Total 187 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Chesapeake, Virginia

• Instructs patient in proper dental techniques, care of appliances, and causes of dental decay.
• Takes and records blood pressure and pulse of oral surgery patients before and after treatment.
• Receives and schedules patients for treatment.
• Maintains a variety of recurring reports related to dental activities.
• Aids in the training of trainee dental assistants and students.
• Operates dental X-ray equipment to take intra and extra-oral radio-graphs.
• Maintains, cleans, and performs minor repairs on X-ray equipment and materials.
• Performs inter-oral procedures as directed by dentist.
• Pours and trims model from impressions, and constructs custom impression trays.

• Perform pre-award and post-award functions in the specialized area of health care contracting, direct health care provider services, medical equipment and supplies, medical equipment maintenance and repair, and environmental services contracts.
• Facilitate pre-award functions for procurement involving complex contracts of highly specialized, extensive new or innovative equipment systems, clinical research, and services of significant importance to the region.
• Provide advice and direction to less experienced contracting professionals and Medical Treatment Facility (MTF) representatives.
• Analyze and evaluate cost and pricing data elements to determine price reasonableness for major acquisitions with limited precedent data available.
• Administer long-term, highly complex contracts for procurement of health care providers, medical equipment and supplies, medical equipment and repair, and environmental services contracts.
• Administer long-term complex contracts for procurement of highly specialized, new/innovative equipment systems; clinical research; and services affecting major programs that have impact on contractors' operations and on local geographic areas.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides health coaching to individuals or groups in outpatient and inpatient settings using multiple formats (face-to-face, telephone, virtual, etc.) to increase/promote a positive lifestyle, habits, and behaviors.
• Support Veterans in fostering internal strengths and external resources to develop self-directed strategies for personalized, sustainable, healthy lifestyle behavior changes and more effectively manage chronic disease.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary clinical and non-clinical staff and teams throughout the VA health care system in a Veteran-centered process to facilitate and empower Veterans to develop and achieve self-determining goals related to health and well-being that align with what matters most and their mission, aspiration, or purpose (MAP).
• Utilizes motivational interviewing, coaching theories, and coaching techniques to assist clients in accomplishing their action steps and goals.
• Within the coaching process, addresses appropriate social and structural determinants of health.
• Provides group education around health and wellness coaching services, evidence, and research.
• Follow national Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation guidance and VHA policy relevant to health and wellness coaching.
• Utilizes a coaching process model that aligns with NBHWC standards.
• Ensures Veterans are informed of what to expect when engaging in coaching.
• Connects Veterans with well-being services when they are in service of the Veteran's self-identified wellness goals.
• Documents coaching encounters in alignment with local and national guidance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides health coaching to individuals or groups in outpatient and inpatient settings using multiple formats (face-to-face, telephone, virtual, etc.) to increase/promote a positive lifestyle, habits, and behaviors.
• Support Veterans in fostering internal strengths and external resources to develop self-directed strategies for personalized, sustainable, healthy lifestyle behavior changes and more effectively manage chronic disease.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary clinical and non-clinical staff and teams throughout the VA health care system in a Veteran-centered process to facilitate and empower Veterans to develop and achieve self-determining goals related to health and well-being that align with what matters most and their mission, aspiration, or purpose (MAP).
• Utilizes motivational interviewing, coaching theories, and coaching techniques to assist clients in accomplishing their action steps and goals.
• Within the coaching process, addresses appropriate social and structural determinants of health.
• Provides group education around health and wellness coaching services, evidence, and research.
• Follow national Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation guidance and VHA policy relevant to health and wellness coaching.
• Utilizes a coaching process model that aligns with NBHWC standards.
• Ensures Veterans are informed of what to expect when engaging in coaching.
• Connects Veterans with well-being services when they are in service of the Veteran's self-identified wellness goals.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary clinical and non-clinical staff and teams throughout the VA health care system on a Veteran-centered process to facilitate and empower Veterans to develop and achieve self-determining goals related to health and well-being and that align with what matters most or their mission, aspiration, or purpose.
• Documents coaching encounters in alignment with local and national guidance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This nurse provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. The focus is on individual growth and development in outpatient PACT nursing practice.

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Promotes patient-centered care in the management of chronic disease using VA guidelines and protocols.
• Implements nursing interventions/orders in a timely and complete manner.
• Has knowledge of population characteristics including cultural, ethnic, gender and religious diversity. He/she must have knowledge of family dynamics, psychotherapy, developmental theory and interpersonal relationships and systems approach to clinical care.
• Serves as a preceptor or field instructor for students and employees in orientation.
• Utilizes systematic data collection, aggregation, analysis, and reporting techniques to achieve concurrent compliance review of identified quality/patient safety metrics.
• Triages walk-in/acute care visits and utilizes RN protocols to assist with triaging.
• Manages same day patient care needs and coordinates procedures, labs, transitions, education and follow up if indicated.
• Based on the daily huddle, identifies patients that will require special nursing care and collaborates with the team about how best to meet that patient's needs.
• Maintain ongoing appointments of varying modalities (telephone clinic, face-to-face, telehealth, secure messaging). Face-to-face and scheduled telephone follow up visits should be at least 4-7 visits per day.
• Promotes collaborative behavior and team efforts. Is confident of abilities, effectively initiates solutions and, is alert to new opportunities, techniques, and approaches.
• Recognizes ethical issues related to professional nursing practice and models appropriate action by providing and directing others in the provision of care following established policies and ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• All other duties as assigned, pertaining to this occupation, to meet the needs of the Agency, Department, Facility, and/or Service.

Major duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Collaborates in the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.
• Ensures bimonthly telephone contact while the Veteran is in the care of the VA authorized provider in the community and documents the call(s) in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Ensures coordination of care among relevant VA providers and the Women Veterans Program Manager (WVPM) and Women's Health Medical Director.
• Facilitates coordination of maternity care for pregnant Veterans on inpatient psychiatric units and/or in residential care programs.
• Monitors the provision of services and tracking of maternal and fetal outcomes.

Major duties for the position include (but are not limited to):

• Patient medical assessment (e.g., medical/dental history, social history, vital signs, blood glucose levels, comprehensive periodontal assessment, and charting).
  • Disease and treatment management recommendations, oral cancer screening, denture care, scaling, and root planning.
  • Radiographs/image capture and interpretation.
  • Patient education (e.g., post procedure, tobacco cessation, caries, and periodontal-disease prevention).
• Dietary analysis behavior management, management of medically compromised patients (including risk factors).
• Instrument sharpening.
• Intra-service and extra service communication.
• Sets up operatory for planned dental procedure and cleans dental unit for timely turnover and always adheres to infectious control and universal precautions.
• Handles instruments safely, accurately, and efficiently.
• Provides routine oral prophylactic care to include application of fluoride solutions.
• Provides gross debridement, scaling and root planning procedures, and mechanical curettage procedures.
• Cleans dental prostheses; fixed, removable and implant.
• Manages dental recall system.
• Applies desensitizing and sulcular antibiotics and antimicrobials per direction of the dentist.
• Administers topical and sulcular anesthetic agents and medications.
• Accomplishes all procedures within standard infection control protocols

• Serves as principal program manager and key advisor to Network Leadership on all matters relating to the business, contract, and procurement programs.
• Develops policies and procedures necessary to implement the FAR, DFARS, NMCARS, AFARS, and develops Network acquisition instructions.
• Reviews directives and regulations issued by higher headquarters to determine impact on the Network and issues appropriate implementing instructions.
• Formulates and publishes procedures to support and execute the decisions of senior leadership.

The incumbent demonstrates the knowledge and ability to successfully perform the following duties within the scope of Respiratory Care. A Respiratory Therapist may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below. Essential functions may change from time to time to reflect the current trends within the field of respiratory therapy, and to meet the cardio-pulmonary needs of the patients served. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Reviews, collects and evaluates relevant clinical data.
• Formulates an appropriate respiratory therapy plan based upon patient assessment.
• Communicates orally and in writing, changes, adjustments and recommendations with other healthcare team members.
• Provides effective education and training to patients, students and co-workers as appropriate.
• Performs both fundamental and advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for adult and geriatric patients. Examples include but not limited to: Arterial puncture, blood gas analysis, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy assistance, pulmonary rehabilitation, endotracheal intubation, oxygen administration etc.
• Performs emergency and acute respiratory therapy procedures in accordance with hospital and respiratory department guidelines.
• Actively participates in departmental quality assurance and hospital-wide organizational performance improvement activities.
• Maintains clinical and professional competency based upon established standards of practice.
• Assembles, checks, and corrects malfunctions and performs quality controls on respiratory therapy equipment and technology-based equipment.
• May serve as therapist-in-charge when assigned and/or in the absence of the Chief of Respiratory Care.
• Promotes a customer-centered environment, taking personal responsibility for problem solving and effective courteous communication with patients, their families, medical staff, students and co-workers.
• Provides patient care, which is appropriate to the cultural, cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient.
• A Respiratory Therapist will demonstrate the ability to utilize computer-based technologies, software and programs.
• Attends or has access to all annual and mandatory in-services, required meetings and continuing education programs.
• Formulates goals for professional development annually.
• Participates in performance improvement and research activities.
• Maintains BCLS and ACLS certifications
• Keeps abreast of information and skills related to program area.
• Shares in the construction of monthly schedules.
• Performs or assists with the collection of QM/PI data as required for programs.
• Consistently participates in constructive information exchange via email, informal discussion and planned meetings.
• Demonstrates cooperative interactions with co-workers.
• Works with other members of the healthcare team to provide appropriate and timely care for the patients.
• Will remain competent in all respiratory care procedures and will work as assigned by Team Leader and/or supervisor.
• Aids other staff when time is available
• Flexes assignment as workloads fluctuate throughout the shift.
• Demonstrates active listening skills.
• Communicates with patients, family members and other healthcare providers in a clear manner.
• Demonstrates appropriate verbal and written communication skills in interactions with patients, staff and visitors.
• Communicates with Team Leader/Program Leader/Supervisor when fluctuations in assignments or changes in patient condition occur.

The incumbent demonstrates the knowledge and ability to successfully perform the following duties within the scope of Respiratory Care. A Respiratory Therapist may perform other duties, both major and minor, that are not mentioned below. Essential functions may change from time to time to reflect the current trends within the field of respiratory therapy, and to meet the cardio-pulmonary needs of the patients served. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Reviews, collects and evaluates relevant clinical data.
• Formulates an appropriate respiratory therapy plan based upon patient assessment.
• Communicates orally and in writing, changes, adjustments and recommendations with other healthcare team members.
• Provides effective education and training to patients, students and co-workers as appropriate.
• Performs both fundamental and advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for adult and geriatric patients. Examples include but not limited to: Arterial puncture, blood gas analysis, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy assistance, pulmonary rehabilitation, endotracheal intubation, oxygen administration etc.
• Performs emergency and acute respiratory therapy procedures in accordance with hospital and respiratory department guidelines.
• Actively participates in departmental quality assurance and hospital-wide organizational performance improvement activities.
• Maintains clinical and professional competency based upon established standards of practice.
• Assembles, checks, and corrects malfunctions and performs quality controls on respiratory therapy equipment and technology-based equipment.
• May serve as therapist-in-charge when assigned and/or in the absence of the Chief of Respiratory Care.
• Promotes a customer-centered environment, taking personal responsibility for problem solving and effective courteous communication with patients, their families, medical staff, students and co-workers.
• Provides patient care, which is appropriate to the cultural, cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the adult and/or geriatric patient.
• A Respiratory Therapist will demonstrate the ability to utilize computer-based technologies, software and programs.
• Attends or has access to all annual and mandatory in-services, required meetings and continuing education programs.
• Formulates goals for professional development annually.
• Participates in performance improvement and research activities.
• Maintains BCLS and ACLS certifications
• Keeps abreast of information and skills related to program area.
• Shares in the construction of monthly schedules.
• Performs or assists with the collection of QM/PI data as required for programs.
• Consistently participates in constructive information exchange via email, informal discussion and planned meetings.
• Demonstrates cooperative interactions with co-workers.
• Works with other members of the healthcare team to provide appropriate and timely care for the patients.
• Will remain competent in all respiratory care procedures and will work as assigned by Team Leader and/or supervisor.
• Aids other staff when time is available
• Flexes assignment as workloads fluctuate throughout the shift.
• Demonstrates active listening skills.
• Communicates with patients, family members and other healthcare providers in a clear manner.
• Demonstrates appropriate verbal and written communication skills in interactions with patients, staff and visitors.
• Communicates with Team Leader/Program Leader/Supervisor when fluctuations in assignments or changes in patient condition occur.

Serves as a Quality Improvement and Infection Control Nurse in the Health Services Department of a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) federal correctional facility.

Manage the local infection prevention and control program under the guidance of the national Infection Prevention and Control Officer, Office of Quality Management, Central Office, Washington, D.C., and performs quality improvement activities to improve health care outcomes.

Performs surveillance of infections and diseases, management of the tuberculosis prevention and control program, contact investigations and containment of infectious disease outbreaks, infection prevention activities including immunization administration and tracking for inmates and staff, education related to infection control practices, collection and analysis of data to reduce risk and improve health outcomes.

Notifies the national Infection Prevention and Control Officer and public health authorities at all levels of government about reportable infectious conditions.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Prepares patients for dental treatment, equipment for use by the dentist and provides chair side assistance to dentist and provide a wide range of dental procedures.

Responsible for ensuring that all work surfaces, equipment, materials, and instruments are properly disinfected/sterilized.

Maintain and use automated processing equipment.

Establishes dental records and is responsible for the control of medical records while they are in the dental clinic.

Responsible for the scheduling of patients, preparing the call-outs, and supervising inmate patients.

Maintains adequate stock levels of the expendable supplies used in the clinic and prepares purchase requests for the purpose of ordering additional supplies.

Responsible for maintenance and minor repair of dental equipment.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Position located in the Health Services Department at a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional facility.

Primarily responsible for providing emergency assessment and medical care to inmate patients.

First responder at the scene of sudden illness or emergency and sometimes encounters situations which may be life threatening.

Determines, upon consultation with a medical provider (physician/physician assistant/nurse practitioner), the most appropriate method of transportation to the local hospital.

Prioritizes treatments for patients having multiple problems and employs a variety of established medical emergency procedures, techniques, methods and equipment, including the performance of emergency triage.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Major duties and responsibilities will include:

• This position has the responsibility to attend to the immediate needs/questions of our patients, their families and visitors. However, the incumbent is not a clinical subject matter expert, case worker, counselor, or clinician.
• Ascertain the needs of the customers and to help all personnel involved understand and relate to the patient as an individual.
• The MSA greets patients, relays messages to appropriate staff inside or outside of the unit, schedules appointments, including interpreting and verifying provider orders in accordance with VHA national scheduling guidelines.
• Assignments at this level include, but are not limited to: Scheduling, canceling, re-scheduling appointments and/or consults.
• Contributes to the effort to provide enhanced customer service in an environment of continuous quality improvement.
• Plans and organizes work with frequent assistance from the supervisor to meet local and VA-wide time frames to complete analysis requirements, reports and special assignments and only refers to the non-routine and high technical problems to supervisor.
• Responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of information obtained to carry out required duties.
• Communicates and treats customers in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.
• Handles conflict and problems relating to the customer in a constructive and appropriate manner.
• Assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age-specific needs.

Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the medication delivery system and assures that the integrity of all medications is maintained and is properly stored.

Responsible for participating in quality assurance activities regarding medications. This includes policy and medication usage and/or audits and the suggestion, authoring, or performance of Drug Utilization Evaluation studies needed to maintain quality patient care and cost effective medication management.

Responsible for the records and reports related to the purchase, receipt and disposition of drugs and related supplies.

Responsible for the delivery of pharmaceutical care including patient-centered, outcomes-orientated pharmacy practice.

Work in concert with the patient and other healthcare providers to promote health; prevent disease; and assess, monitor, initiate and modify medication use to ensure that drug therapy regimens are safe and effective.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and is performed on a regular and recurring basis.