Total 1,417 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Cypress Creek Administrative Center

• The therapist duties and responsibilities will consist of but not be limited to the administration of all types of mechanical ventilation including non-invasive ventilation and conventional ventilation.
• Respiratory Therapist will assist with the daily clinical and administrative functions of the Pulmonary Clinic to include but not limited to, support to the sleep clinic and all diagnostic Pulmonary Function tests.
• The RT assists physicians and other clinical staff during special respiratory procedures, placing, adjusting, or removing endotracheal tubes and providing respiratory support during conscious sedation outside of the operating room.
• The RT is the first assistant in bronchoscopy and is expected to have full knowledge of the function and the maintenance of the bronchoscope and all its associated tools, suction equipment and video equipment.
• The RT participates in multidisciplinary rounds in critical care or ward areas when needed in order to provide technical expertise in the use of respiratory support devices and the management of patients with respiratory illness.
• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds in critical care or ward areas when needed in order to provide technical expertise in the use of respiratory support devices and the management of patients with respiratory illness.

• The incumbent is responsible for planning, directing and controlling the work, keeping the supervisor informed of any problems that will adversely affect the unit's productivity.
• Direct and coordinate the production activities within CMS Confirmation department.
• Train supervisors and staff members on the use and application of these analytical methodologies.
• Review results of forensic analyses for technical and clerical accuracy.
• Responsible for personnel management functions.

• Records a variety of physician's orders involving patient activities, diets, and medications, on a timely basis to various charts (Patient Profile, medication and treatment records)
• Identifies various chemical compounds, symbols and abbreviations comprising medication orders and accurately transcribes drug names, dosages, and times of administration.
• Initiates and receives telephone calls to obtain and provide information.
• Records telephone messages pertaining to such things as detailed laboratory reports, X-ray and test results.
• Recognize and refers urgent results to the professional staff for immediate action.
• Properly files the results of various tests in patients' charts as they are received, keeping the record of care current and accurate.
• Acts as the information receptionist for the clinic.
• Receives visitors and phone calls to the unit.
• Utilizes automated systems as required by the clinical area assigned (e.g., workload management system, DMHRSi, Clinical Event Review Module, OR Scheduling system, CHCS-I, AHLTA, Trace-View).
• Scans and files outpatient charts as needed.

• Provide an advanced level of specialized nursing care to critically ill infants.
• Observe and reassess patient's conditions; recognize and interpret serious situations; notify the charge nurse/and or physician and/or takes preplanned emergency measures.
• Assist with special potentially life-saving procedures performed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to include assisting with the placement of central invasive lines or intubation.
• Operate and monitor technical equipment such as transcutaneous oxygen monitors, ventilators, IV infusion pumps, etc.

• Manage the Recreation Therapy program for Mental Health services.
• Plan, coordinate and implement activities and specialized groups according to evidenced ­based practice.
• Perform individualized assessment of patients, selecting and implementing therapeutic interventions, and documenting patient progress.
• Participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meetings to evaluate and review the care provided to patients, identify opportunities to improve the care delivered, and recommend treatment and corrective action when problems exist.
• Train and coordinate professional and paraprofessional personnel in the facilitation of group and program activities.
• Develop Continuing Education Unit (CEU) programs for the Psychiatric Care Course and assists facilitating quarterly sessions with the Clinical Educator.

Responsible for performing all clinical laboratory testing in a Federal Bureau of Prison correctional facility. Will function as a generalist performing testing in all disciplines of the clinical laboratory including hematology, blood bank, coagulation, serology, urinalysis, microbiology, chemistry and specimen collection.

The nature of the work demands an advanced thorough knowledge of clinical laboratory sciences as they relate to the performance of laboratory analysis on human blood, tissues and body fluids. A specialized knowledge of clinical correlation which relates laboratory test data to human physiology, a broad knowledge of laboratory testing methodologies, laboratory equipment/ instrumentation maintenance and quality assurance procedures is required.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

• Coordinate patient scheduling activities of the medical facility to ensure a smooth flow of daily services.
• Resolve problems that arise from late appointments, emergencies, or walk-ins that could delay scheduled patients being seen in a timely manner.
• Interview patients who request medical examination/treatment to obtain pertinent information.
• Respond to requests for non-technical information on such subjects as hours of operation, how to complete various medical forms, and locations of other medical departments/facilities.
• Extract medical information from patients’ records as requested/needed by the medical staff.
• Process and distribute incoming correspondence, publications, and other documents.

• Performs a variety of complex technical functions to interpret, order, receive, store, and dispense pharmaceuticals from routine to complex controlled substances.
• Processes medication orders by using computerized order entry in and extraction of pertinent drug data from patient charts and/ or through patient interview.
• Performs substantial bulk compounding, including complex products.
• Prepares, stores, and issues sterile and non-sterile drug preparations following established guidelines.
• Uses computer system for data collections and monitoring to include individualized medication profiles, prescription fill data, provide medical information, and identify potential drug interactions and substitutions or generic drug replacement.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Performs technical functions with computer-based systems and software such as: transcribes prescriptions into the current pharmacy computer system, processes prescriptions with the current pharmacy automation and robotics.

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Duties include, but not limited to:

• Manages patient care problems and deviations using self-direction in accordance with VA Nursing Practice and LPN licensure standards. Maintains knowledge and skill to care for a wide range of patients, including those with chronic and acute illness. Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of disease conditions, nursing principles, and standards/practices to coordinate nursing care required in the clinic setting and alter the sequence and/or care delivered to meet individual patient's needs.
• Assesses, records, and reports vital signs, neurological signs, weight, and blood glucose levels. Appropriately triages and prioritizes patient needs as routine, urgent, or emergent in the clinic setting and modifies patient care/treatment as needed.
• Demonstrates knowledge, skill, and ability to promptly recognize and effectively intervene in potentially urgent or emergent situations. Demonstrates the ability to independently adjust or modify care being delivered to meet the changing needs of the patient with notification to the RN or provider for concurrence. Responsibilities include prompt recognition and treatment of urgent/emergent patient care needs, including hypo/hyperglycemia, acute shortness of breath, seizures, stroke symptoms, mental health issues, etc.
• Maintains and implements knowledge of anatomy and physiology as well as scientific principles underlying nursing care and procedures. Provides high quality nursing care using traditional and non-traditional modalities, including triage prior to provider face-to­-face visits, nurse health maintenance visits, telephone triage, secure messaging, etc.
• Serves as a resource for complex/specialized procedures (i.e. non-complex suture removal, non-complex wound care, blood draws, and clinic specific procedures, such as ear irrigation). Performs venipuncture for blood draws, prepares specimens for transport and processing (centrifuge and serum separation), transcribes orders, accessions label, provides patient education about lab tests, etc.
• Demonstrates knowledge of standard precautions, medical asepsis, and sterile technique with the ability to correctly apply these principles and techniques and assist others with implementation in the clinic setting.
• Teaches patients and families principles of health, self-care, and treatments related to wellness and health promotion. Participates in selection of appropriate teaching materials to instruct patients on equipment, medications, disease processes, weight management, diet, and smoking cessation.
• Collaborates with PACT-assigned CCHT personnel to address patient care needs in a timely manner and to transition care from CCHT back to the PACT team.

• Evaluate, transcribe and interpret physician’s prescription order (written and verbal) for appropriateness of drug therapy to include evaluation of the drug selected and the regimen prescribed (dose, frequency, duration).
• Interview patients to assess for drug allergies and past adverse medication reactions.
• Screen for drug interaction and review pertinent laboratory results, when necessary, as part of the prescription verification process.
• Conduct medication reconciliation, review the prescription profile for redundant therapies, and discontinue medications with remaining refills when appropriate.
• Document pharmaceutical care activities in the medical record as appropriate.
• Prepare, compound, and dispense pharmaceuticals for patients of all ages, conduct education for patients and healthcare professionals, and ensure proper handling and dispensing of investigational drugs.
• Oversee technician staff that process and fill prescriptions and/or sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals.
• Monitor drug therapy to assure clinically appropriate balance of risks and benefits is maintained and modify the therapy when it differs from established clinical parameters or protocols.
• Interface with physicians or other health care providers in the design of a drug treatment plan and monitors drug therapy for patients.
• Responsible for the monitoring, detecting, documenting, reporting, and managing of adverse drug events.
• Prepare complex combinations regimens for clinical protocols including new and investigational agents and biologic response modifiers.
• Design drug regimens and order changes in therapy and appropriate laboratory tests after patient monitoring and drug therapy review.
• Participate in daily rounds to monitor and review drug-therapy for rational indications, dosing, adverse drug reactions, IV incompatibilities and complications of multiple drug therapies.
• Compare and contrast therapeutic regimens and use for new and existing products.
• Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, and patients on investigational drugs being utilized and ensures that up to date information is readily available in the patient care units.
• Design and conduct interdisciplinary educational programs in the areas of drug therapy for physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
• Use suitable oral, written, or audiovisual communication techniques and methods to develop or assist other health care practitioners in the development of educational materials.

• Prepare, compound, and dispense pharmaceuticals for patients of all ages.
• Evaluate, transcribe and interpret physician’s prescription order (written and verbal) for appropriateness of drug therapy to include evaluation of the drug selected and the regimen prescribed (dose, frequency, duration).
• Monitor drug therapy to assure clinically appropriate balance of risks and benefits is maintained and modify the therapy when it differs from established clinical parameters or protocols.
• Interface with physicians or other health care providers in the design of a drug treatment plan and monitors drug therapy for patients.
• Monitor, detect, document, report, and manage adverse drug events.
• Interview patients to assess for drug allergies and past adverse medication reactions.
• Design drug regimens and orders changes in therapy and appropriate laboratory tests after patient monitoring and drug therapy review.
• Screen for drug interactions and reviews pertinent laboratory results, when necessary, as part of the prescription verification process.
• Conduct medication reconciliation, reviews the prescription profile for redundant therapies, and discontinues medications with remaining refills when appropriate.
• Provide drug information to physicians, nurses, and patients on investigational drugs being utilized and ensures that up to date information is readily available in the patient care units

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Duties:

• Will learn to appropriately utilize glucose monitoring machine to collect and document appropriate glucose readings for assigned patient.
• Maintains a positive therapeutic relationship by displaying respect for human dignity with patient, families, and/or significant others utilizing communication skills.
• Utilizes observation skills for data collection. reporting, an recording patient/resident observations.
• Performing and documenting prescribed medical treatment and interventions for patients, such as diabetic urine testing and blood testing, simple dressing changes.
• Monitors patients according to levels of observations i.e. (one to one suicide, continuous observation, 15-minute checks, and hourly rounding.
• Reports patient status of proper body mechanics while caring patients.
• Serves as the unit safe patient handling liaison.
• Serves as a preceptor and mentor to other NA's.
• Appropriately initiates basic life support, takes actions appropriate action.

Duties:
This position serves as the Security Assistant for Police Service within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with a primary purpose to monitor physical security equipment and systems. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Physical Security Support: monitors and responds to alarms; traces access patterns, programming, assigns or removes user permissions, and remotely opens and secures doors during routine and emergency operations; determines when to dispatch law enforcement or other personnel to investigate; maintains radio/alarm activity records/logs to include dates, times, and results of communications and activities; prepares completed reports; issues and retrieves government issued keys and/or identification cards; and maintains accountability of Police Officer badges issued and all associated logs.
• Communications: monitors and receives routine and emergency calls from a variety of sources that need police, fire, medical or other emergency services; maintains contact with law enforcement units; monitors and directs responses to security and life safety communications, radio dispatches, telephone calls, and other emergency communication circuits; coordinates with various federal, state and local law enforcement officials for coordination of emergency situations; and operates a variety of communications equipment, telephones and computer systems to support both routine and emergency operations.
• Operations Support: performs system checks on a variety of equipment used in the dispatch center; troubleshoots systems when problems arise and resolves issues whenever possible; conducts equipment inventories and completes records and other logs; enters, updates and retrieves information from a variety of computer systems/databases; uses state and the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) to access sensitive law enforcement information to support field operations and investigations; enters or updates regional and national records; compiles and prepares reports related to events occurring in the operation of the police control center; completes vehicle registration tasks and issues decals and permits.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

This position serves as the Security Assistant for Police Service within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with a primary purpose to monitor physical security equipment and systems. Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Physical Security Support: monitors and responds to alarms; traces access patterns, programming, assigns or removes user permissions, and remotely opens and secures doors during routine and emergency operations; determines when to dispatch law enforcement or other personnel to investigate; maintains radio/alarm activity records/logs to include dates, times, and results of communications and activities; prepares completed reports; issues and retrieves government issued keys and/or identification cards; and maintains accountability of Police Officer badges issued and all associated logs.
• Communications: monitors and receives routine and emergency calls from a variety of sources that need police, fire, medical or other emergency services; maintains contact with law enforcement units; monitors and directs responses to security and life safety communications, radio dispatches, telephone calls, and other emergency communication circuits; coordinates with various federal, state and local law enforcement officials for coordination of emergency situations; and operates a variety of communications equipment, telephones and computer systems to support both routine and emergency operations.
• Operations Support: performs system checks on a variety of equipment used in the dispatch center; troubleshoots systems when problems arise and resolves issues whenever possible; conducts equipment inventories and completes records and other logs; enters, updates and retrieves information from a variety of computer systems/databases; uses state and the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) to access sensitive law enforcement information to support field operations and investigations; enters or updates regional and national records; compiles and prepares reports related to events occurring in the operation of the police control center; completes vehicle registration tasks and issues decals and permits.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• You will shape, lead, and evaluate Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of the Navy (DON) efforts to use written communication to inform and persuade audiences on complex, sensitive, or controversial issues.
• You will develop and implement strategic marketing and communication plans, including public, government, media, community, and leadership relations, brand and reputation management, crisis communication, and employee engagement efforts.
• You will lead staff and public affairs stakeholders in planning and response efforts.
• You will plan and coordinate the dissemination of information relating to organization's programs, objectives, and functions through news media.