Total 285 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in fort leavenworth kansas

• Performs screenings to include: visual acuity, confrontation fields, extra-ocular muscle movements, pupillary reaction, interpupillary distance measurements, and manual and automated lens neutralization.
• The employee reviews the chart for pertinent health information, and obtains ocular information from outside agencies that have provided services.
• Prepares the patient, swabbing the area clean before and after a patient encounter, removing eye shields, prosthetics, pressure patches, contact lenses, preparing the room and instruments for the procedure, assists with positioning the patient's head or holding the eyelids apart.
• Provides orientation and training for other employees and interns and maintains supply of patient education materials.
• Meets and greets patients, directs patient flow, schedules appointments, answers telephone, takes messages, transfers telephone calls, responds to patient inquiries, assists patients with referrals, assists with medication requests, pre-op and post-op information, and questions regarding clinic policies and procedures.
• Maintains clinic supplies and pharmaceutical orders using inventory checklists. Cleans equipment after patient use in compliance with infection control policies and procedures.

• Functions in an independently licensed clinical capacity while working with minimum level of supervision and uses expert knowledge of various concepts, procedures, and practices relating to behavioral health and the social work profession.
• Conducts behavioral risk and clinical assessments for patients.
• Provides crisis interventions and behavioral health consultation services.
• Serves as a member of the Soldier Recovery Unit (SRU) staff for Soldiers and their families
• Determines the behavioral health risk level of each assigned Soldier by entering the risk factors into an automated risk assessment tool estimating the risk level using the tool output, professional skills, and judgment.

• Receive patients into the medical treatment facility for admission.
• Coordinate requests for information from insurance companies concerning clinical/medical issues.
• Determine applicable system classification of patient status and treatment.
• Obtain insurance information to advise patients on cost estimates and collect payments.
• Enter patient data into multiple medical record automated systems.

• Receive patients into the medical treatment facility for admission.
• Coordinate requests for information from insurance companies concerning clinical/medical issues.
• Determine applicable system classification of patient status and treatment.
• Obtain insurance information to advise patients on cost estimates and collect payments.
• Enter patient data into multiple medical record automated systems.

• Provide process improvement recommendations to increase access to care.
• Make recommendations to staff for improvements in delivered healthcare.
• Collect data from a wide variety of medical information systems to be analyzed.
• Conduct data analysis of health care delivery systems.
• Serves as the Data Quality Manager.
• Monitors compliance with policies and processes.
• Identifies training needs implementing plans as appropriate.
• Brief results of data analysis to document the quality of medical care provided.

Duties:

This position utilizes knowledge of policies and procedures for delivery orders and small purchases and knowledge of commercial supply sources and common business practices related to sales, prices, discounts, units of measurement, deliveries, stocks, and shipments. The Purchasing Agent maintains responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems that support the full range of programs and activities. Major duties and responsibilities include:

· Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and,

· Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists, other service line contacts, and contracting officers as appropriate for the purposes of auditing documents, processing receiving reports, and payments.; conducting open market research and sole source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements; and,

· Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility.

· Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Performs phlebotomy procedures such as venipuncture and puncture; determine type of specimen to be collected; and draw and/or collect blood samples for test procedures.
• Process specimens in accordance with the test procedure requirements.
• Greets and screesn patients at the Laboratory Reception Desk, obtaining information to determine need, eligibility of care and priority for testing.
• Prepares samples for shipment by centrifuging sample and separating serum.

Diversity Statement
VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System (VAEKHCS ) is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

- Set up assigned station with the correct supplies and food items
- Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on
customers'/patients'/residents' plates
- Break down and clean the station when assigned
- Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and
replenish items as necessary
- Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room
- Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides and report the patients' comments and
complaints to the supervisor or dietitian
- Prepare beverages according to the number of servings required
- Prepare fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches
and simple cold desserts in specified quantities
- Sort, wash, peel and cut cold foods using knives or other equipment
- Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure
and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes
- Prepare uncooked food items, such as sandwich spread and salad dressings
- Operate and break down and clean all equipment assigned to food service and
related areas
- Portion food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and
specified dishware
- Prepare boxed/to go meals
- Select and place correct items on patient trays
- Read and interpret a regular or modified menu, individual diet cards, tray tickets or
patient selections
- Identify obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items
designated by the menu
- Decide what food items to serve for the most common diets
- Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas
- Separate food waste, trash/recyclables from dishes, glasses and silverware
- Unload food/tray delivery carts
- Store sanitized dishes, glasses and silverware
- Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub cookware and utensils
- Move garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to
the disposal area
- Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the Medical Center

Work Schedule: To be determined by management. Schedule may be between the hours of 05:30-19:00, and includes weekends and holidays
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD09994A
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Notifications:

• This position is a Bargaining Unit position.

The Advanced Level Program Support Assistant (PSA) position serves as a Telehealth clerk and is a foundational role within the Telehealth department. The Program Support Assistant focuses and works collaboratively with all members of the Telehealth department and expanded health care disciplines including primary care teams, social workers, dieticians, behavioral health staff, etc. to provide a robust interdisciplinary approach to care.

• Performs work involving the collection, compilation, and/or tracking of data and statistical information in support of the program operation.
• Receives and processes documents and reports in accordance with established procedures. Reviews documents and reports for completeness and enters pertinent information into an automated tracking system.
• Performs office automation duties using such software applications as electronic mail, desktop publishing, calendar, spreadsheet, database, and/or graphics. Assists other users with regard to selection of applications, training on a variety of standard application packages, and selection of appropriate formats and procedures for each task.
• Integrates several types of software to generate specific working documents and forms such as spreadsheet, database, word processing, desktop publishing, graphics, and other similar products. Selects appropriate system, application, and format.
• Performs typing work, whether from voice recordings or written material on either an electric typewriter, or using word processing software and equipment. Word processing software and printing devices are used to produce a variety of standardized documents such as lettersand reports.
• Communicates professionally when interacting with patients and staff. Completes follow-up calls with patients/caregivers after admission into Home Telehealth (HT) for questions, concerns, or technical problems.
• Prepares, composes, or reviews correspondence prepared for the purpose of obtaining or supplying information.
• Serves as a primary contact for all persons presenting to the Telehealth Program. Must at all times display professionalism, courtesy and tact to ensure the most positive Image is presented.
• Monitors the progress of management's reports, notes, data, etc., to ensure their satisfactory conclusion by preparing correspondence for the specified manager and supervisor, including their communication to principals within the agency.
• Schedules appointments, coordinates meetings, and/or schedules conferences. Provides general calendar maintenance clerical services such as maintaining calendars and recording appointments, or arranging for meeting and small conference administrative details.
• Follows up to ensure observance of deadlines and coordination of internal comments and clearance.
• Understands the importance of proper patient instruction in meeting the patient's goals. Completes the necessary documentation of patient instruction and workload.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office word and excel and able to utilize access database.
• Calls patients who have not completed the expected number of sessions weekly/monthly to determine if there is a technology problem or to encourage the patient to improve compliance.
• Utilizes vendor help-desk to assist in troubleshooting. Evaluates in home equipment issues as necessary to assess problem areas requiring correction.

VAEKHCS is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans.

Pharmacy Technician: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Pharmacy-Technician-Career-Flyer.pdf

Major Duties & Responsibilities:
a. Responsible for procurement and ongoing inventory management of drug products and medical supplies in the department. Monitors utilization rates to ensure cost-effective turnover of inventories on hand. Orders from various procurement sources, including prime vendor and direct contract and noncontract sources. Ensures mandatory sources are used when appropriate. Ensures most cost-effective sources and items are selected when ordering. Complies with all IMPAC card rules and regulations when using the government purchase card. Reconciles purchases made with the IMPAC card in a timely manner. Follows up with vendors if any discrepancies or problems are encountered with an order.

b. Determines, establishes, and modifies, as necessary, appropriate ordering intervals, inventory levels, most efficient/effective ordering quantities, based on the fiscal status of the pharmaceutical budget, seasonal variations in drug usage, changing patterns of medical practice, delivery time requirements, urgency of medical need, and alternative sources of availability.

c. Maintains department's fund control records, verifies information, and reconciles all problems. Resolves budgetary discrepancies that arise among Fiscal, Acquisition and Materiel Management, and Pharmacy due to changes that occur during procurement, obligation, and delivery process. Compiles and analyzes data from a variety of sources (i.e. inventories, procurement records, financial expenditures, etc.) to assess and project the importance and impact of changing trends of drug utilization on drug inventory control and budget utilization.

d. Responsible for securing and coordinating the processing of outdated, returned, unusable, and excess inventory for credit through the reverse distributor or processing as pharmaceutical waste. Ensures the handling and processing of general pharmaceutical waste and hazardous pharmaceutical waste is done in accordance with VHA and EPA regulations.

e. Responsible for conducting the biennial physical inventory of all controlled substances and ensures records are maintained in accordance with VHA and DEA regulations. Responsible for coordinating the destruction of controlled substances with the reverse distributor in accordance with VHA and DEA regulations.

f. Assists the Automation Pharmacy Technician and/or Pharmacy Program Analyst with Logistics the identification and verification of all equipment assigned to Pharmacy Service. Works with Engineering Service and vendors the maintenance and repair of pharmacy equipment.

g. Responsible for coordinating and processing all manufacturer and FDA recalls of pharmaceuticals and medical supplies. Ensures recalled items are properly handled and processed for return to the appropriate source. Coordinates with the professional pharmacy staff identifying and notifying patients affected by Class I recalls.

h. Maintains a borrow/loan ledger that is reconciled every month to document borrow/loan transactions with other hospitals and medical facilities. All loans must be recovered and borrowed items repaid monthly.

i. Assists the Associate Chief, Pharmacy Operations, in monitoring and tracking utilization of high-cost non-controlled substance medications. Reports inpatient and outpatient high usage areas and usage trends. Assists in developing strategies to achieve maximal economy by helping to identify alternative sources, alternative medications of the same therapeutic class, bulk preparations vs unit-dose preparations, etc.

j. Provides resource support to all members of the pharmacy staff regarding drug storage requirements, procurement, and inventory management. Provides orientation and training on these areas to all members of the pharmacy staff.

k. Performs all the duties of lower graded technicians, if required.

l. As deemed necessary by the Associate Chief, Pharmacy Operations, assists in other patient care areas to maintain the consistency of overall pharmacy services.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday day tour - off tours, weekends, and holidays as needed by the department.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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.

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION***

This position utilizes knowledge of policies and procedures for delivery orders and small purchases and knowledge of commercial supply sources and common business practices related to sales, prices, discounts, units of measurement, deliveries, stocks, and shipments. The Purchasing Agent maintains responsibility for work leading to the purchase of a wide variety of complex and highly specialized services, supplies, equipment, and systems that support the full range of programs and activities.

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Purchasing Support - Conducts purchasing under the micro purchase threshold; reviews and edits purchase requests; resolves issues to ensure requests and bills are processed accurately and in a timely manner; identifies needs or problems and determines corrective action; utilizes federal and agency acquisition regulations to identify possible sources and other pertinent information related to purchases; tracks obligations/commitments and monitors expenditures to support recurring budget forecasts and identify potential fraud, waste and abuse based on procurement history and purchase trends; and,
• Procurement Support - Procures supplies and services to meet the purchase, rental, or lease needs of the organization; develops unique selection criteria for each purchase; Prepare and issue contract modifications for changes in delivery schedule and sends formal correspondence to a variety of customers such as inventory management specialists, other service line contacts, and contracting officers as appropriate for the purposes of auditing documents, processing receiving reports, and payments.; conducting open market research and sole source small purchases for highly specialized medical items with critical product requirements; and,
• Administrative Support - Serves as the first line of contact for medical staff and customers in regard to procured items; develops reports and spreadsheets, obtains, organizes, files and retrieves reports for briefing and presentation purposes; performs a variety of receptionist, timekeeping, record keeping and miscellaneous duties in medical facility.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The incumbent in this position is responsible for all areas of canteen operations relating to retail, food, vending, sales, merchandising, accountability, misc. service of the canteen located in Fort Wayne, IN. The incumbent is responsible for a full range of personnel management, administrative controls, reviews, & processes relative to canteen operations. e.g., POGs, RPOS, inventory controls, stock schedules, food safety, sanitation, promotional programs, etc. The incumbent is responsible for attaining financial goals & implementing program objectives as established by VCSCO and/or Region Manager.

• Evaluate patient's condition to properly stabilize for treatment.
• Administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation on patients through various techniques such as, intravenous (IV) insertion, intubation and drug administration.
• Evaluate patient's condition to properly stabilize for treatment.
• Determine advance medical implications of wounds to treat appropriately.
• Determine proper method to stabilize patients with physical injuries, such as, fractures, dislocations and sprains.

• Obtain information from patients and/or family to identify major complaints, symptoms, or reason for seeking health care.
• Take vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, pain level, height, weight, measurement of head circumference and length) as part of patient's medical assessment and perform a behavioral health screening of assigned patient.
• Provide individualized nursing care to patients based upon the physician's medical plan, the nursing assessment and the physical, mental and emotional needs of the patient.
• Screen and review immunization records to select required immunizations, correct dosages, and administer oral, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular immunizations to all age groups.
• Assist physician with various examinations and diagnostic procedures.
• Perform teaching to patients and/or family regarding self-care procedures and documents teaching.