Total 415 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Fairchild AFB, Washington

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday; 7:30am to 4:00pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
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
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

This position reports directly to the Assistant Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) at the VA Northern California Healthcare System. The Pain Section Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service (PM&R), is responsible for the administrative supervision, management, and direction of the PM&R Pain programs, including the Interventional Pain and Chronic Pain programs.

The principal duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Administration:

• Leadership responsibilities: Organizing Pain section staff meetings, communication both down to staff, across to other Section Chiefs, and up to PM&R Leadership, as well as crafting congressional responses, heads up and issue briefs, when requested to do so by VHA PM&R Leadership.
• HR Management: Recruitment; updates on Functional Statements and Position Descriptions; physician salary management and pay panel documentation; and Focused and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) on privileged staff.
• Staff Management: Retention to include performance appraisal (mid-year and yearend) OPPE (twice a year on each provider); rewards and recognition; promotions; disciplinary actions and grievances; training requirements (including Talent Management System capability); employee health requirements and Protected and Administrative Peer Reviews.
• Time and Leave Management: Tour of Duty assignment and documentation, including VISTA/VATAS approvals of leave, timecard certification, and approvals of clinic cancellations.
• Business Planning: Systems redesign; manage service DSS mapping (workload); staffing needs; capacity and demand analysis resource needs (i.e., equipment, IT, supplies, space, etc.) followed by oversight of preparation of the annual Service Business Plan to be presented to Senior Leadership.
• Clinical Management (direct and indirect patient care): Open encounter and consult management, provider productivity, CPRS documentation requirements, oversight of clinic scheduling and access, ensuring staff productivity, oversight of relevant performance measures, and development of the new focus on the IDES Program and Department of Defense Collaboration, Utilization, Quality, and Patient Safety oversight through process improvement (system redesign).
• Other duties as assigned by the Chief of PM&R.

• Patient Care: Practitioners are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others.
• Clinical Judgment: To ensure practice-based learning and improvement, practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
• Professionalism: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, understanding, and sensitivity to diversity, as well as a responsible attitude toward their patients and their profession.
• Systems-Based Practice: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate both an understanding of the contexts and systems in which health care is provided, and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve optimizing health care.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday; 8:00am to 4:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
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
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

The PM&R Pain is responsible for delivery of pain and rehabilitative care for outpatient PM&R Pain clinics including medication management and interventional management. This position is Pain Management, Opioid Safety and Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMOP) funded position.

The principal duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provides comprehensive pain and rehabilitation care to veterans through clinical evaluation and treatment within the outpatient Pain Program, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (PM&R) clinics and inpatient care as needed.
• Performs medication management including opioids, spine and other pain procedures, ultrasounds, non-medication management of pain including physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, etc. and conducts Pain and PM&R clinics as needed and comply by all PMOP requirements.
• Supports the Opioid Safety Initiative (OSI) and opioid stewardship efforts in compliance with the Government Accountability Office, Office of Inspector General and Office of National Drug Control Policy.
• Ensures clinical appropriateness of the treatment of patients served, including timely and appropriate transition to other levels of care, notation of contraindications and precautions of care.
• Supervises and educates/trains PM&R residents in clinical activities relevant to PM&R and Pain Management.
• Coordinates Pain and PM&R clinics for meeting patient care needs, implementing Stepped Care Model for Pain Management (SCM-PM) and educates primary care physicians and other providers about referrals to the Pain Program.
• Development and expansion of Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation programs and clinics for comprehensive pain care with Primary Care, Mental Health, Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Nursing, and other disciplines as appropriate.
• Communicates with Pain Management and PM&R physicians, nursing, pharmacists, mental health care providers, primary care providers and other members of the interdisciplinary team and communicates/interacts daily with the team as needed.
• Collaborates with other services to ensure appropriate and timely pain related consultation and coordination of care.
• Assists in the identification of training and education needs for the Pain program staff and provides education and training for all members of the clinical staff as needed.
• Assists in the timely processing of referrals of patients in the Pain program and pain related PM&R clinics following timeliness metrics.
• Participates in telehealth for Pain Program and PM&R clinics as needed.
• Performs Pain and PM&R consultations as directed by the Chief of PM&R/Assistant Chief of PM&R/Pain Section Chief.
• Ensures the ongoing provision of care that complies with the "Organization Code of Ethics" for VA. 1
• Participates in performance improvement activities for the Pain Program and pain related PM&R department activities.

• You will work with the PAO, conducts the public affairs program for the enterprise with responsibility for developing and providing staff direction involving all public information, internal communications, congressional relations, VSO engagement, and community relations activities.
• You will represent the VAPSHCS Executive Director by participating at public, civic or social events to improve perception of the VAPSHCS as a valued part of the medical profession, government, and community.
• You will develop and ensure the continuation of outreach strategies and marketing campaign.
• You will conduct special studies involving communications, organization, and operation of Medical Center functions.
• You will develop reports along with recommendations to the VAPSHCS Executive Director and other members of the Executive Leadership Team including implementation and monitoring strategies.
• You will conduct studies often consist of controversial and critical observations, interpretations, and findings that are independently presented with the resultant recommendations.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Exercises a practical knowledge of one or more functions in information processing as well as considerable subject-matter knowledge, in a recognized discipline such as statistics, or in a broader subject field such as Veteran populations, database systems, and information technologies.
• Applies knowledge of a wide range of techniques, methods, sources and procedures within the functional information area and subject matter knowledge requiring extended specialized experience.
• Uses a variety of automated and manual processes to organize and analyze information concerning the health consequences of Veterans' military service.
• Develops new methods and techniques when necessary utilizing various analytic methodologies.
• Carries out electronic data processing in support of data acquisition, validation, and management.
• Utilizes appropriate computer program (i.e. SQL, SAS) commands and procedures to identify and compile lists of specific Veterans who meet criteria for inclusion in specialized studies and reports.
• Responds to specific inquiries for technical information from a variety of individuals and organizations including the VA Secretary, other VA Central Office leadership, members of Congress, GAO and other federal agencies, and independent researchers.
• Gathers information from a wide variety of sources, both automated (e.g. automated VA patient records and databases) and in print and other media, analyzes information, and disseminates it in answer to specific inquiries from a variety of sources.

• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Provides input into the development, standardization, and evaluation of new and improved procedures, techniques, and reagents used in the diagnosis of animal disease.
• Oversees the preparation and approval of administrative reports, briefings, position papers, and other written materials related to program scientific matters.
• Develops relationships with officials, diagnostic labs, biologics manufacturers, veterinary practitioners, universities, and others concerned with the administration of animal health programs.
• Engages in a variety of initiatives to enhance the distribution and presentation of technical information and professional advice concerning animal agriculture and health issues.
• Reviews and evaluates the effectiveness of program operations and accomplishments, initiating necessary modifications.
• Collaborates with leadership to recommend funding and budget plans, develop operating plans and emergency response strategies, and collect/provide information to integrate programs within programs.
• Collaborates and coordinates with directors to ensure consistency of program operations and continuity of issues across program units.
• Participates in development and maintenance of national foreign animal disease prevention, detection, and response system for establishing methods, strategies, logistics, controls, and resource needs.
• Directs the initiation, including conceptualization, needs assessment, and planning; funding; monitoring from a scientific perspective; and performance and evaluation of pilot programs and projects.

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

Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf

Social worker assigned to Primary Care Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). Must use a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated psychosocial problems of Veterans and their families. Responsibilities include the assessment of psychosocial problems that cause distress, often impacting the health condition and creating barriers to care. These stressors can include, but are not limited to, adjustment to the current medical condition, untreated or under-treated mental health or substance abuse condition, economic instability, legal problems, and inadequate housing and transportation.

FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:

• Must have a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Primary Care Clinic and their families. Able to independently work with Veterans who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, financial, legal and psychosocial problems.
• Must have knowledge of the PACT team approach and the role of each health and allied health care team members.
• Must independently complete thorough psychosocial assessments to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans. Is able to assess functional acuity of the patient and provide appropriate interventions.
• Must actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and actively participate through collaboration with Veterans and family as well as other team members in the development and implementation of treatment goals and interventions.
• Must facilitate action for community placements through collaboration with Veterans as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members.
• Must have an understanding of caregiver stressors, ability to conduct caregiver assessment and provide appropriate caregiver specific interventions.
• Must possess knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities and evidence-based practices as well as provide educational classes, and supportive groups for Veterans and families. Must be able to use and teach Veterans in the effective use of the My Health Vet (MHV) system. Must possess skill in using computer systems.
• Must provide consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits and specialty programs, and Advance Directives.
• Must maintain knowledge of Veteran's benefits and services, community resources, and process for making appropriate referrals to community and other governmental programs or agencies.
• Must possess skills and knowledge to provide case management services to Veterans throughout the continuum of care. Able to appropriately utilize principles of human growth and development over the life span and will be able to assist Veterans in coping with the loss and grief experiences.
• Must have knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse, neglect and exploitation.
• Must possess and demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with people from varied backgrounds.

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

Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf

Social worker assigned to Primary Care Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). Must use a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated psychosocial problems of Veterans and their families. Responsibilities include the assessment of psychosocial problems that cause distress, often impacting the health condition and creating barriers to care. These stressors can include, but are not limited to, adjustment to the current medical condition, untreated or under-treated mental health or substance abuse condition, economic instability, legal problems, and inadequate housing and transportation.

FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION:

• Must have a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Primary Care Clinic and their families. Able to independently work with Veterans who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, financial, legal and psychosocial problems.
• Must have knowledge of the PACT team approach and the role of each health and allied health care team members.
• Must independently complete thorough psychosocial assessments to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans. Is able to assess functional acuity of the patient and provide appropriate interventions.
• Must actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and actively participate through collaboration with Veterans and family as well as other team members in the development and implementation of treatment goals and interventions.
• Must facilitate action for community placements through collaboration with Veterans as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members.
• Must have an understanding of caregiver stressors, ability to conduct caregiver assessment and provide appropriate caregiver specific interventions.
• Must possess knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities and evidence-based practices as well as provide educational classes, and supportive groups for Veterans and families. Must be able to use and teach Veterans in the effective use of the My Health Vet (MHV) system. Must possess skill in using computer systems.
• Must provide consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits and specialty programs, and Advance Directives.
• Must maintain knowledge of Veteran's benefits and services, community resources, and process for making appropriate referrals to community and other governmental programs or agencies.
• Must possess skills and knowledge to provide case management services to Veterans throughout the continuum of care. Able to appropriately utilize principles of human growth and development over the life span and will be able to assist Veterans in coping with the loss and grief experiences.
• Must have knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse, neglect and exploitation.
• Must possess and demonstrate ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with people from varied backgrounds.

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.

As a/an Nurse, you will:

• Plan and provide comprehensive nursing care to residents based on history, physician's medical care plan, and the physical, mental, and emotional needs.
• Administer oral, subcutaneous and intramuscular medications routinely and instructs patients in the side effects of medications when appropriate.
• Document resident care information in patients' chart to reflect nursing care, planned monthly summary, changes in the condition of the resident, and current condition of the resident in accordance with established documentation guidelines.
• Stay informed on current nursing practices through journal readings, attendance of continuing education programs, unit in-services, conferences, etc. Assumes responsibility for on-going unit programs such as quality assurance, patient education, discharge planning, and unit in-service education. Assumes responsibility for on-going self-learning and maintenance of clinical skills.

• Serve as a clinical nurse in a Regional Level II Trauma Emergency Department providing a full range of professional nursing care to a wide variety of patients.
• Provide continuous observation, monitoring, and intervene to prevent complications and restore hemodynamic stability when necessary.
• Assist the physician in the performance of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and other specialized procedures.
• Administer oxygen, intravenous fluids, blood transfusions and all types of medications during emergent events.
• Operate specialized medical equipment such as resuscitators, defibrillators, electrocardiographs, oxygen apparatus, intravenous pumps, and rapid intravenous infusers.
• Prepare specimens for lab and transport as required.
• Plan, oversee and facilitate nursing triage within the ambulatory care arena.
• Coordinate patient referrals to ancillary health care professionals.

• Utilize complex rehabilitation principles to conduct comprehensive substance abuse evaluations of eligible patients referred for consultation.
• Collect data to evaluate treatment outcomes.
• Develop and implement comprehensive treatment plans.
• Provide individual, group, and family counseling.
• Document case findings, diagnoses, and recommendations in a clear and concise manner.

***THIS POSITION IS A VIRTUAL POSITION. THE EMPLOYEE MAY WORK AT A VA FACILITY OR OTHER VA-LEASED SPACE OTHER THAN THE FACILITY THAT IS HIRING THE EMPLOYEE***

• Designs, oversees, implements and/or participates in scientific studies, surveys, investigations, or projects, to develop information in areas as cause and methods of disease prevention, control, and treatment;
• Identifies and analyzes public health issues and their impact on public policies or scientific studies/surveys;
• Consults on, monitors, and measures the outcome of assigned programs through studies;
• Serves as a recognized authority or consultant for scientific programs, studies or issues which are considered most difficult, complex nature in terms of their scientific or technical implications;
• Develops and coordinates the sharing of health related educational or informational materials;
• Administers screening, advisory and approval processes for the organization's health science research program;
• Develops and coordinates implementation of research method and design standards, criteria and guidelines for the scientific and technical activities of the organization;
• Develops policies procedures and criteria for administration of the organization's health science research program;
• Performs contract management to include preparing procurement request rationale documents, monitors cost, management and overall technical performance of the contract;
• Manages long-term, significantly complex, public health related contracts;
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• You will manage a server room in a 100BaseT LAN environment connected by a Cisco switch.
• You will manage the command Defense Research and Engineering Network (OREN) infrastructure, workstations, account access, peripheral equipment and connectivity.
• You will serve as a systems administrator with responsibility for planning, maintaining and coordinating the installation, testing, modifying, upgrading, maintaining, and troubleshooting of hardware and software systems.
• You will directly support the NAMRU Dayton ADP Systems Manager serving as an alternate in every capacity, function and task.
• You will perform services as an IT systems administrator, assisting in the planning, coordination and implementation of research-based applications software and hardware for operating systems.
• You will review IT programs to assess overall compliance with plans, policies, and alignment with business requirements.
• You will resolve a myriad of problems within the scope of the help desk.

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

• Providing direct technical and administrative supervision to employees.
• Responsible for ensuring that employees are efficiently and effectively accomplishing quality work that is compliant with regulatory requirements and procedures, TJC standards, laws, and VHA C&P policies and requirements, as well as assuring implementation and accomplishment of the goals and objectives of the C&P Program.
• Identifying and presenting to leadership the resources necessary for accomplishing the mission and function of the facility's C&P program.
• Providing guidance to local leadership and C&P employees on all matters pertaining to the facility's C&P program.
• Attending committee meetings and presents providers' credentials, clinical practice histories and red flags.
• Serving as the primary consultant for the facility's C&P program; analyzes program audit results; interprets facility quarterly report card data; researches provider credentialing requirements; and identifies potential privileging issues.
• Coordinating with Service Chiefs and service level administrative teams for annual Committee(s) review of clinical privileges and scope of practice.
• Serving as the Point of Contact (POC) and SME (Subject Matter Expert) for credentialing updates,
• Human Resources, providers and hiring services.
• Monitoring and auditing the VAMC C&P program utilizing VetPro reports, mandatory auditing and reporting tools.
• Ensuring national level reporting requirements are accurately completed including, but not limited to, quarterly security reports, quarterly accuracy certification of the Our Provider's website, and accuracy of the VA/DoD shared provider registry.
• Monitoring C&P program resources to ensure programs are appropriately staffed.
• Serving as a liaison and partner with Human Resources Service programs for common program goals and issues including, but not limited to, provider onboarding, provider exit reviews and assessments, privileging actions, and guidance related to clinical performance concerns.
• Responsible for ensuring quality assurance in the facility's C&P program; applying organizational and system-wide strategies for continuous quality improvement as they relate to C&P processes and procedures.
• Serves as the administrator for the National Practitioner Data Bank, Federation of Medical Boards, and Our Providers Database.

The Management and Program Analyst (Acquisition Data Analytics) performs the following duties:

• Provides support for the analysis of federal procurement data to track Small Business (SB) performance towards statutory goals and receives guidance on how to look for industries and sectors for SB performance improvement.
• Performs data analytics of programmatic, financial, and administrative data.
• Engages with stakeholders to understand changing needs and requirements and to determine questions for research studies.