Total 38 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Jena, Louisiana

The Assistant Medical Center Director exercises line authority for multiple administrative and allied health services and sections and is directly responsible for facility operations. Duties include, but not limited to the following:

• Plans, coordinates, supervises, and directs various administrative and health related services.
• Participates on a day-to-day basis in top level Executive discussions, decisions, policy making and actions of all administrative functions and indirectly of all clinical matters impacting patient care.
• Resolves complex and unusual health care administration issues by independent analysis and action, with the potential to set precedent, and lead organizational change.
• Development of plans, programs, direction, and monitoring of clinic and health plan management.
• Applies specialized principles and practices of health care management to coordinate, direct, and control programs and resources for both clinics and health plan administration.
• Performs financial management and resource decision making analysis, ensuring operational spending and resources stay in balance.
• Exercises full authority for establishing priorities for healthcare operations and allocating available resources accordingly.
• Serves as fiscal advisor to the Medical Center Director in preparing formal budget submissions for approval.
• Exercises a full range of managerial and supervisory authorities and responsibilities related to human capital management.
• Provides timely and responsive decisions to the union(s) and their members on complaints and grievances and ensures that supervisors are familiar with the negotiated agreement.
• Represents the healthcare system by establishing and maintaining community partnerships, and relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Serves as a facilitator between clinical providers and administrators to meet the medical center's goals and objectives.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining good working relations with other medical centers in the local area and throughout the region, medical schools, accrediting agencies, volunteer worker groups, and the community at large.
• Lead facility implementation and oversight of President's/VA/VHA/VISN initiatives includes but not limited to Strategic Planning, High Reliability Organization, ICARE, Modernization, Veteran Experience, Whole Health and/or Community Care.
• Serves as an essential capacity for developing and coordinating internal measures to assure that both clinical and administrative operations are in within governing standards.

Major Duties:

• Employs a multimedia and multi- level communication approach and continuously monitors, reassesses and fine-tunes existing communication tools while seeking additional approaches.
• Serves as one of the agency spokespersons for the facility, including responding in writing and orally to questions about criticisms of the agency's activities or policies and explaining the VA point of view.
• Prepares scripts, audiovisual materials and brochures for ceremonies, briefings and orientations.
• Establishes and directs policies and procedures for visits and tours of distinguished personnel, administrative management of conferences, events and ceremonies.
• Manages a highly technical complex and sensitive public affairs program.
• Develops budgets, writes statements of work and directs, coordinates high profile visits, and directs, coordinates and supervises activities of supporting staff and contractors.

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

This is a term appointment not to exceed 1 year 1 day. Term appointments are non-status, nonpermanent appointments of limited duration of more than 1 year, but not more than 4 years and are subject to a 1 year trial period. Should the need warrant, term appointments may be extended without further competition up to a maximum of the 4 year limitation. The appointment to a term position does not confer eligibility for promotion, reassignment, or transfer to other positions or the ability to be non-competitively converted to permanent employment.

This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-11. At the GS-09 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.

Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to:

Manages Clinical Tests and Collects Data

Managing implementation, control and reporting on clinical tests and data collection for difficult clinical research studies
Recording data from samples and specimens to ensure that all tracking data is organized and is monitored during the progress of the study
Coordinating the accomplishment of the scientific review and evaluation of research programs
Participating in initial classification and coding of qualitative/quantitative data and entering coding data into qualitative/quantitative software
Assisting with data analysis from a variety of sources, including databases and spreadsheets, and conceive and write reports
Respond to inquiries from a sponsor, clinical research coordinating center and/orsite Pl on matters related to data, data compliance, and subject complaints related to data collection
Creating and maintaining complex research databases, working with existing VA administrative databases, and managing spreadsheet files for data tracking, budget tracking, and other project management tracking tasks
Recording and maintaining results and records of all tests or assessments as per protocol and in a manner complying with research regulations
Developing and maintaining/updating study database in accordance to sponsor and/or Pl's specifications. Assist Pl with data analyses and interpretation

Recruits and Manages Candidates for Clinical Trials

Overseeing, screening, and evaluating recruitment of candidates for clinical research studies via telephone and/or in person
Using objective rating techniques to identify potential candidates for participation in study where project design is complex
Overseeing recruitment and enrollment of participants, providing information on study objectives and constraints
Performing informed consent process throughout the study and continuously educate participants on study processes and procedures
Obtaining verbal and/or written informed consent, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization, and background demographic information from patients
Performing day-to-day activities related to conducting and overseeing participant interviews and follow-up
Coordinating study participant randomization to treatment, works closely with the Research Pharmacy on study drug provision
Identifying study adverse events and side effects, symptoms which might require intervention or referrals

Research Project Support

Assisting supervisor with managing the routine, day-to-day activities, and administration of the project
Analyzing processes and documentation to ensure compliance with all technical, regulatory requirements, and information safety regulations
Conducting quality assurance evaluations for project data and clinical research instruments
Providing technical guidance to research staff regarding regulations, policies, and procedures applicable
Responding to general inquiries from program participants, staff, and other stakeholders
Managing participant compensation, maintain compensation records, and prepare invoices or electronic funds transfer for reimbursement of participants
Assisting in the development of clinical research standard operating procedures/policies and implementation of administrative procedures
Organizing and maintaining all study documents for management, data, record keeping and/or compliance purpose
Administering screening, advisory and approval processes for the organization's health science research program
Performing a variety of duties to maintain specialized data and implement study design.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday; 08:00 a.m. to 04:30 p.m.
Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Shreveport La.

Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items;
• Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware
• Selects and places correct items on patient trays
• Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets
• Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items
• designated by the menu
• Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary;
• Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides; reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian;
• Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes;
• Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts;
• Reads and interprets regular or modified menus, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas;
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Duties include:

• Developing, organizing and directing the primary care program to provide the most effective patient care within available resources consistent with policies and guidelines of the Department of Veterans Affairs, VISN 16 and medical center's mission, vision, values and policies.
• Plans the delivery of patient care provided by Primary Care Service to ensure it is consistent with VHA policy and external agencies such as the Joint Commission and Office of Inspector General Combined Assessment Program (OIG CAP).
• Ensures appropriate measures are taken to any adverse impacts on patient care when projects in the Primary Care Clinics are considered and planned for that result in interruption of patient care services, utility shutdowns, computer shutdown, changes in employee working conditions, etc.
• Implements policies and decision-making processes that enhances accessibility for the veteran patient. Monitors access and makes changes and implements changes to improve access.
• Facilitates development, implementation, and analysis of primary care cost containment program. Develops annual budget within the limitations set by budgetary allocation, for approval by management. Develops the Annual Management Briefing and prepares and incorporates the proposed budget for Primary Care Service.
• Develops new program areas and extends existing programs including writing necessary proposals/justifications necessary for funding staff, physical facilities, supplies, and equipment for short or long range program planning and development for effective delivery of health care service.
• Assesses patient satisfaction and performance improvement activities and does so by fostering a patient focused environment resulting in demonstrable improvements in patient service outcomes.

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

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

Below are the current positions recruiting for possible reassignment:

• Hospitalist
• Geriatrics
• Ophthalmology
• Pathology
• Primary Care
• Psychiatry
• Urology
• Anesthesiology
• Cardiology Non-Invasive
• Colon & Rectal Surgery
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Practice
• General Internal Medicine
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Physical Medicine & Rehab
• Radiology-Diagnostic
• Surgery

Major Duties:

This position provides oversight for a variety of software programs integral to the overall administration, equipment packages, and operations of medical service. Collects physical and data security needs for the service areas. It also is the point of contact for OI&T for information technology initiative for hardware and software needs for the service.

Controls critical applications, (i.e. Clinical Procedures (CP), Home Oxygen, Oncology/OncoTrax, and Clinical Case Registries). Reviews all software upgrades for medical service programs within VISTA. Provides training and troubleshooting for clinical and administrative staff regarding use of these programs and any upgrades.

Responsible for the coordination and training for service staff in clinical and functional areas for various information technology VISTA packages, e.g.; Consult Tracking; PCE (Patient Care Encounter and Visit Tracking); ACRP (Ambulatory Care Reporting); TIU (Text Integration Utilities); and additional VISTA programs as added.

Test, debug and maintain software applications that meet functional requirements.

Train employees, identify inconsistencies, discussions with management of capabilities of computer software feasibly toward meeting their objectives, validating new programs and options.

Work Schedule: M-F 7:30 am-4:00 pm (subject to changed based on the needs of the service)
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Computer Assistant/PD07387O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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

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

Duties are but not limited to the following:

Clinical Duties:

1. Oversight: Clinically supervises the training of Nephrology fellows, residents, and medical students to provide quality patient-centered patient care in inpatient and outpatient settings. Ensures resident documentation, with required documented of supervision of all care by the attending physician, is completed in a timely manner per facility bylaws.
2. Examinations: Evaluates patients by examining thoroughly. Appropriate clinical, laboratory, and other pertinent data is obtained to determine care the patient is provided. Assess needs for renal replacement therapies.
3. Diagnosis: Ability to interpret and evaluate clinical data for the purpose of determining diagnosis and clinical status. Able to manage patients with kidney diseases, including but not limited to Chronic Kidney Disease, electrolyte disorders, glomerulonephritis (both primary and secondary), resistant hypertension, recurrent nephrolithiasis, and renal transplantation.
4. Therapeutic ability: Prescribes appropriate and timely treatment; applies indicated therapeutic procedures; recognizes and assess changes in behavior, symptoms, signs, and other pertinent facts about the patient and modifies the plan of treatment when indicated. Be proficient in various dialysis modalities, including Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies.
5. Effectiveness in Emergencies: The incumbent is readily available in emergencies; and quick in recognizing emergency situations and taking timely necessary action. Able to recognize severe electrolyte abnormalities, toxicities and urgent/emergent need for renal replacement therapy.
6. Patient Management: Develops and maintains rapport and gains the confidence of patients and relatives through competence and interpersonal skills to the end that patients and others are informed participants in the treatment effort. Provide face to face ambulatory care, telemedicine management, and compete electronic consultations for patients with kidney disease.
7. Consultations: Recognizes the need for consultation and utilizing facility or clinic specialty skills in diagnosis and treatment. Response to consultations in a timely manner, documents consultations according to procedure and is actively engaged with the primary team or clinician in collaborating on the patient's care and management.
8. Record keeping: History/physical and other examinations and group learning experiences where on services as the learning facilitator in the role of mentor or teacher for residents, trainees, or employees. Completes all medical record documentation in CPRS in a timely manner. History, physical, and treatment plan are accurate and clearly stated. All ambulatory notes and orders are to be completed and signed on same day. All encounters completed with proper level of service and/or procedure and related diagnosis
9. Participates in education and/or training of the residents, fellows and medical students in ambulatory setting or with inpatient teaching rounds.

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Duties performed include, but are not limited to the following:

• Technically proficient in initiating, performing and completing assigned duties in providing care to variable Veteran populations
• Knowledge and ability to appropriately carry out assigned Veteran care based on the Veterans' conditions; to use judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; and to accurately recognize, report and record relevant Veteran information
• Knowledge and skill in performing support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized practices or procedures, which include preparing the Veteran, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the Veteran's condition before, during, and following the procedure
• Recognizes and documents changes in Veteran's condition, reporting changes to the RN and/or provider; initiating action with direction
• Knowledge and ability to recognize urgent or emergent Veteran care situation, seek assistance of the RN and/or Provider, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions as directed
• Cares for Veterans in accordance with established nursing procedures, standards of care, VA ethical standards and plan of care
• Completed work should need only a general review by a RN or Provider for appropriateness and conformity with established standards of practice, policies/procedures

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The Medical Technologist - Quality Management Technologist serves as the Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager) in the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Section (PLMS) of the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center (OBVAMC). The incumbent serves as an authority to PLMS to assure compliance with inspection and accreditation requirements and regulations. Provides guidance and serves as an authority on accreditation regulations. Develops guidelines, assesses laboratory effectiveness, establishes, and maintains quality assurance and performance improvement programs. Duties include but not limited to:

• Serves as an authority on inspection and accreditation requirements and regulations to all OBVAMC Labs. Conducts desk audits or site visits, when appropriate, to assess compliance with VHA regulations, accreditation agency regulations, and PLMS policy/procedures.
• Advises the PLMS Service Chief and the Chief Medical Technologist (CMT) on quality management concerns that affect other services and the impact it may have on them.
• Coordinates service preparation for external reviews which include Joint Commission, OIG, CAP, FDA, etc., which may include completing survey questionnaires, scoring Joint Commission Standards in Accreditation, updating and revising appropriate policies, and assuring that departmental records are accurate and maintained appropriately.
• Develops, recommends, and updates General/Administrative laboratory policy and procedure manuals in compliance with applicable VHA, Joint Commission, and CAP accreditation requirements.
• Responsible for development and recommendation of all PLMS quality management policy memorandums as required. Ensuring that memorandums meet all applicable VHA, CAP, Joint Commission, FDA, and AABB regulations.
• Maintains membership on hospital and Network committees as appropriate: Patient Safety, Quality Management. Serves as PLMS liaison on these committees.
• Provides oversight, guidance, and advice in the development of required Quality Assurance monitors and focused reviews.
• Oversees design of data collection forms appropriate to the indicators being monitored, making recommendations and suggestions when necessary.
• Presents or assigns quality assurance data, quality management information and quality issues as they arise and their resolution at staff meetings.
• Performs an annual assessment of the PLMS QI/QA plan to determine the plan's effectiveness. This assessment includes any follow-up action taken as a result of QI/QA monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Maintains the CAP Proficiency Testing program for PLM&S. Ensures that all Proficiency Exams are logged and tracked in the system. Monitors proficiency testing results for all Laboratory Sections as required by accrediting agencies.
• Coordinates PLMS response to FDA product recalls. Serves as OBVAMC Laboratory representative for lab related FDA recalls.

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

• Pulls stock inventory and material for delivery; replenishes stock inventory; interacts with clinical and administrative customers and maintains records on stock levels;
• Communicates to the Lead or Supervisor any concerns related to supplies, equipment and procedures.
• Provides information to customers regarding medical supplies;
• Monitors expiration dates, rotates stock to limit outdates and removes items from use as required by outdates;
• Monitors and controls critical supplies;
• Performs daily inventory using bar coding equipment on a predetermined schedule that will allow for timely replenishment;
• Resolves differences between records and physical count of stock;
• Distributes items according to established or ad hoc requirements in computerized inventory management systems;
• Delivers supplies in a timely manner and ensures supplies and material delivered are in sterile and operational condition;
• Completes specialty cart preparation;
• Cleans assigned secondary areas in accordance with aseptic principles; and
• Receives supplies and material into the medical center's catchment area.

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The incumbent serves as the Caregiver Support Program (CSP) facility manager and provides a continuum of services, education and resources to caregivers of Veterans with complex needs. The incumbent overseas service delivery and coordination of care activities for family caregivers who provide personal care services to eligible Veterans regardless of period of service. The CSP is integrated with the family and other programs as it is critical the incumbent be based in the medical center to provide administrative and clinical support for any walk of Veterans

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Establishes and maintains an ongoing education program for Veterans, caregivers, and community agencies, students, and staff
• Develops and facilities CSP-Program focused direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs
• Develops and implements a plan for outreach to Veterans and Veteran caregivers who may benefit from CSP program services
• Maintains a current network of referral resources to include peer support mentoring groups, caregiver skill building and self-care educational opportunities, mental health support, legal and financial services
• Directs Social Work staff assigned to CSP and is the subject matter expert to the VA facility leadership and staff for all CSP issues
• Performs the administrative and personnel management function relative to staff supervised including personnel actions, clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments, and quality improvement
• Responsible for monitoring performance measures at the local, VISN, and Central Office levels
• Providing responses to congressional inquiries
• Oversees the daily operation of the CSP program

The CSP Program Manager (PM) Registered Nurse (RN) Nurse Manager (NM) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate beginning leadership skills and participates in specific program experiences. The NM is the designated first-line supervisory authority and is responsible for the supervisory/managerial direction of nursing staff and for the nursing operations of the Care giver support program. The CSP PM is the subject matter expert (SME) to VA facility leadership and staff for all CSP related issues and serves as a consultant to other VA professionals and administrators on program specific activities. Serves as a liaison to the Veterans Integrated Service Network Program (VISN) CSP Program and the VA Central Office (VACO) Program.

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 - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Telework: Not Authorized
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• The Home Based Primary Care (HBPC) RN facilitates in the delivery of quality nursing care for a group of patients through the utilization of the nursing process.
• Responsible for case management, assessment, triage, Veteran education, resource coordination, medication and treatment coordination, and care planning.
• This nurse plans and delivers technically competent care in the home of Veterans with complex needs, including health promotion, health prevention, geriatric care, primary care, and palliative care.
• Utilizes interventions, which maximize health capabilities and reduces unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits, per Veteran's goals of care.
• Makes home visits to Veterans in the program.
• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for the HBPC Program and facility.
• Provides peers with formal or informal constructive feedback for improvement.
• Supports colleagues and other nurses through HBPC knowledge sharing to provide safe, quality nursing care.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals.
• Evaluates outpatient outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for HBPC individuals, groups, and populations. Responsible for the documented HBPC outcomes at the program or service level.
• HBPC program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility.

• Directs the implementation of the Safety and Occupational Health Programs to include the worksite evaluation program, collection of records/accident statistics, safety awards, fire prevention, hazardous waste, and other regulatory programs.
• Coordinates the inspections of environmental conditions and assessment of hazards.
• Evaluates programs for compliance.
• Identify and implement remedial plans for violations or hazards.
• Conduct investigations of incidents involving injury and/or property loss.
• Coordinate with organizational leaders to identify abatement or mitigation strategies.