Total 11 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

Duties include but are not limited to:

• provide technical advice, planning, and evaluation about health information management issues impacting the overall program on a regular and recurring basis.
• establishes policies, procedures, responsibilities, and requirements for HIMrelated matters, such as health record documentation, coding and clinical documentation improvement, release of information, file room/scanning, records management, transcription and medical speech recognition, as well as the overall management of health information and Veterans health records.
• oversee development, implementation and adherence to HIM industry standards, policies, procedures, laws, regulations, and accrediting bodies.
• ensure the facility is in compliance with applicable standards, by completing HIM audits, developing healthcare data reports, and statistical information, for timely and accurate reporting. The CHIM monitors HIM performance through dashboards, productivity standards, and benchmarking.
• Creates and monitors systems to ensure accurate, timely, and complete health records, in accordance with VHA policy and TJC health information protocols.
• Measures ongoing intradepartmental performance by establishing priorities, collecting data, monitoring and reporting outcomes, using valid and reliable techniques to analyze trends and variation, and taking appropriate action based on findings.
• Responsible for all facets of health records management for the facility ensuring maintenance of complete, accurate, timely, clinically-pertinent, and readily-accessible patient health records, which contain sufficient recorded information to serve as a basis to plan patient care, support diagnoses, warrant treatment, measure outcomes, support education, research, and facilitate performance improvement processes and legal requirements.
• provide detailed technical expertise in health records science and other very technical aspects of HIM.
• Maintains all health information input into the local VistA database and assures timely transmission of that data into all VA centralized databases - most frequently those maintained at the Austin Data Processing Center.
• assure that all health information that is coded and abstracted meets the requirements of the VA and/or TJC and is consistent with professional health records standards.
• Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
• Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary.

The Advanced Medical Support Assistant (AMSA) interact with both internal and external customers providing exceptional customer service and ensuring overall customer satisfaction. Candidates will be reviewed for minimum qualifications as outlined in the qualifications section of this announcement and referred to the Greater Los Angeles VA Health Care System AMSA Interview panel. Ideal candidates resumes must be skilled in customer service, identify customer concerns, customer satisfaction and resolution, ability to operate computer programs, and scheduling of appointments. In addition, you will be contacted by various entities within Human Resources to begin all pre-employment processes and must satisfy all condition of employment before a firm offer of employment is made.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Scheduling, canceling, re-scheduling patient appointments and/or consults.
• Entering no-show information.
• Monitoring appointment requests from multiple electronic sources.
• Participating in team huddles and team meetings to manage and plan patient care.
• Setting priorities and deadlines.
• Adjusting the flow and sequencing of the work to meet team and patient needs.
• Monitoring pre-appointment requirements to assure readiness for patient visit/procedure (e.g. X-Ray, Lab Work).
• Managing electronic wait list to verify and validate accuracy and resolve issues.
• Participating and providing input in problem solving on operational issues or procedures in team meetings.
• Performing administrative follow up actions.
• Evaluating patient information and clinic schedule lists to determine whether patient is vested.
• Educating providers about shared patients (those who receive their care at multiple VAs or those who have care in the community and bringing to the attention of the provider.

Typical duties include but are not limited to:

• Promotes a Just Culture environment in building a climate for effective performance while allocating available resources to promote safe, efficient, effective, and quality nursing/patient care.
• Observes and evaluates the quality of nursing care provided including interdisciplinary patient rounds, reviewing nursing documentation in clinical records, and collecting, reviewing, and analyzing data related to the delivery of patient care.
• Assure the compliance with all regulatory agencies and standards of practice AORN and implementation of required actions to meet Performance Measures.
• Provides leadership in the application of the nursing process to patient care, organizational processes and systems, and improves outcomes at the program or service level.
• Initiates an educational plan to meet changing program or service needs for self and staff.
• Implements an educational plan to meet changing programs or service needs for self and others.
• Maintains knowledge of current techniques, trends and professional issues.
• Coaches colleagues in team building.
• Contributes to the strategic planning process, day-to-day operations, Logistics Management, Budget, Staffing, Human Resource actions, Hiring and attainment of goals of the organization.
• Ability to provide direct patient care to an assigned group of patients as needed
• Promote the mission, vision and values of the organization
• Supervise and evaluate staff and budgeting unit expenditures among other responsibilities
• Uses effective conflict resolution techniques
• Pursues professional growth and participates in professional organizations
• Acts as a patient advocate and maintains privacy and confidentiality of all information
• Participate in performance improvement activities
• Applies the nursing process to systems or processes at the unit/team/work group level to improve care.
• Demonstrates leadership by involving others in improving care.
• Establishes and communicates workplace priorities and makes assignments accordingly.
• Skillfully performs in rapidly changing, atypical or crisis situations.
• Communicates and enforces policies and procedures, including nursing guidelines, IT & HIPAA policy.
• Ensures administrative action is completed timely, accurately, consistently, and fairly.
• Treats all patients and families with dignity and respect.
• Listens to and honors patient and family perspectives and choices. Patient and family knowledge, values, beliefs, and cultural backgrounds.
• Supports and enhances client self-determination.
• Serves as a resource for clients and staff in addressing ethical issues.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own nursing judgments and actions.
• Coaches staff to initiate ethical discussions with multidisciplinary team members, patients, and family.
• Identifies and assesses resource utilization and safety issues, taking appropriate action.
• Effectively directs the flow of patient care.
• Serves as resource to ensure employees follow appropriate standard operating procedures related to the equipment, devices, and work practices that impact or have the potential to impact the environment.
• Monitors staff actions to put broken equipment out of service immediately, tags as broken,
• Seeks opportunities for staff to provide for organization succession planning.
• Participates in facility or VISN-wide educational conferences, through serving on planning committees or making presentations.
• Completes timely performance evaluations.
• Recognizes and rewards employees as appropriate.

Under the supervision of the Nurse Manager/Charge Nurse/Team Leader, the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides nursing care to the Veteran patient with consideration to psychosocial, cultural, and age specific needs. Demonstrates the knowledge and ability to provide a full range of practical nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems, and knowledge of age specific differences from the adult or older population. Maintains acceptable standards within the health care setting and works under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or Physician. Provides nursing care in accordance with the overall philosophy of Ambulatory Care Service. Performs, as designated by appropriate supervisor, nursing care required to meet the nursing needs of the patients to include but not limited to; sets up and plans in advance for any clinic urgent care activity, anticipates needs of patients and providers, prepares patient for exams, obtains appropriate equipment and supplies without being reminded, obtains and records vital signs and required information to level appropriate for area of work.

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. May included holidays.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Duties:

• Responsible for providing competent, evidence-based infection control practices.
• The IP establishes surveillance indicators and conducts monitoring to identify and reduce the risk of acquiring and transmitting infections among patients, employees, visitors, and students.
• Contributes to the annual Infection Control Risk Assessment, determining appropriate resources needed to accomplish the proposed plan, communicating any variance to administration and revises plan as needed.
• The IP provides education on infection control issues, as well as annual and ongoing trainings to staff.
• Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
• The IP serves as an education resource for all employees on infection control, epidemiology, and provides knowledge and guidance.
• Supports colleagues through knowledge sharing, while questioning clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence based practices, to provide safe, quality nursing care.

Duties:

• Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on Mental Health (MH) specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the MH continuum of care.
• Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.
• Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.
• Provides care in home settings or other off-site locations and require driving and/or ride in GSA vehicles.

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

• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and family members.
• Participate in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
• Participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
• Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources, advance directives, and VA benefits.
• Act as a consultant to other team/staff members.
• Act as liaison between VA and community resources, to include outreach duties as needed.
• Provide case management to Veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
• Provide a full range of services within commonly accepted standards of practice which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, case management and other services as appropriate in community-based settings.
• Assist with medication management as needed and appropriate.
• Address Advance Directives in accordance with the standards of their work area.
• Provide wellness/prevention education. As appropriate, supervise the practice of students, interns, or a less experienced case manager.
• Coordinate treatment and communicate with internal and external partners as permissions allow to facilitate continuity of care for Veterans.
• All other duties as assigned, pertaining to this occupation, to meet the needs of the Agency, Department, Facility, and/or Service.
• Required to float to cover other clinics in Sepulveda, Downtown HPACT and Mobile Medical Unit as needed.

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

Recruitment or Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified selectee.
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: The VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a full-time Emergency Medicine Service Chief. Duties for this position include, but are not limited to:

• Providing leadership and management for the emergency department
• Working cooperatively and supportively with the members of the executive leadership team, members of the medical staff, and Nursing to assure the best possible emergency care is provided to patients who present to the emergency department.
• Working cooperatively with the heads of diagnostic and therapeutic departments to ensure availability, quality, and effective use of services.
• Working with chiefs of services to ensure services meet the emergent care needs of Veterans are appropriate.
• Providing significant input into the preparation of the departmental budget and strategic planning.
• Monitoring community needs and providing significant input into disaster planning and fostering a productive relationship with local EMS systems to promote effective acute care of Veterans.
• Working cooperatively with academic affiliates with a goal of hosting emergency medicine residents in the future.
• Maintaining a faculty appointment with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in the Department of Emergency Medicine
• Supporting the academic missions of teaching residents and medical students and promoting research.

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• Provide case management services to a special patient population that demonstrates highly complex psychosocial, health or mental health problems and crisis intervention as needed.
• Coordinate and provide information and referrals to VA programs in their provision of case management services.
• Establish and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families when appropriate.
• Work independently with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems, utilizing individual, group and family counseling and therapy skills.
• Independently provide consultation services to other VA staff regarding the psychosocial needs of homeless Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plans.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• Facilitates referrals based upon Veterans' needs and eligibility.
• Documents in the patient's medical record in accordance with medical center policies and the requirements of The Joint Commission (TJC) and other regulatory bodies.
• Complies with criminal conflict of interest laws and Executive Branch Standards of conduct to avoid conflicts of interest while serving as a Senior social worker for VA's Health Care for Homeless Veterans Programs.
• Participate as a team member of the CERS HUD-VASH Department and will adhere to all applicable CERS and HUD-VASH SOPs.
• Responsible for tracking census of veterans within the program and ensure that Veteran data is captured in HOMES.
• Responsible for reviewing, reconciling, and approving invoices and completing technical reports on a monthly basis.
• Work as a field instructor with MSW student interns or clinical supervisor for unlicensed VA staff, when requested.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• The CRS [Contract Residential Services] liaison provides supportive services and case management to Veterans residing in Contract Emergency Residential Housing facilities by monitoring clinical care and assess the compliance of the programs receiving payments, as described in the recipient's contract.
• The CRS liaison provides oversight of the Contract Residential Services facility. This includes, but is not limited to, verification of Veteran's status and eligibility for participation in programming, maintaining admission and discharge dates of participants for billing purposes, reviewing and approving/disapproving readmissions to and extensions of care.
• The CRS liaison serves as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for the Contract Emergency Residential Housing Program, upon completion of required training and certification. The incumbent coordinates care and acts as an advocate on behalf of Veterans to ensure comprehensive service delivery.

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

• Perform a broad range of clinical research activities, including screening for study eligibility, recruitment, performing the history and physical exams for research participants, documentation of history and physicals per research protocol, review of laboratory results to determine participant eligibility and/or continuation in the trial, performance of phlebotomy, infusion of medications, including study products, EKGs, coordination of clinical follow-up, referrals, and consultation as necessary for the research protocol and/or medical care, coordination of all clinical trials related procedures, assessment and management of adverse events per research protocol.
• Participate in and coordinate participant outreach, recruitment, and retention. Able to travel between sites, including CBOCs and home visits, to support these activities as needed.
• Perform clinical data management tasks, including maintaining appropriate source documents for research participant files, maintenance of informed consent documents per research protocol, oversee clinical data and tissue sample management, timely completion of clinical research forms, prompt notification and documentation of all adverse events per protocol.
• Prepare and assist in audits, including with clinical research organizations (CRO), VA ORD, NIH, FDA, CSP and pharmaceutical industry sponsors.
• Manage personnel needs for clinical trials, with notification of NODES ADO and co-directors if additional resources are necessary.
• Management of IRB-related tasks, including preparation and submission of IRB related documents, including initial protocol IRB submission, IRB reliance documentation, adverse event, protocol violation, protocol deviation reporting to IRB, preparation of protocol amendments, preparation of informed consent.
• Participate in research-related communication, including preparation of research reports, scientific abstracts and posters, contribute to journal publications, and communications to participants.
• Attends weekly NODES and clinical trial meeting as assigned.
• Assistance in coordination of VA and non-VA clinical care and documentation as needed.
• References quality improvement information and organizes patient care needs to assure safe, efficient and cost-effective care.
• Can provide education regarding clinical care and research as needed.
• Can provide independent care in medicine, surgery or subspecialty clinics as needed.
• Timely management of secure messaging and follow-up communication with patients and investigators.
• Available to provide support during some after hours and weekends if needed.
• Performs other research, administrative, education, teaching, communication and clinical care functions as assigned by the NODES Director(s).