Total 84 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Dayton, Ohio

The Social Worker duties include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
• Assesses and identifies high-risk veterans and follow protocol for suicide prevention.
• Provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members.
• Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families.
• Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to the treatment plan.
• Facilitates referrals based upon veterans needs and eligibility

VA Careers - Pharmacy: https://youtube.com/embed/Fn_ickNBEws

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for providing leadership, direction, coordination, clinical guidance, organization, planning, and implementation of pharmaceutical procurement throughout all sites of care for the Columbus Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Center and affiliated CBOCs.
• Works independently under the Chief of Pharmacy Service and keeps them apprised of trends/problems associated with their assigned areas.
• Assume responsibility for the administration and operations of procurement for the Columbus Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Center's clinical pharmacy guidance to procurement and serving as the All-Hazards Emergency Cache (AHEC) Pharmacy Manager.
• Supervises and oversees the procurement technicians, provides training, education, and clinical guidance to procurement technicians, and works closely with clinical subject matter experts.
• Coordinate's workflow and communicates effectively with other sections and supervisors within and outside of pharmacy service with issues related to procurement.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Directing staff and managing tasks to be completed.
• Overseeing and supervising all aspects of decontamination, preparation, sterilization, monitoring, and distribution of RMD.
• Performing a full range of supervisory duties, including assigning, planning and evaluating work, recommending awards, approving leave, identifying training needs, and resolving staff issues.
• Functioning as a first-level supervisor responsible for the oversight of a group of MSTs, with administrative responsibility for planning and directing of the work.
• Resolving informal complaints of employees and deals with union representatives on personnel matters.
• Providing technical supervisory necessary for accomplishing the work of the organizational unit.
• Other duties as assigned.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Acting in the absence of the section chief or Deputy Service Chief. Assist to perform non-clinical administrative duties, drafting policy for medical center memoranda; certifying officer for documents.
• Ensuring that appropriate legal, regulatory, and policy requirements are met. Processes administrative issues. Assists with computer issues. Providing administrative authority, guidance, and decision making concerning administrative matters, orientation and technical advice. Assisting medical center staff with medically related problems. Intervening with problems regarding patient activity, directing and advising clinical staff of appropriate administrative action. Observing, evaluating, and coordinating administrative activities.
• Acting on behalf of Director to initiate needed immediate administrative action. Assuming control of communications and notifications in event of local and civil disasters. Participating in Health Care System (HCS) incident command planning committees and emergency management training drills. Assisting in responding to emergencies, determining priorities and nature of action to be taken; authorizing services, supplies, and personnel; notifies authorities. Implementing search plan for missing patients. Initiating prearranged call tree, or calling in all necessary employees on an overtime basis for emergent needs.
• Responding to non-routine patient condition and other inquiries. Overseeing determination of applicants' eligibility. Determining release of data from patients' records. Functioning as Patient Representative. Referring requests from media for to public affairs official, providing administrative guidance and advice to clinical staff concerning administrative matters, performs administrative functions to release the remains of a deceased patient to the designated funeral home for proper burial.
• Establishing and maintaining liaison with Public Affairs Officer. Monitors official VA HCS social media profiles and alerts appropriate Medical Center personnel to any findings that need further attention.
• Administratively approving and coordinating tests and procedures which cannot be done at the VAMC, locating available resources and authorizing payment of services at community hospitals. Coordinating patient referrals and transfers to and from medical center from VA and non-VA medical facilities, and lodging required for eligible Veterans or family.
• Preparing daily Gains and Losses Sheet and other statistical reports.
• Ensuring that check-in processes are properly recorded, and dispositions occur timely.
• Responding to requests under Beneficiary Travel authorities and VA Veterans Transportation Service (VTS). Facilitating urgent transportation, acts as the subject matter expert on VA funded and non-VA funded transportation programs, eligibilities, and procedures.
• Coordinating with VA Crisis Line and Nurse Advice Line in assisting Veterans in emergent or crises situations.
• Maintaining Seriously Ill roster, notifying next-of-kin. Recording operative permits, and assisting physician in administrative matters. Providing compassionate and sympathetic explanation of death and burial benefits, autopsy and post-autopsy appearance to next- of-kin. Recording procedural, operative, autopsy, organ donation permits, and understanding Organ Donation Program and donation of bodies.
• Coordinating with VA Police, Compliance, Service Chief and/or Medical Center Director to investigate unusual incidents.
• Faxing requested medical records to other hospitals, requesting release of information from other hospitals, using scheduling system, and notarizing advance directive for patients and staff.
• Supervising Medical Administration Specialists and Medical Support Assistants (MSAs); overseeing leave, awards, disciplinary actions, reviews, counseling. Training developmental level MSAs.
• Evaluating and managing flow of work, assigning daily tasks, planning monthly scheduling to ensure proper coverage.
• Managing supplies and equipment, budget tracking, purchasing, and contract obligations, inventories and accounting. Reviewing annual inventory documents for accuracy.
• Conducting studies on operational processes, issue topics, or special projects, reviewing data and information for trends, problem areas, and making recommendations.
• After hours data assistance includes processing beneficiary travel claims, scanning enrollment applications into system, disposition of the registration of veterans, confirming veteran military discharge status.

Licensed Practical Nurse- The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, positive customer service and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the Veteran. The LPN also performs assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, outstanding customer service, and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the Veteran. The LPN is considered a novice and performs within this functional statement under close supervision of the Nurse Manager or designee. Assigned tasks require basic technical competence and skill.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Demonstrates knowledge of practical nursing care exercising judgment in planning and intervention, requiring supervision to provide a practical knowledge of human body structure, sterile techniques, and procedures.
• Cares for Veterans in accordance with established nursing procedures, standards of care, and plan of care.
• Completes work under the close supervision of an RN or Provider. May require routine or detailed higher level review depending on the complexity of Veteran care.
• Managing clinic workflow. Ensuring intakes are conducted in a timely manner and providing direction to patients as they await their appointments.
• Assist in panel management and access through daily huddling and weekly scrubbing, reviewing scheduled appointments.
• Demonstrates technical competence to prepare, administer, and appropriately document Veteran education of medications, and nursing actions taken for commonly prescribed oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, and/or intravenous medications as permitted by approved local facility policies and procedures.
• Completes education, training, and competency (when required) to perform with guidance and supervision a range of diagnostic support duties which may include but not limited to EKG, bladder scan, ear irrigations, wound care, doppler, pulse oximetry, weights, and other procedures requested by provider within LPN scope of practice.
• Demonstrates technical competence in phlebotomy and Point of Care Testing (POCT) where offered.
• Complete education, training, and competency (when required) to perform and participate with guidance and supervision Telehealth activities which may include VA Video Connect (VVC), Store & Forward, Clinical Video Telehealth and/or Home Telehealth Modalities.
• Seeks guidance from appropriate resources to interpret unclear or unfamiliar drugs or dosages.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize the Veteran's response to medication administered and/or contraindications to medications, reporting any noted change in Veteran's condition to RN or Provider.
• Recognizes and documents changes in Veteran's condition, reporting changes to the RN and/or Provider, initiating action with direction.
• Demonstrates knowledge and ability to recognize urgent and emergent patient care situations and seeks assistance of the RN and/or Provider.

• Primary Care
• Outpatient services

The Nursing Assistant duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides patients personal hygiene by assisting with bathing/showering, shampooing, shaving, dressing and toileting.
• Completes vital signs as ordered, and reports findings outside of normal limits to RN, LPN, or provider and, accurately documents all findings in EHR.
• Documents all nursing care in electronic health record (EHR), completes ADL templates in the Community Living Center, and on all units, completes forms, reports, and records.
• Safely transports patients in gurneys, wheelchairs or transport chairs and reports all observations of the patient's condition to RN, LPN, or provider. Uses safe patient handling and mobility equipment, to prevent patient or staff injury.
• Serves and protects the medical center by adhering to professional standards, maintaining knowledge on all hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and accrediting bodies standards.

Duties 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 patients 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 and/or prescribing medications.
• Ordering prosthetic devices; Administering, ordering, and dispensing IM, IV, SQ, and oral medications; providing education and counseling of patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
• Provide care in non-traditional health care settings, such as tele-health, secure messaging, e consults, and DEMPS.
• Admitting and discharging patients in consultation with, and on behalf of the collaborating physician/service; PAs may be delegated responsibility for admitting patients, but the decision to admit or discharge a patient remains with the collaborating physician(s).
• Documenting a discharge summary (the collaborating physician must write a discharge note or cosign the discharge summary in accordance with Joint Commission standards), obtaining consent for and documenting procedures performed by the applicant.
• Performing administrative duties; educating healthcare trainees; participation in clinical research.
• Sign death certificates per state policy.
• Perform emergency duties carried out for patients in life-threatening situations where a physician is not immediately available. The PA initiates these activities but makes every effort to summon a physician or emergency medical personnel as soon possible.
• Emergency preparedness (e.g., duties that may arise because of national health disasters).
• Counsel patients and their families on LST options, document discussions, and sign LST orders to include, but not limited to, DNAR/DNR.
• Other duties as assigned.

Major duties and responsibilities of the position:

• Independently manages a panel of patients with acute and chronic health conditions with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention using evidence-based practice.
• Develops and implements an individualized plan to achieve optimal population health and disease management.
• Demonstrates leadership and works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team.
• Orders and interprets labs, tests, and diagnostic studies.
• Prescribes pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Initiates referrals and consults to specialty services.
• Provides education to patients and their families.
• Assesses and adjusts the plan of care as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Exemplifies the ICARE core values of-Integrity, Commitment, Advocacy, Respect, and
  Excellence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Assisting patients to keep physically and socially active and to maintain peer group interactions.
• Assisting patients to cope with loss, e.g. hearing, eyesight, and death of significant others.
• Assisting patients with self-care as required, and with maintaining as much independence as possible.
• Performs basic procedures and treatments according to the orientation/annual/unit specific competency checklist for assigned patients with guidance.
• Recognizes medical/behavioral emergencies and obtains immediate assistance; completes basic life support and PMDB (as appropriate) training within orientation period.
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds and discharge planning meetings, developing a beginning awareness of team member roles and educational tools.
• Implements patient instruction/discharge planning interventions for assigned patients as designated by Team Leader/Charge Nurse.
• Provides respectful care that maintains individuality, dignity, and self-esteem for Veterans in an environment that focuses on their care needs and quality of life.
• Supports culture change and Veteran-centered care.
• Functions as a therapeutic companion (TC) for Veterans who need close observation. TC assignment includes providing care (baths, personal hygiene, feeding, elimination, and intake and output) for Veteran and preventing Veteran from hurting himself or interfering with the treatment by pulling out lines/IVs. Keeps Veteran under direct observation and engages Veteran in activities as indicated.
• Other duties as assigned.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Operates diagnostic ultrasound equipment both in the department and in the portable setting.
• Independently performs a wide range of routine and complex exams and limited vascular (DVT, carotid, AAA); recognizing the need to make modifications during the examination.
• Collaborates on surgical and research procedures under the supervision of a licensed independent practitioner.
• Evaluates the nature of critical and emergency procedures, and rearranges patients scheduled to accommodate them.
• Explains examinations to be performed to the patients so that an understanding of the purpose of the study as well as any requirements of the patients is thoroughly understood.
• Assumes full administrative and professional responsibility for planning and directing the work of subordinate technologists.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), GS-7 grade level performs complex nursing care for Veterans and serves as a leader, mentor, and preceptor within both the main facility and in the Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) setting as established by each VA Healthcare facility.

• The GS-7 LPN/LVN can serve as a responsible member of the Connected Care department and is responsible for goals and interventions that promote Veterans in attaining maximum functional potential.
• Demonstrates integration of concepts, cognitive skills, and technically competent practice in providing care to patients with basic orcomplex needs. S/he is an advanced LPN who demonstrates critical thinking skills basic/fundamental experience with situations in which they are ultimately expected to perform.
• The LPN GS-7 has full knowledge of Connected Care policies and procedures and a basic knowledge of human anatomy to prepare and care for patients in the designated clinical area.
• The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) works in the CBOC Locations (Newark, Grove City, Zanesville, Marion) as well as the main facility as assigned under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) and reports to the Nurse Manager for Connected Care.
• The LPN is responsible for observing, recording, reporting, changes in the patient's condition, as well as providing input into revision of plan and care based upon data collected and identified patient/family needs.
• The LPN demonstrates active collaboration and communication with clinic staff, the patient's family/care giver, internal and community-based services and disciplines involved in providing care to patients.
• Completes teleretinal imaging and gathering appropriate data, to include actively recruiting for teleretinal imaging patients.
• Takes appropriate actions based upon communications, observations, Veteran care reports, provider/staff discussion. Reports changes to provider, demonstrates the knowledge and ability to effectively intervene and recommend and implement strategies that assure optimal, safe, and effective care.

***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:

• Coordinates and provides administrative support.
• Schedules and manages appointments.
• Receives visitors and phone calls both for the service and the service chief.
• Composes and prepares correspondence, forms, letters, memos, reports, computer-related data, specifications and similar material.
• Coordinates meeting.
• Composes and distributes meeting minutes.
• Maintains office supplies and equipment.
• Serves as the timekeeper for the service.
• Receives and reviews all incoming correspondence.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting patients to keep physically and socially active and to maintain peer group interactions.
• Assisting patients to cope with loss, e.g. hearing, eyesight, and death of significant others.
• Assisting patients with self-care as required, and with maintaining as much independence as possible.
• Performs basic procedures and treatments according to the orientation/annual/unit specific competency checklist for assigned patients with guidance.
• Recognizes medical/behavioral emergencies and obtains immediate assistance; completes basic life support and PMDB (as appropriate) training within orientation period.
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds and discharge planning meetings, developing a beginning awareness of team member roles and educational tools.
• Implements patient instruction/discharge planning interventions for assigned patients as designated by Team Leader/Charge Nurse.
• Provides respectful care that maintains individuality, dignity, and self-esteem for Veterans in an environment that focuses on their care needs and quality of life.
• Supports culture change and Veteran-centered care.
• Functions as a therapeutic companion (TC) for Veterans who need close observation. TC assignment includes providing care (baths, personal hygiene, feeding, elimination, and intake and output) for Veteran and preventing Veteran from hurting himself or interfering with the treatment by pulling out lines/IVs. Keeps Veteran under direct observation and engages Veteran in activities as indicated.
• Other duties as assigned.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assisting patients to keep physically and socially active and to maintain peer group interactions.
• Assisting patients to cope with loss, e.g. hearing, eyesight, and death of significant others.
• Assisting patients with self-care as required, and with maintaining as much independence as possible.
• Performs basic procedures and treatments according to the orientation/annual/unit specific competency checklist for assigned patients with guidance.
• Recognizes medical/behavioral emergencies and obtains immediate assistance; completes basic life support and PMDB (as appropriate) training within orientation period.
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds and discharge planning meetings, developing a beginning awareness of team member roles and educational tools.
• Implements patient instruction/discharge planning interventions for assigned patients as designated by Team Leader/Charge Nurse.
• Provides respectful care that maintains individuality, dignity, and self-esteem for Veterans in an environment that focuses on their care needs and quality of life.
• Supports culture change and Veteran-centered care.
• Functions as a therapeutic companion (TC) for Veterans who need close observation. TC assignment includes providing care (baths, personal hygiene, feeding, elimination, and intake and output) for Veteran and preventing Veteran from hurting himself or interfering with the treatment by pulling out lines/IVs. Keeps Veteran under direct observation and engages Veteran in activities as indicated.
• Other duties as assigned.

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Assisting patients to keep physically and socially active and to maintain peer group interactions.
• Assisting patients to cope with loss, e.g. hearing, eyesight, and death of significant others.
• Assisting patients with self-care as required, and with maintaining as much independence as possible.
• Performs basic procedures and treatments according to the orientation/annual/unit specific competency checklist for assigned patients with guidance.
• Recognizes medical/behavioral emergencies and obtains immediate assistance; completes basic life support and PMDB (as appropriate) training within orientation period.
• Attends interdisciplinary rounds and discharge planning meetings, developing a beginning awareness of team member roles and educational tools.
• Implements patient instruction/discharge planning interventions for assigned patients as designated by Team Leader/Charge Nurse.
• Provides respectful care that maintains individuality, dignity, and self-esteem for Veterans in an environment that focuses on their care needs and quality of life.
• Supports culture change and Veteran-centered care.
• Functions as a therapeutic companion (TC) for Veterans who need close observation. TC assignment includes providing care (baths, personal hygiene, feeding, elimination, and intake and output) for Veteran and preventing Veteran from hurting himself or interfering with the treatment by pulling out lines/IVs. Keeps Veteran under direct observation and engages Veteran in activities as indicated.
• Other duties as assigned.