Total 102 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in 00983 - Washington Acutes

• Serve as an expert in the development, evaluation, and implementation of policies related to reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating proposed legislation, regulations and other administrative actions for CMS’ programs.
• Develop, recommend, and prepare legislative policies and proposals for consideration by senior policy officials for inclusion in the President’s budget and legislative agenda.
• Analyze internal policies, processes, and procedures to assure increased efficiency in operations and implement them to resolve problems and improve internal operations.
• Prepare all forms of written correspondence regarding Medicaid program issues to the public, Congressional staff, industry contacts, and State representatives.
• Evaluate and analyze the impact of new or revised changes to legislation before the Congress pertaining to any CMS program.

• Provide professional nursing care to patients with complex gastrointestinal disorders in the outpatient and critical care areas of the hospital including intensive care unit, the emergency room, radiology, and/or the operating room.
• Assist the physician with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including esophagogastroduodenoscopies, colonoscopies, flexible sigmoidoscopies, biliary and pancreatic stents, foreign body removals, adjutant therapies for tube feedings, etc.
• Independently determine and implement proper emergency measures after identifying and interpreting life-threatening situations.
• Administer medications or fluids by intravenous, intramuscular, or intradermal routes.
• Assess patient immediate and long-term needs.
• Instruct patients/significant others in normal gastrointestinal function and the disease process involved in gastrointestinal disease.

• Take vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, pain level, height, weight, measurement of head circumference, and length).
• Recognize adverse signs and symptoms immediately and calls for assistance and if the situation warrants it.
• Set up, operate, and monitor specialized equipment, such as cardiac monitor and/or defibrillator.
• Administer oral, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular immunizations to all age groups in accordance with established protocols.
• Perform teaching to patients and/or family regarding self-care procedures and document teaching.
• Obtain information from patient and/or family to identify major complaints, symptoms, or reason for seeking health care.

Joining Customs & Border Protection (CBP) will allow you to utilize your expertise in the field of medical and health programs and are responsible for
planning and developing these programs, with particular emphasis on the Fitness for Duty Program and the Drug Free Workplace Program.

This position starts at a salary of $117,962.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $153,354.00 (GS-13, Step 10).

Typical duties include:

• Serving as a Nurse Consultant and an agency-wide technical expert in the field of medical and health programs with emphasis on employee Fitness for Duty Evaluation, Return to Work cases and the Agency Drug-Free Workplace Program.
• Performing ongoing reviews of medical documentation submitted by employees to support requested leave in accordance with Federal laws, and transfers of Duty Station requests in compliance with provisions set forth in Collective Bargaining Agreements.
• Testifying in EEO and Merit System Protection Board hearings.
• Participating in job analyses to support the development of medical and physical fitness standards for certain job series within CBP.
• Serving as a Level II and/or III Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for the agency's medical services contract.

• Provides administrative support to the division managers in the Office of Health Policy
• Serves as a liaison between the Office of Health Policy and other offices to assure they are continually informed of critical and confidential issues, concerns, and deadlines
• Develops study plans, conducts fact-finding, analyzes data, and prepares and presents findings and recommendations
• Coordinates across HHS agencies to further advance policy or research goals

• Serves as an expert to the Agency in matters relating to the comprehensive and continual coordination of legislative proposals for ASTP/ONC
• Provides leadership on complex, sensitive, diverse and unique legislative and political matters on pending health care and Health Information Technology (HIT) reform issues.
• Performs in-depth analyses of problems and issues of interest to Congress.
• Interprets congressional intent on proposed legislative actions and proposes a policy position based on said legislation for the Agency.

• Provide comprehensive professional nursing care to critically ill adult patients in the invasive Cardiac Catheterization Section, characterized by real or potential life-threatening health problems.
• Administer specialized medications via oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal, or intravenous push routes.
• Provide highly specialized diagnostic and laboratory services to patients with cardiac and vascular diseases.
• Operate and supervise use of specialized equipment such as the code cart, oxygen and suction equipment, defibrillator, cardiac monitors, pressure monitors, intra-aortic balloon pump, etc. utilized for patient treatment.
• Teach, orient, and reassure patients before, during and after cath procedures to reduce patient anxiety and facilitate accuracy of films and timeliness of tests.
• Contact and inform patients with their lab results and educate on any changes in medications that need to occur.
• Identify and interpret life-threatening conditions. Initiate lifesaving measures when necessary.

Duties:

• Policing services
• Provides services routinely at all segments of VA facilities.
• Conducts Investigations
• Identifies and preserves evidence, writes comprehensive reports.
• Detects and intervenes in criminal activity.
• Provides emergency response coordination as needed.
• Participates in the suicide prevention program and intervenes when needed to deescalate active suicidal behavior and/or prevents suicides.
• Operates specialized vehicles and equipment in support of law enforcement and security operations.
• Enforces traffic rules and regulations.
• Detains witnesses and suspects.
• Makes arrests and perform booking procedures.

Training Instruction and Program Administration duties include but not limited to:

• Using adult learning principles, the incumbent serves as trainer/instructor for educational covering diverse topics, such as leadership development, supervisory skills training, effective communication, critical thinking, transformational leadership, conflict management, and prevention and management of disruptive behavior.
• Develops programs and activities which use the latest technological advances to deliver training on a just in time" basis. Participates in all phases of planning, developing, implementing, and administering a training program which is responsive to immediate and long-range needs and goals of the VA. Assist in the development of instructional objectives and evaluation for each activity. Activities are in support of employees performing work in managerial, supervisor, professional, technical, administrative, clerical, and skilled craft positions. Initiates and participates in a wide variety of pilot training programs and develops tests innovative approaches to learning prior to implementation facility wide.
• Follows up on training to determine successful completion of courses. Maintains training course attendance records and ensures completion of training is properly record in the Talent Management System (TMS) as a TMS Administrator Provides management with periodic reports on the status of training and capacity of the training program to achieve management objectives and policies.
• Develops and records the methodology for the training programs given at the medical center, paying special attention to the generalizability of these efforts to other VAMCs and disseminates these finding to other VAMCs indicating an interest in undertaking similar activities. Acts as a consultant, when requested to do so, at other VAMCs for education and training program development and implementation.
• Reviews, and implements programmatic changes based upon VA's published policies on staff and organizational development and as necessary assists with developing new local policies to ensure compliance with Federal regulations and to best practices in staff and organizational development and training.
• Participates in VACO mandated trainings including train-the-trainer opportunities with responsibility of coordinating facility-wide rollouts to include promotion, facilitation and tracking of participation.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist functions at the highest level of clinical practice and top of licensure and serves as an advanced practice provider working independently with prescribing privileges as outlined in the individual's practice area-based scope of practice. The Clinical Pharmacy Provider (CPP) provider delivers evidence-based comprehensive medication management (CMM) through direct patient care and as part of the interdisciplinary team providing Pain Management.

Functions:

• Functions as an advanced practice provider for CMM services to achieve defined outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned care area(s).
• Functions as part of the interdisciplinary team to provide CMM for pain management
• Performs limited external physical assessment and performs medication reconciliation in alignment with established policies or procedures.
• Provides CMM for complex patients with chronic diseases including, but not limited to, alcohol misuse/use disorder and tobacco misuse/use disorder; orders and interprets labs or other needed tests pertinent to CMM and makes needed referrals. May also treat other co-morbid conditions.
• Determines if a referral to a physician is necessary when disease progression occurs, or adverse drug events require a higher level of treatment intervention.
• Accepts urgent or same day patient visits
• Follows up via face-to-face, telehealth, eConsult, telephone, secure messaging and other modalities to provide patient care.
• Reviews patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communicates findings with prescribers and provides appropriate recommendations for alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
• Monitors and reports drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues. Documents findings per facility procedures and in accordance with the VAADERS Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting program.
• Reviews relevant population management dashboards to identify patients who may benefit from engagement in care for pain management and/or risk mitigation.
• Applies knowledge to interpret laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care, recognizes significant abnormalities, and makes dose adjustments or recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
• Provides input and recommendations as the pain medication expert on the interdisciplinary pain management team during routine patient care planning or targeted complex or high-risk reviews.
• Assists the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committee with medication use evaluations and other safety initiatives, as needed.
• Documents clinical interventions and patient care encounters in the electronic health record in a timely and professional manner as appropriate.
• Works with providers to ensure compliance with national, VISN, and local initiatives (e.g., OSI).
• Provides formal and informal education and in-services to pharmacy, medical, nursing and other staff as requested.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for pain management for assigned committees, workgroups or interdisciplinary teams.
• Provides education to patients, their families and caregivers about medications, patient responsibilities, and information on health promotion.
• Participates in self-development activities to maintain and strengthen professional competence in pain management.
• Willing to serve as a clinical instructor or preceptor for pharmacy students and/or residents.
• Assists in new employee orientation education sessions as needed.
• Participates in the appropriate, effective and safe use of pharmaceuticals by contributing to criteria development, data collection, quality assurance and drug use evaluation and other quality improvement activities for core practice area(s) and pain management.
• Serves as the pharmacist subject matter expert on assigned pain management related committees and subcommittees.
• Supports and promotes compliance with established drug therapy policies, formulary management and criteria or prior authorization requirements that have been approved by national, VISN, or local pharmacy benefits management (PBM) and focuses on quality patient care in a cost-effective manner.
• Participates in design and/or completion of research studies and/or quality improvement projects involving drug therapy, clinical pharmacy functions, or improvements in patient care.
• Directs and/or participates in the preparation of articles for publication.

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist functions at the highest level of clinical practice and top of licensure and serves as an advanced practice provider working independently with prescribing privileges as outlined in the individual's practice area-based scope of practice. The Clinical Pharmacy Provider (CPP) provider delivers evidence-based comprehensive medication management (CMM) through direct patient care and as part of the interdisciplinary team providing Pain Management.

Functions:

• Functions as an advanced practice provider for CMM services to achieve defined outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned care area(s).
• Functions as part of the interdisciplinary team to provide CMM for pain management
• Performs limited external physical assessment and performs medication reconciliation in alignment with established policies or procedures.
• Provides CMM for complex patients with chronic diseases including, but not limited to, alcohol misuse/use disorder and tobacco misuse/use disorder; orders and interprets labs or other needed tests pertinent to CMM and makes needed referrals. May also treat other co-morbid conditions.
• Determines if a referral to a physician is necessary when disease progression occurs, or adverse drug events require a higher level of treatment intervention.
• Accepts urgent or same day patient visits
• Follows up via face-to-face, telehealth, eConsult, telephone, secure messaging and other modalities to provide patient care.
• Reviews patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communicates findings with prescribers and provides appropriate recommendations for alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
• Monitors and reports drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues. Documents findings per facility procedures and in accordance with the VAADERS Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting program.
• Reviews relevant population management dashboards to identify patients who may benefit from engagement in care for pain management and/or risk mitigation.
• Applies knowledge to interpret laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care, recognizes significant abnormalities, and makes dose adjustments or recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
• Provides input and recommendations as the pain medication expert on the interdisciplinary pain management team during routine patient care planning or targeted complex or high-risk reviews.
• Assists the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committee with medication use evaluations and other safety initiatives, as needed.
• Documents clinical interventions and patient care encounters in the electronic health record in a timely and professional manner as appropriate.
• Works with providers to ensure compliance with national, VISN, and local initiatives (e.g., OSI).
• Provides formal and informal education and in-services to pharmacy, medical, nursing and other staff as requested.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for pain management for assigned committees, workgroups or interdisciplinary teams.
• Provides education to patients, their families and caregivers about medications, patient responsibilities, and information on health promotion.
• Participates in self-development activities to maintain and strengthen professional competence in pain management.
• Willing to serve as a clinical instructor or preceptor for pharmacy students and/or residents.
• Assists in new employee orientation education sessions as needed.
• Participates in the appropriate, effective and safe use of pharmaceuticals by contributing to criteria development, data collection, quality assurance and drug use evaluation and other quality improvement activities for core practice area(s) and pain management.
• Serves as the pharmacist subject matter expert on assigned pain management related committees and subcommittees.
• Supports and promotes compliance with established drug therapy policies, formulary management and criteria or prior authorization requirements that have been approved by national, VISN, or local pharmacy benefits management (PBM) and focuses on quality patient care in a cost-effective manner.
• Participates in design and/or completion of research studies and/or quality improvement projects involving drug therapy, clinical pharmacy functions, or improvements in patient care.
• Directs and/or participates in the preparation of articles for publication.

Vancouver, Washington sits on the north bank of the Columbia River directly across from Portland, Oregon. The Pacific Coast is less than 90 miles to the west. The Cascade Mountain Range rises on the east. Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument and Mt. Hood are less than two hours away! Get out and enjoy nature along the Columbia River! The Columbia River provides wonderful opportunities to take in the evergreen forests, agriculture and vast wildlife. It is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. You can visit the Columbia River Gorge and the Vancouver Waterfront Park Vancouver Waterfront Park which is approximately 7.3-acres. From hiking or biking trails, Vancouver's best fall foliage to history, Historic Sites, dance and art festivals Arts & Culture Vancouver WA has a lot to offer. If you want to enjoy a plethora of family filled activities you can enjoy a mix of a major metropolitan area with a small-town charm, this is the place to call home.

The Polytrauma/Spasticity RN actively contributes to quality improvement processes and program development as well as, sharing in the development, evaluation and communication of standards and plans of care, and policies and procedures.

Duties may include, but not limited to:

• Serves Veterans of all eras with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) related rehabilitation needs and facilitates weekly Polytrauma/TBI clinic.
• Monitors and tracks all TBI and polytrauma consults to ensure timely access of care per national mandates.
• Acts as facility RN lead for brain injury questions and education.
• Provides nursing case management and support to brain injured Veterans and their families, completing rehabilitation care plans for active patients, participating in weekly team meetings and communicating nursing needs to the rehabilitation team and participating in monthly national polytrauma and TBI education.
• Serves Veterans with spastic limbs caused by disease and trauma to the central nervous system.
• Duties include managing and scheduling consults, maintaining clinic schedule, ordering and receiving neurotoxin and supplies, preparing consents, setting up minor procedure tray, prepping patients, and assisting the MD.
• Takes the lead role in preparation and coordination of the CARF standards for the tri-annual survey which includes data collection and analysis.
• Data is shared in quarterly reports to CARF committee and RTLC/PRMS leadership.
• Collaboration with staff on the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Unit (CRU), Community Living Center, and PMRS leadership. In particular, the CARF coordinator works closely with the CRU Medical Director in data preparation and interpretation of CARF standards.
• Documentation of standards in preparation for survey, taking lead during the survey process and any follow up or corrective action.

-Supervising a staff of economists, social science analysts, program analysts, and policy analysts on a variety of data and technical analysis issues critical
to the development, evaluation, and implementation of Medicare and other health financing policies.
-Overseeing staff that conduct a variety of quantitative and qualitative assessments to estimate the costs, benefits, and impacts of a range of Administration and Congressional initiatives.
-Overseeing the analyses conducted by staff and produced by contractors, including ensuring their methodological rigor, technical accuracy, and the development of research products that effectively communicate analytical results.
-Directing data analysis on a broad range of health services research, evaluation and policy issues.

Major duties/functions include, but are not limited to:

• Completes orientation according to expected standards.
• Manages workload as assigned, organizes, and completes own assignments in an efficient and appropriate manner.
• Participates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of interdisciplinary care.
• Establishes a therapeutic relationship, allowing the patient to attain, maintain or regain optimal function through assessment and treatment.
• Engages patients, families, and other caregivers to incorporate knowledge, values, and beliefs into care planning without judgement or discrimination.
• Knowledgeable of ethical issues related to professional nursing practice and follows established policies of the practice setting, VA, and ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Aware of high reliability principles to deliver consistent care and improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates positive, effective communication skills and professional behaviors that promote cooperation and teamwork with internal and external customers.
• Applies evidence-based practice/research to patient care.
• Participates in unit-based activities to improve and deliver cost effective patient care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of specific unit level performance improvement activities.
• Incorporates patient preferences into shared care delivery decisions.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The DAB, through direct delegation from the Secretary issues decisions under more than 60 statutory provisions governing Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) programs. The Chair is responsible for exercising executive direction and leadership over the day-to-day activities and operations of the DAB, a staff division within the Office of the Secretary. In that capacity, the incumbent serves as a key advisor to DHHS leadership on adjudicative activities conducted by DAB Judges, adjudicative trends at the administrative appeals level and manages the Division's operations including strategic planning, assessment of objectives and results, and management of financial and human resources. Additional duties include evaluating the evolving needs of the organization and coordinating budget planning and execution including drafting and submitting written budget requests and justifications to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congress.

As the Chair, the incumbent also:
Serves as a member of the Board and designates panels of three Board members to adjudicate appeals. Appraises the performance of the Executive Officer/Executive Director of Administration, Board members and senior level officials including the Deputy Board Chair, the Chief Administrative Appeals Judge, the Executive Director of the Medicare Operations Division, the Executive Director for Adjudication, and supervisory attorney advisors who serve as division directors of the DAB's three adjudicatory divisions, the Appellate Division, the Civil Remedies Division and the Medicare Operations Division.