food services provided to Veterans.
• May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm CST
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: PD99521S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $88,324 Per Year (GS 12)

Kansas City VA Medical Center s committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

MAJOR DUTIES:

• Serves as a professional and technical advisor to staff and other health care professionals.
• Represents the Clinical Nutrition Section on projects, committees and/or workgroups within the department and facility.
• Assumes full responsibility for planning, directing, and assessing the work and competence of subordinate staff.
• Collaborates with other managers in the medical center to negotiate and/or make decisions on NFS related matters affecting clinical operations.
• Provides Clinical Nutrition Section specific leadership and exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities -
• Develops procedures and guidelines for clinical operations and monitors compliance with regulatory standards and policies and procedures.
• Participates in performance improvement efforts within Clinical Nutrition section, acting on quality improvement data and plans.
• Leads the action planning process to attain goals and resolve deficiencies.
• Identifies and prioritized problems, sets long and short-term goals, identifies action plans for the clinical section and nutrition programs.
• Builds and implements contingency plans within the section, ensuring continuity of clinical operations in all internal and external emergency situations.
• Executes the training plan for the clinical section and ensures staff remain up to date on advances and changes in medical nutrition therapy. Orients and trains employees related to clinical nutrition and appropriate policies and procedures. Assists with new employee onboarding.
• Ensures that materials utilized in Veteran education are evidence-based, using current literature and research.
• Analyses data (i.e., event capture, clinic utilization) to recommend allocation of clinical nutrition resources.
• Ensures evidence-based guidelines are integrated into clinical practice.
• Ensures Veteran education materials are written with based on evidence based guidelines, current literature, practice, and research.
• Collaborates with the food operations staff, bridging the work of the clinical nutrition staff to the food services provided to Veterans.
• May perform other related duties as assigned which are appropriate for this grade and assignment.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm CST
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: PD99521S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $88,324 Per Year (GS 12)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Senior Leadership Team in the Sight and Sound Directorate. Sight and Sound is one of the most diverse directorates, with a wide range of clinical and support services. It includes Audiology, Cochlear Implant, Cleft, Craniofacial, Dental, ENT, Maxillofacial, Plastic surgery, Ophthalmology, and Urology services as well as many of the services central to the running of the hospital as a whole, such as Digital records, the Central Booking office and Medical illustration as well as Outpatients. The majority of the nursing team sit within Outpatients, Panther ENT, Panther Urology, Urodynamics and Dental, as well as a mix of Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists sitting within specialist teams. As Associate Chief Nurse - Operations and Patient Experience (Sight and Sound), you will lead the nursing team across the relevant areas within the Directorate. You will support with patient experience for those teams without nursing posts and be an integral member of the Directorate Management Team. You will provide professional and clinical nursing leadership, advice and development, and contribute to Trust-wide and national projects. As part of the Management Team, the Head of Nursing will work collaboratively with the General Manager and Chief of Service to assure the Executive Team and Trust Board that robust systems of governance and performance management are in place to deliver high quality child and family centred care and services. You will also provide strong, effective visible leadership and be a positive role model. You will be part of a successful senior nursing team, supporting the delivery of excellent nursing care across the hospital. You will have significant experience at a senior nursing level in a relevant childrens in-patient environment. You must demonstrate strong leadership and excellent staff management skills in line with our Trust values. With excellent communication skills you will need to be able to establish your credibility at all levels and be able to quickly build relationships within your own team and the wider organisation.

This announcement will close on 11/25/2024. The first 50 applications received will receive first consideration. Applications that are submitted after the initial cut-off number has been reached will not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management.

Duties includes but are not limited to:

Portfolio Responsibilities

• Supports advancement of the VHA ONS Strategic Plan Workstreams and associated subgroups therein, delivering goals, objectives, and action plans.
• Aligns the vision, direction, and objectives of the ONS nursing leadership and nursing clinical practice with ambulatory care programs and committees to elevate the quality of professional nursing practice throughout the VHA health care system and in support of the VHA Nursing Workforce Strategic Plan and in collaboration with other ONS portfolios.
• Communicates and fosters effective labor management partnerships.
• Provides analysis and reporting of clinical practice data, developing action plans and interventions, and assesses results of actions in follow up.
• Engages in succession planning, including mentoring and coaching others into roles within and external to ONS.

Consultation

• Facilitates multiple teams to achieve desired outcomes, creating, implementing, and measuring large complex projects within an integrated health system.
• Demonstrates effective oral and written communication and human interpersonal skills, as evidenced by communicating clearly, being able to work with diverse constituencies, developing rapport with people at all levels of the organization, and having the ability to clearly communicate goals, objectives, and progress in meeting milestones.
• Establishes external relationships and collaborative alliances, which facilitate teamwork, enhance nursing practice, scientific inquiry, and promote partnership with academic and professional organizations at a regional (VISN) and national level.
• Serves on, leads, and/or establishes key committees to improve clinical and nursing processes across the enterprise as a national ONS representative for ambulatory care nursing.

Clinical Practice Program

• Promotes the identification, dissemination, and evaluation of best practices in ambulatory care nursing and team-based care.
• Assesses trends in ambulatory care nursing practice and clinical outcome measurement systems to identify and implement optimal practices and approaches, and the use of information systems, electronic health record, metrics, and outcome measures to guide care.
• Responds to internal and external communications and maintains knowledge of and communicating activities through communication with VA and non-VA stakeholders.
• Promotes the development, operationalization, and sustainment of strong partnerships between VA and external stakeholders through national ambulatory care-related nursing committees and workgroups with representation from national nursing leaders to end users to advance standardization and excellence.

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: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Telework: Available (applicant is required on site 50% of work schedule per pay period)
Virtual: The employee may work at a VA facility or other VA-leased space other than the facility that is hiring the employee) and is authorized for telework up to 50%.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $201,757 Per Year (VN 5)

Please see the PDF attachment for the full job description of the Medical Director for our NHS Children and Young People's Neurodevelopmental Assessment Service.

• Provides executive leadership and direction in the formulation, development, and execution of assigned OSHA-related program functions that are carried out by subordinate employees working under the supervision of Office Directors in the following offices: Office of Management Operations, Office of Training and Education, Office of Financial Management, Office of Technology Assistance, and the Office of Audit.
• Develops goals and objectives that integrate organization, resource management and financial management objectives. Establishes, revises, or reviews OSHA policies, procedures, mission objectives, and organization design for the staff, as necessary to eliminate work problems or barriers to mission accomplishment, promote team building, implement quality improvements, or in response to concerns with regulatory compliance and/or customer requirements.
• Participates in establishing, revising, and updating agency policy and plans for the accomplishment of OSHA administrative programs, and providing advice concerning the implications of major administrative program decisions and recommendations which affect the needs and priorities of national and field components and of participating state-plan states.
• Provides advice on the assigned administrative and management programs and overall agency concerns related to proposed legislation, major changes in OSHA program policies, long-term planning, major reorganizations, significant reprogramming requirements and similar matters, all of which affect DAP responsibilities.
• Maintains working relationships with entities outside OSHA, such as administrative officers in other DOL subagencies and other federal agencies, academic, State plan and consultation partners through grants oversight and management, and stakeholders and interested members of the general public to promote the agency's programs and available services.

Starting at $147,649 Per Year (ES 00)

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Assists the Associate Deputy Administrator by providing executive level line management for the planning, initiation and execution of emergency and domestic programs.
• Provides overall direction and coordination to subordinate staff who are responsible for science-based regulatory policies and decisions.
• Participates in establishing goals and objectives for assigned programs, developing overall operational plans and reporting on program activities.
• Participates in the overall establishment of national budgets for assigned programs, monitoring the overall budgetary health of programs.
• Participates in the development of emergency programs for the purpose of providing essential guidelines for the control and eradication of new plant pests or diseases.
• Represents PPQ at national and international meetings concerning the modification of rules, regulations, and procedures set forth to enforce emergency and domestic programs.
• Serves as consultant and advisor to Federal/State officials, representatives of industry and plant protection organizations.
• Responsible for ensuring performance of a satisfactory amount and quality of work of subordinates.

Starting at $143,736 Per Year (GS 15)

This announcement is Not To Exceed 120 days by detail or temporary promotion. Please see Additional Information section of this announcement.

At the full performance level, the incumbent serves as the Health System Specialist for the Associate Director. He/She has authority over and responsibility for the daily operation of activities taking place within the Associate Directors Service Line and is accountable for consistency and standards of delivery within the service line. This includes guidance and oversight in the policy development, evaluation, improvement and oversight of financial regulations, fiscal requirements, established standards of healthcare delivery and management of healthcare concepts and practice. This position facilitates the active and complex interactions necessary for the smooth delivery of the many aspects of health care operations. The core duties of this position include but are not limited to:

• Identifies and resolves management issues within the service line.
• Participates in day-to-day policy making as well as in long-range planning and development of strategic plans, goals and objectives.
• Applies the specialized principles and practices of healthcare management in directing or supporting a health care system.
• Provides full staff assistance on administrative matters affecting operation of a VA medical center or health care system.
• Advises on matters related to planning, development, direction and evaluation.
• Serves as a key member of the leadership team and participates in executive leadership discussions, decisions, and policy development.
• Provides program direction to other managers at the facility.
• Participates in the analysis and interpretation of workload and other data used in resource planning.
• Directs and assists leadership in management analyses and development of reports pertaining to program plans, development operations and assessment of any planning phase of the Healthcare System's activities.
• Formulates and develops management policies, standard operating procedures, protocols, and standard work.

Promotion Potential: 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.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist (Executive Assistant to the Associate Medical Center Director)/PD60476O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Starting at $86,962 Per Year (GS 12-13)

The Director, Business Management Office performs the following duties:

• This supervisory position provides leadership and managerial direction for effective, uniform, and economical accomplishments of management and administrative functions and responsibilities.
• Directs the formulation and dissemination of business transformation management policies and provides direction, coordination, review and analysis of transformation initiatives.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and guidance, both technical and administrative to assigned staff.
• Provides authoritative advice and recommendations to Office of Acquisition (OA) staff in establishing financial priorities in the areas of travel and training and human resources, as well as setting priorities tasking management and establishing internal and external communication channels for the OA executives.
• Provides expert analysis and evaluation of work processes and policies, management practices and work operations taking into full consideration complex programmatic and management issues and problems.
• Analyzes and evaluates the management practices and methods, as well as administrative operations of OA Divisions.

Starting at $163,964 Per Year (GS 15)

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Primary responsibility is serving as frontline USDA manager for addressing phytosanitary concerns affecting agricultural trade.
• As a U.S. negotiator leads, participates in, or supports intensive pre-negotiation preparation and strategy development.
• During trade negotiations plays a major role in establishing and maintaining the tenor of discussions on phytosanitary matters for which APHIS is responsible.
• Point of contact between the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) staff, International Services, Veterinary Services, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), other Federal/State Agencies, and industry on trade issue management matters.
• Provides strategic advice to other trade managers in USDA, ensuring that trade policies conform to the international standards of the IPPC and NAPPO.
• Plans, coordinates, or conducts studies relevant to the analysis of trade issues involved in the management of APHIS programs.
• Serves as a resource person to APHIS in identifying emerging scientific issues and modem technical capabilities to be applied to phytosanitary trade issue management.
• Represents the Assistant Deputy Administrator/Director at meetings and conferences with other U.S. agencies, State governments, industry and producer organizations.
• Drafts, reviews and approves controlled correspondence concerning PPQ trade issue management.

Starting at $139,395 Per Year (GS 14)

To be able, without supervision, perform and analyse all sleep diagnostic tests e.g -Full Polysomnography (PSG), MSLT and MWT tests. To lead in teaching/training of junior staff and manage students undertaking the STP, PTP and other National School of Healthcare Science apprenticeships. To be ablewithout supervision, set up and troubleshoot adult patients on CPAP, Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) and Tracheostomy invasive ventilation (TIV). To assist in the teaching/training of these skills to junior staff. To be able to setup all home sleep diagnostic tests e.g - Respiratory polygraphy (+/- LMs), Home 02/C02, with a patient and follow up with a video call to facilitate the patient setting up the kit for an overnight test at home. To be able to proficiently use and provide telemonitoring services currently in use amongst our CPAP/NIV patients To assist in liaising with the incumbent service and maintenance contractors (currently Baywater) to resolve any day-to-day issues or problems related to Ventilator patients To actively assist in the management of junior staff including developmental needs, training, performance appraisals, the recruitment and selection of new staff to the Sleep & Ventilation department. To deputise for the Band 8a Lead in their absence. To contribute to the continuous development of the Trust as a member of Respiratory Medicine and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups. To demonstrate care and respect, for both patients and fellow staff members. Main tasks and responsibilities Patient/Customer care Daily patient contact and responsibility for the immediate welfare of patients, relatives and visitors whilst present in the department. Dealing/managing with patients who may be stressed, upset or acutely ill. Using appropriate methods of encouragement and persuasion to ensure accurate results are obtained. To respect patients, need for privacy, religious beliefs and confidentiality. To take personal responsibility for compliance with all Trust and Departmental infection control policies and procedures. See Trust policies and Departmental local health and safety rules. Policy & Service development To agree and take a role in developing and implementing Trust policies. To actively take a role in developing and implementing Trust policies. To actively participate in the development, regular update and promotion of departmental policies and protocols. To actively participate in Seminars, Conferences, Educational programs at the Trust, at Local & National level. Support and actively participate in data collection and patient centred research. To assist in the development of new tests/services provided by the department. People management To take an active role in selecting, interviewing and retaining all staff To be involved in the induction, and to review training and professional development of new staff within the department. To perform annual appraisals for band 6 and below staff. To contribute to the training of other health professionals both within the Trust and from outside if required. Communication To relay patient information to staff members within the department, when relevant, and to the medical teams responsible for that patient. To liaise with support and service staff both internal and external to the trust. To communicate with suppliers regarding supplies, standing orders and equipment orders. To discuss equipment problems with engineers from manufacturing/supply companies. To communicate any changes to practice or protocols to departmental staff during departmental meetings. To work effectively as a team member and as line manager to junior staff. To be encouraging, flexible and enthusiastic towards other staff. Resource Management To order using the Trust procurement system (Oracle) non-stock items of supplies/small pieces of equipment up to value of £1,000. To also be able to use Eleanor to order stock items as required. To assist the Lead by monitoring and reviewing stock levels of all equipment required by the Service and the wider department and ordering as required on Oracle (Eleanor). To deputise for the Lead in their absence at meetings or committees as a representative of the department. To maintain and develop further SOPS in line with departmental activities. Information Management To have basic computing skills and be able to use commonly used software packages and systems, e.g Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams. You will be required to learn how to use various software packages and applications relevant to the service and the wider Trust such as PATS, EPIC, ICCA, NOX, Vizi-download, Somnomed, Rescan, Airview etc.. To be able to input/download data from diagnostic and therapeutic devices for review and analysis. To be able to produce accurate diagnostic and therapeutic reports and upload these to relevant patient databases. To perform specific backup processes of tests/reports so these are stored and backed up properly. To follow all departmental protocols and guidelines and contribute to their update. Further sections To ensure all team members have a real voice in the development of theRespiratory Support Service to patients/customers To maximise the potential of all team members and to ensure that all team members have a meaningful appraisal/personal development plan that includes feedback to the individual from a selection of internal customers and team members To provide a safe and attractive working environment for team members within available resources To attend and play a part in corporate groups as a representative of the directorate and team to represent the Trust at regional and national conferences and on working groups as appropriate To abide by the NHS Code of conduct for managers, the Trusts Core behaviours for staff and managers and all other Trust policies, codes and practices, including standing financial instructions, research governance, clinical governance, patient and public involvement and health and safety. Additional Duties Teaching /Training To actively participate in the training/development of new staff to the department and the continuous development of existing staff with particular emphasis on: achieving/maintaining competencies in Sleep (and NIV) & the setting up/analysing of all sleep studies with particular emphasis on the scoring/staging of PSG studies. To provide teaching/training and general advice on CPAP (and NIV) to junior staff and the wider MDT and externally where required Professional To attend regional meetings and national conferences. General To lead in the sleep service deputising for the lead in sleep and ventilation. To maintain and troubleshoot all sleep diagnostic services and devices and, when required, introduce new models of working and diagnostic services when available. To assist in departmental business cases, capital bids and demand and capacity assessments. To be physically capable of manoeuvring patients and equipment to be able to perform tests effectively. To assist the Lead in coordinating and managing the team roster To assist in providing cover of sleep studies over a late shift (currently 1:30pm - 9:30pm) where there are unforeseen circumstances (e.g-sickness and difficulty in Junior staff covering this) To perform all the relevant quality control procedures within the Unit and be able to act on the results accordingly. To maintain and repair departmental equipment in conjunction with the onsite Clinical Engineering department when necessary. To maintain and report to Estates any repairs needed Fulham Wing Sleep labs/offices. To assist in keeping a regular review of stock levels of equipment in the department and to place required orders through the Oracle system To assist in maintaining good organisation and order of of the equipment cupboards in the Sleep & Ventilation department. To actively provide support and supervision to junior staff members on the Wards and in clinics (virtual and face to face). To provide support and supervision to the RSS Admin Service manager and the administration team when working during work shifts. To be able to review and troubleshoot any problems or concerns from patients on the phone or video calls. To liaise with the service and maintenance contractor (currently Baywater) to register new patients via VIFs or to place Callouts for Ventilators issues or for any other related issues. To manage your own daily workload of patients from your rostered tasks and any other allocated tasks from the Lead due to unforeseen absence or activity in the department. To partake in Sleep & ventilation Outpatient clinics onsite or virtual Involvement in evaluating and bench testing sleep study equipment. Involvement in departmental research projects, including publications where necessary. To perform general administrative duties. To perform sleep studies when required in the intensive care unit and wards. Being able to perform and being familiar with procedures for testing patients, who pose a risk of infection, disinfecting contaminated equipment and disposal of hazardous materials. To check, interpret and when necessary report on, all physiological results. Involvement in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and attendance at relevant internal/external courses, seminars, lectures etc deemed appropriate to your role by management Any other duty as deemed necessary by the Sleep & NIV Lead. To attend mandatory training courses including : Manual Handling, Fire, Health and Safety, Resuscitation (adults and paediatric), Infection Control and Blood Handling.