Total 20 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in USA, SC, Shaw AFB (1 Gabreski Dr)

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.

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.

• 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.

The Supervisory Healthcare Engineer (Deputy) must be competent in many aspects of managing Veterans Health Administration Healthcare Facility Engineering Programs including Interdisciplinary Engineering Coordination and Integration; Facility Maintenance and Operations Management; Construction Development, Management, and Oversight; Healthcare Facility Engineering Program Administration; Healthcare Regulatory, Safety, and Accreditation Compliance; Strategic Planning; Technical Personnel Supervision; and VA Inter Administration Stakeholder Collaboration. The duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, evaluating, and management process for Service Line programs, which include setting qualitative and quantitative standards.
• Develops and provides the Executive Leadership Team and the clinical staff information on the methods, techniques, and procedures necessary to integrate the Engineering, Maintenance, Biomedical, Capital Management, and other Engineering programs into the mission of the Medical Center.
• Responsible for strengthening and enhancing healthcare facility engineering and operations.
• Key managerial advisor reporting directly to the Chief Engineer. This position acts in the full authority and capacity of the Chief in his/her absence, and is relied on for authoritative advice on all aspects of engineering matters. This position is a fully participating technical advisor in all or almost all significant management planning, policy, and decision-making actions of the Medical Center except those of a primarily medical nature. This position is involved with long and short-range planning, establishing policy, and budgeting for the Medical Center, as well as for all Engineering Service programs.
• This position has significant decision-making authority, responsibility, and accountability on issues affecting all of Engineering Service. This position collaborates with operations and program managers to ensure integrated goals and priorities for Engineering Service are met.
• Oversees human resources management matters for the services, including development and implementation of succession and workforce plans.
• Oversees the Joint Commission (TJC) Environment of Care Programs for Utility Systems Management, Safety, Life Safety, and Medical Equipment Management for both this Medical Center and all Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in the Sacramento Valley Division.
• Creates and supports programs to ensure the healthcare system manages and maintains fire safety equipment, systems, and life safety building features. The Associate Chief Engineer responsibility for implementing, managing and monitoring a comprehensive Safety Program as defined by Department policy and meeting the Safety and Life Safety requirements of both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Joint Commission most recent edition of the Joint Commission Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (AMH).
• Responsible for providing professional engineering direction to ensure compliance with legislative and accrediting requirements at the Medical Center. These requirements include Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), etc.) and other applicable requirements.
• Researches and/or analyzes problems, issues, or program requirements related to all areas of the facility and all facets of Engineering Service.
• Provides expert analysis and advice on complex program issues. Based on operations and changing program requirements, identifies relevant issues.
• Devises new analytical techniques to evaluate findings.
• Responsible for development and implementation of the Medical Center's capital improvement program. This position works with medical activities to identify additional space needs and needed renovations. Identified needs are individually transformed to engineering requirements, estimated, accomplished locally, or included as part of a comprehensive plan for agency funding. Coordinates and oversees scheduling and layout of operations, inspection and surveillance of materials, methods, and equipment used in construction and renovation managed by subordinate engineers and engineering technicians. Provides technical resource information to other engineering supervisors.
• Creates and supports programs to ensure the healthcare system manages and maintains fire safety equipment, systems, and life safety building features. The Associate Chief Engineer responsibility for implementing, managing and monitoring a comprehensive Safety Program as defined by Department policy and meeting the Safety and Life Safety requirements of both the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Joint Commission most recent edition of the Joint Commission Accreditation Manual for Hospitals (AMH).

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

• Perform installation, maintenance, and/or repair of utility system (i.e., generators, switch gear, controls, circuit breakers) within a facility.
• Maintains controls for equipment in industrial , institutional, office, and residential building.
• Performs work under own responsibility in installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing electrical wiring systems and associated Fixtures, controls, and equipment in industrial, institutional, office and residential buildings.

• Identify and recommend areas of improvement related to the established processes and methods used in collecting and reporting of required clinic operating data.
• Act as the data quality program representative for the Military Treatment Facility (MTF), meets with key customer and coordinating officials to assess customer satisfaction, explain organization policy and procedures, and resolve problems that arise.
• Gather information from multiple data sources and a variety of data collection techniques using standard automated information retrieval systems and reports, Internet-based sources, ad hoc reports, and interviews with personnel.
• Serve as the organization’s subject matter expert for development and implementation of programs and projects that focus on improving/correcting business practices that impact data quality at various levels of the organization.
• Develop graphical presentations of statistical data, as well as composite material involving data and other types of material for briefings, studies, publications, and routine reports.
• Apply organizational standards to provide guidance for all levels of the organization’s staff concerning data quality.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

The DCQM provides executive leadership and direct supervision over the following areas: Accreditation, Risk Management, External Peer Review, and Patient Safety. Works towards achievement of high quality, safety, and cost effective evidence based outcomes on a continual journey of a high reliability organization. Collaborates with both administrative and clinical services to monitor quality and safety within the service and medical center. Ensures processes are in place for continued accreditation readiness and participates in rounds to survey clinical departments. Functions as facilitator in implementing action plans and process improvement strategies at services and medical center for follow up to include regular progress reports. Reviews quality data for trends and early intervention. Applies clinical performance improvement methods, collects outcome data related to policy, procedure, and regulatory compliance and in collaboration with management, initiates performance improvement monitoring projects. Utilizes data and comparative analytical processes in recommending design and implementation of innovative programs to improve service excellence, customer satisfaction, and compliance to patient care and regulatory standards. Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Provides executive input in the strategic planning, budget, mission, operational planning, and policy development for local and network efforts.
2. Utilizes current trends and relevant theories in an analytical framework to design/modify, implement, and measure integrated programs and activities to achieve clinical and administrative goals of the medical center and/or network. Evaluates outcomes against strategic priorities.
3. Demonstrates substantial and continuous responsibility for directing and managing an integrated program.
4. Consultant to medical center staff and greater community in areas of expertise.
5. Demonstrates expert practice that goes beyond the unit to encompass a program, an entire service, or across service lines and improves clinical outcomes.
6. Develops and implements strategies to address care quality problems for patients.
7. Develops/reviews Nursing Service/Medical Center Policies, procedures and standards as appropriate.
8. Demonstrates grade-appropriate, consistent critical thinking skills.

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.

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.

Duty 1: Plans, coordinates, and assesses activities in specific areas of safety and occupational health necessary to the overall execution of the installation occupational safety program and integration with other specialties to ensure safe, secure, effective nuclear operations.

Duty 2: Plans and conducts investigations and analysis of mishaps and hazardous conditions to determine origin, causes, and contributing elements and prepares written evaluation reports concerning findings and proposed recommendations.

Duty 3: Plans, coordinates and evaluates activities necessary to the overall execution of a broad and diverse range safety program.

Duty 4: Develops and provides technical safety training/instruction to supervisors, employees, and/or unit safety representatives on a wide range of work operations areas, such as development and maintenance of job safety training outlines/plans (JSTOs), traffic safety techniques, motorcycle safety, proper storage of hazardous materials, common laboratory hazards, and building evacuation procedures.

The Nurse IV Deputy Chief of Quality Management for Performance Improvement executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines, influence organizational mission and health care. The DCQMPI initiates, develops, leads, and directs the facility systems redesign, performance measures management, data analytics, High Reliability Organization, and Pathways to Excellence/Evidence Based Practice initiatives and programs. The DCQMPI works collaboratively with the Clinical Service Chiefs, Administrative Service Chiefs, and Nursing Leadership to achieve VA Northern California Health Care System, In the absence of the Chief of Quality Management (CQM), the incumbent acts as a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and has executive decision-making authority over areas of responsibility within Quality Management Service as well as the accreditation, risk management, and patient safety programs. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The DCQMPI provides executive leadership and direct supervision over the following areas: systems redesign, performance improvement, data analytics, HRO, and Pathways to Excellence/Evidence Based Practice initiatives.

LEADERSHIP: Inspires individual and organizational excellence, creates a shared vision, and successfully leads change to improve organizational performance?& attain measurable performance outcomes. Expectations:

1. Develops, organizes, and directs clinical and non-clinical operational aspects with an added emphasis on delivering services where it is needed.
2. Routinely analyzes plans and actions related to practice, quality and safety issues to identify and improve performance and attain national outcomes for Veteran healthcare.
3. Able to inspire staff at the VA Central Office (VACO) and network levels in order to build consensus and cooperation, and a shared vision to advance goals for Veteran healthcare.

1. Provides guidance and oversight of national program management to ensure proper resource utilization.
2. Participates in continuous learning to successfully promote and apply economic concepts and business models to set priorities.
3. Assesses and evaluates national patient care delivery policies and programs to support their nursing professional development and senior leadership goals.

1. Assists with the creation at the organizational level, of a diverse and inclusive national program office workforce to serve Veterans, families, and caregivers of all backgrounds.
2. Seeks and utilizes healthcare policy and practices to enable the delivery of reliable and accessible healthcare.
3. Recognizes, cultivates, and integrates cultural health care practices that address social and health inequities.

1. Establishes and maintains highly effective relationships at the VACO, VISN and facility levels of the organization.
2. Relates effectively with national program staff and leaders at the program and service level.
3. Communicates with transparency, clarity, and integrity.
4. Sustains relationships at all levels to advance strategic action plans.

1. Advocates for holistic care and health equity in patient care.
2. Advances one's knowledge through the continual application of evidence-based research.
3. Translates, supports, and integrates evidence into practice throughout the national program office.
4. Develops and supports an environment for ethical decision-making throughout the organization.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Observes patient status and keeps licensed personnel informed of any change in condition.
• Provides geriatric-specific care.
• Performs Patient Transport with or without cardiac monitor.
• Administration of medication.
• Assists licensed personnel with the delivery of care to patients with complex, specialized, and potentially life-threatening situations.
• Responds to medical emergencies as a part of the Rapid Response Team (RRT), Code Blue team, or medical transport team.
• Initiates cardiopulmonary resuscitation (BLS), use of automatic external defibrillator, and assists with airway management using bag-valve-mask (BVM), oral airway or nasal airway.
• Performs Cardiovascular monitoring to include: providing support, relief, and coverage as needed to central station telemetry.
• Recognizing lethal rhythms/arrhythmias (i.e. ventricular fibrillation and asystole) and immediately notifies appropriate staff.
• Collects specimens.
• Assists in behavioral/psychiatric situations in an emergency setting.
• Sets up equipment and surgical instrumentation.
• Performs Vital Signs and Point of Care Testing.
• Operates specialized medical equipment and assists with patient exams and screenings.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Receiving work assignments and direction regarding work methods, procedures and schedules from either the Transportation Coordinator and/or the Mobility Manager.
• Arriving at and departing from pickup and discharge points at scheduled times.
• Reading installation maps and judges road/traffic conditions to determine the shortest and safest route.
• Enforcing passenger safety and seatbelt use.
• Using multiple variations of Mobile Data Computer (MDC) in and out of the vehicles for assigned trips and duties daily.
• Loading and unloading patients and medical supplies.
• Performing operator maintenance such as checking fluid levels and air pressure in tires, cleaning and washing of vehicles, and performing inspection checklists to ensure safe and proper operation.
• Maintaining records and document actions, such as operator inspection checklists/forms and accident/incident reports.
• Using two-way radios (or other device) to maintain communications with dispatcher/supervisor on assignments and locations.
• Possessing a current, valid California-issued driver's license is required for the position with passenger endorsement.
• Required California driver license with passenger endorsement
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Major duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Responds to all callers' needs with appropriate reply (s) including but not limited to, fielding questions, facilitating scheduling of patients, returning patient calls as needed, taking messages, etc. Must have thorough knowledge of all Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Service clinics.
• Completes appropriate forms and works with BDMS clerical staff to schedule/cancel patient appointments. Schedules patients based on pre-determined prioritization criteria. Must be able to understand the criteria and apply the knowledge correctly.
• Notifies patients of rescheduled appointments if necessary. Prepares new patient forms for each clinic day. Maintains files with efficiency; filing, routing, and culling as necessary. Prepares documents as needed, i.e., reports, exercise handouts.
• Independently orders needed supplies and restocks clinic rooms as necessary. Calls patients from waiting area back to exam/procedure room. Demonstrates basic knowledge of VA benefit eligibility. Independently refers eligibility and benefits questions to correct office in a timely.
• Incumbent will assist the Administrative Support Assistant with the performance of Timekeeping in VATAS to include, but not limited to, entering employee work tours, accurately and timely posting annual leave, sick leave, authorized absence, etc.
• Assists Physicians, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, and Recreational Therapists with treatments under direct supervision of a Therapist or Physician. Assists with administering clinical tests mild measures as directed by and under direct supervision of a Therapist or Physician. Assists with set up of clinical equipment as needed. This includes the unpacking of assistive devices and other equipment used by the service and/or provided to patients through the service.
• Performs basic fitting of assistive devices to patients and provides patient education the use of the equipment. Orders and monitors supply of assistive devices for all clinics under the purview of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. Assists with patient groups, facilitating participation of group members and assisting with the implementation of exercise programs.