Total 293 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Luke AFB, Arizona

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

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday; 7:30am to 4:00pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

This position reports directly to the Assistant Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the VA Northern California Healthcare System. The Pain Section Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service (PM&R), is responsible for the administrative supervision, management, and direction of the PM&R Pain programs, including the Interventional Pain and Chronic Pain programs.

The principal duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Administration:

• Leadership responsibilities: Organizing Pain section staff meetings, communication both down to staff, across to other Section Chiefs, and up to PM&R Leadership, as well as crafting congressional responses, heads up and issue briefs, when requested to do so by VHA PM&R Leadership.
• HR Management: Recruitment; updates on Functional Statements and Position Descriptions; physician salary management and pay panel documentation; and Focused and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) on privileged staff.
• Staff Management: Retention to include performance appraisal (mid-year and yearend) OPPE (twice a year on each provider); rewards and recognition; promotions; disciplinary actions and grievances; training requirements (including Talent Management System capability); employee health requirements and Protected and Administrative Peer Reviews.
• Time and Leave Management: Tour of Duty assignment and documentation, including VISTA/VATAS approvals of leave, timecard certification, and approvals of clinic cancellations.
• Business Planning: Systems redesign; manage service DSS mapping (workload); staffing needs; capacity and demand analysis resource needs (i.e., equipment, IT, supplies, space, etc.) followed by oversight of preparation of the annual Service Business Plan to be presented to Senior Leadership.
• Clinical Management (direct and indirect patient care): Open encounter and consult management, provider productivity, CPRS documentation requirements, oversight of clinic scheduling and access, ensuring staff productivity, oversight of relevant performance measures, and development of the new focus on the IDES Program and Department of Defense Collaboration, Utilization, Quality, and Patient Safety oversight through process improvement (system redesign).
• Other duties as assigned by the Chief of PM&R.

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

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

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday; 8:00am to 4:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

The PM&R Pain is responsible for delivery of pain and rehabilitative care for outpatient PM&R Pain clinics including medication management and interventional management. This position is Pain Management, Opioid Safety and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMOP) funded position.

The principal duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provides comprehensive pain and rehabilitation care to veterans through clinical evaluation and treatment within the outpatient Pain Program, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) clinics and inpatient care as needed.
• Performs medication management including opioids, spine and other pain procedures, ultrasounds, non-medication management of pain including physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, etc. and conducts Pain and PM&R clinics as needed and comply by all PMOP requirements.
• Supports the Opioid Safety Initiative (OSI) and opioid stewardship efforts in compliance with the Government Accountability Office, Office of Inspector General and Office of National Drug Control Policy.
• Ensures clinical appropriateness of the treatment of patients served, including timely and appropriate transition to other levels of care, notation of contraindications and precautions of care.
• Supervises and educates/trains PM&R residents in clinical activities relevant to PM&R and Pain Management.
• Coordinates Pain and PM&R clinics for meeting patient care needs, implementing Stepped Care Model for Pain Management (SCM-PM) and educates primary care physicians and other providers about referrals to the Pain Program.
• Development and expansion of Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation programs and clinics for comprehensive pain care with Primary Care, Mental Health, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Nursing, and other disciplines as appropriate.
• Communicates with Pain Management and PM&R physicians, nursing, pharmacists, mental health care providers, primary care providers and other members of the interdisciplinary team and communicates/interacts daily with the team as needed.
• Collaborates with other services to ensure appropriate and timely pain related consultation and coordination of care.
• Assists in the identification of training and education needs for the Pain program staff and provides education and training for all members of the clinical staff as needed.
• Assists in the timely processing of referrals of patients in the Pain program and pain related PM&R clinics following timeliness metrics.
• Participates in telehealth for Pain Program and PM&R clinics as needed.
• Performs Pain and PM&R consultations as directed by the Chief of PM&R/Assistant Chief of PM&R/Pain Section Chief.
• Ensures the ongoing provision of care that complies with the "Organization Code of Ethics" for VA. 1
• Participates in performance improvement activities for the Pain Program and pain related PM&R department activities.

The primary purpose of this position is: As an Air Reserve Technician (ART), accomplishes a variety of duties involving assisting in determining unit's readiness and capability to perform its peacetime/wartime mission, to support programs and systems which ensure reserve members are properly trained and equipped, to provide peacetime/wartime medical support, and to provide training to reserve members in the accomplishment of tasks set forth herein.

Duties:
1: Provides direct support to the senior ART in planning, directing, implementing, and controlling all elements of the medical unit on a day-to-day basis.
2: Provides support toward conducting studies, collecting data and identifying trends.
3: Assists in reviewing status of training and personnel assets for Status of Resource and Training System (SORTS) reporting/Annual Tour.
4: Responsible for tracking of unit funds and medica/non-medical supply expenditures and activities. Monitors compliance with medical requirements to ensure timely completion and medical qualification of assigned personnel.
5: Responsible for effective management and execution of unit personnel programs. Responsible for information management processes within the unit.

Major Duties:

• Installs, modifies, overhauls, maintains, troubleshoots and repairs complex electronic equipment and complete operational systems consisting of numerous complex integral component components to include non-medical digital, analog and microprocessor-controlled equipment and communication systems. Examples of systems with this degree of complexity are nurse call, closed circuit television, fire alarm, security intrusion systems, patient cameras, get well network system, Xennex robots, as well as televisions, VCR's, various audio and video equipment, patient and guest Wi-Fi, and card access systems.
• Performs maintenance to various electronic equipment items.
• Completes projects at the main facility as well as outlying VA clinics supported by Engineering Service.
• Performs incoming inspections of electronic equipment to ensure compliance with manufacturers' specifications and accepted electrical safety requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position is being re-announced to solicit additional candidates; applicants who previously applied to this announcement need not reapply unless submitting updated information and/or missing forms.

• Responds to emergencies in an appropriate manner by obtaining equipment and by caring for other patients during the emergency process as needed.
• Assists with direct patient care procedures and related tasks by checking in patients, obtaining patient histories, taking vital signs of temperature, height, weight, blood pressure, respirations, and O2 saturations.
• Obtains and records patient information per unit policy.
• Performs routine specialized procedures of venipuncture, injections, immunization, antibiotics, and intravenous cannulation to collect specimen, electrocardiograms and sterile dressing changes according to established protocols.
• Assists with sterile procedures of sutures, insertion of chest tubes, spinal taps, pelvic exams and physical exams and clean procedures of cast application as requested by the physicians.
• Assists with patient admission and/or transports.
• Arranges clinic appointments for patients.
• Performs waived testing.
• Sets up for oxygen administration.
• Obtains results of labs, tests, scans and discharge summaries.

• You will manage a server room in a 100BaseT LAN environment connected by a Cisco switch.
• You will manage the command Defense Research and Engineering Network (OREN) infrastructure, workstations, account access, peripheral equipment and connectivity.
• You will serve as a systems administrator with responsibility for planning, maintaining and coordinating the installation, testing, modifying, upgrading, maintaining, and troubleshooting of hardware and software systems.
• You will directly support the NAMRU Dayton ADP Systems Manager serving as an alternate in every capacity, function and task.
• You will perform services as an IT systems administrator, assisting in the planning, coordination and implementation of research-based applications software and hardware for operating systems.
• You will review IT programs to assess overall compliance with plans, policies, and alignment with business requirements.
• You will resolve a myriad of problems within the scope of the help desk.

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Indian Health Service (IHS), Southwest Region, Phoenix Area - Colorado River Service Unit, Parker Indian Health Center. Position is located in Parker, Arizona. Primary purpose of position is to provide administrative support services for the Division of Financial Management. Position is supervised by the Financial Manager.

Major duties:

• Tracks controlled correspondence; composes and edits correspondence letters and reports.
• Manages the appointment and meeting schedule for the Director of the organizational unit served and senior staff members.
• Purchase supplies, equipment and other material utilizing prescribed purchasing guidelines.
• Assist with management of contract and payment of invoices.
• Time Keeping for the Division .

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

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

• Follows procedures for patient identification, sample procurement, and specimen labeling.
• Performs routine venipuncture specimen collections from patients.
• Follows laboratory procedures for collecting specimens in the appropriate container.
• Controls the physical condition of samples and responds to time factors to ensure that the physiologic state of the specimen is maintained.
• Provides education to patients for proper collection techniques.
• Prepares samples for testing to include labeling, centrifugation, decanting and aliquoting, etc.
• Maintains adequate supplies for all phlebotomy and specimen procurement procedures.
• Answers incoming calls for the laboratory service - finding and relaying accurate information or referring the caller to technical personnel.
• Performs standard diagnostic tests/procedures such as bleeding time, occult blood, urine dipstick, pregnancy test, fingerstick glucose.
• Performs sterilization on the autoclave, and cleans glassware and other reusable items.
• Identifies and appropriately responds to adverse reactions such as fainting, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, and arrests.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer (Deputy) must be competent in many aspects of managing Veterans Health Administration Healthcare Facility Engineering Programs including Interdisciplinary Engineering Coordination and Integration; Facility Maintenance and Operations Management; Construction Development, Management, and Oversight; Healthcare Facility Engineering Program Administration; Healthcare Regulatory, Safety, and Accreditation Compliance; Strategic Planning; Technical Personnel Supervision; and VA Inter Administration Stakeholder Collaboration. The duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and management process for Service Line programs, which include setting qualitative and quantitative standards.
• Develops and provides the Executive Leadership Team and the clinical staff information on the methods, techniques, and procedures necessary to integrate the Engineering, Maintenance, Biomedical, Capital Management, and other Engineering programs into the mission of the Medical Center.
• Responsible for strengthening and enhancing healthcare facility engineering and operations.
• Key managerial advisor reporting directly to the Chief Engineer. This position acts in the full authority and capacity of the Chief in his/her absence, and is relied on for authoritative advice on all aspects of engineering matters. This position is a fully participating technical advisor in all or almost all significant management planning, policy, and decision-making actions of the Medical Center except those of a primarily medical nature. This position is involved with long and short-range planning, establishing policy, and budgeting for the Medical Center, as well as for all Engineering Service programs.
• This position has significant decision-making authority, responsibility, and accountability on issues affecting all of Engineering Service. This position collaborates with operations and program managers to ensure integrated goals and priorities for Engineering Service are met.
• Oversees human resources management matters for the services, including development and implementation of succession and workforce plans.
• Oversees the Joint Commission (TJC) Environment of Care Programs for Utility Systems Management, Safety, Life Safety, and Medical Equipment Management for both this Medical Center and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in the Sacramento Valley Division.
• Creates and supports programs to ensure the healthcare system manages and maintains fire safety equipment, systems, and life safety building features. The Associate Chief Engineer responsibility for implementing, managing and monitoring a comprehensive Safety Program as defined by Department policy and meeting the Safety and Life Safety requirements of both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Joint Commission most recent edition of the Joint Commission Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (AMH).
• Responsible for providing professional engineering direction to ensure compliance with legislative and accrediting requirements at the Medical Center. These requirements include Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), etc.) and other applicable requirements.
• Researches and/or analyzes problems, issues, or program requirements related to all areas of the facility and all facets of Engineering Service.
• Provides expert analysis and advice on complex program issues. Based on operations and changing program requirements, identifies relevant issues.
• Devises new analytical techniques to evaluate findings.
• Responsible for development and implementation of the Medical Center's capital improvement program. This position works with medical activities to identify additional space needs and needed renovations. Identified needs are individually transformed to engineering requirements, estimated, accomplished locally, or included as part of a comprehensive plan for agency funding. Coordinates and oversees scheduling and layout of operations, inspection and surveillance of materials, methods, and equipment used in construction and renovation managed by subordinate engineers and engineering technicians. Provides technical resource information to other engineering supervisors.
• Creates and supports programs to ensure the healthcare system manages and maintains fire safety equipment, systems, and life safety building features. The Associate Chief Engineer responsibility for implementing, managing and monitoring a comprehensive Safety Program as defined by Department policy and meeting the Safety and Life Safety requirements of both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Joint Commission most recent edition of the Joint Commission Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (AMH).

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Negotiate with vendors to acquire products or services or to address technical requirements, cost/pricing, or other terms and conditions
• Establish and monitor acquisition milestones to ensure progress toward award.
• Review vendor submissions to determine acceptability and compliance with solicitation requirements.
• Recommend the appropriate contract type or contract method for the product or service being procured.
• Prepare to procure products or services to meet customer needs.
• Develop acquisition plans for applicable requirements.
• Review statements of work to ensure they adequately describe requirements
• Interpret and apply laws, regulations, policies, standards, or procedures to address acquisition issues.
• Determine competitive range of proposals in relation to solicitation evaluation factors.
• Determine vendor responsibility and suitability for award (e.g., review contractor financial resources, business acumen, past performance, and business ethics)
• Prepare award documents, including clearances, compliance checks, and notifications

• Directly supervises physicians, advanced nurse practitioners, and other medical services staff, including performance appraisals, department scheduling, approval of leave, yearly trainings, certification requirements and completing recruitment for positions and disciplinary actions. Reviews current staffing, policies/procedures, process for medical services and makes recommendations.
• Works on a daily basis with other supervisors formulating management discussions, decisions and policy making. Shares full accountability in management actions.
• Oversees department work schedules, which includes, but is not limited to daily clinic or operating assignments, field clinic assignments, monthly call schedule, etc.

• Provides direct patient care within the scope of clinical privileges: Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/ or performs diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain appropriate information related to each case.
• Documents patient care procedures thru EHR (Electronic Heath Record) and works closely with allied health professionals.

• Directly supervises physicians, advanced nurse practitioners, and other medical services staff, including performance appraisals, department scheduling, approval of leave, yearly trainings, certification requirements and completing recruitment for positions and disciplinary actions. Reviews current staffing, policies/procedures, process for medical services and makes recommendations.
• Works on a daily basis with other supervisors formulating management discussions, decisions and policy making. Shares full accountability in management actions.
• Oversees department work schedules, which includes, but is not limited to daily clinic or operating assignments, field clinic assignments, monthly call schedule, etc.

• Provides direct patient care within the scope of clinical privileges: Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/ or performs diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain appropriate information related to each case.
• Documents patient care procedures thru EHR (Electronic Heath Record) and works closely with allied health professionals.

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Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Performs receptionist duties, customer service and other duties assigned for the proper timely treatment of patients and maintains appointment schedules for one or more outpatient clinics.
• Serves on more than one PACT or in more than one Specialty Clinic area.
• Validates and updates patient demographic information, either in person during check-in or over the phone.
• Collects, scans, and updates health insurance information serving a major role in the revenue process.
• Endures that all necessary health/administrative information are integrated into Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) by sending the documents to scan or performing the function within their area.
• Screens/receives phone calls in a courteous and timely manner, determines the nature of the requests and provide the information desired using privacy rules and established clinic processes.
• Interprets and communicates requirements of VHA Scheduling Directives and complete accurate scheduling responsibilities and assist in training other MSA levels.

NOTE: This position is being announced concurrently with announcement IHS-24-CH-12451146-ESEP/MP for candidates at the GS-05 & GS-06 grade level. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-24-CH-12451146-ESEP/MP for eligibility requirements. Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered for the higher grade level.

• Performs basic technical processes entailed in dispensing prescriptions which include a basic review of the chart to determine appropriate patient and number of medications.
• Verifies identity of patient, review all medications with patient using the IHS consultation method to include proper dose, directions for use, potential adverse reactions, side effects, expected outcomes.
• Receives and fills ward and clinic supply orders using math skills to compute proper amounts, ascertain replenishment needs, and maintain pharmacy inventory,
• Perform the technical functions required for bulk compounding.
• Prepares sterile solutions in the pharmacy , Interprets the doctors orders, obtains necessary ingredients, measures and mixes ingredients to prepare intravenous additives.

NOTE: This position is being announced concurrently with announcement IHS-24-CH-12451145-ESEP/MP for candidates at the GS-03 & GS-04 grade level. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-24-CH-12451145-ESEP/MP for eligibility requirements. Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered for the higher grade level.

• Performs basic technical processes entailed in dispensing prescriptions which include a basic review of the chart to determine appropriate patient and number of medications.
• Verifies identity of patient, review all medications with patient using the IHS consultation method to include proper dose, directions for use, potential adverse reactions, side effects, expected outcomes.
• Participates in designed ongoing quality improvement activities in the pharmacy department as required by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.
• Performs independent monthly inspections of all drug storage areas within the facility whether in pharmacy areas, inpatient areas or ambulatory areas including review of the cardiac arrest carts.
• Prepares sterile solutions in the pharmacy, Interprets the doctors orders, obtains necessary ingredients, measures and mixes ingredients to prepare intravenous additives