Total 26 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Tampa, FL, USA

The Assistant Chief Nurse, Nursing Operations reports to the Chief Nurse, Operations. They serve as a key member of the nursing leadership team and hold shared responsibility for all aspects of care that fall under the operations service line including Emergency Department, and Surge Team, Nursing Supervisors, Resource/Float pool, Patient Safety Nursing Assistant Pools, Inpatient Transport Team, Wound Care Team, PICC Team, Inpatient Diabetic Educator, and Nursing Timekeepers. They are responsible for supporting the Chief Nurse, Operations, Deputy ADPCS, and ADPCS in providing administrative oversight and direction for all programs within the service.

• The Assistant Chief Nurse, Nursing Operations supports the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of patient-centered and organizational goals.
• They support a High-Reliability Organization (HRO) with a culture of safety founded on a systems approach to developing evidence-based healthcare solutions based on prevention, not punishment, with collective mindfulness.
• The Assistant Chief Nurse, Nursing Operations collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility and network. They work closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veteran Affairs (VA) staff nationwide. The Chief Nurse, Nursing Operations relates effectively with customers, families, the community, and program and service leaders at the local and network levels
• The Assistant Chief Nurse, Nursing Operations supports the development and administration of service-related administrative and clinical programs, utilizing the nursing process as appropriate. They provide leadership and guidance to subordinates, assisting them in carrying out the expected functions and activities. They serve as a change agent, helping others understand the importance, impact, and process of implementing mindset change and continuous quality improvement
• The Assistant Chief Nurse supports the Chief Nurse, Deputy ADPCS, and ADPCS in ensuring all staff under their supervision understand and follow accreditation and regulatory compliance. They review various dashboards and metrics to identify trends, implement early intervention, and formulate follow-up plans with multidisciplinary administrative and clinical stakeholders to ensure high-performing teams.

Duties listed but are not limited to:

• Maintain a positive therapeutic relationships by displaying respect for human dignity with patient, families and/or significant others utilizing learned communication skills
• Begins to utilize observation skills for data collection, reporting, and recording patient/resident observations
• Learning to perform aspects of nursing care to meet patient's needs for the following under close supervision and with direction/guidance from a preceptor:
  • Personal Hygiene
  • Physical Comfort
  • Activity, Exercise, Rest
  • Nutrition
  • Elimination
  • Prevention of Skin Breakdown
  • Rehabilitative Aspects of Care
  • Turning and repositioning
• Maintaining a safe clean and therapeutic environment for patients by performing such activities as checking equipment, assessing safety hazards, straightening procedural and storage areas, cleaning stretchers and wheelchairs between patient uses.
• Participate in maintenance of an optimal infection control program.
• Recognizes changes in the patient's condition and behavior and reporting this to the registered nurse.

The James A Haley Spinal Cord Injury is looking for experienced Registered Nurses to join our spinal cord injury team to assist in caring for our veterans. Our Spinal Cord Injury units have diverse work environment, housing multigenerational veterans with varying co-morbidities including Spinal cord injuries, ALS, MS, Dementia, PTSD, palliative, hospice etc. who require daily assistance with some or all ADLS. The registered nurses help the team to ensure proper, compassionate, and timely medical care for the veteran patients. The SCI service has multiple positions available: Med Surg, Rehab, Ventilator, and Long Term Care.

As a Staff Nurse you will provide care to acute and chronically ill spinal cord injury Veterans. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse's obligation to provide optimal care.
• The focus is on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self-direction.
• Ability to formulate a plan of care based on nursing assessments.
• Seeks guidance in how to improve care provided to patients and families.
• Delegates elements of care to the appropriate individual based upon assessed needs, condition, and safety of the patient.
• The nurse brings principles and theory with limited application of critical thinking skills.
• Responsible for participating in activities supporting nursing excellence, quality improvement and unit based and/or organizational level Shared Governance councils.
• Accountable for utilizing clinical expertise and evidence-based practice to find innovative approaches to address concerns to improve the quality care provided to our veterans.
• The incumbent may be required to travel to alternate facilities/sites within the Tampa VA Hospital and Clinics catchment area to provide patient care via cross coverage or reassignments.

This announcement will close at 11:59 pm (EST), December 2, 2024 OR at 11:59 pm (EST) on the day 75 applications are received, whichever comes first.

Major duties include, but are not limited to the following:

Accounting and Budget Technical

• Examines, verifies, and maintains financial accounts and accounting data and classifies accounting transactions including the verification of the accuracy and completeness of the accounting data.
• Receives and analyzes various types of documents to determine validity, budget expenditure impact, completeness, and correctness of the budgetary data.
• Determines proper cost centers, budget object codes, appropriations, and fund control points to be entered into the financial system of record. All documents must be reviewed for accuracy prior to obligation of funds.

• Reviews federal travel regulations and VA travel policies to ensure that the correct entitlements are approved for each traveler.
• Serves as the administrator for the travel management system, creating and maintaining accounts, creating routing lists for approvals, resetting passwords and assigning appropriate access levels.
• Assists customers in entering requests for supervisory and SES approval for temporary duty travel (TOY) in compliance with VA travel policy.
• Creates and/or reviews travel authorizations in the travel management system, outlining the entitlements for each employee and ensuring that all required supporting documentation is attached.

• Manages the Employee Travel Card Program and ensures the integrity of the card program.
• Oversees and performs account maintenance such as initiating applications, increasing and decreasing limits, and cancelling or transferring cards.
• Maintains physical security of travel cards that are sent from the bank until they are issued to the user.
• Conducts audits of card activity to include but not limited to misuse of the card during periods of non-travel, unauthorized expenditures during travel, non-payment and delinquent accounts.

• Researches and interprets which appropriation and fund a document and subsequent accounting transactions will affect.
• Works with customers to ensure mission needs are met with adhering to travel regulations and policies
• Communicates with customers in a courteous and respectful manner to assist them with their travel needs and provides timely information on status of travel requests and policy and procedures which will affect travel

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Performs a full range of simple cooking which entails the preparation and cooking of meals that require little or no processing.
• Follows menus, production sheets and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed.
• Performs full range of simple cooking by preparing and cooking items requiring little or no processing such as hot cereals, concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, and gravies.
• Grills eggs, hamburgers, meat patties, pancakes, French toast; broils meats; makes cold sandwich fillings and assembles a variety of sandwiches.
• Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables; bakes frozen potatoes, pre-made cookie dough, muffin batters.
• Prepares and heats convenience items such as frozen hash browns, fish fillets, and chicken nuggets; prepares pureed foods and adjusts consistency with thickeners.
• Washes, peels and cuts fruits and vegetables by hand or machine. Assembles and mixes salad ingredients and dessert items including gelatin molds and fruit crisps.
• Washes, peels, chops, grinds, pares, cuts, slices, dices, purees, dredges, flours, breads items.
• Weighs, measures, assembles ingredients for regular and modified diets.
• Combines ingredients according to precisely written recipes to produce quality food items, minimizing preparation time and food waste.
• Pans foods for bulk rethermalization according to recipe guidelines and production guidelines.
• Cleans, stores and maintains all kitchen utensils, equipment and work areas practicing a "clean as you go" concept.
• Cleans and sanitizes assigned work areas: worktables, sinks, blast chillers, racks, carts.
• Achieves certification in ServSafe and can apply knowledge of food safety, food temperatures, etc.
• Operates dish machine; checks detergent level and water temperature before washing and sanitizing cook's equipment. Checks equipment to make sure it is free of food residue and soap.

The GS-9 Vascular Technologist preforms the following:
a. Patient assessments involving, verifying patient identification and the requested procedure is appropriate for the patient history and complaints. The technologist is expected to take a history and review the patient medical record in addition to assessing the patient's ability to tolerate the procedure and determining if any contraindications to the procedure exist. These skills distinguish the Vascular MIT form a technician who preforms an examination by rote. Obtaining this highly specialized set of skills required adequate training and clinical experience.
b. Performs high quality ultrasound examinations and other diagnostic modalities to analyze the data of the neck, abdomen and extremities that will assist in the diagnosis and treatment of patient medical disorders.
c. Technologist is responsible for performing, but not limited to, the following specialized studies, and all examinations performed in the Vascular Lab require a pertinent examination:

• i. Peripheral arterial and digital artery evaluations, requiring segmental blood pressure measurements in the arms and legs as well as blood pressure measurements using both Doppler ultrasound and plethysmography in the toes and fingers. Exercise testing requiring use of treadmill with pre and post exercise measurements.
• ii. Venous Studies- Use of ultrasound Doppler velocity detector and the color imaging device to survey peripheral in both the upper and lower extremities, recording the flow signals as required. Distinguishing between normal and abnormal venous flow patterns in response to a variety of manipulations. Evaluate for both venous obstruction and venous insufficiency.
• iii. Non-invasive cerebrovascular evaluation including the recording and interpretation of pulse wave Doppler velocity waveforms from the cervical carotid arteries. Distinguishing between the internal and external carotid flow pattern and must be aware of how these patterns are altered in disease. This study also requires the use of the color flow Doppler to obtain non-invasive images of the cervical carotid vessels in normal and disease state, interpreting the images and wave forms generated as is required.
• iv. Temporal Artery-Use of duplex ultrasound to evaluate the temporal artery, recording flow signals and measurements a required. Distinguishing between normal and abnormal findings.
• v. Abdomen duplex-Evaluating abdominal arteries with Doppler and color flow to identify abnormalities, stenosis and/or occlusions.
• vi. Non-invasive surveillance of grafts (vein and PTFE), endovascular stents (iliac, EVAR, FEVAR, renal and cerebrovascular) assess flow hemodynamics and stent contour; dialysis access pre-operatively and pre-cannulation and mesenteric/splanchnic artery evaluation. Specialized requests for preop evaluations (ie forearm flap used in mandibular reconstruction, radial artery evaluation for CABG).
• vii. Operate vascular lab equipment and assists Vascular Surgeon during procedures or surgery cases. Technologist is knowledgeable in sterile technique and procedure. Assists the vascular and general surgeons in surgery for intra-op carotid endarterectomies, bypass grafts of the lower extremities and other necessary surgical cases.

The Lead MSA routinely interacts with MSA staff and collaborates with other members of an expanded health care team to assist in providing a robust interdisciplinary approach to care. The Lead MSA monitors daily work assignments and balances workload among MSA staff. The Lead MSA provides input on performance regarding quality of work, accuracy and timeliness of scheduling appointments, and compliance with National Radiology Scheduling Directives and Medical Center Policies.

Lead Medical Support Assistant duties consist of but are not limited to the following:

• Scheduling/coordinating appointments using advanced clinic access principles.
• Daily review of active/pending consults and open Return to Clinic Orders (RTC's), Electronic Wait,
• Recall list and Audio-care communications, VeText, Near report and VA Online Scheduling for accuracy and disposition.
• Pulls reports to ensure that the work has been completed.
• Conducts reviews to ensure quality of work and to ensure accurate and timely scheduling of appointments.
• Assure staff collect, scan, and update health insurance information serving a major role in the revenue process.
• Train staff to ensure is in compliance, reporting quality assurance, and budgetary initiatives.
• Develops ways to resolve problems with the administrative and clinical staff on access, customer service, patient flow, revenue, and data validation issues, action plans, monitoring and reporting.
• Acting as a receptionist at the clinic, either face-to-face or telephonically
• Additional duties or tasks may be assigned by the supervisor to ensure efficient daily operations.

• Assignments require the advanced knowledge of the theories, principles, technical practices and detailed cellular structures specific to all areas of cytotechnology (includes gynecological and non-gynecological specimens).
• Knowledge of medical and pathological processes to triage specimens to appropriate ancillary diagnostic tests such as flow cytometry, electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry, based upon minimal information and without written guidance. Incorporate new molecular technologies such as DNA testing for viruses, cytogenetic analysis of tumors, molecular markers of disease.
• The cytotechnologist is an integral part of the health care team and is directly involved in patient care through diagnostic assistance during costly procedures (CT scan, bronchoscopy, aspiration biopsy). Cytotechnologists must incorporate medical knowledge of pathologic entities into diagnosis evaluation and specimen triage. Since interpretive errors can result in medical mismanagement, and are the major cause of pathology litigation, the degree of personal responsibility in this position is high.
• Professional knowledge of cytotechnology concepts, principles, and methodologies sufficient to develop and establish procedures for cytological determinations is required to perform the more difficult and infrequent procedures, as well as to evaluate, modify, and implement new methods.
• Knowledge to perform screening and processing, as well as citing recommendations for more specific diagnostic testing. Maintain a thorough understanding of the ultrastructural characteristics of both normal and abnormal cells obtained from numerous body sites in order to differentiate between neoplastic (benign and malignant) and non-neoplastic disease processes. Independent judgment is essential in deciding which cases are within normal limits as opposed to those cases which require further interpretation. Consistency in judgment in the development of a differential diagnosis by the use of observation, application, analysis and synthesis is crucial.
• Knowledge of special staining procedures, applications, and interpretation. Theoretical and practical knowledge of the standard state-of-the-art methods of collection and preparation of specimens for all types of cytological evaluation.
• Knowledge of CAP and Joint Commission standards to maintain accreditation, medico legal responsibilities, federal and state laws and regulations sufficient to ensure that cytology plans and procedures are consistent with those requirements.
• Knowledge of immunopathologic principles and methodologies. Knowledge of medical terminology sufficient to communicate in an organized, articulate, and accurate manner to the medical staff.
• Knowledge of quality control systems, corrective actions, inspection and accreditation, proficiency testing programs, and procedures for preventive maintenance and 2 performance testing of instruments and equipment sufficient to identify and resolve problems and assure compliance with appropriate requirements.
• Knowledge of the types of surveillance needed to monitor variables that affect quality of services and skills in evaluating, interpreting, and teaching others to use quality control procedures and implementing corrective actions where indicated.
• Mastery of cytopathology principles, concepts, and methods to apply new scientific/technological developments and theories to major problems not susceptible to treatment by accepted methods and/or take actions or make recommendations which have significant impact on existing agency/national policies and programs. Typically the cytotechnologist is recognized as a technical authority in a particular discipline or function.
• Knowledge & skill sufficient to evaluate and approve clinical laboratories for CAP accreditation throughout a multistate region. Assignments require expert knowledge of all aspects of laboratory practice as well as statutory requirements and published rule & regulations to plan and conduct the surveys of laboratories; assure compliance of CAP and Joint Commission standards; develop & recommend regulations, criteria, and standards for laboratory certification; provide technical assistance to other laboratories, professional organizations, & others in developing laboratory/surveyor improvement programs, providing training, modifying guidelines/procedures to make them compatible with Federal requirements, etc.; provide authoritative advice and consultation on the interpretation and application of Medicare/Medicaid standards for medical laboratory services & other cytopathology related issues; & collaborate with other regions and programs of the agency in developing national guideline materials.

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Social Workers at this level are licensed or certified to independently practice social work. Incumbents are assigned to all program areas, including, but not limited to the following: inpatient or outpatient medicine, surgery, mental health, neurology, specialty medicine, rehabilitation medicine, and geriatrics. They provide professional, independent social work services in the assigned area.: a) assessing and documenting identified behaviors or symptoms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and/or intimate partner violence; b) use of clinical social work skills and knowledge to maintain Veteran privacy and confidentiality per policies, handbooks or directives; and c) acting as an advocate with appropriate VA and community service providers and agencies when it serves the best interest of the Veteran and family members/caregiver.

Additional duties include, but are not limited to the following

• Adhere to Service Line Agreements, (SLA) Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for documentation. Adhere to approved templates and required standards for documentation as outlined by accrediting bodies such as Joint Commission, CARF, and/or revenue sources providing funding to Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
• Provide documentation sufficient to meet the needs of various interdisciplinary teams engaged in the discharge planning process both within the facility and for potential placement and/or aftercare
• programs/facilities.
• Adhere to SLA, SOP, and directives for clinical contact with patients, families, and collateral providers over the course of treatment, which includes pre-admission, program participation, and post-discharge follow­-up.
• Provide individualize care coordination and discharge planning highlighting patient's strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences within patient interaction, Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings, along with family and collateral contacts.
• Advise supervisor and IDT on identified treatment goals, priorities, and disposition options and progress.
• Ensuring patients have access to care via completion of required documents, 1010s, Advanced Directive, and other forms that assist with access to care within the VA or the community.
• Will participate in survey accreditation(s) ensuring standards are adhered to within their social work practice, unit/service and at the facility level as well (i.e. infection control and safety).
• Participate in all assigned supervisory meetings to include individual, team huddles, and will participate in, both social work and matrix, staff meetings.
• Will participate on all assigned committees, work groups within or external to the facility. Supervisory approval is required prior to working with a committee within or external to the facility. (See business compliance regarding non-VHA committee participation).
• Participate in coverage for social work services on the assigned unit/service, and when needed for other social work teams inpatient and outpatient as needed.
• Will maintain a social work license without interruption.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Participating actively in gathering information for various administrative reports and in resolving problems associated with the clerical work of the office.
• Performing various clerical support and typing duties for the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS), as well as other staff of the Mental Health & Behavioral Sciences Service.
• Screening/ receiving visitors/ phone calls to the ACOS office, Section Chiefs, Program Managers, and the administrative offices.
• Responding to inquiries and administrative problems brought to the ACOS office by members of the staff, officials of agency's central office, State and local governments, other hospitals and organizations, other Federal agencies, and congressional staff.
• Exercising exclusive control over the ACOS daily appointments with complete authority for commitments of time. Arranging conferences and meetings without specific prior approval based on the knowledge of the ACOS schedule.
• Arranging for conferences for the ACOS, and at the request of Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) or VA Central Office (VACO) officials, for meetings to be held locally. This includes preparing an agenda, notifying participants, and arranging luncheons and similar matters. Developing background information, composing drafts of introduction and talks to be presented at various meetings by the ACOS.
• Handling sensitive medical information concerning veterans and employees in carrying out assigned duties.
• Independently assembling, preparing, and transmitting agenda for all monthly meetings of the Clinical Executive Board and Council of Chiefs.
• Using word processing equipment in typing a variety of correspondence emanating out of MH&BSS and Administrative Assistant to the ACOS. Hardware consists of a personal computer with software packages, which include Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, with new packages added as required.
• Maintaining timecards for all MH&BSS Supervisors and Administrative support. Must be knowledgeable of current timekeeping rules and regulations of full-time and part-time physicians and possess the ability to advise other clinical timekeepers of these rules and regulations.
• Preparing and maintaining schedules of a rotational nature for equitable physician responsibilities in the area of On-call schedules, Back-up triage messaging coverage, and for Bi­weekly case conferences.
• Screening requests from patients for review of their treatment by the Chief attempting to resolve the problem and referring to the Administrative Section Chief and or appropriate Clinical Section Chief when necessary.
• Exhibiting sound judgment in dealing with the various crisis calls from both psychiatric patients and their families which come through the Office of the Chief.
• Receiving all correspondence for the Associate Chief of Staff office; replies to mail not requiring the ACOS attention; routes matters requiring action by hospital service chiefs; and follows up to ensure that actions are completed.
• Making arrangements for travel and lodgings for the ACOS including scheduling of visits, hotel reservations, airline reservations, etc.
• Reading all incoming correspondence, to determine any proper action, many times preparing answers before referring to the ACOS.
• Responsible for contacting and making all arrangements necessary with the National Clozapine Coordinating Center once a patient has been approved by the Clozapine Committee to receive this controlled medication.
• Assisting in preparation of requests for new grants and annual reporting on existing grants by gathering information concerning supplies, equipment, personnel, publications, etc.
• Having communications skills required to deal with members of National Media Groups such as CNN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, in serving as the "frontline" for calls to the ACOS, Mental Health & Behavioral Science Services.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Acts as the point of contact for the VIST Team and patients.
• Prescreens patients and obtains patient information.
• Communicates with patients· and assists with determining service eligibility, and sends specific written information to the patient concerning the initial scheduled service and other appropriate services as indicated.
• Schedules patients' appointments and places a patient reminder call and appropriate letters for all patient appointments with the VIST Team.
• Processes incoming and outgoing materials such as correspondence, reports, memoranda, and other forms of written or electronic communication.
• Composes letters and reports, reviews correspondence for accuracy and completeness, assists with preparation of presentation outlines and materials, and develops form letters and replies to inquiries
• Extracts data and builds data tables
• Triages phone calls
• Receives, schedules, refers, and contacts members of the staff, agency, and persons outside the agency ranging from other government agencies to community organizations.
• Acts as liaison to other managers and staff of the Ophthalmology/Optometry Clinic, Visual Impairment Services, Blind Rehab Outpatient Specialist (BROS) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Audiology, Social Workers, Vocational Rehabilitation and other blind related agencies.

The FTC must be very adept at understanding the needs and requirements of the Specialty Care Providers for the delivery of Primary Care and Specialty Care as well as the clinic adjustments needed to provide remote access to care for the veteran.

Duties include but are not limited to :

• The Facility Telehealth Coordinator serves as the telehealth consultant for all aspects of telehealth use, including facilitating training of the Telehealth Clinical Technicians and providers at the CBOCs and OPCs in the VAHCS. This requires training the personnel in each facility that will provide the hands-on requirements for the interactive video encounters, in their role as educators, for individual patients and participating physicians in this realm of consultation and care.
• Commensurately, the FTC ensures that personnel engaging in telehealth activities meet the competency levels required by the VISN and the VHA Office of Telehealth Services.
• Provides leadership in evaluation and implementation of new clinical video telehealth and store & forward technology in coordination with the VISN Telehealth Director.
• Provides consultation in the evaluation and implementation of new CVT technology in coordination with IRMS and the VISN Telehealth Director.
• The FTC is responsible for proposal and implementation of pilot projects in CVT and S&F for telehealth consultation and treatment with responsibility for developing outcomes, measurement, and the collection and validation of the results of the pilots.
• The FTC is responsible for establishing clinic set-up in CVT and SFT at facilities, overseeing the scheduling into these clinics, facilitating the encounters between patient and physician, and ensuring the technical integrity of the encounter. This includes implementing long new distance care models, multi-site coordination, problem resolution and ensuring the stability of the equipment during the encounter.
• The FTC collaborates with the regional Office of Information & Technology and local Biomedical Engineering staff to ensure appropriate video quality specific to the type of encounter and assures availability and appropriate use of the peripheral devices necessary to conduct the encounter.
• Consistently monitors utilization, fiscal impact, challenges, and outcomes of telehealth clinical applications. Seeks opportunities for appropriate program expansion, including external support and resources where indicated.

The Nurse Recruiter provides leadership in delivering and improving the processes of recruitment, onboarding, and retention of the nursing workforce. The Nurse Recruiter uses their leadership and expertise of nursing practice, clinical knowledge, and data to assess, plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate recruitment and retention efforts of nursing staff.

The Nurse Recruiter provides advance understanding in the effort to identify highly qualified talent for their facilities. Ensures candidates align with the mission of caring for Veterans.

The Duties and Responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the following:

• Leads and organizes the provision of complex recruitment and retention needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with recruitment and retention standards of practice at the program/service level or beyond.
• Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead in planning, decision-making, and evaluating data outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting.
• Applies nursing recruitment and retention expertise to lead improvement, with demonstrated outcomes within facility, VISN and national settings.
• Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to implement nurse recruitment and retention plans.
• Utilizes expert knowledge of qualification standards and clinical experience to align nursing workforce candidates with appropriate positions.
• Serves as a liaison by using expert clinical knowledge to facilitate candidate experience and engagement throughout the onboarding process.
• Organizes assigned resources and identifies creative strategies to increase efficiency within recruitment and retention.
• Leads stakeholders in identifying and securing appropriate and available resources to address recruitment and retention needs.
• Enhances knowledge base and practice evaluation, at the expert level, with improved outcomes at the program or the facility level.
• Utilizes expert clinical knowledge in nursing recruitment and retention to lead education initiatives to improve outcomes at and/or beyond the facility.

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

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Senior Social Worker duties include but not limited to:

• Adhere to Service Line Agreements, Standard Operating Procedures for documentation.
• Adhere to approved templates and required standards for documentation as outlined by accrediting bodies such as Joint Commission, CARF, and/or revenue sources providing funding to VHA.
• Provide documentation sufficient to meet the needs of various interdisciplinary teams engaged in the discharge planning process both within the facility and for potential placement and/or aftercare programs/facilities.
• Adhere to SLA, SOP, and directives for clinical contact with patients, families, and collateral providers over the course of treatment, which includes pre-admission, program participation, and post discharge follow up.
• Provide individualized care coordination and discharge planning highlighting patients strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences within patient interaction, interdisciplinary team meetings, along with family and collateral contacts.
• Advise supervisor and IDT on identified treatment goals, priorities, and disposition options and progress.
• Ensuring patients have access to care via completion of required documents, 1010s, Advanced Directive, and other forms that assist with access to care within the VA or the community.
• Will participate in survey accreditation ensuring standards are adhered to within their social work practice, unit/service and at the facility level as well.
• Participate in continuous survey readiness through ensuring reports, PI Projects, and other documentation required for accreditation are current and up to date.
• Will participate in all assigned supervisory meetings to include individual, team huddles, and will participate in both social work and matrix staff meetings.
• Participate on all assigned committees, work groups within or external to the facility.
• Will participate in coverage for social work services on the assigned unit/service, and when needed for other social work teams inpatient and outpatient as needed.
• Will maintain a social work licensure.

The Lead MSA routinely interacts with MSA staff and collaborates with other members of an expanded health care team to assist in providing a robust interdisciplinary approach to care. The Lead MSA monitors daily work assignments and balances workload among MSA staff. The Lead MSA provides input on performance regarding quality of work, and Medical Center Policies.

Lead Medical Support Assistant duties consist of but are not limited to the following:

• Scheduling/coordinating appointments using advanced clinic access principles.
• Daily review of active/pending consults and open Return to Clinic Orders (RTC's).
• Ensures Code-Purple forms and medication administration reports(MARS) are up to date via communication with clinical staff.
• Pulls reports to ensure that the work has been completed.
• Conducts reviews to ensure quality of work and to ensure accurate and timely scheduling of appointments.
• Assure staff collect, scan, and update health insurance information serving a major role in the revenue process.
• Train staff to ensure is in compliance, reporting quality assurance, and budgetary initiatives.
• Develops ways to resolve problems with the administrative and clinical staff on access, customer service, patient flow, revenue, and data validation issues, action plans, monitoring and reporting.
• Assemble patient hardback charts at time of patient admission, and consolidate patient hardback charts at time of discharge.
• Acting as a receptionist at the clinic, either face-to-face or telephonically.
• Perform timekeeping duties and additional tasks assigned by the supervisor to ensure efficient daily operations.