Total 480 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in 1775 Leidos Franklin Ctr Columbia MD

PHYSICIAN/DENTIST: SR-602 $145,000 - $310,000

NOTE: For Physician - Applicant's education and length of practice (experience) will be considered by a Compensation Panel in determining the salary of the applicant selected. Exceptions to the salary cap must be approved.

Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Financial Disclosure Report: Required
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Relocation Expenses: Authorized

The Department of Veterans Affairs offers Permanent Change of Station (PCS) relocation services. Permanent Change of Station is the relocation of a household due to government convenience in connection with a transfer between duty stations or facilities. For more information go to http://vaww.fscdirect.fsc.va.gov/pcs.asp.

The Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Quality and Patient Safety (Associate DUSH for QPS) is a direct report to the Deputy Under Secretary for Health (DUSH) and supports the overall work of the Office of the Under Secretary for Health (USH). The Associate DUSH for QPS provides national leadership in the formulation and establishment of effective health care policies, programs, and initiatives that fulfill the VHA's mission to provide personalized, pro-active, high quality, safe, reliable care for Veterans. The Associate DUSH for QPS is responsible for leading VHA on its journey toward becoming a high reliability organization and has oversight of VHA's performance measurement, quality and process improvement, safety, clinical risk management, systems redesign, accreditation, and data analytics and reporting programs. The office manages approximately 400 clinical and administrative professionals in the day-to-day operations of these key programmatic elements. The Associate DUSH for QPS serves in a direct consultative capacity to the Under Secretary for Health, serving as a national subject matter expert in the quality improvement and patient safety QPS directorate. The Associate DUSH for QPS works collaboratively with other Assistant Under Secretaries leading the strategic direction of the Veterans Health Administration.

Additionally, the Associate DUSH for QPS provides consultation to the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs
and works closely with Veterans Service Organizations, Congress and their constituents, addressing the immediate and long-term needs of our Nation's Veterans.

• Serves as a Health Insurance Specialist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of federal policies, guidance, and oversight initiatives regarding program integrity in Medicaid managed care.
• Analyzes, develops, implements, and modifies operating policy and procedures relating to program integrity in Medicaid managed care.
• Establishes rapport with partnering CMS components, as well as internal and external stakeholders to the organization on issues of a sensitive or critical nature to address evolving Medicaid managed care program issues.
• Prepares a variety of written products, including position papers and briefing materials for senior officials to use as background information on program integrity related activities.

Order of Referral: Applications received up to 11:59p.m. EST on the date in which 75 minimally qualified applications is reached will receive first consideration. Applications received after 11:59p.m. EST on the date in which 75 minimally qualified applications are received may not receive consideration unless otherwise requested by management. Additional applications will be reviewed in one day increments at management request.

This position may be filled as virtual (i.e., the employee may work at a VA facility or VA-leased space other than the facility that is hiring the employee and may telework) and is authorized for telework up to 50%. VA supports the use of telework and filling virtually to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. Telework eligibility and potential duty location may be discussed during the interview process.

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Functions as an advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor who possesses a wide range of experience and leadership skills.
• Provides leadership and oversight for VACO clinical and administrative operations as directed by the National Program Manager, Purchased Long Term Services and Supports.
• Supports the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of Veteran-driven and organizational goals.
• Relates effectively with VACO and program healthcare executives, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the network and facility levels.
• Assists the National Program Manager with healthcare operations and the functions and activities expected of them.
• Contributes ideas and recommendations for the establishment and revision of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of Veteran care.
• Provides program management of the Skilled Home Care programs and acts to improve the quality and oversight of these programs.
• Coordinating activities related to the planning, development, and execution of all related skilled home care programs, coordinating the general program support work such as collection, compilation, research, and/or tracking of data and program information.
• Advises and provides technical and clinical expertise on overall operations and functions for all Veterans Heath Administration (VHA) Skilled Home Care program activities and collaborates across numerous offices and locations.
• Performs high level administrative or technical program work in support of the program, office, or of the organization.
• Provides leadership in the development, enhancement, and improvement of national standards, policies, and guidelines to improve the effectiveness, quality, and oversight of Skilled Home Care
  programs and for Veterans who require these services.
• Supports national and VISN level activities and field facilities by providing clinical program and policy guidance and assistance with the development of interdisciplinary approaches to the accomplishment of strategic plans and initiatives related to the Skilled Home Care programs.

Major duties/functions include, but are not limited to:

• The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care.
• Delivers safe care to assigned patients, while developing technical competencies.
• Safely and effectively uses patient care equipment.
• Correctly and safely performs nursing procedures.
• Recognizes overt abnormal signs and symptoms and/or changes in patients' condition and responds appropriately.
• Implements physician's/provider's orders in a timely and complete manner.
• Implements nursing interventions/orders in a timely and complete manner
• Requests assistance from co-workers when needed; knows when to ask for help.
• Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Completes initial assessment of patient condition and response to treatment and initiates follow-up as needed.
• Includes the patient and family/significant other in developing the initial plan of care and establishing goals.
• Updates plan of care with assistance as needed.
• Assesses patient's learning needs, learning preference and readiness to learn.
• Develops and implements a plan to meet learning needs, instructing patients and families in basic health teaching and discharge planning.
• Documents the nursing process.
• Documentation is consistent, accurate, concise, and timely.
• Evaluates and documents patient response to interventions and progress towards attainment of goals and expected outcomes.
• Revises plan of care according to evaluations of patient's responses and outcomes.
• Uses the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), Eccentric Clinical Procedures, and Bar Coded Medication Administration (BCMA) software per policy, as well as any future patient documentation programs.

This position serves as the Administrative Officer (AO) for Environmental Management Services (EMS) reporting directly to the Hospital Housekeeping Officer (HHO) at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital in Columbia, Missouri.

Major Duties and Responsibilities include:

1. Provides for the overall administrative management for the service - serving as an administrative extension of the Hospital Housekeeping Officer (HHO) and Assistant Hospital Housekeeping Officer (AHHO), Environmental Management Service, and professional staff, explaining service policies and assisting staff in implementing them.
2. Assists with the development and formatting of Medical Center policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs); tracks policies to ensure they are updated as necessary - interpreting administrative policies, defining administrative requirements and/or providing advice to EMS management on related issues.
3. Applies new policies, provides advice on requirements, maintains administrative systems, and prepares administrative paperwork.
4. Reviews and evaluates guidance on various functions and procedures, identifies problem areas, and implements or recommends actions to improve procedures and increase efficiency, eliminate problems, and conform to policy requirements.
5. Participates in regular meetings with leadership and other officials to address administrative management issues, resolve problems, and provide recommendations for correcting or improving processes and programs.
6. Compiles information and prepares administrative reports for management briefing and sharing with work groups.
7. Provides full staff assistance on administrative matters. Plays a key role for planning, organization, development, direction, and
8. evaluation of medical center administration, in support of the facility, VISN, and Central Office activities.
9. Works collaboratively with the HHO and supervisors to analyze and evaluate the efficiency and
10. effectiveness of Environmental Management operations.
11. Assists the HHO in assessing the effectiveness of the housekeeping and linen services provided to patients.
12. Assists the HHO in providing leadership with findings and recommends ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the service work operations.
13. Advises the HHO regarding staffing or resource issues that may arise in housekeeping or linen services and ensures patient care is not adversely impacted.
14. Oversees the full range of human resources requirements for the organization, performing personnel administration and management for the service through writing job descriptions, preparing job analyses, coordinating personnel. actions, maintaining personnel- related records, advising managers on personnel issues, and handling matters involving recruitment, promotion, awards, position classification, training, etc.
15. Provides advice and assistance to managers and staff concerning agency personnel processes and procedures
16. Serves as the Alternate Control Point Approving Official for all departmental accounts.
17. Ensures that all expenditures are properly authorized and documented.
18. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level (GS-11) without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at the lower grade level (GS-9) does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 07:30AM-4:00PM
Telework: Yes
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Administrative Officer/PD100180

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.

Major duties/functions include, but are not limited to:

• Management of schedules for several related patient safety activities in the Medical Center
• Ensure that teams and groups are following-up as instructed, compiling information as instructed.
• Demonstrate competence in performing precursory reviews of Medical Records
• Look for variances in standards of care, completing auditing forms, and providing the supervisor with initial review of findings.
• Demonstrate integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice in providing care to patients.
• Demonstrate grade-appropriate and consistent critical thinking skills
• Plan and organize care based on patient needs and provider competencies to assure safe, efficient, and cost-effective care.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Pharmacy Technician: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Pharmacy-Technician-Career-Flyer.pdf

Duties:
1. Reads and interprets prescriptions, obtains proper medication or material in the proper strength and dosage form, determines proper amount, and counts, pours, or measures the medications; affixes proper label; and records required data on Pharmacy's copy of prescription/order. After a final check by a pharmacist, dispenses medication in ambulatory care or discharge situations.
2. For unit-dose medications, performs final review of medication when prepared by another technician, to be dispensed to inpatient areas (med-carts, ward stock), and/or fills unit-dose carts independently without secondary review when necessary.
3. Collects drug use evaluation data for quality improvement purposes as required.
4. After prescription/order(s) are reviewed by a pharmacist for therapeutic propriety, reviews orders for technical accuracy and converts the order, if necessary, so that the item dispensed corresponds to the drug and dose ordered.
5. Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution procedures and timeframes for delivery.
6. Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention.
7. Assists in total quality improvement activities by participating in medical center and service process assessment and action teams, continually seeks to improve services.
8. Ensures all look alike, sound alike, high alert, refrigerated medications are stored properly according to manufactures recommendations and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requirement.
9. Monitors inventory needs in-patient care areas, relays this information to the appropriate Pharmacy personal. This also includes placing stock in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves and removing/replacing outdated items.
10. Maintains a training/education manual for the focus area assigned.
11. Provides training and mentorship to new or existing staff.
12. Assists with monitoring refrigerator temperatures daily in pharmacy service by following up on alerts from the automated temperature monitoring system and relocating medications when refrigerators are out of service.
13. Assists with inventory management and ordering of medicines and supplies.
14. Performs all the duties of lower graded technicians, if required.
15. Understands requirements of USP 795, USP 797, USP 800, disposal of hazardous materials, safe medication distribution and electronic prescription processing.
16. Assists inpatient Pharmacists with filling and delivering of new medication orders and/or missing dose reports in a timely manner to ensure appropriate patient care.
17. Complete all other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Varies Based on Position

• • Inpatient Pharmacy Technician: Monday - Friday, 0800-1630. May be required to work some weekends and holidays based on coverage needs.
  • Inpatient Pharmacy Technicians - Sterile Compounding: 7on/7off, Monday-Friday, 0600-1830, Saturday-Sunday, 0600-1630.
  • Inpatient Pharmacy Technicians - ADM: Monday-Friday, 0700-1530 or 7on/7off, Monday-Thursday, 0830-2000, Friday-Sunday, 0830-2100

• May be required to work extra weekends and holidays during periods of staffing shortages. Tour of duty is subject to change based on agency's needs.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Pharmacy Technician: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Pharmacy-Technician-Career-Flyer.pdf

Duties:
1. Reads and interprets prescriptions, obtains proper medication or material in the proper strength and dosage form, determines proper amount, and counts, pours, or measures the medications; affixes proper label; and records required data on Pharmacy's copy of prescription/order. After a final check by a pharmacist, dispenses medication in ambulatory care or discharge situations.
2. For unit-dose medications, performs final review of medication when prepared by another technician, to be dispensed to inpatient areas (med-carts, ward stock), and/or fills unit-dose carts independently without secondary review when necessary.
3. Collects drug use evaluation data for quality improvement purposes as required.
4. After prescription/order(s) are reviewed by a pharmacist for therapeutic propriety, reviews orders for technical accuracy and converts the order, if necessary, so that the item dispensed corresponds to the drug and dose ordered.
5. Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution procedures and timeframes for delivery.
6. Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention.
7. Assists in total quality improvement activities by participating in medical center and service process assessment and action teams, continually seeks to improve services.
8. Ensures all look alike, sound alike, high alert, refrigerated medications are stored properly according to manufactures recommendations and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requirement.
9. Monitors inventory needs in-patient care areas, relays this information to the appropriate Pharmacy personal. This also includes placing stock in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves and removing/replacing outdated items.
10. Maintains a training/education manual for the focus area assigned.
11. Provides training and mentorship to new or existing staff.
12. Assists with monitoring refrigerator temperatures daily in pharmacy service by following up on alerts from the automated temperature monitoring system and relocating medications when refrigerators are out of service.
13. Assists with inventory management and ordering of medicines and supplies.
14. Performs all the duties of lower graded technicians, if required.
15. Understands requirements of USP 795, USP 797, USP 800, disposal of hazardous materials, safe medication distribution and electronic prescription processing.
16. Assists inpatient Pharmacists with filling and delivering of new medication orders and/or missing dose reports in a timely manner to ensure appropriate patient care.
17. Complete all other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Varies Based on Position

• • Inpatient Pharmacy Technician: Monday - Friday, 0800-1630. May be required to work some weekends and holidays based on coverage needs.
  • Inpatient Pharmacy Technicians - Sterile Compounding: 7on/7off, Monday-Friday, 0600-1830, Saturday-Sunday, 0600-1630.
  • Inpatient Pharmacy Technicians - ADM: Monday-Friday, 0700-1530 or 7on/7off, Monday-Thursday, 0830-2000, Friday-Sunday, 0830-2100

• May be required to work extra weekends and holidays during periods of staffing shortages. Tour of duty is subject to change based on agency's needs.

As a Recreation Therapist, you will:

• Be responsible for developing, organizing and administering Recreation programs to provide therapeutic treatment to residents, with a variety of illnesses and disabilities to include but not limited to physical impairments, psychiatric, neurological and cognitive impairments.
• Assemble pre-evaluation data, interpret medical record information, and conduct mental and physical evaluation of resident in order to develop and implement a treatment plan.
• Employ therapeutic objectives, which are complex because of the severe and multiple disabilities regularly encountered.
• Input data in the electronic healthcare medical record system and updates quarterly to reflect current status of patients.
• Develop psycho-social activities for coping with frustration, stress, anger and hostility; and the appropriate use of leisure time; and improving social interaction skills.

As a Recreation Therapist, you will:

• Be responsible for developing, organizing and administering Recreation programs to provide therapeutic treatment to residents, with a variety of illnesses and disabilities to include but not limited to physical impairments, psychiatric, neurological and cognitive impairments.
• Assemble pre-evaluation data, interpret medical record information, and conduct mental and physical evaluation of resident in order to develop and implement a treatment plan.
• Employ therapeutic objectives, which are complex because of the severe and multiple disabilities regularly encountered.
• Input data in the electronic healthcare medical record system and updates quarterly to reflect current status of patients.
• Develop psycho-social activities for coping with frustration, stress, anger and hostility; and the appropriate use of leisure time; and improving social interaction skills.

The purpose of this position is to perform a variety of highly complex demanding management and program analyst assignments requiring a mastery of the application of qualitative and quantitative methods for the assessment and improvement of program(s) effectiveness and to ensure high-quality implementation and management of ASPE s legislative, compliance, and executive secretariat activities.

-Applying knowledge of administrative and program management principles and skills in carrying out the mission of the Division.
-Developing the most cost effective and fiscally responsible methods to conduct program segment(s) and to solve problems.
-Developing and implementing program policies and plans, making critical decisions, and providing expert advice and counsel concerning approaches and options that are sound and feasible in relation to program goals, objectives and Federal budgetary and economic realities.
-Coordinating health information technology (HIT) policies and programs internally and with other relevant executive branch agencies.

-Applying knowledge of administrative and program management principles and skills in carrying out the mission of the Division.
-Developing the most cost effective and fiscally responsible methods to conduct program segment(s) and to solve problems.
-Developing and implementing program policies and plans, making critical decisions, and providing expert advice and counsel concerning approaches and options that are sound and feasible in relation to program goals, objectives and Federal budgetary and economic realities.
-Coordinating health information technology (HIT) policies and programs internally and with other relevant executive branch agencies.

This position is within the Health Administration Service at the Truman VA Medical Center in Columbia, Mo, which is a Complexity Level 1c facility.

The Health Benefits Assistant receives and processes applicants for admission and outpatient treatment. Schedule appointments, determine eligibility and route patients applying for care. Assign admitting patients to wards and notifies wards of pending admissions and verifies information is correct. Primary duty is to interview Veterans, or their designated representative, in order to collect demographic information relative to their finances, insurance, address, work history, etc. This information serves as a basis for determining entitlement to medical care as well as bill preparation and collections on billable episodes of inpatient and outpatient care. Accurate and complete data collection is essential to proper processing of third party collection requirements as mandated by law. Contacts may be in person, by telephone, or by mail, and require timely and accurate input into the VA data base system. Incumbent will maintain workload reports relative to these duties. Advise Veterans of their entitlement to various medical benefits and discuss copayment requirements of Veterans in discretionary categories. Extensive knowledge of the Medical Center and Unit policies is required in order to respond to inquiries from Veterans, and to provide orientation and training to new staff members. The Health Benefits Assistant is responsible for researching and handling complex questions relative to their area of expertise referred by the supervisor. The Health Benefits Assistant is expected to have extensive knowledge of the hospital admitting procedures and policies, entering in patients information into VISTA for hospital admissions, and gathering information for said admission into the facility. Health Benefits Assistant is expected to provide exceptional customer service by exceeding the customer's expectations with respect and concern; focusing on the details of the customer's needs and helps the customer arrive at a satisfactory solution to the problem. The Health Benefits Assistant participates in the facility's Outreach events, promoting the VA. These events may be outside the normal tour of duty. Health Benefits Assistant also gives on-the-job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices. Instructs employees on changes in work procedures. Provides written instructions/documentation of changes. Maintain current informational knowledge base and answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, etc. and obtains needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems. The Health Benefits Assistant may serve on various hospital committees and/or VISN or national work groups relative to his/her position, or at the request of the supervisor.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Compressed/Flexible: not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Health Benefits Assistant/PD03943A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized