Total 89 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 2LB

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

• Perform technical level purchasing support adhering to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulations (VAAR), Veteran Health Administration (VHA), and Prosthetics directives and handbooks, Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN) policy and station memorandums to acquire Veteran specific medical equipment, supplies and services based on a medical provider's clinical assessment and evaluation of the Veteran's medical condition.
• Submits Acquisition Plans and Procurement Packages for stock and veteran specific needs to the Network Contracting Office and uploads quotes, bids, invoices, consults, and other important documents to Electronic Contract Management System (eCMS).
• Verifies Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) and Bradstreet information and ensures each vendor is in System for Award Management (SAM) and in good standing with the government to do business with.
• Verifies accountability of all prosthetics expenditures in both the purchase menu and the prosthetics program and associate all obligations to the individual veteran.
• Ensure the services provides are documented not only as the type of service, but the duration.
• Complex purchasing: requires irregular research, analysis, collaboration and many other steps to ensure both best value and the most appropriate devices are purchased for the Veterans.
• Routine purchasing: includes routine purchase orders on established contracts or through established vendor resources using regular significant research, analysis or collaboration.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The duty of the position of Supervisory Management and Program Analyst includes but is not limited to the following:

• Manages staffing, budgeting, procuring, and training for the service.
• Develops and manages the strategic for CCC.
• Develops and implements long and short-range goals and plans, which includes identifying needs and potential issues in operation of the service through analyzing workload, expenditures, trends, and national VA policy implications.
• Participates in CCC strategic planning initiatives as well as those of other VISNs located across the nation to assure an awareness of medical administration issues and implications are considered and influences management's decisions.
• Functions as a technical expert on CCC topics which may also include application of state and local laws regarding health care, or the eligibility provision of the Veterans Health Administration.
• Serves as a contact center medical administration liaison to facilities, VISN, national Contact Center's Program Managers on VISN 10 contact center operations.
• Utilizes their understanding of fiscal management principles of government and agency budget systems, including awareness of costs involved in many areas such as Full-Time Equivalent Employee (FTEE), overtime, and equipment.
• Maintains an ongoing updated status of financial data and makes appropriate and authorized adjustments to meet changing needs.
• Assures employees receive appropriate training and are knowledgeable and skillfully trained to perform their associated tasks. Establishes an annual training program, career development programs, and compliance to annual performance measures in collaboration with CCC's leadership.
• Participates in internal and external reviews within CCC and participates on quality improvement teams. Develops plans for measurement and efficiency of quality and productivity of the Scheduling and Administration Services.
• Provides leadership for advancing administrative clinical practices that support patient care and delivery of health benefits, including responsibility for the hiring and selection of staff; providing competency assessments; and completes performance evaluations for all employees under their supervision.
• Ensures staff compliance in the protection of private and confidentiality information contacted in electronic and printed documents in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) guidelines, the Privacy Act, and CCC's policies.

• Responsible for the administration and technical supervision and direction of staff in the Division of Tribal Leases specific to the Indian Health Service (IHS) Tribal Lease Program (TLP).
• Conduct meetings for problem sharing and decision-making and effectively communicate with all levels of the agency on TLP activities.
• Responsible for all activities relating to 105(l) leases, pursuant to the Indian Self Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), including the development and administration of the TLP budget, and for the leadership and policy direction of the IHS TLP program. Serves as the primary advisor to the ODSCT Director and Deputy Director of Business Operations, and the IHS Director, on 105(l) lease issues as they relate to the IHS Self-Determination and Tribal Self-Governance Programs.
• Serve as the primary representative of the IHS with Federal, Tribal, State and local governments and private organizations in matters pertinent to the IHS TLP program objectives. Participates in Intergovernmental study groups and initiatives where expert knowledge of the ISDEAA, including 105(l) leases, are required.
• Coordinate interdepartmental consultation including the Office of the General Counsel as necessary to resolve complex procedural and legal issues that may be involved in the appeals; and finalizes the appropriate response.
• Lead the development of annual congressional budget justification for the IHS 105(l) lease program, consult with agency Senior Executives, provide the Director, IHS, with background information prior to any congressional hearings in support of the budget request.

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MAJOR DUTIES:

• Complete psychosocial assessments and diagnostic interviews to assess the full range of mental health conditions and diagnoses.
• Use social work clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data to identify treatment options..
• Implement treatment modalities, provide skill-based and evidenced-based psychotherapies in group and individual therapy for veterans and their families in the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team, and as needed.
• Serve veterans who tend to have serious frequent and severe crises, lack family or adequate community support network, be poor at self-monitoring, frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment and have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support.
• Use medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic trauma and PTSD, Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, anxiety and adjustment disorders, personality disorders, psychotic spectrum disorders, etc. as well as common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
• Be an active member of the BHIP team who contributes to program development, consultation, and treatment planning within an interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with veterans served by the BHIP team and Community Based Outpatient Clinics.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with people from varied backgrounds.
• Serve as a liaison and consultant for veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits, VA specialty programs, and advanced directives.
• Enter all veteran/family contacts in the electronic record using appropriate formats and templates.
• Provide case management services to veterans and their families throughout the continuum of care.

This is a temporary promotion, not to exceed one year and may be extended at the needs of management. This specific announcement will not be able to be made permanent. Upon termination of the promotion, you will be returned to your original position of record, or to a different position of equivalent grade and pay. Temporary promotions may be terminated at any time based on the needs of management.

If you are currently employed at a grade equivalent to, or higher than the advertised position, the action will be considered a detail for processing purposes, and no salary increase will be associated with accepting the position. Upon termination of the detail, you will be returned to your original position of record. Details may be terminated at any time based on needs of management.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Develops various reports, guidance documents, legislative proposals, rulemaking documents, and executive correspondence, all of which have national VHA impact and may impact both internal and external audiences and stakeholders.

• Develops a workforce succession plan to identify specific needs for staff with specialized experience and credentialing.

• Establishes work objectives, set priorities, assign tasks, coordinate operations, monitor work progress, and initiate corrective actions as required to ensure that the work assigned is accomplished efficiently and in a timely manner.

• Participates in department-wide studies that involve organizational planning and staffing and recommends changes in and deviation from approved organizational patterns.

• Identifies and proposes solutions to management problems which are of major importance to planning program direction, prepares recommendations which impact the way in which planning is carried out.

This position is part of the Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN-12) for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). The Lead Human Resources Specialist position is aligned under the Shared Service Unit (SSU) with Recruitment and Placement (R&P) and will be assigned to provide services to any of the 8 facilities in VISN 12 which are located in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

Major Duties:

• Responsible for the general working oversight of HR Specialists, GS-0201 series, in regard to Recruitment and Placement (R&P).
• Operates independently and receives assignments in terms of overall goals and objectives.
• Distributes and balances workload among employees in accordance with staff workflow.
• Instructs employees in specific task and job techniques and makes available written instructions, reference materials, and supplies.
• Provides on the job training to new employees in accordance with established procedures and practices.
• Identifies management problems and analyzes them from the management viewpoint.
• Provides technical advice and assistance to the human resources staff and management officials in all areas of staffing and recruitment.
• Troubleshoots and resolves difficult and controversial internal and external staffing and placement problems.
• Responsible for the quality review of Staffing, Recruitment and Placement information management systems and its management to ensure compliance with regulations and interpretation of the organization's Personnel Accountability, HR policies and procedures to address issues that require substantial interpretation.
• Reviews and analyzes problematic or potentially controversial situations and provides expert advice to management to resolve those situations (pay, Professional Standards Boards, records and processes compliance).
• Advises staff on difficult and unusual recruitment, placement and pay issues or problems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday through Friday; 8:00am to 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: May be Authorized
Remote: Authorized
Position Description/PD#: Lead Human Resources Specialist - Recruitment and Placement/PD99974S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides Cardiology consultative and continuity care services at underserved or understaffed VISN facilities through a combination of virtual and in-person care when needed.
• Participates in the expanded use of clinical video telehealth (VVC and CVT)/electronic consultation (e-Consult) to improve access to cardiology care.
• Participates in the referral management process for cardiology consults with patient follow-up, as appropriate.
• Provides cardiology consultation to other health care providers, (nurse practitioners/physician assistants, medical students, and residents/fellows).
• Provides comprehensive patient care in the form of non-invasive, consultative, and inpatient/outpatient cardiology care. Expertise in the interpretation/reading of EKGs, Holter monitors, stress tests, Zio, Echo, loop records, tilt testing, non-invasive ICD stimulation, pacer and ICD evaluation and programming, as appropriate to the telehealth setting, are required.
• Provides clinical assessment and evaluation of Inpatients and Outpatients, reading and interpretation of cardiac studies.
• Manages health care of assigned Veteran patients with acute and chronic illnesses.
• Orders and interprets laboratory and diagnostic studies.
• Evaluates the patient to assess changes in the physical status during inpatient or outpatient care via in-person exams or telemedicine care.
• Documents the appropriate level of detail, assessment and plan for ongoing care into the electronic medical record.
• Works effectively with patients, families, co-workers, and other health care professionals.
• Promotes health and disease prevention through patient, family, and staff education and counseling.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

**The salary range listed on this announcement only reflects the General Schedule incorporating Rest of U.S. basic pay. Upon selection, the salary will be adjusted to include the special salary rate and locality adjustment for the specific location.

**Duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Supervising multiple pharmacists and technicians.
• Manages people, maintains effective interdepartmental relations, and cooperates with other services to accomplish the medical facility's mission and goals.
• Develops performance standards and assures that the program area is compliant with all regulatory and/or accrediting body requirements.
• Designs, implements orientation and training programs for staff, and develops and maintains systems to monitor the performance of staff activities.
• Develops policies and procedures relative to their assigned area.
• Communicate orally and in writing to persuade, influence clinical and management decisions.
• Expert understanding of regulatory and quality standards pertaining to pharmacy.
• Managing people or programs.

A Clinical Pharmacy Specialist is responsible for planning, implementing and operating the medicine drug monitoring and utilization programs. He/she is the internal medicine expert in all areas related to medications utilized in general medicine patient care areas and functions as a consultant to other health care professionals. The incumbent functions at the highest level of clinical practice, works independently under their scope of practice as defined by the individual medical center to directly care for patients.

Duties include, but not limited to:

Clinical Functions

• Maintains clinical practice through provision of direct patient care during new patient and/or follow-up visits. Coordinates care for patients with other healthcare providers.
• Provides and coordinates comprehensive medication management services for patients in designated clinic(s) according to broad scope of practice focused on chronic disease state management.
• Performs prospective panel reviews and actively participates in population management.
• Maintains an in-depth clinical knowledge of chronic disease state management.

• Serves as a preceptor and shares responsibility for training, guidance and evaluation of Ambulatory Care Students and Residents.
• Assumes an active role in staff development of peers and provides educational opportunities to nursing, medical staff and to other ancillary services.
• Collaborates with residents or other medical staff in process improvement or research, when appropriate.
• Assists in training new employees.
• Maintains knowledge and completes continuing education in therapeutic areas of expertise.

• Independently manages medication management services for patients referred to the Cardiology Clinic.
• Manages quality improvement programs for medication management services in cardiology clinic(s) and coordinates activities with the other Tomah medication management services. This may include participation in Medical Use Evaluations (MUE).
• Evaluates pharmacy related performance measures for a designated group of patients and initiates program changes to achieve measures.

• Maintains excellent working relationship with department and organization staff.
• Courteous and professional at all times.
• Effectively promotes teamwork among staff, residents and students.
• Provides prompt and personal attention to each patient.
• Demonstrates responsiveness to customer needs and is empathetic to their problems.

MRTs (Coder) perform the full scope of inpatient and outpatient coding duties. These coding practitioners analyze and abstract patients' health records and assign alphanumeric codes for each diagnosis and procedure. MRT's possess expertise in International Classification of Diseases (ICD), Current Procedural Terminology (CPT), and the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). MRTs (Coder) select and assign codes from current versions of ICD CM, PCS, CPT, and HCPCS classification systems to both inpatient and outpatient records. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide coding guidance to various levels of staff to promote consistency in practice and compliance with coding rules and regulations.
• Initiate, prepare, and maintain various reports, and analyze data.
• Coordinate, assign, and monitor workflow.
• Provide input for performance evaluations and hiring.
• Orient and instruct new coding personnel and/or students on coding, abstracting, and use of the electronic health record and encoder software.
• Ensure audit findings and claim denials related to coding errors are resolved and/or daily coding rejects corrected for accurate billing and data collection.
• Monitor trends and/or changes in regulatory and policy requirements affecting coding practices and identify educational needs.
• Develop coding training materials and present a curriculum encompassing ongoing training initiatives.
• Provide assistance with coding inquiries from providers, MRTs (Coder), billers, and other facility staff.
• Select and assign codes from current versions of ICD CM, PCS, CPT, and HCPCS classification systems.
• Directly consult with the clinical staff for clarification of conflicting, incomplete, or ambiguous clinical data in the health record.
• Abstract, assign, and sequence codes into encoder software to obtain correct diagnosis-related DRG, support medical necessity, resolve encoder edits, and ensure codes accurately reflect services rendered.

As a facility financial expert, the incumbent shares full responsibility with the Chief, Fiscal Officer, providing technical advice and executing processes and making decisions on all matters relating to budget formulation, execution, and management. Performs analysis of workload and budget data to identify trends and irregularities and makes recommendations for improvement. Incumbent has overall responsibility of the Medical Center's Budget operations and in establishing budget policies and procedures. Also provides instruction to management officials during budget formulation and execution processes. Often performs special analysis projects, which will significantly affect the operation of the medical center and clinics. Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Review policies and procedures and reports relating to financial performance data to provide management accurate tools and information.
• Interpret and assess the impact of new and revised Congressional legislation on the formulation and execution of budgets.
• Develop local policies for use by operating officials in preparation of budget estimates for individual services.
• Supervise and oversee the effective implementation of new accounting and budget systems.
• Design automated and hard-copy report formats for facility wide reporting.
• Prepare working papers, spreadsheets, share-point sites for control and analysis by service chiefs and management using a variety of software applications such as Excel, Access, Word and Power Point.
• Assist in the development, review, and execution of the financial plans for the operation of a medical center or other large multi-faceted corporate entity.
• Establish financial and budgetary goals against which the relative costs and benefits of agency program achievements can be measured.
• Develop and present operating budgets to department managers and executive leadership.
• Communicate with a variety of individuals from varying backgrounds (medical center staff, volunteers, patients, visitors) in a courteous, tactful and respectful manner.
• Render technical advice and assistance in the areas of budget, accounting, payroll, travel & revenue activity
• Verbally present financial and technical findings to executive leadership in a clear and concise manner.
• Project and analyze the potential effects of budgetary actions on program viability and attainment of program objectives.
• Develop specific objectives and devise new methods, techniques and criteria in relation to acquiring information, analyzing data, modifying systems and developing solutions. Present findings.
• Review and analyze automated financial and performance data to monitor for accuracy, trends, and process variation.

This position performs duties such as:

• Experience using polices, practices and procedures governing budget administration to develop policies and procedures to control the use of funds for salary and expenses.
• Evaluates data submitted for consistency with previous estimates, current levels of program operations, and anticipated changes in staffing and/or funding levels.
• Reviews requests for allocation of funds for compliance to rules, regulations and procedures prescribed by department headquarters.
• Prepares a monthly cost distribution report to monitor budget execution and provide future year funding data, by using worksheet inputs and ensuring discrepancies are resolved.
• Prepares worksheets, budget forms, and statistical summaries needed to formulate the organizational budget for submission to headquarters.
• Prepares a wide variety of recurring and ad hoc statistical reports on the status of funds, expenses, obligations, and staffing.
• Prepares fund distribution worksheets from basic budget submissions and verifies that decreases or increases are reflected accurately.
• Responsible for the execution of one budget year while preparing the formulation of another budget cycle.
• Independently plans, interprets and carries out assigned budget activities and coordinates work efforts as necessary.
• Must meet rigid deadlines in the budget process.
• Performs in-depth analysis of budget requests and continually analyzes and compares objectives, programs, and activities.
• Develops forecasting techniques, programming and reprogramming during budget cycles based on the instability of budget programs and provides advice on effective and efficient use of funds.
• Continually reviews the propriety of obligations and expenditures, planned versus actual and provides technical guidance on the use of funds for programs.
• Closely monitors use and rate of expenditure of funds through daily contact with operating officials.
• Conducts cost studies of programs on a quantitative and/or qualitative basis to track and analyze effectiveness and prepares status reports for review at all levels.
• Develops procedures for estimating budgets and meets with operating officials to discuss and interpret projected requirements.
• Provides historical data, objectives, and workload statistics to assist officials in developing estimates of funding needs.

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The Advanced MSA primary duties are to perform a variety of administrative support functions in connection with Veteran's inpatient and outpatient visits, care, and treatment while working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model. Work involves specialized administrative judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of clinical flow processes relating to access to care across multiple clinics and specialties. Some of the major duties of this position include, and are not limited to:

• Schedule appointments in a timely manner. All appointments will be made with the patient's input, either in person or by phone. This may require a high level of coordination to avoid patients and sending sites not being able to conduct their CVT appointments.
• Daily review of active/pending consults, Recall list, and communications for accuracy and disposition.
• Monitor pre-appointment requirements to assure readiness for virtual (CVT/VVC/phone) visits.
• Incumbent will use the appropriate scheduling platform for scheduling needs. Which includes CRPS, VISTA, VSE, CTM, and/or TMP, when applicable.
• Work with the interdisciplinary team to schedule follow-up visits for inpatients and outpatients in the CRH Clinics with various providers and in a variety of modalities (face-to-face, VVC, and phone if needed).
• Coordinate care of Veterans at other VA facilities within the VISN.
• Obtain appropriate inpatient and outpatient records and ensure they are appropriately entered into the VA computerized system to ensure availability for patient care.
• Ability to operate computerized programs and databases to enter, modify and retrieve sensitive information/data into or from electronic medical records, scheduling systems, and/or reports.
• Knowledge of basic medical terminology and more specific terminology as needed for problem­ solving and communication with Specialty teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with Veterans and employees at varying grade levels.
• Ability to identify concerns, perform the tasks required to resolve the issue accurately and timely, and follow up as necessary to ensure a satisfactory resolution.
• Ability to make appointments in a clinical setting.
• Ability to work independently in the accomplishment of a wide variety of duties, including setting priorities and coordinating work within a complex range of Primary Care, Mental Health, and/or Specialty CRH clinics.
• Other duties maybe be assigned within the scope of the CRH AMSA scope of practice.