Total 113 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in New Orleans, Louisiana

• Provides administrative services support to the Branch OIC/NCOIC and other team members.
• Preparing and processing purchase requests for the branch, government purchase card holder (order supplies and maintain records in accordance with established regulations/procedures).
• Utilizes various data bases to keep track of the Branch Appropriated Fund budget.
• Aids travelers in navigating the intricacies of the Defense Travel System.
• Receives visitors and phone calls.
• Responsible for maintenance of records and files, utilizes a variety of office automation applications (i.e. computer programs) to manage information and data, and types a wide variety of correspondence, reports, records, documents, etc.

• The position is a working leader for housekeeping operations throughout the VA Medical Center(s).
• The position leads Housekeeping Aids and others as assigned.
• The position leads three (3) or more employees in performing their duties while performing the full range of housekeeping tasks required to maintain the Medical center and other facility units in a clean, organized and sanitary condition.
• The position is guided by EMS and Medical Center policies and procedures, VA regulations and verbal instructions from EMS Management.
• The leader communicates instructions from the Supervisor to the employees and then validates the completion of the work assigned.
• The position coordinates projects with nurses and other area supervisors to ensure work timely and successful completion.
• This position sets the pace of each task, demonstrates methods and techniques and provides direction to assigned employees in their proper usage is cleaning supplies and equipment.
• Ensures all tasks are complete and deadlines are met.
• The Housekeeping Aid Leader engages with all employees to provide purpose, direction and motivation in accomplishing all tasks, while training the employee in proper procedures and techniques to meet or exceed desired outcomes of workload and safety.
• This position reports progress of employees to the Supervisor and makes recommendations as necessary, on all matters to include the progress of work, any infractions of policies and procedures, and assures all safety compliance. As a working leader, the position also performs the full range of housekeeping duties.
• The employee may clean areas to include, but not limited to horizontal and vertical surfaces in: outpatient surgery, outpatient clinics, central sterile, clean rooms, patient areas, laboratory, pharmacy, offices, support and patient areas, isolation rooms, storage rooms, corridors, stairwells, toilet rooms, shower rooms, and all other Medical center areas as required.
• The position is required to use proper procedures in dust mopping, damp mopping, emptying waste receptacles, emptying and replacing medical waste receptacle, washing walls, cleaning light fixtures, and surfaces as necessary, refilling toilet tissue, paper towels and soap dispensers.
• The position makes beds and turns mattresses.
• May be required to take the lead in textile distribution and inventory management, uniform management and Patient Assistance Program; provides on-the-job training to all employees assigned. Identifies and recommends to the Supervisor employees that need remedial training based on observations made in the work site.
• May be required to move furniture and set up conference rooms for meetings, trainings or other events.
• Additionally, the position scrubs, strips, refinishes, and polishes floors by using hand operated and industrial equipment.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Lead Medical Support Assistant is responsible for the coordination of Advanced MSA assignments and workflow in the Health Administrative Service. The Lead MSA is responsible for daily workload assessments, assigning work, and assuring proper staffing coverage; evaluating training records; and determining training needs of MSAs to provide support across interdisciplinary settings.

The Lead assists the unit with complex and non-standard procedures, including clinical flow processes related to access to care across multiple clinics, specialties, and/or community resources.

The Lead MSA is also responsible for ensuring accurate and timely scheduling of clinic appointments; monitoring productivity of the schedulers, providing guidance to staff members, to include changes in policies and procedures; creating and maintaining employee work schedules; and acting as a liaison among Advanced MSA staff, patients, providers from a variety of specialties and other interdisciplinary staff to resolve day-to-day conflicts. May be required to present at various meetings on behalf of the section or may be required to hold meetings to benefit the workload in the section.

In addition to the above the Lead MSA will also function as a working scheduler and will be expected to cover any absent staff within the section.

The Lead MSA may be asked to produce reports related to unscheduled surgeries, backlog, productivity, etc within the section.

Incumbent is responsible for orientation and training of new schedulers including training on the applicable software applications, databases, and functions. The incumbent provides initial and continuing education to schedulers, providing training in the utilization of VISTA, VSE, VVC, and other software systems as well as how to run workload reports from VSSC and VISTA. The work is administrative in nature and requires advanced knowledge of applicable systems as well as the ability to identify learning/training needs, provide training in a variety of manners, work directly with users, and trouble-shoot basic operating problems.

In this role, the incumbent is responsible for the assignation of scheduling workload, ensuring that workload is balanced amongst the schedulers. In addition to this, they are required to redistribute workload to ensure that scheduling backlog is kept to a minimum. They are the initial point of contact between providers and other schedulers, helping to troubleshoot any issues.

Incumbent serves as a point of contact for questions regarding the scheduling of all clinical appointments.

Additionally, the Lead is responsible for pulling workload, productivity, and report card date for each of the AMSA in the section.

May be required to perform other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30 am- 4:00 pm
Telework: Ad-Hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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

Medical Support Assistant: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-MSA-VA-Career-Flyer.pdf

The Medical Support Assistant is responsible for providing administrative medical support, including interpreting and verifying provider orders in accordance with VHA national scheduling guidelines. Primary duties of the Medical Support Assistant may include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for checking patients into appointments, scheduling, canceling, re- scheduling patient's appointments and/or consults;
• Enters no-show information and monitors the electronic wait list;
• Prepares for clinic visits;
• Monitors both inpatient and outpatient appointments for areas of responsibility;
• Ensures encounter forms are completed in order to obtain appropriate workload credit;
• Verifies and updates demographics and insurance information;
• Processes all emergency and non-- emergency transfers to other VA facilities or private hospitals;
• Performs basic eligibility, co-pays and preauthorization requirements for specific coverage.

• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize and manage multiple competing tasks.
• A high degree of personal and professional accountability, maturity, stability and the ability to function independently and work effectively as a team with internal and external personnel.
• Ability to adapt to changing work assignments as needed to meet facility needs.
• Data Management-Uses spreadsheets and databases to complete and track work assignments

Duties
· Delegated full authority and responsibility to exercise the Medical Center Director's prerogative in medical administrative matters and issues that may arise.
· Represents management in (non-policy making) administrative matters.
· Represents management in matters pertaining to the lawful retention of veterans in the VAMC.
· Maintains continuity of functions and provides full medical administrative support during other than normal tours of duty to clinical and administrative medical center staff.
· Responsible for achieving management objectives and supporting the decision of management in carrying out duties.
· Provides technical guidance necessary to meet procedural, legal, and administrative requirements relating to the care and treatment of patients to achieve optimum use of available resources.
· Processes administrative issues surrounding beneficiary death, seriously ill cases, elopements, suicides, assaults, deaths on arrival (DOAs), homicides, code blue, cost recovery matters, and facility or community disasters, etc.
· Assists in responding to emergencies, determines priorities and nature of action to be taken.
· Assists with computer issues during non-business hours.
· Maintains good public and media relations as instructed and trained by the Public Affairs Officer until the designated employee arrives.
· Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects as assigned.
· Reviews data and information for trends, problem areas, and makes recommendations to management to resolve issues.

· Performs other duties as assigned.

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

Medical Support Assistant: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-MSA-VA-Career-Flyer.pdf

The Supervisory Medical Support Assistant (MSA) position serves as the direct line supervisor for all MSA staff (Lead MSAs, Advanced MSAs and MSAs) in the Medical Administration Service's Clinical Contact Center (CCC). The Supervisory MSA works collaboratively in an interdisciplinary coordinated care delivery model (i.e., PACT, Specialty, C&P and Call Center) for Primary Care Clinics and Specialty Clinics and performs all related duties, customer service, and other duties assigned for the proper and timely treatment of patients. The SMSA assists with clinic access contingency plans by adjusting appointment times, location, or dates as well as shifting patients to other healthcare providers as conflict with staffing and/or coverage occurs.

The primary duties of the Supervisory Medical Support Assistant (SMSA) may include but are not limited to:

• Plans and directs and has full supervisory responsibility for MSA activities
• Ensures appointment schedules are maintained by MSA staff for one or more outpatient clinics
• Assigns and evaluates the work of subordinate staff
• Resolves complex problems to ensure patient services are met
• Evaluates new products, equipment, and systems to recommend improvements
• Identifies educational/training needs
• Makes final selection decisions for hiring
• Evaluates performance and takes disciplinary action when necessary
• Extracts and analyzes data to provide reports on performance
• Participates in daily teamlet huddles and weekly team meetings to manage patient care

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

• Responsible for executing a streamlined approach to receiving, triaging, and directing timely, coordinated care.
• Possesses intimate knowledge of the internal referral care process, clinical review criteria, utilization management standards, clinical documentation requirements, community care regulations, and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) standards and guidelines.
• Uses nursing knowledge and systems theory to assess, organize, facilitate, and guide Veterans through their full range of care options including internal/direct care in Veterans Affairs (VA) and care in the community.
• Serve as the liaison between ordering or referring VA providers and specialty care services by clinically triaging consults or referrals to confirm the appropriate care is requested and all necessary pre-work and tests are completed.
• Supports the medical center's mission to improve timely access to care, empower Veterans to make more informed care decisions and ensure eligible Veterans who want to receive care in the community are referred and scheduled into the community.
• Will triage incoming referrals, discuss available care options, provide scheduling
  guidance, and be a resource within the service.
• Guides Veterans through their full range of care options including internal/direct care in VA and care in the community.
• Will comply with VA-mandated use of health information solutions that serve to store, exchange, and track referral care information.
• Work collaboratively with the Office of Integrated Veteran Care to triage Request for Services (RFS) to promote in-house service access.
• Utilize delegation of authority, if applicable, to function at their highest level of role performance and align high-quality care with key performance indicators to ensure business practice standards meet patient care needs.

The primary purpose of the Licensed Practical/License Vocational Nurse is to perform assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality health care, positive customer service and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the veteran.

The general scope of practice for an LPN includes "the provision of patient care under the direction or supervision of an RN, physician, or dentist which requires the basic knowledge of the biological, physical, social and behavioral sciences and nursing procedures" (New Mexico Nursing Practice Act, Chapter 61, Article 3, 2021).

This practice includes but is not limited to:

• Contributing to the assessment of the health status of individuals, families and communities;
• Participating in the development and modification of the plan of care;
• Implementing appropriate aspects of the plan of care commensurate with education and verified competence;
• Collaborating with other health care professionals in the management of health care;
• Participating in the evaluation of responses to interventions

The Community Care Case Manager is a Registered Nurse, qualified by education and experience. S/he will provide direct support to the Non-VA Care program in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and evaluating the effectiveness of program components and services to improve the quality of patient care and the appropriateness and timeliness of services provided.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Providing the clinical leadership and expertise for the coordination of NMVAHCS non-VA care authorization program.

Demonstrate knowledge of Fee federal regulations, VHA guidelines, medical review criteria, care management and utilization management processes, inter-facility transfer and travel processes, clinical document requirements, current standards of care, and compliance guidelines.

Provide clinical oversight of the non-VA care approval process is provided by each medical center Chief of Staff and/or designated appointee.

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 thru Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
Telework: May be authorized
Virtual: Not Authorized
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Administrative Support

• The incumbent along with the Administrative Office of the Service, manages and provides specific program and administrative support functions for the Departments of Cardiology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Infectious Disease, Dermatology, Hospitalists, Pulmonary/Critical Care, Nephrology, Hematology and Respiratory Therapy.
• Oversees a variety of administrative support functions and projects, including the distribution and dissemination of incoming mail, all electronic correspondence, internal controls, records management, publication and forms management and timekeeping. Directs administrative support services to ensure inquiries, correspondence, and actions for the area of responsibility are addressed appropriately.
• Prepares agendas, manages logistics, (reserves rooms, sends meeting invites, etc.), completes minutes and participates as an active
  member providing substantial knowledge and information on program principles, concepts, policies, and objectives.
• Handles emergent issues of an administrative nature related to patient concerns, involving Department Chiefs and Managers as necessary. Resolution of such issues involves coordination with administrative officers and managers from other departments within the facility. Solves problems independently and coordinates with staff throughout the Service related to patient care.

• Provides direct support to the Service Chief to include analyzing, evaluating, advising, and coordinating systems and operations with designated Sections.
• Manages and maintains FPPE/OPPE folders for all providers practicing under the auspices of the Department of Medicine in accordance with facility policies and procedures. Coordinates and performs documentation maintenance required by the Credentialing & Privileging Manager for the facility.
• Performs data analysis and prepares reports on workload, patient care referral programs, personnel utilization, work schedules and overtimes.
• Monitors the effectiveness of programs, evaluating and identifying problem areas and implementing and initiating corrective action when appropriate.
• Manages incoming residents, interacts with the Education Office, tracks resident schedules, maintains resident timecards,
  coordinates onboarding, and works with preceptors to ensure the program is properly managed.
• Handles and resolves patient complaints within the appropriate scope of responsibility.
• The incumbent is a highly visible member of the healthcare team and works with all levels of management and professional staff daily, participating in discussions regarding policy issues, resource allocation, system problems and coordination of services. Incumbent may be called upon to investigate and report on special assignments and projects.
• Positive communication is a priority in patient care. The incumbent must be able to speak clearly, in person or telephonically, one-on-one or to a group. Must maintain responsibility for what is communicated.

• Incumbent acts as the liaison with the Human Resources office concerning personnel-related matters.
• Drafts and reviews all contract proposals and agreements to assure accurate budgetary and administrative arrangements. Audits contract invoices for accuracy in services rendered, dates, etc. Provides advisement to management on contracting and procurement policies and issues.
• Performs budget execution functions to ensure expenditures are consistent with budget formulation plans as the fiscal year progresses for designated Sections within the Medical Service.

• Interprets administrative policies, develops, and implements local policies, defines administrative requirements, and provides advice on requirements, maintains administrative systems, and prepares administrative documents.
• Interprets administrative policies, develops, and implements local policies, defines administrative requirements, and provides advice on requirements, maintains administrative systems, and prepares administrative documents.
• Conducts studies and evaluations to improve administrative processes. Research policies as needs for the purpose of problem solving and to ensure compliance. Remains up-to-date and familiar with all policies and procedures relevant to specific Sections within the Medical Service and general familiarity to policies and procedures relevant to the entire Medical Service.

Duties performed include but are not limited to the following:

• Perform 2-D Echocardiographic imaging, M-Mode tracing, derived from the 2D image, continuous wave and pulsed wave Doppler flow velocity recordings, color flow Doppler imaging.

• Perform stress echocardiography which involves evaluation of patients with ischemic heart disease and a thorough understanding of wall motion abnormalities and the corresponding coronary artery perfusion regions.

• Pharmacologic stress agents and the performance of exercise or additional methods that expand the diagnostic capability of echocardiography.

• Use of contrast agents may be incorporated into any of the imaging modalities.

• Assist physician in performing invasive trans-esophageal echocardiography which may include facilitating cardiac surgeons in operating room setting.

• Capture and store digital images, analyzing digital findings to obtain optimal resolution.

• Makes high quality recordings of M mode, two dimensional and M Mode echograms and Pulsed, continuous wave and color Doppler for interpretation by physicians of the Cardiology Section.

• Performs emergency echocardiograms in the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Room.

• Accurately measures recordings and compiles patient echocardiograph data for report generation.

• Efficiently schedules inpatient and outpatient appointments so as to minimize delays and backlogs, giving priority to more urgent studies.

• Completes inpatient and outpatient consults within the timeframes designated by the institution.

• Maintains accurate and up to date files of all studies performed and assists in the maintenance of an efficient filing system.

• Completes all encounter forms for both inpatient and outpatient studies.

• Enters all echo reports in patient records in the computer in a timely fashion.

• Performs routine daily cleaning and preventive maintenance on all apparatus used for echocardiography and promptly reports any malfunctions or deficiencies.

• Ensures timely ordering of expendable supplies needed for echocardiography.

• Routinely records TEE's, Stress Echos, and Stress TEE and checks for shunts in heart by Bubble Study.

The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides thorough guidance and advice to Chaplain Service management staff, other Chaplains, and other stakeholders.
• Provides extended and intensive pastoral counseling as an integral part of the treatment program with patients facing complex, ethical, moral, and spiritual issues.
• Ensures program effectiveness and modification of service pattern, which includes research and leadership of clinical teams.
• Practices typically in a specialized clinic/program area, that may include intensive and extended pastoral counseling as an integral part of the treatment program, with patients facing complex moral, ethical, or spiritual problems.
• Advises and collaborates with other members of the interdisciplinary treatment team (IDT) to provide comprehensive healthcare services to Veterans.
• Works with a full understanding of Chaplains' relationships to the objectives of VHA to successfully integrate the work of the medical facility's staff.
• Collaborates with and advises the other members of the IDT in the provision of comprehensive healthcare services to Veterans.
• Maintains effective rapport with physicians, medical officers, psychologists, nurses, therapists, social workers, or others involved with the IDT.
• Ensures equity of access, service, and benefits to Veterans and provides the highest quality of care.
• Provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs.
• Serves as a primary Chaplain resource, spiritual advisor, and liaison for the spiritual needs of patients, caregivers, and staff.
• Conducts comprehensive religious services and worship, pastoral ministry, and administration of Chaplain services.
• Interacts and maintains cooperative relationships with Medical Center personnel, family, local clergy, individuals, and groups in the community.
• Coordinates with community organizations to ensure the provision of comprehensive spiritual care, including interested community organizations, local clubs, church groups, special agencies, business organizations, and other stakeholders, to sustain the necessary links with the outside community.
• Maintains contacts with staff members of the other professional disciplines of the institution, usually for exchange of information relative to the background and current condition of the patient.
• Engages community resources to meet the religious needs of patients that cannot be met by chaplain staff.
• Serves as a vital communication link between the individual patient and the outside community and between the VHA medical facility and the outside community.
• Provides all necessary religious worship services and instruction on an individual or group basis for major faith groups.
• Establishes periods for public worship, seasonal and occasional services, and individual devotions.

The Chief Nursing Informatics Officer duties include but, are not limited to:

• Expected to be a leader for change and must demonstrate an ability for inter-professional collaboration.
• Part of a nationwide Veterans Health Administration (VHA) team charged with actively and vocally supporting a successful national informatics infrastructure for VHA and advancing national strategies for managing workflow and knowledge in clinical systems utilized by nursing staff.
• Participates in VA Central Office activities to ensure that nursing informatics is established as a professional domain in VHA, and that best practices are identified, developed, and disseminated throughout the VHA health care system.
• Demonstrates transformational leadership skills, characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability, for an integrated inter-professional program that contributes to a complex healthcare system through documented outcome measurement.
• Responsible for providing regional/program office/VISN/VAMC national leadership in the development and use of informatics solutions and technology to support all nursing domains within an inter-professional methodology.
• Oversight of nursing informatics practice, by establishing effective and efficient clinical and administrative systems, designing meaningful decision support systems, managing calculated risks and associated mitigation strategies, and fostering lifelong nursing informatics domain knowledge and information that supports evidence-based practice, quality improvements and research.
• Leadership activities such as implementation, evaluation, monitoring and analyzing clinical and health processes to identify strategies to advance health data and health information systems to improve outcomes and support innovation.
• Provide leadership within the following eight core informatics functions: application support, business architecture management, enterprise data management, content management, system optimization, change management, requirements management, and partnership management.

General Description of Assigned Duties:
Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.

Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties:

• Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, as appropriate to the setting.
• Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation.
• Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence.
• Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team.
• Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes.
• Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers. Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care.
• Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture.