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The Lead MSA's working knowledge of various policies and procedures relating to the business rules regarding scheduling, clinical access, and the proper flow of work within the team contributes significantly to the daily business activities. The Lead MSA performs a variety of administrative functions associated with the scheduling of patient care for the clinical programs at the VA Boston Healthcare System.
Duties include but are not limited to:

• Ensures readiness for the patient visits through scheduling appointments and consults.
• Monitors clinics' access to care
• Monitors Insurance Capture Buffer (ICB) usage, ensuring insurance is collected at the time of appointments.
• Keep aware of rapidly changing regulations, directives, software patches, programs and processes involved in the delivery of the healthcare benefits package.
• Assist with the clean-up of the Encounter Action Required Report (EARR) and delinquent recall report and support clinics regarding utilization and clinic profile management.
• Receives and screens phone calls.
• Prepares correspondence and memos as needed.
• Promotes veteran registration for and utilization of MyHealtheVet (MHV).
• Stocks basic office supplies as needed.
• Assists veterans seeking emergent/urgent care and schedules appointments accurately.
• Utilizes call lists and telephones veterans to pre-register them before their visits when necessary.
• Oversee the status of work for all lower grade MSA positions working in the various clinical services.
• Make day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
• Provides on-the-job training for new and current employees.
• Assist Supervisor MSA and leadership on taskings as needed.
• Assists with all other duties as assigned by Supervisor MSA

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 523-F1117
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

NOTIFICATIONS:

• This position is a NAGE bargaining unit position.
• Position is in the excepted service.
• Will be required to travel to other campuses within VA Boston Healthcare System as needed.
• Current and former federal employees must submit copies of their most recent non-award SF50 (notice of personnel action). The SF50 must identify the position, title, series, grad, step, tenure and type of service (competitive or excepted). In some cases, more than one SF50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Starting at $61,144 Per Year (GS 7)

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Ensures readiness for the patient visits through scheduling appointments and consults.
• Monitors clinics' access to care
• Monitors Insurance Capture Buffer (ICB) usage, ensuring insurance is collected at the time of appointments.
• Keep aware of rapidly changing regulations, directives, software patches, programs and processes involved in the delivery of the healthcare benefits package.
• Assist with the clean-up of the Encounter Action Required Report (EARR) and delinquent recall report and support clinics regarding utilization and clinic profile management.
• Receives and screens phone calls.
• Prepares correspondence and memos as needed.
• Promotes veteran registration for and utilization of MyHealtheVet (MHV).
• Stocks basic office supplies as needed.
• Assists veterans seeking emergent/urgent care and schedules appointments accurately.
• Utilizes call lists and telephones veterans to pre-register them before their visits when necessary.
• Oversee the status of work for all lower grade MSA positions working in the various clinical services.
• Make day-to-day adjustments in accordance with established priorities.
• Provides on-the-job training for new and current employees.
• Assist Supervisor MSA and leadership on taskings as needed.
• Assists with all other duties as assigned by Supervisor MSA

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5PM
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 523-F1117
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

NOTIFICATIONS:

• This position is a NAGE bargaining unit position.
• Position is in the excepted service.
• Will be required to travel to other campuses within VA Boston Healthcare System as needed.
• Current and former federal employees must submit copies of their most recent non-award SF50 (notice of personnel action). The SF50 must identify the position, title, series, grad, step, tenure and type of service (competitive or excepted). In some cases, more than one SF50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Starting at $61,144 Per Year (GS 7)

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

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

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 Pulmonary, Sleep, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Section at VA Boston Healthcare System seeks a board-certified full time sleep specialist to serve as a director the VA Boston sleep medicine program.

The successful candidate will join a staff of two physicians and one physician assistant sleep specialists providing care for a diverse veteran population at three Boston area VA Boston divisions. The program includes a 4-bed Sleep Laboratory, active Home Sleep Apnea Testing Program, busy outpatient clinics, with equipment services provided by a talented staff of RPSGTs.

The practice mix can include exclusively Sleep Medicine, a combination of Sleep and Pulmonary Medicine, and research depending on the candidate's interests. There is an active basic science sleep research program at VA Boston that includes 7 investigators with funding from the VA and NIH. Their programs at the VA offer excellent opportunity for clinician researchers to establish collaborative investigations at the preclinical level in animal models or establish their own program. The System comprises three major campuses and five community-based outpatient clinics. VABHS is the largest recipient of VA intramural research funds and ranks among the top VA facilities in total research funding.

Work Schedule: Full time; Tour of duty to be discussed during interview process.

Starting at $250,000 Per Year (VM 15)

The purpose of this position is to serve as a Supervisory Medical Support Assistant at a VA Connecticut Healthcare System. The incumbent is responsible for a wide range of assignments and provides supervisory administrative support to the assigned section. Work is performed collaboratively in a Interdisciplinary Coordinate Care delivery model (Patient Aligned Care Team or Specialty Care Setting). Duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Planning, organizing, and directing the work of lower medical support assistants.
• Establishing work priorities, identifying developmental training needs of employees and provides or arranges for training when required.
• Working closely with management to identify and develop training which meets the needs of the MSA and administrative/clinical data capture requirements.
• Reviewing work produced and analyzes weekly reports to evaluate production and takes appropriate action to resolve backlogs, scheduling errors, ICB Capture, EARR Review and Pre-Registration Data.
• Conducting regular staff meetings with the medical support assistants to update them on policy changes and new procedures.
• Attending required section meetings and other meetings throughout the facility as deemed appropriate.
• Serving on workgroups and/or committees as deemed appropriate.
• Assisting in audits or studies relating to the clinical setting.
• Acting as liaison with the Medical Support Assistants, Medical staff, Nursing staff and other services offering expert advice on administrative details and procedures relative to areas and will evaluate problematic areas and present findings to management and respective Service Line designees for corrective action.
• Performing work involving collection, compilation, and/or tracking of data and statistical information in support of several VA, VISN, and local programs (i.e. Advanced Clinic Access Procedures, Electronic Waiting List, KIOSKs, Missed Opportunities, Consultation Management, Encounter Actions, Clinic Profile management and utilization and Patient Reminder Phone calls).
• Assisting in the planning, review, and reporting of data.
• Establishing protocols and coordinates incoming data from a variety of sources.
• Performing a basic analysis of the data and generates a variety or reports.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Remote: Not Authorized
Telework: Ad-hoc
Functional Statement #: Supervisory Medical Support Assistant/PDF01629
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Notifications:

• This is not an AFGE or NAGE Bargaining Unit position.
• Positions are covered by locality-based comparability pay.
• The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOCs as needed for coverage.
• Current or former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
• Applicants may be referred over for consideration prior to the close date of this announcement.

Starting at $63,782 Per Year (GS 8)

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is currently seeking a Care Assistant to provide care and support to a Service User with C2 spinal cord injury with a Tracheostomy and fully dependent on ventilation to breathe. The service user has full capacity and care will be provided in the Service user's own home.

We are recruiting for individuals with Excellent interpersonal skills, resiliency, and an eagerness to make a real difference in someone's life are all key to being successful in this role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for care professionals with an interest in specific complex conditions who want to develop their skills and knowledge whilst gaining experience.

In return you would become an essential part of his life and make an impact promoting their independence and daily life activities in the safest manner possible and become part of our existing care team in fulfilling this exciting role.

We are looking to employ carers who are passionate about giving the best care they can and promoting independence.

• Experience in care: Essential
• Driver: Essential - Able to drive a mobility van
• Job Title: Health Care Assistant
• Hourly Rate: £12.00 up to £18.50 (following probation and compliance period increase rate once clinical sign-off up [ tp £18.50ph)
• Starting pay Days shifts Monday to Friday £12ph weekdays & £15.50 weekends
• Starting pay Night shifts Monday to Friday £14ph weekdays & £16.50 weekends
• Package Location: Ripponden
• Shifts Available: 07:00 - 19:00 Days or 19:00 - 07:00 nights

Investing in our people is of the utmost importance to us. Harnessing potential, we want to improve your job satisfaction and endeavour to support your career aspirations with our training and development programme.

Main Responsibilities of a Health Care Assistant

• Support a client with a spinal injury, tracheostomy and ventilator
• Flexible in working both days and nights over a 4 weekly Rota period
• Moving and Handling
• Personal Care
• Prepping and cooking meals
• Supporting and maintaining all clinical needs
• Must be a driver
• Nonsmoking/vaping
• Enabling an active lifestyle
• Bowel management/care
• Physical jobs included, such as gardening, digging and long walk

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing Benefits:

• Full training support from our nursing team to up skill you in managing clinical needs
• Weekly pay and automatically enrolled into pension scheme
• Monthly Rota
• Opportunity to go on holiday abroad and go away in the UK
• Career progression with full support from management
• QCF training course offered with this role

Experience/Skills Required for this Health Care Assistant role:

• Minimum 1 years' experience in care
• Willingness to undertake training
• Effective communication skills (Fluent in English Language)
• Ability to handle clinical care in the community
• Attention to detail
• Positive attitude

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.

#SHAK

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is currently seeking a Care Assistant to provide care and support to a Service User with C2 spinal cord injury with a Tracheostomy and fully dependent on ventilation to breathe. The service user has full capacity and care will be provided in the Service user's own home.

We are recruiting for individuals with Excellent interpersonal skills, resiliency, and an eagerness to make a real difference in someone's life are all key to being successful in this role.

This is a fantastic opportunity for care professionals with an interest in specific complex conditions who want to develop their skills and knowledge whilst gaining experience.

In return you would become an essential part of his life and make an impact promoting their independence and daily life activities in the safest manner possible and become part of our existing care team in fulfilling this exciting role.

We are looking to employ carers who are passionate about giving the best care they can and promoting independence.

• Experience in care: Essential
• Driver: Essential - Able to drive a mobility van
• Job Title: Health Care Assistant
• Hourly Rate: £12.00 up to £18.50 (following probation and compliance period increase rate once clinical sign-off up [ tp £18.50ph)
• Starting pay Days shifts Monday to Friday £12ph weekdays & £15.50 weekends
• Starting pay Night shifts Monday to Friday £14ph weekdays & £16.50 weekends
• Package Location: Ripponden
• Shifts Available: 07:00 - 19:00 Days or 19:00 - 07:00 nights

Investing in our people is of the utmost importance to us. Harnessing potential, we want to improve your job satisfaction and endeavour to support your career aspirations with our training and development programme.

Main Responsibilities of a Health Care Assistant

• Support a client with a spinal injury, tracheostomy and ventilator
• Flexible in working both days and nights over a 4 weekly Rota period
• Moving and Handling
• Personal Care
• Prepping and cooking meals
• Supporting and maintaining all clinical needs
• Must be a driver
• Nonsmoking/vaping
• Enabling an active lifestyle
• Bowel management/care
• Physical jobs included, such as gardening, digging and long walk

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing Benefits:

• Full training support from our nursing team to up skill you in managing clinical needs
• Weekly pay and automatically enrolled into pension scheme
• Monthly Rota
• Opportunity to go on holiday abroad and go away in the UK
• Career progression with full support from management
• QCF training course offered with this role

Experience/Skills Required for this Health Care Assistant role:

• Minimum 1 years' experience in care
• Willingness to undertake training
• Effective communication skills (Fluent in English Language)
• Ability to handle clinical care in the community
• Attention to detail
• Positive attitude

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.

#SHAK

At Sugarman Health and Wellbeing, we are currently looking for a Care Assistant who is able to provide care and support for a Male service user who has a Tracheostomy, PEG, Suctioning and Tissue Viability. You will be providing the best care possible, within the Service User's own home environment.

Here at Sugarman Health and Wellbeing, we are looking for passionate and caring candidates, who are willing to provide care that promotes independence and giving the client the best quality of life, through daily activities, whilst building a special bond with them as well.

• Role: Healthcare Assistant
• Location: WS9, Walall
• Hourly Rate: £12

• Shifts: Weekend days 9am - 5pm
• Availability: Weekends
• Contract: Full Time/ Part Time
• Speciality: Complex Care
• Start Date: ASAP on completion of recruitment process

• PPE provided

You would become an essential part of the existing care team in this fulfilling and rewarding role.

Theory and practical training will be provided to ensure you have the correct skills to support this individual. This is an amazing opportunity in order to learn and expand your knowledge with new skills, to help develop your career and experience exciting new opportunities.

Benefits working for Sugarman Health and Wellbeing include:

• Enhancing our Service Users quality of life
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Ongoing support from other Carers, the Nurse Care Manager, and Registered Manager
• Weekly Pay
• Paid via PAYE or Umbrella
• Holiday Pay (PAYE)
• Lucrative refer a friend scheme *Terms and conditions apply*

What are your duties as a Health care Assistant in this package?

• Able to support in Moving and Handling & Personal Care
• Support and maintain all clinical needs
• To be respectful and maintain professional boundaries
• Someone who will go above and beyond for the Service User and staff involved in the package

Requirements:

• A minimum of 6 months professional care experience
• The right to work in the UK and have the correct documentation for this
• A full enhanced DBS
• An up to date CV with full working history
• Interested in applying for this role?

Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.

#SHWC

Job Description:
Position Title: Enrolled Nurse, Medication Endorsed Employment Type: Maximum Term, Full Time (Dec ) Hours per week: 38 Position Grade: Enrolled Nurse, Medication Endorsed Year 2 - Year 5 Salary: $64, - $68, Enterprise Agreement: The Named NSW (Non-Declared) Affiliated Health Organisations' Nurses Enterprise Agreement Department Name: Day Procedure Centre About us: St Vincent?s Hospital Sydney is a leading not-for-profit organisation providing health services to our community. Guided by our values of compassion, excellence, integrity and justice, we promote a culture of diversity and inclusion and empower our people to learn, grow and innovate. Benefits of working at St Vincent?s include:

Generous salary packaging and Fitness Passport for eligible staff
Opportunity to access a wide of range of clinical and non-clinical education programs
Supported post graduate opportunities within applicable fields
Career development opportunities across the St Vincent?s Health Australia Network

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Team Leader. MTs at this level have professional oversight responsibilities of a laboratory team. .The team leader facilitates team or unit processes by working in collaboration with team members to ensure that tasks, priorities and goals are coordinated with laboratory management. The incumbent also provides technical advice to staff and other health care members and oversees work assignments and work flow. The team leader is responsible for ensuring that staff follow all policies and procedures and is a subject matter authority when there are questions of a technical or professional nature. The incumbent may be responsible for reporting personnel absences and may be responsible for staff schedules and other assignments delegated by the departmental supervisors.

Duties/Tasks

• Modifies or adapts new methods or techniques to improve or expand services.
• Develops protocols for performance of tests and evaluation of results.
• Ensures that laboratory tests and procedures are consistent with accrediting agencies standards and requirements.
• Recognizes methodology limitations such as linearity, interference, sensitivity, and specificity and considers these when drawing conclusions about the validity of testing results.
• Performs validation/method verification studies for new systems.
• Consults with healthcare providers on logical protocol to follow in attempting to confirm the diagnosis or risk assessment of a patient.
• Provides advisory services to technicians, technologists, and other specialists.
• Independently performs venipuncture with minimal failure on all inpatients outpatients, and employees throughout the entire hospital complex utilizing universal blood and body fluid precautions, assigns priority to test request.
• Performs other directly related duties as assigned by the supervisor.

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Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, Occasional weekends.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact visn5edrpcoordinators@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
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)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 517-25029-F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $69,145 Per Year (GS 10)

This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items;
• Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware
• Selects and places correct items on patient trays
• Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets
• Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu
• Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary;
• Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides; reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian;
• Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes;
• Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts;
• Reads and interprets regular or modified menus, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas;
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, Weekends, and/or Holidays, 6am-2:30pm or 11:30am-8pm, (Tour of Duty will be discussed in the interview process)
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Starting at $18.54 Per Hour (WG 3)

• Perform a wide range of complex physical therapy duties requiring an advanced practical knowledge of physical therapy, evidence-based medicine and data collection.
• Responsibilities include providing evaluation and therapeutic interventions to a full range of wounded, ill, and injured service members.
• Responsibilities include physical rehabilitation, musculoskeletal extremity injury, spine complications and/or injuries, neurological injuries/impairments, pain, and concomitant behavioral health disorders.
• Develop complex, goal-oriented treatment plans for patients presenting with a multiplicity of dysfunction and impairments in physical, functional.
• Plan goal-oriented group and/or focused individual PT treatment programs, selecting activities to increase or improve muscle strength, range of motion and coordination.
• Teach alternative or compensatory techniques for rehabilitation, reconditioning, and functional tasks regardless of physical, mental, and/or cognitive deficits.
• Develop protocols and standard operating procedures (SOP) for PT programs. Serves as PT subject matter expert for designated program.
• Contribute input for program development and U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) guidance as needed to ensure program consistency and practice standardization across Army medicine.
• Serve as a member of various integrated, interdisciplinary/planning teams that plan, direct, coordinate, and evaluate individual care plans for and progress of patients participating in the program.
• Recommend patients for return to duty when appropriate and when rehabilitation is complete.
• Provide recommendations for continued treatment, home programs, reconditioning and provides guidance on physical health, functional and adaptive activities.
• Master new techniques and modality proficiency by studying current literature.
• As section administrator, incumbent may be responsible for the administrative management of the section including decisions concerning the delivery of care, contributing input to budgeting and staffing priorities.
• Regulate the programs and practices of the clinic to the unique characteristics and needs of the local community. 10%

Starting at $102,163 Per Year (GS 12)

The Nurse Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Outpatient Staff Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing specific care to primary care patients. This nurse provides direct Veteran care and care coordination, as it pertains, to Veterans and their care within the Primary Care Department. Manages assigned panel(s), utilizes registries, and ensures appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patient panels. This nurse provides health promotion, health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, and chronic care management. The nurse is responsible for delivering and improving holistic, and primary care through collaborative strategies with members of the patient care team. The (PACT) RN is also is also responsible for improving Veteran driven care by resolving experience issues such as coordination of care, timeliness or process issues, common themes of dissatisfaction, or environment of care concerns within the immediate practice setting.

Preferred Experience: 2 years RN experience in the area of Urgent Care, Primary Care, Nursing Homes and/or Emergency Room.

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

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
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

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $63,939 Per Year (VN 00)

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

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

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
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 WPB VA Medical Center has a designated role in the Geriatrics and Extended Care Service that serves as the Attending Physician and Medical Director of the Community Living Center (CLC). The incumbent provides clinical and administrative oversight of the CLC. They will also be a teaching faculty member in our Geriatrics Fellowship program. They will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Serves as a resource to senior management and other clinical and administrative leaders on issues impacting the delivery of care for Veteran's who use the Geriatrics Department services.
• Plans, develops, and maintains a comprehensive program to ensure compliance with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Guidelines and Directives and other relevant standards.
• Directs and coordinates medical care and participates in the resident care management system.
• Assists with identification, evaluation and resolution of medical and clinical concerns and issues that:
  (a) Affect resident care, medical care, or quality of life; or
  (b) Are related to the provision of services by physicians and other licensed health care providers.
• Participates in educational activities related to the delivery of services to Community Living Center residents and promotes and supports appropriate continuing education programs for other staff members.
• Coordinates medical provider assignments and coverage in the department in collaboration with the Chief of Geriatrics and Extended Care.
• Assures that medical providers and other staff members provide resident care services within established clinical privileges, scope of practice, competencies and qualifications.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(Note: Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor. The incumbent may be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs).

Starting at $251,539 Per Year (VM 00)

Duties include but not limited to:

• Assisting medical and nursing providers when performing medical & diagnostic examinations by assisting with duties such as monitoring vital signs, collecting biometrics, preparing and positioning the patient, completing the history and reminders, or by performing a variety of routine diagnostic tests.
• Taking and recording measurements and vital signs.
• Reporting deviations in vital signs and/or weight to the LPN/RN/MD.
• Measuring and recording height.
• Completing Health Promotion activities and asks reason for visit.
• Obtaining and labeling specimens to include clean catch urine specimens or sterile specimens.
• Drawing and labeling, and packaging specimens for the laboratory.
• Transporting specimens to the laboratory and calls the laboratory for reports.
• Reporting/recording results for the provider as appropriate.
• Performing routine diagnostic tests such as venipuncture, bladder scan, ultrasound, glucometer, pregnancy testing, urinary tract infection testing and electrocardiograms, as directed by the physician or professional nurse, for the purpose of diagnostic testing. He/she then calibrates and transmits data via electronic records.
• Assisting the physician in a variety of diagnostic examinations and must be able to receive instructions for difficult exams such as lumbar puncture, biopsies, colposcopies, LEEPs, intrauterine device placements, and pap smears.
• Positioning patient according to specific instructions from surgeon or primary care physician, drapes patient, preps and adjusts specialized equipment with multiple features, and passes instruments.
• Taking tissue cultures or specimen samples from difficult specialized procedures.
• Answering patient's questions during procedures.
• Chaperoning and comforting patients receiving gender specific examinations, including those that received Military Sexual Trauma. He/she possesses knowledge of surgical instruments in this clinical setting such as dilators, tenaculums, kevorkians, loops and balls, forceps and assists doctors with size selections. He/she possesses knowledge of proper handling and pre-cleaning of reusable medical equipment. Procedures are delicate and instrumentation is elaborate requiring settings and measurements that are very fine.
• Making precise adjustments to clarify readings and measurements and reports observations of the clinic patient regarding mobility, nutrition, pain/ comfort level, chief complaint, etc.
• Performing patient care procedures such as collection of specimens, applying dressings, adjusting simple supportive equipment. Performs simple procedures such as collection of blood samples or other fluid samples from ambulatory patients and application of sterile dressings to uncomplicated wounds. Uses proper sterile techniques for collection of samples.
• Verifying correct labeling and patient identification.
• Recording test time and intervals as appropriate. Assists with or performs standard health care procedures. Special procedures for women's health can include the annual breast, pap and cervical screening and interview.
• Teaching of patients and family members the necessity to continue good health maintenance, personal hygiene & self-care behaviors.
• Assisting with general health education and classes as assigned.
• Providing assistance of a technical, specialized, or support nature to health and medical personnel in the diagnosis or treatment of patient illnesses or medical conditions. Is able to teach clients how to read their meters, Blood Pressure's and other self monitored tests.
• Teaching patients and family members the necessity of personal hygiene and continuing proper self care behaviors.
• Promoting shared decision making behaviors.
• Providing general clerical/administrative support coordination work for the Clinic.
• Performing a variety of receptionist, record keeping, and miscellaneous duties in a general medical facility. Receives visitors, answers the telephone, and refers calls to appropriate staff or records messages. Schedules appointments and procedures.
• Orienting providers and new personnel to the clinical area including the proper procedure for requesting medical tests and the requirement for completion of exams.
• Assisting in familiarizing residents and new staff to operations, CPRS, various medical equipment in training to clinic setting.
• Participating in orientation of residents and new staff by explaining the roles of the healthcare team, assisting them with navigation of VA systems, and assigns them patients and rooms.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, with flexibilities 7:00am - 5:30pm
Position Description Title/PD#: Health Technician (Phlebotomist)/PD20668A
Physical Requirements: The work requires standing, walking, bending, lifting and carrying. The work may require heavy lifting of equipment or patients.

Starting at $47,455 Per Year (GS 5)

As the Estates Health Safety and Environmental Protection (HS&EP) Adviser for DBS South, you will have the opportunity to develop the role to deliver all aspects of HS&EP for MoD Abbey Wood North and our presence at Imjin Barracks in Gloucester, as well as providing advice and guidance to other DBS southern sites. The role includes conducting assurance checks known as 1st Line of Defence (1LoD) to ensure our sites are complying with all our legal and MOD HS&EP responsibilities

This is a high-profile role and your duties will encompass:-

Leading and monitoring HS&EP working procedures to ensure compliance, and producing site HS&EP policy and environmental management system. Conducting assurance checks (1LoD), developing post-audit action plans and monitoring progress of achieving goals.
Providing HS&EP advice to staff and visitors, conducting site HS&EP briefings for new staff and contractors. Overseeing maintenance of site first aid facilities, fire equipment, and evacuation equipment. Providing guidance in relation to Disability Discrimination Act-compliant facilities, including ‘access to work’ and personal emergency evacuation plans. Promoting a HS&EP culture across our sites, and arranging HS&EP awareness campaigns, and safety days. Facilitate first aid and fire warden training.
Coordinating site Fire, Bomb and Emergency procedures including tests and exercises, and contributing to the business continuity plans. Conducting ‘lessons learned’ reviews post-exercise to improve future performance.
Inspecting site physical security provisions and processes, promoting security awareness among all site staff, and acting as the lead facilitator during security exercises.
Undertaking site-wide hazard surveys and resulting risk assessments (RA), for example Fire, Spills and environmental. Develop and implement action plans to mitigate risks. Ensuring the annual reviews are completed and RA updated.
Monitoring accident, incident and near miss data to identify trends, and report as appropriate. Collating and analysing HS&EP data, using this to produce site performance reports and statistics to show progress against targets and objectives from the over-arching action plans. Reporting findings to the Accountable Person (AP) for the sites, and leading the production of the annual site HS&EP reports.
Promoting, monitoring and measure performance against site initiatives, objectives and targets for reducing waste, recycling, energy and water saving. (Per site DBS Environmental Action Plan).
Reviewing and updating agreements between the AP and non-DBS lodgers on our sites. Monitoring and facilitating site HS&EP arrangements, providing advice and guidance


Some of the locations in our Southern region where you will provide guidance, carry out risk assessments and conduct assurance activities are remote and inaccessible by public transport means, therefore a full driving licence is essential.

This job role may be suitable for hybrid working, which is an informal, non-contractual and voluntary arrangement, blending a balance of attendance in the workplace (your permanent duty station) and working from home as a personal choice, with management approval and to meet business needs. MOD has an expectation that on average, a minimum of 60% of your working time will be spent on a MOD site. If you are successful, your permanent duty station and any opportunities for hybrid working will be discussed with you prior to you taking up your post.

We’ll also ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request further information.

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