Total 238 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

• Provides security oversight and ensures compliance with INFOSEC, cybersecurity and physical security regulations.
• Prepares and provides foreign travel security, country and theatre briefings to employees making trips into foreign countries for official business and leisure.
• Processes access badges for employees assigned to facility, visitor requests, and coordinates VIP visits and all related physical security and AT measures.
• Conducts annual physical security inspections and threat/risk assessments to identify and resolve a variety of security deficiencies. Conducts regular inspections, to include restricted access areas.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of existing security practices; researches and recommends the type of control requirements, procedures, and facilities needed.
• Coordinates, interprets, and reviews directives issued by higher authority and ensures uniformity in all related security and foreign travel regulations and policies throughout the various programs.

Duties for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Leads a unit or team of employees and distributes/balances workload in accordance with established workflow or job specialization;
• Empathizes, engages, and communicates with all individuals encountered to ensure a positive and safe environment;
• Instructs/trains employees in specific tasks and job techniques;
• Resolves simple, informal complaints of employees and refers others to supervisor;
• Assures compliance with federal, state, county and municipal laws and ordinances as they pertain to VA property and agency rules and regulations pertaining to law enforcement work;
• Writes uniform offense reports covering incidents that contain pertinent information, which is factual, classified properly, and submits reports timely;
• Questions victims and witnesses at the scene of an incident;
• Issues citations for personally observed violations of the law, rules, or regulations;
• Assists victims of accidents or assaults by providing first aid, etc.;
• Obtains statements from persons involved in or who has witnessed an accident;
• Pursues and apprehends person fleeing a crime scene or attempting to resist arrest while on VA property;
• Identifies and reacts to overcome life threatening situations such as natural or manmade disasters, hostage, barrier, terrorist attack, kidnap, or felony assault;
• Conducts long and short-term investigations;
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

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

This physician will work in the pain clinic alongside a multidisciplinary team of pain management staff within the Pain Clinic Section. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Developing and implementing treatment recommendations for a wide range of pain syndrome diagnoses through interventional procedures, behavioral health and bio psycho-social aspects of chronic pain management.
• Review/Perform outpatient pain management consults and follow-ups.
• Provide patient education, evaluations, and treatment services in the Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Program.
• Perform core and specialized interventional pain management procedures under fluoroscopic guidance.
• Confers with and serves as a consultant to other clinicians.
• Restore maximum function lost through injury, illness or disabling conditions.
• Provide various levels of care such as evaluating medical histories, completing physical exams, orders, analyzing appropriate tests and laboratory exams. Prescribe rehabilitation and whole health services.
• Provide at times care via multiple modalities, including VA Video Connect (VVC) along with Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT) besides face-to-face services to patients as needed to deliver pain management services across the entire healthcare system.
• Provide e-consultation to medical center providers related to questions about pain management.
• Provide counseling to patients and families.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other medical and mental health care providers.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team which includes, but is not limited to Interventional Pain Management Physicians, NP, Pain clinic Providers, Pain Psychologists, Pharmacists, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Recreation Therapist and Registered Nurses.
• Provide oversight of training residents/students rotating in Pain clinic with participation in the education program.

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

This physician will work in the pain clinic alongside a multidisciplinary team of pain management staff within the Pain Clinic Section. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Developing and implementing treatment recommendations for a wide range of pain syndrome diagnoses through interventional procedures, behavioral health and bio psycho-social aspects of chronic pain management.
• Review/Perform outpatient pain management consults and follow-ups.
• Provide patient education, evaluations, and treatment services in the Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Program.
• Perform core and specialized interventional pain management procedures under fluoroscopic guidance.
• Confers with and serves as a consultant to other clinicians.
• Restore maximum function lost through injury, illness or disabling conditions.
• Provide various levels of care such as evaluating medical histories, completing physical exams, orders, analyzing appropriate tests and laboratory exams. Prescribe rehabilitation and whole health services.
• Provide at times care via multiple modalities, including VA Video Connect (VVC) along with Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT) besides face-to-face services to patients as needed to deliver pain management services across the entire healthcare system.
• Provide e-consultation to medical center providers related to questions about pain management.
• Provide counseling to patients and families.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other medical and mental health care providers.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team which includes, but is not limited to Interventional Pain Management Physicians, NP, Pain clinic Providers, Pain Psychologists, Pharmacists, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Recreation Therapist and Registered Nurses.
• Provide oversight of training residents/students rotating in Pain clinic with participation in the education program.

• Diagnoses disease, illness, disorder or injury, institutes treatment of patients.
• Evaluates the urgent or emergent care aspects of patient care.
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional or mental problems.
• Provides a full range of urgent care and emergency services or crises interventions in the absence of the physician.
• Writes prescriptions, orders the administration of medications, dispenses medications, and prescribes controlled substance in accordance with scope of practice for Advanced Practice Nurses.
• Provides supervision and education to rotating nurse practitioner and physician assistant students rotating in the assigned clinical care area
• Records entries into patients electronic medical record.

Kansas City Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Major Duties include but not limited to:

• Technologists may rotate shifts on nights and weekends and holidays without supervision and are responsible for making on the spot decisions regarding patient care and procedures. Technologists may pull on-call duty as required.
• The incumbent provides direction to personnel and offers advice and guidance in handling unique problems.
• Regularly sets objectives for self and the department, monitors and evaluates objectives to use time effectively.
• Coordinates quality improvement activities within the angiography section and recommends areas for review or improvement.
• Coordinates break/lunch schedules for the section, assuring adequate staffing is available so patient care is not compromised.
• Works with nursing and other clinical supervisors and supports the maintenance of high-quality patient care.
• Recommends action to the Supervisor regarding equipment purchases, modifications and construction within the department. Provides technical information when requested. Assists in the planning of new construction projects.
• Participates in quality assurance/improvement activities and ensure compliance with Joint Commission requirements.
• Participates in the compilation and analysis of data on departmental activities and prepares related reports to the Supervisor.
• Serves on Medical Center committees as assigned.
• Maintains good public relations with patients, doctors, nurses, clerks and technologists.
• Strives to keep the morale, integrity and ability of the imaging staff as high as achievable.
• Keeps up with new methods in techniques as they develop here and' elsewhere.
• Checks all equipment and reports failures to the Supervisor and enters electronic work requests.
• Operates a Special Procedure Digital Subtraction Angiography System. Develops new techniques, defines optimal protocols, and devises alternative ways to visualize pathology within the patient. Evaluates new system(s) and compares them with existing methodologies. Interacts with physician, scientists, physicist, computer programmers, manufacturers, and technical design engineers on a recurring basis in the performance of daily assignments.
• Receives patients to include verbal interview for demographic accuracy and patient education prior to procedure, ensuring patient's comfort and relaxation.
• Positions the patient within the interventional suite, monitors' patient during all phases of appropriate examination(s) and removes patient from the respected system(s) upon completion of the data and/or imaging acquisition(s).
• The incumbent administers contrast media and medications under the direction and supervision of the staff radiologist(s). Confers with the radiologist(s) to establish requirements with reference to contrast agents, vital signs, medications, and physiological monitoring to perform the procedure(s). The technologist(s) is available to assist and 'scrub with the radiologist during sterile procedures on an as needed basis.
• Registers patient and procedure(s) in the DHCP System, Radiology Package, and enters case number to case edit the patient's file and indicate that the procedure has been completed.
• Performs technical and general operation and maintenance of the computer, disk drives, console, imaging devices, etc. Assists manufacturer and biomedical engineers in the calibration and troubleshooting of any malfunctions in all equipment associated with the angiographic system.
• Ensures compliance with infection control standards and practices and all policies of the VA and Radiology Department.
• Routinely replenish section stock items/supplies at the end of each shift.
• Assists physicians and other investigators in the development and execution of research protocols and maintaining the records as necessary to validate the research project or funding grant. In addition, the incumbent assists and develops training programs for general clinical employees.
• Ensures all images are sent to PACS! Vista Imaging without case editing errors. If errors are discovered, then those will be brought to the attention of the Supervisor and/or PACS personnel to correct without delay. Departmental policy will be adhered to in this regard.

Kansas City Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Major Duties include but not limited to:

• Technologists may rotate shifts on nights and weekends and holidays without supervision and are responsible for making on the spot decisions regarding patient care and procedures. Technologists may pull on-call duty as required.
• The incumbent provides direction to personnel and offers advice and guidance in handling unique problems.
• Regularly sets objectives for self and the department, monitors and evaluates objectives to use time effectively.
• Coordinates quality improvement activities within the angiography section and recommends areas for review or improvement.
• Coordinates break/lunch schedules for the section, assuring adequate staffing is available so patient care is not compromised.
• Works with nursing and other clinical supervisors and supports the maintenance of high-quality patient care.
• Recommends action to the Supervisor regarding equipment purchases, modifications and construction within the department. Provides technical information when requested. Assists in the planning of new construction projects.
• Participates in quality assurance/improvement activities and ensure compliance with Joint Commission requirements.
• Participates in the compilation and analysis of data on departmental activities and prepares related reports to the Supervisor.
• Serves on Medical Center committees as assigned.
• Maintains good public relations with patients, doctors, nurses, clerks and technologists.
• Strives to keep the morale, integrity and ability of the imaging staff as high as achievable.
• Keeps up with new methods in techniques as they develop here and' elsewhere.
• Checks all equipment and reports failures to the Supervisor and enters electronic work requests.
• Operates a Special Procedure Digital Subtraction Angiography System. Develops new techniques, defines optimal protocols, and devises alternative ways to visualize pathology within the patient. Evaluates new system(s) and compares them with existing methodologies. Interacts with physician, scientists, physicist, computer programmers, manufacturers, and technical design engineers on a recurring basis in the performance of daily assignments.
• Receives patients to include verbal interview for demographic accuracy and patient education prior to procedure, ensuring patient's comfort and relaxation.
• Positions the patient within the interventional suite, monitors' patient during all phases of appropriate examination(s) and removes patient from the respected system(s) upon completion of the data and/or imaging acquisition(s).
• The incumbent administers contrast media and medications under the direction and supervision of the staff radiologist(s). Confers with the radiologist(s) to establish requirements with reference to contrast agents, vital signs, medications, and physiological monitoring to perform the procedure(s). The technologist(s) is available to assist and 'scrub with the radiologist during sterile procedures on an as needed basis.
• Registers patient and procedure(s) in the DHCP System, Radiology Package, and enters case number to case edit the patient's file and indicate that the procedure has been completed.
• Performs technical and general operation and maintenance of the computer, disk drives, console, imaging devices, etc. Assists manufacturer and biomedical engineers in the calibration and troubleshooting of any malfunctions in all equipment associated with the angiographic system.
• Ensures compliance with infection control standards and practices and all policies of the VA and Radiology Department.
• Routinely replenish section stock items/supplies at the end of each shift.
• Assists physicians and other investigators in the development and execution of research protocols and maintaining the records as necessary to validate the research project or funding grant. In addition, the incumbent assists and develops training programs for general clinical employees.
• Ensures all images are sent to PACS! Vista Imaging without case editing errors. If errors are discovered, then those will be brought to the attention of the Supervisor and/or PACS personnel to correct without delay. Departmental policy will be adhered to in this regard.

The Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing specific care to primary care patients. This nurse provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department. Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels. This nurse provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. The nurse is responsible for delivering and improving holistic, and primary care through collaborative strategies with members of the patient care team. The (PACT) RN is also is also responsible for improving Veteran driven care by resolving experience issues such as coordination of care, timeliness or process issues, common themes of dissatisfaction, or environment of care concerns within the immediate practice setting.

Preferred Experience: 2 years RN experience in the area of Urgent Care, Primary Care, Nursing Homes and/or Emergency Room.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
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

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• Manage Operations training requirements for the organization.
• Perform research to analyze and evaluate training and delivery methods.
• Establish long and short range training calendars and provide command quarterly reporting data.
• Provide training to personnel as the Master trainer and user of the organizations Digital Training Management System (DTMS).
• Establish and recommend training plans and programs for the Command.
• Coordinate with local and off post military schooling and prepare packets for course submission.
• Provide in and out processing of civilian and military personnel into a myriad of automated systems.
• Track, report and answer inquiries concerning course qualifications, requirements, prerequisites, and application procedures for school attendance.

St. Louis VA Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

The Assistant Chief of Health Information Management (ACHIM) is responsibility for the supervision of all HIM functions. The ACHIM is charged with full responsibility, both technical and administrative, for the daily operation of the HIM department which consists of all functions of health record activities related to coding, health record documentation analysis, transcription/speech recognition, release of information, file room/scanning programs, and health information exchange.

Major Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Organize and control the activities of the department
• Serve as acting Chief in absence of Chief
• Collect and process data for various reports, surveys and research projects
• Prepare reports and recommendations on immediate needs and future goals of the department
• Prepare current procedures and operation manuals
• Assist health professionals in obtaining health record information
• Maintain confidentiality of records
• Provide guidance/advise researchers on methods for gathering data
• Assure accurate and timely data is processed by employees
• Ascertain problems encountered and take corrective action
• Develop performance standards
• Remain abreast of changes in the HIM filed/allied medical fields
• Apply information and knowledge to support operations of the hospital
• Conduct performance evaluations
• Manage competency assessments
• Interview prospective employees
• Provide technical guidance to supervisors and lead clerks
• Provide expertise in area of subpoenas, court orders, advance directives, ROI, etc.

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

• Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with established workflow or job specialization and assures timely accomplishment of assigned workload;
• Monitors status and progress of work and makes day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities;
• Maintains current knowledge and answers questions of other employees on procedures, policies, directives, or other guidelines as necessary and obtains needed information or decisions from supervisor on problems;
• Maintains stock at primary and secondary inventory locations for all clinical and administrative services, including pulling stock inventory and material from inventory for delivery, replenishing stock inventory, interacting with customers to resolve issues, maintaining records on stock levels, etc.;
• Performs inventory using bar code equipment and resolves differences between records and physical count of stock;
• Ensures areas are cleaned in accordance with aseptic principles as published in infection control guidelines, local Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Joint Commission standards as scheduled;
• Receives supplies and materials into the catchment area including unpacking/uncrating supplies from shipping cartons; storing supplies and materials; and ensuring sterility and integrity of the supplies and material as well as the data integrity of the inventory management system; and
• Works with clinical and administrative customers as well as outside vendors with tact and diplomacy to coordinate work activities and resolve operating issues pertaining to supply management requirements.

Duties include but not limited to:

Administrative Management (50%)

• Serves as the medical center TMS Domain Manager and is responsible for TMS oversight, administration, and consultation.
• Designs reports as required for supervisors and leadership; links education curriculum with mission and strategic goals; ensures education requirements are included in TMS system setup and management; and creates assignments of appropriate training to local users through the use of assignment profiles.
• Delivers briefings and reports regarding TMS use, verifies data base information in TMS is accurate, monitors external events entered into the TMS, monitors education mandates and compliance, plays a key role in ensuring that mandated education and training is completed.
• Performs review in the development of courses for training programs based on training needs assessment. Creates ad hoc and standard reports as requested and captures metrics. Evaluates TMS courses, planning and conducting validity and reliability studies to analyze
  effectiveness of online TMS evaluations. Develops recommendations for course revisions.
• Acts as the liaison with LO team members to ensure that the system is meeting requirements and supports efforts of the team.
• Serves as educational planner and course manager to facilitate and provide accreditations toward local continuing medical education programs. Provides oversight guidance to program managers/planning committee on accreditation compliance requirements, needs assessments, planning, implementation, and evaluation of educational activities.
• Operates office management systems to support the LO, providing training and/or support on Microsoft systems, TMS, Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VISTA), Veterans Affairs Time and Attendance System (VATAS), Light Electronic Action Framework (LEAF), SharePoint, and classroom technologies (smartboards, audiovisual equipment).
• Serves as back-up Automated Data Processing Application Coordinator (ADPAC) and timekeeper.

• Provides programmatic support in matters related to the successful daily operations of the LO. Participates collaboratively in strategic discussions to develop and implement staff education, training, and career development programs, and ensure the educational needs of the Medical Center are addressed. Contributes collaboratively to continuous improvement of education policies, programs, activities, and opportunities.
• Develops and maintains education and training programs for Truman VA employees to support the Medical Center's mission and goals and to meet identified workforce learning needs. Works closely with and provides educational expertise to services and program coordinators to plan, develop and evaluate training programs and activities intended to achieve specific educational goals and objectives.
• Prepares reports and provides management with data driven review and analysis for education, training, and career development programs. Based upon findings, develops strategies and recommendations to address the training needs.

• Serves as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for programs within the LO. Serves as the technical liaison between contractors and the Contracting Officer. Resolves disputes, implements changes and interprets regulations and contract specifications. Participates in annual contract reviews to recommend possible changes to technical specifications.
• Provides contract personnel with interpretation and explanation of specifications, requirements, and terms and conditions as they relate to the contract. Serves as the point of contact between the contractor and the customer. Holds informal and formal meetings to discuss issues as they relate to contract performance. Identifies causes of problems and recommends corrective action. Recommends changes to increase the efficiency of support provided to customers.

• Oversees the scope of practice and provision of nursing services within an ambulatory clinic.
• The incumbent provides the full range of supervisory duties to include personnel and resource management comprised of coordinating staffing support, scheduling, hiring, and enforcement of performance standards.
• The incumbent advises the senior leadership on nursing matters; reviews, recommends, and implements changes; and collaborates with leadership in the development of regulations, procedures, new methods, and other matters.
• Participates in Department of Nursing meetings/activities to enhance the quality of management practices, policy definition, procedures, and programs.
• Fully evaluates patient histories to determine if there will be any concerns or potential reactions to processes or substances administered at the clinic.
• Incumbent has overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of assigned nursing personnel within the health clinic.
• This position listens and resolves complaints from patients and staff that may result in rewards and/or disciplinary measures for assigned employees.

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The Advanced Medical Support Assistant (MSA) in Primary Care works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model and performs receptionist duties, customer service and other duties assigned for the proper and timely treatment of patients and maintains appointment schedules for one or more outpatient clinics. Patient care is delivered in a team based model known as the teamlet. S/he works as a member of the teamlet including a Registered Nurse Care Coordinator, a Licensed Practical Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse and a Primary Care Provider. The teamlet provides the majority of the healthcare needs for an assigned panel of patients. The teamlet works collaboratively with other members of an expanded health care team including pharmacists, social workers, dieticians, behavioral health staff, etc. to provide a robust interdisciplinary approach to care. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Incumbent must screen/receive phone calls in courteous and timely manner, determine the nature of requests and provide the information desired using privacy rules and established clinic processes. A caring, compassionate, and sensitive manner is essential when explaining procedures to veterans and their family members both in person and on the phone.
• Incumbent is responsible for identifying incomplete encounter information and communicating findings to providers to facilitate accurate workload credit and revenue collection.
• Incumbent is able to independently manage position responsibilities with little supervision as well as set priorities and deadlines adjusting the flow and sequencings of the work to meet team and patient needs.
• Incumbent provides administrative support to Physicians, Physician's Assistants, Nurses, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners, Dietitians, Social Workers, and other staff throughout the Primary Care Service area.
• Incumbent participates in the daily huddles and team meetings where patient care planning and management occur, except during staff shortages for coverage.
• Incumbent notifies supervisor when clinic access is less than desirable or if an individual patient cannot be scheduled within mandated clinic timeframes. Dailey review of active/pending orders and consults for accuracy and disposition. Coordinates administrative services for veterans, family members, caregivers, and general public, administrative and clinical staff to ensure continuity of inpatient and outpatient care.
• Incumbent will ensure that when records are received, all necessary health/administrative information is integrated into Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) by sending the documents to scanning.
• Develops and maintains specific reports used by the team to monitor, track and trend care delivery.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with all clinical and administrative staff in determining priorities of activities in support of direct patient care.

• Receives telephone calls and visitors to the clinic, determines the nature of call or visit, obtains identifying information, and verifies the patient's eligibility for treatment. Schedules appointments for eligible patrons.
• Updates the existing medical file or collects sufficient information to prepare new file. Provides concise accurate information to veterinary care provider on nature of the visit.
• Receives payments for services rendered. Balances cash and checks daily and makes daily bank deposit.
• Monitors and replenishes inventory.
• Maintains reception and exam rooms to ensure cleanliness. Spot cleans if necessary.