Total 254 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Hertford, South East, SG14 2BU

Major duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Researches complaint, communicates with congressional office staff, Veteran Service Officers, patients, and elements within the hospital.
• Receives, schedules, refers and contacts members of the staff, agency and persons outside the agency ranging from other government agencies to the general public.
• Provides general clerical public contact support services such as answering the telephone, referring visitors or providing information about the office, its functions and standard operating procedures as well as similar information.
• Supplies the requested information when a question concerns information the employee is familiar with or can easily obtained (e.g., status of reports, suspense dates, procedural requirements).
• Provides customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
• Scheduling conference rooms, preparing meeting agendas and taking minutes.
• Monitor, certify, and submit contractor timesheets.
• Processes incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of written communication.
• Performs the following types of duties: edits letters, composes letters and reports, reviews correspondence for accuracy and completeness, prepares public presentation outlines, and develops standard or form letters and replies to inquiries.
• Provides general clerical mail and correspondence services such as preparing a variety of recurring reports, reviewing outgoing correspondence for proper attachments, or consolidating/coordinating submittals of information.
• Schedules appointments, coordinates meetings, and/or schedules conferences.
• Provides general calendar maintenance clerical services such as maintaining calendars and recording appointments or arranging for meetings and small conferences.
• Maintains appointment calendar, schedules appointments, reminds supervisor/staff members of the subject matter prior to the meeting and makes administrative arrangements as required.
• Obtains and monitors the use of services, supplies or equipment for the office. Justifies and requests replacements for outdated equipment by identifying the outdated equipment, gathering relevant information on office equipment or requesting office equipment for own work area.
• Prepare personnel action requests such as resignations, recruitments, retirements, promotions.

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Duties include, but not limited to:

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

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Duties include, but not limited to:

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

The primary purpose of this position is: As an Air Reserve Technician (ART), accomplishes a variety of duties involving assisting in determining unit's readiness and capability to perform its peacetime/wartime mission, to support programs and systems which ensure reserve members are properly trained and equipped, to provide peacetime/wartime medical support, and to provide training to reserve members in the accomplishment of tasks set forth herein.

Duties:
1: Provides direct support to the senior ART in planning, directing, implementing, and controlling all elements of the medical unit on a day-to-day basis.
2: Provides support toward conducting studies, collecting data and identifying trends.
3: Assists in reviewing status of training and personnel assets for Status of Resource and Training System (SORTS) reporting/Annual Tour.
4: Responsible for tracking of unit funds and medica/non-medical supply expenditures and activities. Monitors compliance with medical requirements to ensure timely completion and medical qualification of assigned personnel.
5: Responsible for effective management and execution of unit personnel programs. Responsible for information management processes within the unit.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-11. At the GS-9 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-11. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds.

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

• Oversees all aspects of the Research Service fiscal program in conjunction with the Administrative Officer (AO) and Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Research, and to strategically plan, prepare, and carry out the fiscal program for Research Service, both immediate and long-range plans.
• Develops budgetary plans, projections, and reports, and to interpret information received from Office of Research and Development (ORD), the individual VA Research programs, Fiscal Service, and other sources.
• Serves as an expert on research-related budgetary policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines.
• Reviews and assures grants budget requests are complete, appropriate, and justified for project needs to determine an appropriate starting date.
• Assembles historical data on costs trends, and forecasts, allocates and tracks fiscal expenditures and human resources demand.
• Provides broad administrative support to the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS), Administrative Officer (AO), and Principal Investigators (PIs) on research study expenditures, budget, funds, and reports.
• Maintains cost accounting ledgers for current and prior year appropriations assigned to research.
• Formulates and executes short-and-long term budget plans.
• Reconciles cost control records with monthly, quarterly, and annual fiscal reports.
• Advises investigators on purchasing habits, including quarterly and yearly allocations.
• Performs financial audits of accounts and financial records to certify or attest that financial statements fairly represent the financial position of Research and Development (R&D).
• Monitors contracts and submits timely extensions.
• Creates bills of collection and sends and monitors receipt for payment by other institutions.
• Approves payment of invoices for billing by other organizations via Intergovernmental Personnel Agreements (IPAs).
• Applies qualitative and quantitative analytical methods, techniques, and administrative duties to analyze and evaluate research plans and funding for one or more future budget years.
• Identifies and implements opportunities to automate or simplify financial processes to allow accurate and efficient tracking, retrieval, and reporting of Center and individual grant financial activities while minimizing data entry errors.
• Prepares a variety of management reports related to the status of funds, expenses, obligations, employees, and workload, adjusting to ensure accurate portrayal of status of funds.
• Serve as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) designee for the service and oversees areas of acquisition administration and contractor's performance.
• Serves as the service's focal point to resolve problems or conflicts that may arise between research investigator, vendors, and the procurement staff.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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Duties
The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer supports and advances patient care by applying engineering and managerial skills to healthcare engineering. They provide overarching professional services focusing on engineering and/or architecture involved in all aspects of the healthcare delivery processes and systems, ensuring the appropriate infrastructure, facilities, and equipment are available for the medical mission. Healthcare Engineers are a specialized subset of more broadly defined professional engineering or architect occupations with general or specialty area degrees (e.g., general engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, architecture, architectural engineering, etc.).

Healthcare Engineers collaborate with biomedical engineers to provide seamless integration of medical technology into the patient care environment. They specify the spatial layouts, infrastructure, and environmental requirements to enable medical equipment integration into the healthcare facility. Importantly, Healthcare Engineers must understand functional relationships between clinicians, patients, and supplies, and how those elements interact in a medical space. Using healthcare engineering knowledge, they plan and design custom site preparation requirements for medical equipment, including installation.

At this level, Supervisory Healthcare Engineers are assigned at the facility level, supervising professional engineers and other support positions at GS-13 equivalent and below. Supervisory Healthcare Engineers exercise the full range of supervisory responsibility to include development of performance standards and performance evaluations, recommendations for appointment, awards, advancements, and, when appropriate, disciplinary actions.
Supervisory Healthcare Engineers provide complex professional engineering advice to peers, subordinates and/or non-professional administrators/managers. They review or direct the review of technical plans, specifications and analyses of design as submitted by subordinates. Supervisory Healthcare Engineers review subordinates' activity plans, specifications, and cost estimates for technical adequacy and feasibility. They oversee maintenance standards for advanced equipment or systems technology.

The Healthcare Engineer performs project planning and manages construction for Station Level Projects, including architectural, electrical, life safety, mechanical, civil, and structural. They supervise a large staff of engineers, engineering techs, and specialty shops to accomplish the construction work and maintenance of the organization, in accordance with VA policies and procedures, VA Design Guides, VA Design Manuals, VA Master Specifications, and related industry codes and standards. The incumbent performs project construction management and post project activities while ensuring continuity of building and utility services for medical facility operations.

Assists in development and implementation of the environment of care program that meets current Joint Commission, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), College of American Pathologists (CAP), NFPA, and VA requirements, particularly as it relates to construction safety and infection control.

This position requires exceptional communication ability, both written oral, to facilitate ongoing education of clinical and engineering staff on facility concerns and procedures. Additionally, the Supervisory Healthcare Engineer is expected to articulate engineering concerns as they relate to the broader mission of the Medical Facility and Healthcare System.

The employee independently prioritizes and carries out all assignments within established timelines, making day-to-day decisions using his/her own initiative referring only unusual complex problems to the supervisor. The employee is responsible for the quality and technical accuracy of work performed. Completed work is reviewed from an overall standpoint in terms of feasibility, compatibility with other work, and effectiveness in meeting requirements or achieving expected results.

Follows Life Safety Management (fire protection) procedures. Reports safety hazards, accidents, and injuries. Reviews hazardous materials/Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)/waste management. Follows Emergency Preparedness plan.

Demonstrates infection control practices for disease prevention (i.e. hand washing, universal precautions/isolation procedures, including TB requirement/precautions).

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 52079F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Assists cooperators in understanding of and compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), Endangered Species Act, Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and other wildlife-related laws.
• May be required to take extensive training and recurrent training on wildlife damage or disease recognition, control methods, and techniques
• Communicates safe and effective damage management techniques through outreach and other channels to the general public.
• Assists other WS employees as requested and may assist in training new WS personnel.
• Modifies or adapts established damage or disease control techniques as necessary to meet local conditions and address specific environmental, economic, or political considerations.
• Recommends, to supervisor, areas for potential research or developmental study, to reduce the risks of damage to resources or disease transmission to domestic animals and humans.
• May develop and deliver training for cooperators, stakeholders, partner agencies and organizations, or other entities.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with other Federal, State, county and city government agencies, Tribes, corporations, educational or research institutions.
• Gathers, compiles, evaluates, and presents data on damage or hazards caused by various wildlife species to cooperators, stakeholders, and colleagues through project or program reports.

***This is an Open Continuous Announcement. *** This Vacancy announcement has been extended until April 18, 2025 Qualified Applicants will be considered and referred every 2 weeks or until position (s) are filled. This position may close without prior notice***

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Major duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for knowledge of concepts, principles, and practices of Recreation Therapy and the use of recreation modalities to treat the physical, mental, emotional, biopsychosocial, and leisure needs of patients. The Recreation Therapist provides treatment interventions incorporating the four-step process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient treatment services. She/he independently applies evidence-based best practice therapeutic interventions.
• Demonstrates advanced practice skills and sound clinical judgment across many areas of recreation and creative arts therapies. Leads are responsible for completing complex evaluations and treatments and assessments.
• Responsible for completing recreation assessments on veterans, as well as, completing MDS assessments.
• Apply advanced evaluation methodologies and treatment theories in the provision of care to a vast array of patients with differing functional impairments. They provide clinical practice guidance for other recreation and/or creative arts therapy staff.
• Monitor workflow, make work assignments, provide input on performance, resolve daily workplace issues, and maintain efficient flow of patient care and assist with the monthly veteran activities. The lead also works with volunteer services on renewal of certain subscriptions, equipment, snacks etc.
• Coordinate with volunteer services for volunteers and veteran items as it deals with the budget as it relates to recreation and any donated items as it pertains to the veterans. The lead may provide primary reports to the Associate Nurse Executive of CLC/GEC for the daily delivery of department programs, reporting, staffing, and scheduling.
• Provide training for the department's auxiliary staff, volunteers, and trainees and instruction in maintenance of all service equipment and coordinate patient care plans to reduce redundancies and delays in patient treatment.
• Ability to effectively communicate objectives, goals, program, standards, practices, and procedures.
• Ensure reports are monitored, communicate the status progress of work, evaluate program quality to ensure that methods, deadlines, and standards are met, along with prioritizing workload.
• Ability to interpret clinically appropriate data and make recommendations to optimize quality, efficiency, performance, and productivity within services.
• Ability to be responsible for assignment of work to be performed, competency assessment, assist in the selection of staff, recommendation of awards.
• Knowledgeable to follow national and facility guidelines (i.e., SOPs. National directives). The lead will also be part of the interdisciplinary team, and act subject matter expert in recreation, and may act as a liaison between specialty care and other areas that would affect coordination of care, healthcare access, assessment, planning and evaluating future needs.

If selected at the GS-06, it is a developmental position leading to a GS-07, performing assignments intended to broaden skills and provide practical experience leading to progressively more complex assignments performed under progressively less supervision.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Fit and dispense non-custom orthotic soft goods , therapeutic footwear, and foot orthoses.
• Interpret consults from VA clinicians, ensuring legal requirements governing eligibility and entitlement to prosthetic and orthotic devices are met.
• Perform patient screenings and evaluations relative to the prosthetics program.
• Document clinical information in the electronic medical record.
• Take measurements of body and limb segments to appropriately select, size, and fit device to the patient.
• Provide administrative support, such as answering telephones.

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Major duties may include, but are not limited to:
Incumbent performs all examinations in general radiology from routine to complex. DRTs at this level may have varying assignments including special and complex imaging procedures beyond the full performance level, clinical instruction and basic QM type duties within the program. These exams are achieved by using diagnostic x-ray equipment such as fluoroscopic units, general diagnostic units as well as portable equipment.

DRTs will prepare and administer contrast media and medications in accordance with State and Federal regulations. Performs DEXA (Duel Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry) bone density exams of spine, femur, and extremities. Images are release through the picture archiving system (PACS) to the Interventional Anesthesiologist for medical diagnosis and interpretation by medical officers to locate injuries, foreign bodies, pathological conditions, or lesions within the body

Functions:

• Assist Interventional Anesthesiologists during fluoroscopic examinations.
• Performs fluoroscopic imaging during examinations conducted by other providers.
• Employs knowledge of anatomy, physiology and cross-sectional anatomy to ensure quality and accuracy of examinations.
• Knowledge and ability to recognize unusual images to determine proper positioning to best demonstrate areas of interest.
• Monitors the patient's physiology during the procedure and keeps the Interventional Anesthesiologist informed.
• Has ability to balance the needs of the patient and staff while performing complex scans and procedures.
• Prepares and has knowledge of different contrast materials under the direction of the Interventional Anesthesiologist for examinations requiring injectable solutions such as cystogram, arthrography and barium suspensions for the purpose of performing upper and lower exams of the GI tract.
• Sets up and prepares sterile surgical fields and prepares patients for arthrograms, injections or drains.
• Practices Radiation safety using principles of ALARA, reducing exposure to patient, staff, and self. this is achieved with the utilization of lead aprons, lead gloves, lead shields, lead-lined walls, time and distance and collimation.
• Advises Interventional Anesthesiologist , participating providers, or referring physicians of examination results and notifies them of examinations requiring their immediate attention.
• Performs imaging using direct radiography and computed radiography with the images processed digitally with the ability to adjust the image quality.
• Demonstrates knowledge of pre-procedural, procedural, and post procedural care of patients.
• Registers patient procedures in the VISTA system and verifies with the patient the orders are accurate.
• Confirms patient identity by verbally confirming patient name and social security number.
• Properly identifies patient images.
• Responsible to explain exams to competent patients so that the patient understands what is to be done and what, if any, are potential adverse effects may occur.
• Trains students in radiographic technique including positioning, exposure factors, patient identification, and environmental factors which result in optimal imaging and meet the needs of the students during their rotation at this facility.
• Responsible for cleanliness and stocking adequate levels of supplies in all assigned areas. Completes daily check list for assigned work area.
• Knowledge of patient's clinic records, diagnosis, and lab results. Ability to monitor patient's physiologic changes during a procedure and keep the Interventional Anesthesiologist informed.
• Participates in educational and training opportunities related to the technical and clinical operation of diagnostic imaging equipment.
• Checks system for operation and assesses acceptable performance based on established guidelines. Examine equipment for calibration and adjusts as needed.
• Assist Interventional Anesthesiologist in establishing protocols for routine examinations and makes independent judgements when necessary to deviate from standard procedures.
• Technologist must be professional, cooperative, and able to work with other employees as well as alone during the off shifts when necessary. Displays skill in using tact, diplomacy and courtesy in dealings with customer base, patients, staff, family, visitors and volunteers.

• Uses system to: diagnose and correct HVAC problems and failures, command set points and valve actuators, and to acknowledge, clear and reset alarms.
• Checks for the probability of leaks by visual and audible examination of equipment components; by applying prescribed test procedures and equipment; and by exploration of probable reasons for equipment failure.
• To perform other trades crafts, work as secondary skills and qualifications.

• Uses system to: diagnose and correct HVAC problems and failures, command set points and valve actuators, and to acknowledge, clear and reset alarms.
• Checks for the probability of leaks by visual and audible examination of equipment components; by applying prescribed test procedures and equipment; and by exploration of probable reasons for equipment failure.
• To perform other trades crafts, work as secondary skills and qualifications.

The work of this position is involved in the preparation of regular or special diet foods and meals. This includes cooking meats, poultry, fish, shellfish, and vegetables and making soups, gravies, sauces, desserts, and other foods. The work of this position organizes and coordinates the work of lower grade cooks at one or more work centers in a production kitchen in order to accomplish a variety of quantity cooking
operations.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Independently prepares and cooks a variety of items including regular and therapeutic diet (diabetic, low sodium, low protein, gluten free, etc.) entrees and dessert items.
• Follows menus, production sheets, and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed.
• Grills eggs, meat patties, pancakes, French toast; broils meats; makes cold sandwich fillings and assembles a variety of sandwiches.
• Uses a variety of methods to prepare meats, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling.
• Slices meat items by hand, confirming to specific size requirements or weight specifications.
• Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables; bakes frozen potatoes, pre-made cookie dough, and muffin batters.
• Prepares and heats convenience items, and prepares pureed foods and adjusts consistency with thickeners.
• Washes, peels, and cuts fruits and vegetables; assembles and mixes salad ingredients and dessert items, including gelatin molds and fruit crisps.
• Plans cooking processes to produce meals on time and at the proper temperature which may require coordination of cooking several items with different cooking times.
• Makes a variety of desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies, and pastries.
• Weighs, measures, and assembles ingredients for regular and modified diets.
• Operates a variety of kitchen equipment and follows appropriate safety procedures.
• Follows sanitary food handling procedures.
• Disassembles and reassembles equipment for cleaning.
• Cleans and sanitizes work areas, and performs deep cleaning tasks when needed.
• Operates industrial dish machine.
• Assembles patient meal trays.
• Delivers patient meal trays.
• Performs other related duties.

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.

Duties of the RN HCBS Case Manager include, but are not limited to:

• Uses knowledge of the home and community-based care program and VA Program to organize delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.
• Applies nursing clinical knowledge/judgement to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating Veteran needs and outcomes
• Coordinates care for Veterans receiving both internal VA and community-based home and community-based services including but not limited to skilled home care, non-skilled homecare, adult day health care and respite care. This includes close collaboration with other connected internal VA programs including but not limited to caregiver support program, inpatient care, outpatient services, Veteran Directed Care, Home Based Primary Care, Bowel and Bladder and other programs.
• Evaluates, systematically, current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients, and/or organizational processes within area of expertise.-Works with inter professional team members at VISN and facility levels to ensure services and eligibility determinations are delivered objectively with strong, consistent reliability with documentation and communication of outcomes in a direct and coordinated manner.
• Conducts comprehensive clinical review of patient records to identify the presence of Veteran medical necessity for services.
• Evaluates and documents Veteran progress and changing needs.
• Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experiences, and creating approaches to management of complex patient care.
• Reviews and receives community care consults.