Total 194 job vacancies by Indian Health Service

• Provides comprehensive nursing care to ambulatory patients in the Diabetes Program.
• Assesses and triages patients' conditions and prepares patients for test, exams and treatments
• Administers prescribed oral medications, hypodermic injections and intravenous medications.
• Sets up and operates specialized equipment, such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, EKG machines, resuscitators and suction machines.
• Coordinates health care needs through making referrals to other specialty clinics and community resources.
• Works with members of the Diabetes Team to maintain an accurate patient registry to follow up on patients that have not been seen within the past 12 months, and to follow up on patients who require intensive management.
• Attends and participates in meetings, performs other duties as needed to fulfill the mission of the Diabetes Program and Gallup Service Unit.

• Vacuums, dusts, mops floors, stairways, corridors, utility rooms, offices, employees' lounges, bathrooms and other assigned areas daily.
• Polishes and buffs floors daily with electric floor polishers. Strips and reapplies floor sealer as necessary. Use vacuum cleaner with water equipment attachments for wet floor pickup, floor pickup, floor plumbing overflow and other floor flooding cleaning methods.
• Cleans exam rooms in clinics on special cleaning detail as instructed using proper antiseptic techniques.
• Implements and maintains a system and insures that standards of quality of laundering are met. Collects soiled linen and carries to laundry and/or debris disposal area.
• Cleans rooms after patients have been seen, after clinics are complete or as directed.

• Provides comprehensive nursing care to ambulatory patients in the Diabetes Program.
• Assesses and triages patients' conditions and prepares patients for test, exams and treatments
• Administers prescribed oral medications, hypodermic injections and intravenous medications.
• Sets up and operates specialized equipment, such as cardiac monitors, defibrillators, EKG machines, resuscitators and suction machines.
• Coordinates health care needs through making referrals to other specialty clinics and community resources.
• Works with members of the Diabetes Team to maintain an accurate patient registry to follow up on patients that have not been seen within the past 12 months, and to follow up on patients who require intensive management.
• Attends and participates in meetings, performs other duties as needed to fulfill the mission of the Diabetes Program and Gallup Service Unit.

**This position is being re-advertised to solicit additional applications. Applicants who applied previously need not reapply unless submitting updated and/or missing information.

• Serves as the principal advisor to the Area Director, Phoenix Area Executive Leadership and other management officials on all matters pertaining to nursing and nursing program administration for hospitals, ambulatory care, adolescent treatment centers and public health nursing programs.
• Serves as a member of the Area Governing Board for all federal healthcare facilities.
• Collects and analyzes data from a variety of sources, including field visits. Reviews and critiques documents and data resources generated by other federal and state governmental units.
• Facilitates the introduction and utilization of nursing applications of Management Information Systems, i.e., Electronic Health Record (EHR)/Resource Patient Management System (RPMS) packages.
• Oversees and supervises the Knowledge Management Team, Maternal Child Health Nurse Consultant, Employee Health Nurse Consultant, and the Public Health Nurse Consultant.

This position is being re-announced to solicit additional candidates; applicants who previously applied to this announcement need not reapply unless submitting updated information and/or missing forms.

• Advise unit personnel on ways to control or eliminate unsafe acts or conditions.
• Direction of a program segment with equipment and safety budget.
• Hear and resolve complaints from employees, refers group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager; Serves as the proposing official but approving authority is vested with their supervisor.
• Identify developmental and training needs of employees, provide or arrange for needed development and training.
• Provide and/or arrange for required training. Refer decisions on training that is non-routine, costly, or controversial to a higher supervisor.
• Approve expenses like within-grade increases. Finds ways to improve production or increase quality of work directed.
• Recommends awards or bonuses for nonsupervisory personnel and changes in position classification, subject to approval by higher level officials, supervisors, or others.
• Develop performance standards following HR procedures.
• Plan a full range of Services from a technical and administrative point of view. Includes: Maintain proper maintenance and functioning of imaging equipment. Assure safety precautions are used to reduce radiation and chemical exposures. Maintain liaison with hospital departments, direct patient care and administration to assure smooth and cooperative functioning of the patient-care team. Serve as an intermediary between the Radiologist and the technologists with quality control, protocol development and implementation; maintains unit needs replenished. Assure proficiency of radiologic technologists with imaging equipment.
• Performs full scope of diagnostic XR, CT and Fluoroscopy exams as required by the service unit involving clinical radiology applicable to a wide range of duties in one or more specialty areas or functions.
• Assure adequate safeguards are maintained, to recognize when changes of equipment or procedures might result in increased exposure, and to adopt methods to prevent such exposure.
• Understands the operation of X-ray equipment, monitors the equipment for proper operation, makes changes to standard procedures to compensate for equipment aging, and determine when maintenance or repair is needed.
• Use of basic nursing practices related to radiography such as emergency cardiac arrest procedures and use of oxygen to assist with breathing difficulties.

This position is being re-announced to solicit additional candidates; applicants who previously applied to this announcement need not reapply unless submitting updated information and/or missing forms.

• Direction of a program segment with equipment and safety budget.
• Hear and resolve complaints from employees, refers group grievances and more serious unresolved complaints to a higher-level supervisor or manager; Serves as the proposing official but approving authority is vested with their supervisor.
• Identify developmental and training needs of employees, provide or arrange for needed development and training. Provide and/or arrange for required training. Refer decisions on training that is non-routine, costly, or controversial to a higher supervisor.
• Approve expenses like within-grade increases. Finds ways to improve production or increase quality of work directed. Recommends awards or bonuses for nonsupervisory personnel and changes in position classification, subject to approval by higher level officials, supervisors, or others.
• Develop performance standards following HR procedures.
• Plan a full range of Services from a technical and administrative point of view. Includes: Maintain proper maintenance and functioning of imaging equipment. Assure safety precautions are used to reduce radiation and chemical exposures. Maintain liaison with hospital departments, direct patient care and administration to assure smooth and cooperative functioning of the patient-care team. Serve as an intermediary between the Radiologist and the technologists with quality control, protocol development and implementation; maintains unit needs replenished. Assure proficiency of radiologic technologists with imaging equipment.
• Performs full scope of diagnostic XR, CT and Fluoroscopy exams as required by the service unit involving clinical radiology applicable to a wide range of duties in one or more specialty areas or functions.
• Assure adequate safeguards are maintained, to recognize when changes of equipment or procedures might result in increased exposure, and to adopt methods to prevent such exposure.
• Understands the operation of X-ray equipment, monitors the equipment for proper operation, makes changes to standard procedures to compensate for equipment aging, and determine when maintenance or repair is needed.
• Use of basic nursing practices related to radiography such as emergency cardiac arrest procedures and use of oxygen to assist with breathing difficulties.
• Advise unit personnel on ways to control or eliminate unsafe acts or conditions.

• Provides non-professional counseling and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills coaching for patients.
• Keeps Counselors, the Clinical Director, and the Milieu Charge informed of all clinical and administrative issues.
• Participates in the program's behavior management system.
• Provides guidance and instruction in group activities, personal health and hygiene, courtesy, and etiquette to residents.
• Supervises daily tasks and assignments of residents such as making beds, daily chores, and maintaining living units.

• Operates electronic cash register and credit card machine.
• Provides excellent customer service while ringing up food items. Inform customers of total amount due. Receives cash and/or credit card from customer, examines for validity and genuineness, and provides correct change.
• Provide basic and routine information to customers concerning dining facility procedures and policies.
• Performs cash counts before opening the cash register and after closing this cash register.
• Safeguards money and keeps cash locked except when making change.
• Reconciles total cash in the cash drawer with end of day sales receipts.
• Completes accountability documentation, make cash deposits, and turns in collection reports. Checks and verifies meal tickets from customers.
• Reports discrepancies to supervisor and the Finance Department.
• Fill and replenish condiments, eating utensils, cups, napkins, beverages, and prepackaged food items in the cafeteria based on set par levels.
• Completes inventory procedures.
• Maintain order and cleanliness of cafeteria and dinning rooms.
• Assist with opening and closing of cafeteria and dining room.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

This position is being re-announced to solicit additional candidates; applicants who previously applied to this announcement need not reapply unless submitting updated information and/or missing forms.

• Responds to emergencies in an appropriate manner by obtaining equipment and by caring for other patients during the emergency process as needed.
• Assists with direct patient care procedures and related tasks by checking in patients, obtaining patient histories, taking vital signs of temperature, height, weight, blood pressure, respirations, and O2 saturations.
• Obtains and records patient information per unit policy.
• Performs routine specialized procedures of venipuncture, injections, immunization, antibiotics, and intravenous cannulation to collect specimen, electrocardiograms and sterile dressing changes according to established protocols.
• Assists with sterile procedures of sutures, insertion of chest tubes, spinal taps, pelvic exams and physical exams and clean procedures of cast application as requested by the physicians.
• Assists with patient admission and/or transports.
• Arranges clinic appointments for patients.
• Performs waived testing.
• Sets up for oxygen administration.
• Obtains results of labs, tests, scans and discharge summaries.

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• Provides direct oversight of the credentialed medical and dental staff as the Chief Medical Officer for the service unit. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Participates in the activities of various service unit (hospital) committees including: Executive Leadership Team, Governing Board and Medical Staff.
• Maintain currency with Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act-Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act laws.
• Makes preliminary diagnosis, directs, prescribes or provides treatment, or arranges for specialized care or patient referral.
• Responsible to see that the medical staff meets all requirements for accreditation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC).

Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)

• Provides direct oversight of the credentialed medical and dental staff as the Chief Medical Officer for the service unit. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates and prepares schedules for completion of work.
• Participates in the activities of various service unit (hospital) committees including: Executive Leadership Team, Governing Board, and Medical Staff.
• Maintain currency with Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act-Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act laws.
• Makes preliminary diagnosis, directs, prescribes or provides treatment, or arranges for specialized care or patient referral.
• Responsible to see that the medical staff meets all requirements for accreditation by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and The Joint Commission (TJC)

• Perform technical processes, e.g., filling, labeling, and preparing sterile and nonsterile medications for dispensing and or distribution to patients.
• Maintains pharmacy storeroom and hospital drug stocks.
• Repackage drugs into usable sizes and maintain controls for review by a pharmacist.
• Communicate with patients, medical personnel, vendors and other persons utilizing pharmacy information systems and knowledge of medications.
• Provide assistance to Pharmacy staff by answering and prioritize calls from patients needing information on prescription status, refills, etc.

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Indian Health Service (IHS), Southwest Region, Phoenix Area - Colorado River Service Unit, Parker Indian Health Center. Position is located in Parker, Arizona. Primary purpose of position is to provide administrative support services for the Division of Financial Management. Position is supervised by the Financial Manager.

Major duties:

• Tracks controlled correspondence; composes and edits correspondence letters and reports.
• Manages the appointment and meeting schedule for the Director of the organizational unit served and senior staff members.
• Purchase supplies, equipment and other material utilizing prescribed purchasing guidelines.
• Assist with management of contract and payment of invoices.
• Time Keeping for the Division .

System Integration and Deployment

• Provides strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Plan, design, develop, test, validate, and maintain interfaces between the electronic health record (EHR) and other systems to ensure seamless data exchange and interoperability.
• Develop specifications for maintenance protocols and refresh-cycle recommendations and requirements to avoid disaster and system compromise.
• Ensure recovery solutions are in place, functional, and tested routinely.
• Assist with issue resolutions related to infrastructure, networks, servers, end user devices, database management software, operating systems, and/or business application software systems.
• Provide technical and administrative analysis of agency information systems, identify problems and recommend solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and security.
• Develop and conduct training programs for end users and other stakeholders on the use of information systems and technology.

• Exhibit the four levels of thinking, event, pattern, structure, and mental model, that contribute to the systems thinking approach necessary to realize how all the pieces in each system come together to be more than the sum of its parts.
• Contribute to the development of goals, priorities, and action plans for defining, integrating, and upgrading a comprehensive health information technology architecture that support multiple applications, platforms, and database types.
• Transform various inputs in actionable functional and non-functional requirements to ensure the system under development meets the needs of its users and stakeholders in an efficient, cost-effective manner that is compliant with any applicable regulation or standard.
• Utilize the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program/Project Managers (FAC P/PM) framework to plan, execute, and monitor assigned projects. This may involve activities such as: developing project schedules, budgets, performance metrics, security requirements, data management policy and procedures, conducting risk assessments and quality assurance reviews, engineering design and system reviews, technical implementation and change reviews, and trade-off analysis of health information technology products and solutions. These activities will include a broad spectrum of system elements such as: infrastructure, applications, configuration requirements, interfaces, performance controls, identity and access controls, security architecture, and regulatory environment.
• Assist in the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and written Task Orders.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in healthcare information systems and processes.
• Conduct research and prepare reports on issues related to agency information systems and technology and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Conduct studies and analysis of new and emerging technologies and provide recommendations to their application to agency information systems.
• Inform and communicate to management the status, progress, and results obtained throughout the lifecycle of assigned information technology projects.

System Integration and Deployment

• Provides strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Plan, design, develop, test, validate, and maintain interfaces between the electronic health record (EHR) and other systems to ensure seamless data exchange and interoperability.
• Develop specifications for maintenance protocols and refresh-cycle recommendations and requirements to avoid disaster and system compromise.
• Ensure recovery solutions are in place, functional, and tested routinely.
• Assist with issue resolutions related to infrastructure, networks, servers, end user devices, database management software, operating systems, and/or business application software systems.
• Provide technical and administrative analysis of agency information systems, identify problems and recommend solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and security.
• Develop and conduct training programs for end users and other stakeholders on the use of information systems and technology.

• Exhibit the four levels of thinking, event, pattern, structure, and mental model, that contribute to the systems thinking approach necessary to realize how all the pieces in each system come together to be more than the sum of its parts.
• Contribute to the development of goals, priorities, and action plans for defining, integrating, and upgrading a comprehensive health information technology architecture that support multiple applications, platforms, and database types.
• Transform various inputs in actionable functional and non-functional requirements to ensure the system under development meets the needs of its users and stakeholders in an efficient, cost-effective manner that is compliant with any applicable regulation or standard.
• Utilize the Federal Acquisition Certification for Program/Project Managers (FAC P/PM) framework to plan, execute, and monitor assigned projects. This may involve activities such as: developing project schedules, budgets, performance metrics, security requirements, data management policy and procedures, conducting risk assessments and quality assurance reviews, engineering design and system reviews, technical implementation and change reviews, and trade-off analysis of health information technology products and solutions. These activities will include a broad spectrum of system elements such as: infrastructure, applications, configuration requirements, interfaces, performance controls, identity and access controls, security architecture, and regulatory environment.
• Assist in the development of Statements of Work (SOW) and written Task Orders.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in healthcare information systems and processes.
• Conduct research and prepare reports on issues related to agency information systems and technology and makes recommendations for improvements.
• Conduct studies and analysis of new and emerging technologies and provide recommendations to their application to agency information systems.
• Inform and communicate to management the status, progress, and results obtained throughout the lifecycle of assigned information technology projects.

• Ensure adherence to agency governance processes and federal government regulations and guidelines for technological systems and safeguarding of data.
• Develop and implement policies, procedures, and standards for the acquisition, development, and operation of agency information systems.
• Evaluate proposed rulemaking for health information technology and identify functional impact to existing agency operations.
• Collaborate with Indian Health Service and Office of Information Technology security experts to provide engineering designs and products necessary for implementation and enforcement of cybersecurity controls across the health information technology modernization effort.

• Provide leadership that facilitates team building, cooperation and motivates team members to accomplish group goals.
• Influence others to translate vision into action and promulgates long-term health information technology modernization objectives acting as a catalyst for organizational change.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and analyze functional and non-functional requirements to ensure acquisition and development efforts will meet mission objectives.
• Collaborate with agency staff, contractors, and vendors to ensure that information systems meet requirements for functionality, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with development and implementation project teams to ensure efforts are completed on-time, within budget, and to the required standards.