Total 122 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in mountain view ca

• A. Supervisory Activities:
• i. Develop the work schedule, plan and grant leave and rotate duties of the pharmacy technician staff. Ensures that personnel are scheduled in such a way as to provide consistency of coverage and to accommodate planned leave and promote employee morale.
• ii. Effectively manages technical staff to ensure workflow is optimized within assigned service area. Continuously analyzes and reassesses priorities, redirecting staff to ensure that workload demands are accomplished in the most effective, efficient, and economic manner possible.
• iii. Coordinate day-to-day maintenance and operation of pharmacy area equipment and automation.
• iv. Oversee the narcotic vault(s) and other specialty areas as required and assigned.
• v. Support with infusion services staffing, ancillary needs, as required and assigned.
• vi. Assist with the development of performance standards that are realistic, challenging, and supporting the organizational mission, vision, and goals. Responsible for ensuring all employees meet performance standards and competencies. Identify areas for improvement as needed.
• vii. Assists the Chief of Pharmacy in interviewing and selecting new employees and candidates for promotion and/or reassignment. Make recommendations of employees for performance awards and other forms of recognition.
• viii. Review on annual basis each subordinate's competencies and complete performance evaluations for subordinates. Ensure any deficiencies are properly noted and training/re-training is scheduled in a timely manner.
• ix. Recommend counseling and disciplinary action based upon conduct under the supervision of the Chief of Pharmacy Supervisor with guidance from Employee Labor Relations.
• x. Conduct technician meetings to ensure proper updates of departmental and hospital communications.
• xi. Assist in the development of policies and procedures and participate in departmental goal planning and quality improvement activities.
• xii. Will perform any duties of a lower grade pharmacy technician when the needs of the service require.

• i. Prepare various management reports as delegated to include, but not limited to: High-cost drug inventory, ward stock, automation, competency, and controlled substance reports.
• ii. Assists pharmacy supervisors and staff to identify areas of duplication of efforts and develops solutions to streamline processes, reduce waste, save costs, and improve patient care.
• iii. Develop and implement necessary administrative audits such as wait time audits and workflow analysis.
• iv. Effectively evaluates pharmacy activities to assist management to obtain short- and long-range objectives and goals.

• i. Assists in preparation of national, local, and special accreditations of pharmacy service (Joint Commission, Inspector General, Controlled Substance Inspections, Drug Enforcement Agency). This includes documenting record updates, development of specific training and preparation for staff and compliance of policy and procedures.
• ii. Proactively evaluates and analyzes data for self-driven (independent) performance improvement projects, workload analysis and statistical reports.
• iii. Encourages Pharmacy Technicians to report actual and/or potential medication errors or adverse events and participates in quality improvement initiatives to promote patient safety.

• i. Requires technical knowledge of drug and medication brand names, generic names/chemical names, general and special storage requirements, expiration date requirements, manufacturer/distributor sources, dosage forms, applicable systems of weights and measures, and medical terminology. Working knowledge of drug use and availability of dosage forms, to assist the pharmacist in solving potential problems.
• ii. Knowledge of laws, regulations, and official policy concerning drug procurement and security to conform to legal and professional requirements of pharmacy practice.
• Other Duties Assigned

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

Duties may include:

• Providing accurate and timely billing and collection activities to be completed in accordance with national policies, VHA regulations and healthcare laws.
• Performing a wide variety of activities common to the segment of the program or function for which the employee is responsible.
• Making decisions or recommendations based on the development and evaluation of information that comes from various sources.
• Identifying and studying factors or conditions and determining their interrelationships as appropriate to the defined area of work.
• Using independent analytical techniques and theories to apply and interpret requirements, regulations, and procedures that identify and capture the applicable revenue activities from the affected assigned areas at the VAMCs to the CPAC.
• Serving as a financial ambassador/educator by providing Veterans, their families, VAMC teams and other internal and external agencies, guidance on repayment plans, waivers, interpreting insurance and eligibility benefits, and other factors that impact the Veteran's accounts for both First Party (FP) and Third Party (TP) billing.
• Independently evaluating the significance of actions within their span of responsibility, assigns disposition instructions, and implements the most responsive and cost-effective means for managing them.
• Independently researching, analyzing, generating, and correcting Veteran's FP co-payments for care as it pertains to a variety of complex VA programs, for VAMC provided services.

• Veterinary care and treatment of government, privately-owned, and indigenous animals.
• Serves as consultant on animal bites, rabies control, and zoonotic disease control within established regulation and guidelines.
• Serves as a veterinarian in various locations directing and supervising military food safety and quality assurance programs.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Functions as a professional and technical advisor to clinical staff, other allied healthcare professionals, program directors and managers throughout the medical center/facility.
• Oversight over HR staffing, employee relations and labor relations in Food Service Operations.
• Exercises a full range of supervisory and personnel management authorities and responsibilities in planning, directing, and assessing work of subordinate staff.
• Establishes a training plan for the food operations section.
• Develops and leads food operations.
• Establishes strategic goals and ensures priorities align with the strategic plan of the NFS department, VISN and national programs.
• Leads the continuous quality improvement effort in Food Service Operations.
• Identify and prioritizes problems, sets long and short-term goals, develop action plans and analyze data to evaluate progress to improve outcomes.
• Develop and update policies and procedures and establish and oversee a system for regulatory compliance. Coordinate food service operation policies and procedures with clinical nutrition management, nursing and other services, as applicable.
• Manage the budget and other resources, anticipating future trends and inflation, new service opportunities, recommendations for growth, efficiencies and strategic efforts are factored into resource requests and brought to the Chief.
• Direct staff in management of contracts, subsistence, supply purchasing for NFS and submits reports to the NFS Chief.
• Solicits support and/or negotiates with facility managers to influence decisions to support food operations section success.
• Works closely with the Supervisory Dietitians to support the department, cover the work within NFS and execute the activities of the department.
• Other duties as assigned.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Boiler Operation and Maintenance
  • Incumbent is responsible for operation and maintenance of gas-fired boilers using No. 2 oil as a standby energy source and all associated equipment such as Weishaupt burners with a forced draft blowers and variable frequency drives, electric exhaust and fresh air intake blowers/dampers with variable frequency drives, air handling unit with variable frequency drive for combustion air, electronic combustion control systems, centrifugal feed water pumps with variable frequency drives, two-element drum level regulators, a de-aerating/condensate storage tank, reverse osmosis system with a 500 gallon storage tank, Ecolab direct chemical feed system, regulatory valves, governors, low water cut-outs, flow meters, gas analyzers, two 10,000 gal. per hour capacity sodium zeolite systems and an air compressor with dryer.
• Preventive Maintenance & Repairs on Boilers and Auxiliary Equipment
  • Incumbent is responsible for preventative maintenance and repairs on all boilers to include cleaning and touch up painting, making regular tests of boiler water samples, adding chemicals and blowing down boilers as necessary to maintain recommended boiler water chemical composition.
• Safety Device Testing
  • Perform safety device testing as indicated in directives, manuals, standard operating procedures, ect. and maintain records of production and other data pertinent to reports as required.
• Monitor Enunciator & Alarm Panels
• Preventive Maintenance on VA Vehicles & Equipment
• Preventive Maintenance/Customer Service for DAV Vans & GSA Vehicles
• Other duties as assigned

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides direct patient care.
• Identifies emergency situations, reports and initiates effective action immediately. Performs CPR in accordance with the established medical center policy.
• Complies with Nursing Service policy/procedure on administering medications. Administering medications as ordered.
• Utilizes nursing care procedures when providing patient care.
• Maintains personal safety.
• Accurately administers injectable medication with no more than two valid failures or omissions and supervisory feedback during the rating period.
• Observes, monitors, and reports pertinent data to appropriate interdisciplinary team members.
• Reports accurate data to the team leader/charge nurse, in a timely manner.
• Documents patient encounters in the medical record.
• Utilizes the concepts and guidelines of sterile techniques.
• Excellence in customer service includes positive written communication, including electronic mail communication.

This position functions in the clinical associate role in the primary care clinic, which utilizes a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model. The PACT ICT is responsible for providing direct and/or indirect patient care to an assigned group of patients. She/he will have the knowledge, skill and experience to carry out assignments involving point of care testing, providing treatments and vaccinations, performing diagnostic studies, and patient/family education. The ICT demonstrates active collaboration and communication with Patient Aligned Care Teamlet (Patient, Primary Care Provider, RN Care Manager and Administrative Associate) and Larger Team (family/caregiver, internal and community-based services and disciplines involved in providing care to the patient). This is the full performance level for the ICT position. This is a bargaining unit position.

Major duties include:

• The incumbent assists outpatient licensed staff with the delivery of care to patients with complex, specialized, and potentially life-threatening situations.
• Performs observation-based screening and collecting patient information in collaboration with licensed personnel.
• Completes approved templates and tools, such as the outpatient intake form, normal result notes, and follow up treatment protocols established by the agency.
• Assists in behavioral/psychiatric situations in an outpatient setting. This can include assisting licensed personnel with crisis intervention, management of aggressive or suicidal psychiatric patients, by providing one-to-one observations and applying prevention and management of disruptive behavior techniques (PMDB).
• Performs duties focused on communication techniques required to complete the questioners and templates approved for use in any outpatient clinical setting, including active listening, restating, and mirroring.
• Maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for the patient while promoting a sense of worth and dignity under the supervision of the licensed personnel.
• Assists outpatient licensed staff with the delivery of care to patients with complex, specialized, and potentially life-threatening situations.
• Assists licensed staff with preparing patients for medical evaluation, setting up equipment, passing instruments and providing treatment during in person or virtual visits.
• Operates specialized medical equipment to obtain diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes.
• Collects a wide range of specimens and preparing them for transfer to processing.
• Observes patient status and keeps licensed clinical staff informed of any change in condition.
• Clinical responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Vital signs. Examples: vital signs, 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG).
  • Point-of-care (POC). Examples: Abbott hand-held blood analyzer (I-STAT), glucometer.
  • Equipment and surgical instrumentation set up. Examples: skin biopsies (excisional, shave, punch).
  • Treatments and interventions. Examples: Cryotherapy, incision and drainage, ambulation, and Foley coude' catheter insertion.
  • Wound care. Examples: bandaging, application of dressings and wound measurements.
  • Specimen collection and Preparation. Examples: collecting and labeling venous blood samples and mucous specimens.
  • Assisting with patient exams and screening. Examples: gynecology exams.
  • Mental health care. Examples: Crisis intervention, performs behavioral/mental health screens, conducts interviews, and observes behavioral patients.
  • Preparation of lab specimens and transfer to the lab for processing: Examples: Labeling, placing in the proper bin or tube system.
  • Assisting with patient exams and screening, utilizing technology such as telehealth peripherals. Examples: primary care physical exams (heart, eye, ear, nose, throat (EENT); gait exams, and skin exams.
  • Patient education within scope of care or while providing an intervention. Examples: post procedural care, splint care and wound care.
  • Follow-up care: Examples: Suture removal.
  • Electronic Health Record (EHR): Thoroughly and appropriately documents actions, interventions and procedures in the medical record. Examples: Procedural notes, progress notes, screenings, photo-documentation and secure messaging.