Total 883 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in BUMC Phoenix (1111 E McDowell Rd)

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

The Lead Medical Technician is responsible for assisting team in producing timely phlebotomy service to veterans with emphasis on maintaining a satisfactory level of customer service excellence and team competency. Additional duties include:

• Providing customers with laboratory information, supplies, collection instructions and referring the customer to the appropriate sections for test-specific technical information
• Preparing the monthly schedule/duty assignment for all staff in the Phlebotomy Department when the Phlebotomy Supervisor is unavailable or delegates the duty
• Assigning personnel to the various subsections within the section (e.g. send outs, inpatient, outpatient, STAT draws, AM rounds) in a fair and equitable rotation
• Assisting with orientation, scheduling and training of employees, volunteers and students; and coordinating phlebotomy student externship rotations with the affiliated school phlebotomy program
• Preparing procedures, guidelines, instructions and policies for Section use by medical technologists, medical technicians, other staff members and students when assigned by the Phlebotomy Supervisor
• Establishing and maintaining an inventory control program in the inpatient area to ensure adequate inventory of supplies /reagents for the section
• Preparing various reports, promulgating and submitting data for reports or analysis as assigned by the Phlebotomy Supervisor or Laboratory Manager
• Determining need for additional or replacement equipment and instrumentation and selecting such based on cost, rental or outright purchase
• Evaluating subordinate conduct and competency consistent with Medical Center policies as outlined in the Performance Appraisal System and the negotiated agreements
• Reviewing work while in progress periodically and reviews completed work for accuracy and adherence to established procedures, accepting, amending or rejecting completed work
• Responsible for proper receipt and accessioning of specimens; processing specimens (centrifugation, labeling, pour-offs); entering and verifying results; following up on misdraws, deletions, cancellations and incompletes, ordering send out tests, delivery of specimens, temp verification of incoming specimens, etc.
• Responsible for the timely and proper distribution of specimens to the appropriate section or reference laboratories
• Obtaining venous blood samples by aseptic venipuncture technique; correctly identifying the patient before obtaining any specimen and properly labels the specimen following specimen procurement according to established procedure
• Performing all phlebotomies and tests/examinations offered in Section within acceptable turnaround times
• Assisting in performance of moderate complexity laboratory tests in other sections of the laboratory when necessary
• Performing other related duties as assigned

Major duties:

• Plans and designs landscaping.
• Installs, repairs, and maintains sprinkler system.
• Operates and maintains various power-driven lawn equipment such as gas operated sweepers, mowers, weed eaters, and trimmers.
• Keeps grounds and areas around compactors clean.
• Plants trees, shrubs, succulents, and performs a wide range of gardening duties.
• Submits requests for parts and materials to accomplish duties.
• Maintains area of assignment on a daily basis.
• Empties waste container.
• Removes debris from grounds, sidewalks, steps, smoking shelters, roads, and parking areas including the parking garage.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Duties you will be performing in this position include but are not limited to:

• Initiating, modifying, or discontinuing medication therapy.
• Serving as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management.
• Designing, implementing, assessing, monitoring, and documenting therapeutic plans utilizing the most effective, least toxic, and most economical medication treatments.
• Helping achieve positive patient-centric outcomes through direct and indirect interactions with patients, providers, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Performing physical assessments
• Ordering, assessing, and responding to laboratory and other tests to help determine the efficacy and toxicity of medication therapy.

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

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May be authorized for highly qualified individuals relocating to the Phoenix, AZ area.
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

• Promotes the development of health care professionals in the health care system through counseling, mentoring, teaching, and encouraging self-assessment.
• Contributes to an environment that provides educational activity, and administrative planning and evaluation based on integration and application of current health care principles.
• Establishes mechanisms whereby the health care system administration, and other VHA components are informed, in a timely manner, of clinical program developments that affect them.
• Takes an active role as a health care system management team member, providing advice and counsel in defining and accomplishing the health care system and VACO mission and goals.
• Represents the health care system, internally and externally, in such a manner as to reflect positively on the health care system, the VISN and the VHA.
• Serves as professional liaison of the health care system to DVA and Federal facilities, the community, affiliates, media, congressional offices, and constituent organizations.
• Maintains and promotes high ethical and clinical standards that are carried into decision making processes.
• Promotes constructive problem resolution in an environment of competing priorities.
• Monitors and ensures staff compliance with agency regulations, medical staff by-laws, rules and regulations, VA facility policies, Joint Commission standards and other appropriate regulations and creates an environment of system-oriented quality improvement.
• Ensures all Veterans receive safe, quality, efficient, timely, and appropriate care with the highest professional and ethical standards and quality of care.
• Ensures the highest level of performance by medical staff members through appropriate delineation of clinical privileges, ongoing performance evaluations, orientation, and use of continuous quality improvement practices.
• Completes performance evaluations of assigned service line managers and clinical service chiefs.
• Responsible for standard of medical care and professional integration of services across service lines.
• Directs the medical staff governance, by-laws and credentialing and privileging.
• Promotes an effective mix, coordination, and support of health care system clinical programs by evaluating current and potential patient population needs, clinical workload and resources, special program mandates and cost/benefit analysis making recommendations to the Facility Director ensuring implementation of approved clinical proposals.
• Provides advice to health care system staff through policy guidance and activities on behalf of patients and their clinical care. Accomplishes health care system clinical program goals consistent with available resources and participates in the allocation of facility resources and modification of programs to best meet needs of the Veteran population.
• Demonstrates commitment to recruitment and retention of high-quality clinical staff.
• Demonstrates commitment to facility research program goals and objectives
• Demonstrates commitment to achieving EEO goals and objectives.
• Ensures the productivity of clinical staff.
• Authority and accountability of credentialing and privileging as Chair of the Medical Executive Council (MEC).
• Interprets regulatory and legal issues, monitoring medical staff and other licensed independent practitioner's compliance and quality of practice.
• Initiates appropriate actions such as discipline, revocation or suspension of all or selected individual privileging

The Legal Administrative Specialist in the Appeals Policy and Operations Division (APOD) performs the following duties:

• Organizes Medicare adjudication case files for distribution.
• Prepares responses to appellants on adjudication results and processes.
• Identifies case processing challenges with pending appeals.
• Interprets data from appellants and/or appellant's representatives.
• Tracks case file development.

• Work requires application of administrative and analytical skills and techniques to ensure that PRC programs and private contractors are abiding by the established requirements and practices as it pertains to payments for services rendered.
• Serve as the specialist responsible for evaluating and reporting on the PRC claims section program provided by PIMC and its service unit Tribes.
• Participates in activities involved in the planning and implementation of the Resource and patient Management System (RPMS), PRC and referred care information system (RCIS) software.
• Serves as the Claims Supervisor over the claims staff working in the Purchased Referred Care.

• Operates electronic cash register and the meal tracker system.
• Receives cash from customers and provides change. Safeguards money, keeps cash locked except when making change.
• Sets up food service counters, tables and stands with designated food and non-food items.
• Serves cafeteria-style and assembles patient trays and nourishments.
• Assists cooks using portion control scales and measuring recipe ingredients.

The LPN/LVN is assigned to a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). The LPN/LVN is technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to a variable patient population. He/she observes and interviews patients and significant others to gather data and reports and/or documents as per policy. The LPN/LVN recognizes and reports to RN immediately signs and symptoms of emergencies such as evisceration, hemorrhage, shock, coma, seizure, and airway obstruction. Job duties also include TeleEye, TeleDerm, TeleAudiology, and all other duties as a TCT.

Provides patient care and administer medications. The LPN/LVN is responsible for the storage, proper cleaning techniques, and use of reusable medical equipment (RME). He/she must be able to locate the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all RME in the clinical area. She/he is responsible for carrying out proper procedures for caring for patients in an isolation environment by following proper infection control procedures.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Uses judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures.
• Observes, identifies, and responds to the patient's needs for care, including medication, equipment- assisted care and patient /family education. In organizing and delivering care, the LPN/LVN recognizes and considers emotional, cultural, spiritual, socio-economic, and age-related factors.
• Observes for physical and /or emotional changes in patient's condition from prescribed medications/treatments, promptly and accurately documenting noted changes, and reporting any deviations from normal to RN or MD/DO/provider.
• Recognizes and reports to RN immediately signs and symptoms of emergencies such as evisceration, hemorrhage, shock, come, seizure, and airway obstruction.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems.
• Is technically proficient in initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
• Prepares and administers prescribed medications (oral, topical, rectal, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous, administers (except research/investigation) including insertion of medication into the eye, ear, nose, bladder, rectum, and vagina; prepares and performs TB or cocci skin testing; gives allergy and flu injections and documents, performs treatments according to established procedures; accurately assesses the need for PRN medications and prepares, administers, and evaluates responses.
• The LPN/LVN will assist the Physician, PA, NP, and/or RN with clinical procedures which include: pre/intra and post procedural care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary for concentrated effort and self-direction in carrying out the most complex practical nursing care assignments, including assignments for selected acute care, long term or ambulatory care, or psychiatric patients requiring skilled nursing care. Initiates emergency procedures for which the employee is trained and reports actual and potential safety hazards within the workplace.
• Follows all safety procedures and wears protective clothing as appropriate.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills with both internal and external customers.
• Possesses knowledge and understanding of human behavior, patient motivations, and reactions to situations and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients, family members, and other staff.

The LPN/LVN is assigned to a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). The LPN/LVN is technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to a variable patient population. He/she observes and interviews patients and significant others to gather data and reports and/or documents as per policy. The LPN/LVN recognizes and reports to RN immediately signs and symptoms of emergencies such as evisceration, hemorrhage, shock, coma, seizure, and airway obstruction. Job duties also include TeleEye, TeleDerm, TeleAudiology, and all other duties as a TCT.

Provides patient care and administer medications. The LPN/LVN is responsible for the storage, proper cleaning techniques, and use of reusable medical equipment (RME). He/she must be able to locate the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all RME in the clinical area. She/he is responsible for carrying out proper procedures for caring for patients in an isolation environment by following proper infection control procedures.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Uses judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures.
• Observes, identifies, and responds to the patient's needs for care, including medication, equipment- assisted care and patient /family education. In organizing and delivering care, the LPN/LVN recognizes and considers emotional, cultural, spiritual, socio-economic, and age-related factors.
• Observes for physical and /or emotional changes in patient's condition from prescribed medications/treatments, promptly and accurately documenting noted changes, and reporting any deviations from normal to RN or MD/DO/provider.
• Recognizes and reports to RN immediately signs and symptoms of emergencies such as evisceration, hemorrhage, shock, come, seizure, and airway obstruction.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavioral problems.
• Is technically proficient in initiating, performing, and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable patient populations.
• Prepares and administers prescribed medications (oral, topical, rectal, subcutaneous, intramuscular and/or intravenous, administers (except research/investigation) including insertion of medication into the eye, ear, nose, bladder, rectum, and vagina; prepares and performs TB or cocci skin testing; gives allergy and flu injections and documents, performs treatments according to established procedures; accurately assesses the need for PRN medications and prepares, administers, and evaluates responses.
• The LPN/LVN will assist the Physician, PA, NP, and/or RN with clinical procedures which include: pre/intra and post procedural care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary for concentrated effort and self-direction in carrying out the most complex practical nursing care assignments, including assignments for selected acute care, long term or ambulatory care, or psychiatric patients requiring skilled nursing care. Initiates emergency procedures for which the employee is trained and reports actual and potential safety hazards within the workplace.
• Follows all safety procedures and wears protective clothing as appropriate.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills with both internal and external customers.
• Possesses knowledge and understanding of human behavior, patient motivations, and reactions to situations and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients, family members, and other staff.

The PA will be fully qualified and certified to function in both a clinical and administrative role and in accordance with the guidelines and policies of the PVAHCS Veterans Affairs Medical Center in the Gynecology Section of the Surgery Service. This individual is delegated the authority and responsibility in his/her area of expertise to assume major clinical, consultative, educational, research, and administrative duties and assignments related to this care.

A PA is a credentialed health care professional who provides patient-centered medical care to assigned patients as a member of a health care team and who is authorized to practice with defined levels of autonomy and to exercise independent medical decision making within their scope of practice.

Clinical duties:
The core elements for a PA Scope of Practice may include, but are not limited to:

• Obtaining medical histories and performing physical examinations.
• Providing and coordinating medical care for assigned patients in any care setting, including establishing diagnoses, formulating and implementing care plans, and providing follow-up care.
• Evaluating outpatients to determine the need for further health care.
• Ordering diagnostic studies and other special tests, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computerized Tomography (CT) scans, etc.
• Carrying out health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education activities.
• Ordering or obtaining laboratory specimens.
• Ordering ancillary services, such as, pharmacy, social services, physical medicine and rehabilitation therapies, prosthetic services, etc.
• Ordering VA specialty service consults and initiating requests for non-VA medical care and consults in accordance with VHA and local facility policy and procedures.
• Ordering patient care supplies.
• Writing orders for or prescribing medications in accordance with policy.
• Obtaining and documenting informed consent for treatments and procedures for which the PA is responsible. The PA's Scope of Practice must authorize obtaining informed consent for the treatment or procedure being performed. In addition, the Scope of Practice must authorize the PA to perform the procedure or provide the treatment for which the consent is being obtained or to actively participate as an integral member of the treatment team performing the procedure such as assisting the primary surgeon.
• Providing education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Reviews consults to the gynecology section.

• Facilitate response/actions to patient inquires to care and treatment received by the Gynecology Service.
• Functions as a liaison between the Gynecology Section Chief, the Surgery Service and respective Specialty Surgery Sections, and the Ambulatory Care Service including but not limited to Primary Care, Medical Specialty Care, and Emergency Care .
• Attends committee meetings and process action teams representing the Gynecology service at the direction of the Gynecology Section Chief or Designee.
• As needed assists other practitioners assigned to Gynecology who have administrative or clinical concerns.
• Assists the Gynecology Section Chief or Designee with quality of care activities.
• Other administrative duties as assigned by the Gynecology Section Chief or Designee.

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At the VA Phoenix Health Care System, we're dedicated to improving the lives of Veterans and their families every day. We proudly serve Veterans in central Arizona at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center and 12 community based outpatient VA clinics.

This is a full performance level position as a CensiTrac Coordinator responsible for the oversight of the SPS automated equipment tracking system in the Sterile Processing Services. Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Management, creation, trouble shooting, problem solving, monitoring, and maintaining instrument tracking systems as well as coordinating, maintaining, and monitoring instrument maintenance and repair.
• Initiates tracking reports and data analysis for Sterile Processing service.
• Coordinates with SPS Management, Logistics, Reusable Medical Equipment (RME) Coordinator, and SPS Quality Assurance for all new purchased and leased instrumentation.
• Receives, schedules, refers, and contacts members of the staff, agency, and persons outside the agency ranging from other government agencies to the general public.
• Complete correspondence and reports to RME, SPS, VISN, Services, and other Government Agencies and public corporations that deal with Sterile Processing service.

• Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist develops care plans and participates in patient care planning which involves the assessment and evaluation of the patient's condition and needs.
• Responds to phone calls from oncology patients and their families, evaluates problem severity, provides advice, and discusses case with oncology NP and/or physicians when appropriate including scheduling patient for office visit.
• Performs immediate and ongoing clinical care assessments for oncology patients and families.
• Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by physicians such as medications, treatments, intravenous solutions, blood transfusions, volume expanders, irrigations, arterial and venous blood specimens.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Completes both routine and complex assignments involved identifying and troubleshooting issues related to VLAN configuration, IP addressing, sub-netting, HL7, DICOM, Access Control List (ACL) and network security across the medical device network.
• Manages, troubleshoots and maintains complete systems of computerized networks, databases and servers including but not limited to biomedical information systems that store or facilitate patient information.
• Implements and plans for new and emerging technologies including but not limited to diagnostic modalities, network management and storage, and virtual data centers.
• Leads development of disaster recovery procedures for critical systems to be enacted in the event of device failure.
• Completes both routine and complex assignments involved in the installation, maintenance, modification, troubleshooting, repair and calibration of these complex therapeutic, diagnostic and life support medical devices and systems.
• Investigates, remediates and documents recalls and safety alerts within established timeframes.
• Provides training and education as appropriate to medical technology end users and clinical staff.
• Represents Biomedical/Clinical Engineering department on committees and in meetings as delegated by supervisor.

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

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be eligible for highly qualified candidate.
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

Duties include but not limited to the following:

• Clinical responsibilities under the guidance and direction of the Chief of the Dermatology division.
• Participates, oversees and collaborates to ensure that all applicable clinical functions which include outpatient and inpatient consultative medical care are performed.
• Tasked with providing timely and courteous service to all Veterans seeking care.
• In partnership with the Dermatology Section Chief, participates in strategic planning for the service.
• As requested by the Chief of Dermatology attends and provides input, as appropriate, to the outpatient clinic management and other committees and councils, as needed.
• Attends clinical and administrative staff meetings as may be required or directed by the Chief of Dermatology.
• Actively promotes performance improvement measures within the Dermatology Service.
• Supports VHA and all Medicine Service directives, policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Collaborates with other physicians to ensure proper education of medical students and residents when applicable.
• Maintains Continuing Medical Education (CME), State Medical License, and VA mandatory training prior to expiration.
• Maintains certification in CPR-BLS.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Manage data and coordinate input from more than eight other services at the PVAHCS, as is related to the Environment of Care Program. The EOC dashboard and the management plans require succinct organizational structure, maintained and/or established by the incumbent, to enable others to easily report and update the data for which they are responsible, as subject matter experts, relating to the Environment of Care Program
• Responsible for overall accountability, as well as day-to-day activities that ensure the medical center is meeting all aspects of the EOCC program.
• Directs the formal regular surveillance rounds that are required by accreditation at established intervals within the medical center, the Outpatient Care Center (OPC) and each of the 10 CBOCs located throughout Arizona.
• Provides professional, authoritative interpretations to higher level PVAHCS leadership regarding Federal safety standards to resolve conflicts, controversies, and disputes over the applicability of Federal standards, particularly where Arizona state policies potentially conflict with Federal regulations.
• Communicates to senior colleagues and leadership, the relevance of proposed solutions, critical to the success of this high-profile program, and how these contribute to the accomplishment of the various facility services' goals within the VISN and beyond.
• Works to eliminate redundancies and gaps between the administration and provision of Safety programs to include Life Safety concerns related to NFPA standards.