Total 1,003 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Naval Base Newport, Rhode Island

• You will review work process and facility plans to verify sufficient health controls are in place and operational.
• You will monitor engineering programs to improve work processes.
• You will collect samples during investigations or surveys to determine nature and severity of hazards present.
• You will compile investigative reports into written findings or recommendations.

• The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.
• The duties may include, but are not limited to:
• Prepares study plans for scientific experiments, using the scientist's hypothesis; attends to all the technical/administrative concerns.
• Develops the data required; refines, verifies, justifies, and organizes the data; analyzes and evaluates findings; and writes-up results for review.
• Conducts tests and analyses of studies and evaluations of data on plant pests detected domestically or intercepted at ports of entry from all parts of the world.
• Collects and manages data, evaluates and analyzes data pertaining to risk, diagnosis, mitigation, rearing, control, treatment and quarantine status.
• Manages plant and/or pest samples and resulting data, including receipt, storage, processing, photographing, and archiving while following procedures to ensure sample integrity and custody.

• You will serve as the Safety and Occupational Health (SOH) Branch Supervisor at SWRMC, responsible for administering a safety and occupational health program for oversight of assigned SWRMC workplaces.
• You will ensure strict compliance with Federal Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on contractors working for SWRMC to ensure a safe and healthy environment.
• You will organize, administer, coordinate, evaluate, and implement a comprehensive Navy's Safety and Occupational Health Program at SWRMC.
• You will plan, organize, and administer a scheduled series of comprehensive inspections of numerous shipboard or shop locations of structural repairs, welding, painting, electrical repairs and metal shop fabrication.
• You will negotiate with regulatory agencies, contractors, and Navy commands in the establishment of achievable and timely SOH compliance dates.
• You will review SWRMC advance planning work specifications to ensure that necessary provisions to meet applicable or potential OSHA and Environmental standards are included.
• You will identify, analyze, and evaluate a variety of hazards for military, civilian and contractor occupations, many involving complex operations, diverse environmental conditions and human-machine relations.
• You will apply methods, techniques, and abatements to control and eliminate unsafe acts or conditions that arise from the introduction of new equipment and the construction or modification of ships’ structures.
• You will plan and conduct safety education activities, including the hazards of electrical work, promotes safety campaign materials, and ensure the area of responsibility safety committees are maintained in accordance with respective instructions.

• You will conduct formal on-site inspections and evaluations of facilities, industrial shops, and construction sites for compliance.
• You will serve as safety consultant to all levels of management of the serviced organization.
• You will advise management and workers on safety requirements and potential accident-causing situations and methods/techniques for preventing accidents.
• You will maintain the safety of employees using knowledge of occupational safety and health policies, directives, regulations, protocols and requirements.
• You will execute and Installation-wide safety and occupational health programs and support senior staff.

Included but are not limited to:

• Implementing an effective and ongoing performance improvement program to monitor, evaluate and improve the quality, safety and appropriateness of care delivered to patients.
• Aligns Quality, Safety and Value with leadership roles, strategic planning and organizational culture.
• Aggregates data and participates in budget process to plan for current, emerging and future resource requirements (human, financial materiel and/or informational) based on Veteran care systems that produce high quality outcomes.
• Provides leadership in addressing ethical issues that impact the patient and staff in, or beyond, the organization and the local health care community

• This is not a Bargaining Unit Position
• This position is in the Excepted Service
• Current and 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.
• This position is covered by a special rate.

The facility Privacy/FOIA Officer has oversight for the data governance program and initiatives in the VHA Medical Center or Healthcare System and its supporting catchment area. The position makes unique facility-level determinations about disclosures, issuance of denials, redactions, access, use and dissemination of federal agency records. The position formulates policy, ensures compliance with federal and state laws and conducts thorough research of federal implementing regulations.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following:

• Implements unique policies and procedures to manage agency information, providing assistance and services to the general public and an organization, agency or facility staff members;
• Supports developing a local level strategy for data governance, which includes leading from the executive office and creating a unique program that includes diverse processes and specific policies which are independent of other facilities;
• Monitors and covers all aspects of the collection, use, dissemination, disclosure and destruction of information within an organization, agency or facility;
• Develops and integrates policy based processes, roles and controls that influences how data is created, collected, used, stored and destroyed throughout the organization;
• Adjudicates complex privacy and FOIA decisions that affect employees, customers and commercial businesses in the absence of supervision;
• Performs in-depth legal research that pertains to both federal and state statutes to render expertise, provide solutions and facilitate corrective action;
• Safeguards information while supporting accountability and transparency initiatives;
• Analyzes all of the interrelated issues that affect the privacy/FOIA program and plans and conducts monitoring activities which measure the overall level of operational compliance by the facility;
• Teaches and trains employees on general data protection procedures and detailed service specific practices for daily operations and uses technology to provide required privacy/FOIA training and supplemental education;
• Performs assessment of privacy-related risks associated with business activities that involve processing of personal and sensitive data;
• Investigates non-compliance of privacy related issues at all levels of an organization, agency or facility and outside of these entities when information is involved;
• Strengthens and sustains the operational life cycle of the privacy/FOIA program by developing a communication strategy that fosters awareness for both internal and external partners to improve compliance, provide training and engage the public.
• Ensures that organization, agency or facility correspondence for data governance is transparent, timely, accurate and complete in response to requests for information from the general-public, Congressional representatives, law enforcement, courts and commercial business.
• Creates a communications process and tools that are flexible, customizable and interactive to address unique compliance challenges and educational/training needs.

• This position is in the Competitive Service.
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701(1) or (3) [formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104 (1) and (3)] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System. Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment.
• Current 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.
• This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.
• This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.

• You will perform the duties encompassing all phases of the industrial hygiene program as specified by the Department of Defense, Department of Navy, and Bureau of Medicine and Surgery directives as well as the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations.
• You will plan and conduct complete evaluations of work operations involving potential hazardous environmental conditions, analyzing findings, and recommending corrective measures and controls.
• You will prepare preliminary and final technical reports of studies, surveys, investigations and after laboratory sample analysis, incorporating into the report medical surveillance and engineering findings and recommendations.
• You will evaluate the need for quantitative assessment of air contamination: noise and other physical stressors as well as the quantitative assessment of ventilation systems.

• Serve as a customer service representative for Madigan Army Medical Center.
• Assist customers with personnel matters and actions.
• Ensure the most current and accurate information is available in personnel systems.
• Responsible and held accountable for personnel actions.
• File all newly assigned personnel files based on the organization in which they are attached to.
• Coordinate and conduct the semi-annual Soldier Readiness Planning.
• Manage distribution on all in and out going correspondence.
• Conduct inspections and quality assurance checks of all staff file folders.

• You will provide independent and comprehensive Preventative Medicine services to all naval installations within the area of responsibility.
• You will plan, schedule, and coordinate disease screening, surveillance, analysis, containment, reporting, and other epidemiologic procedures to meet public health needs.
• You will investigate disease outbreaks to identify the source agent and provide countermeasures to decrease disease incidents.
• You will coordinate and conduct activities associated with sexually transmitted disease controls such as conducting interviews, preparing epidemiological reports, and follow up investigations.
• You will coordinate and assist with mass immunization efforts including influenza.

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

• Outpatient Ambulatory Care Program Services: The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will provide clinical pharmacy services, support pharmacoeconomic activities, and is directly responsible for assessing, monitoring, managing, and documenting intensive medication therapy for assigned patients. Activities include:
  • Responsible for outpatient ambulatory care pharmacy activities involving highly innovative methods of health care delivery in clinic, telehealth, or home-based primary care environments.
  • Participates in a patient-focused, team-based multi-disciplinary model of patient centered care to promote positive patient outcomes through direct and indirect interaction with patients and providers.
  • Serves as a mid-level provider by directing therapy; ordering lab tests; performing physical assessments; and initiating, modifying and discontinuing medications as defined within the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist's scope of practice.
  • Conducts medication therapy management clinics, anticoagulation clinics, and group forums. Provides drug information, observations on patient response to therapy, and develops appropriate treatment plans regarding treatment alternatives or additional interventions to maximize patient care outcomes taking into consideration choice of therapy, safety, efficacy, and pharmacoeconomics.
  • Evaluates appropriateness of pharmacologic therapy at clinic visits and as the level of care changes. Develops appropriate therapeutic monitoring plans and documents the activities in the medical record via electronic progress notes.
  • Provide medication reconciliation and patient medication counseling verifying and documenting patient understanding of the medication, proper medication use, expected outcomes, how to obtain refills of medication and how the current prescription will be processed.
  • Report actual and/or potential medication errors or adverse events and participate in quality improvement initiatives to promote patient safety. Participates in the VA Adverse Drug Reaction reporting program.
  • Plays a role in budget execution by working with and educating providers to ensure adherence to the formulary process so that patients receive the most cost-effective drug therapy. Process non-formulary and restricted drug consult requests.
• Outpatient Pharmacy Program Services: The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will be involved in the independent professional practice of pharmacy in accordance with the guidelines set forth in pharmacy service policies and procedures, VA Regulations, and state and federal laws governing the practice of pharmacy. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will work in conjunction with Clinical Pharmacists, other Clinical Pharmacy Specialists and other health care professionals to form an organized team approach to the delivery of pharmaceutical care. Activities include:
  • Maintains work flow patterns that assure timely delivery of outpatient ambulatory care pharmacy services, ensures accurate dispensing and record keeping documentation, and oversees technical and nonprofessionalstaff in the outpatient pharmacy setting.
  • Effectively organizes workload, solves problems, and achieves established goals.
  • Participates in quality improvement activities, pharmacoeconomic initiatives, committees, and workgroups in support of the pharmacy service strategic plan in all areas of the outpatient pharmacy section.
  • Provides patient care utilizing an advanced in-depth knowledge of outpatient ambulatory care specialized areas of pharmacy practice. Oversees day-today maintenance and operation of pharmacy equipment and automation, such as ScriptPro.
  • Assists in assuring that the outpatient pharmacy program is compliant with all regulatory and accrediting body requirements.
  • Distributive:
    • Review pharmacy orders to include patient information, dose, and route, frequency of administration, patient allergies, drug interactions, incompatibilities, duplication, and priority. Resolves prescribing and dispensing issues, including pharmacotherapeutic and formulary issues. Documents interventions as necessary.
    • Finish, input and/or verify information and orders in the computer system if assigned; and dispense medication in accordance with dosage form requirements
    • Identify actual or potential drug-related problems prospectively, thereby eliminating duplication of efforts, reducing medication errors and increasing patient satisfaction.
    • Dispenses controlled substances according to current policies, procedures, and standards established by DEA, FDA, VA, and Joint Commission.

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

• Outpatient Ambulatory Care Program Services: The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will provide clinical pharmacy services, support pharmacoeconomic activities, and is directly responsible for assessing, monitoring, managing, and documenting intensive medication therapy for assigned patients. Activities include:
  • Responsible for outpatient ambulatory care pharmacy activities involving highly innovative methods of health care delivery in clinic, telehealth, or home-based primary care environments.
  • Participates in a patient-focused, team-based multi-disciplinary model of patient centered care to promote positive patient outcomes through direct and indirect interaction with patients and providers.
  • Serves as a mid-level provider by directing therapy; ordering lab tests; performing physical assessments; and initiating, modifying and discontinuing medications as defined within the Clinical Pharmacy Specialist's scope of practice.
  • Conducts medication therapy management clinics, anticoagulation clinics, and group forums. Provides drug information, observations on patient response to therapy, and develops appropriate treatment plans regarding treatment alternatives or additional interventions to maximize patient care outcomes taking into consideration choice of therapy, safety, efficacy, and pharmacoeconomics.
  • Evaluates appropriateness of pharmacologic therapy at clinic visits and as the level of care changes. Develops appropriate therapeutic monitoring plans and documents the activities in the medical record via electronic progress notes.
  • Provide medication reconciliation and patient medication counseling verifying and documenting patient understanding of the medication, proper medication use, expected outcomes, how to obtain refills of medication and how the current prescription will be processed.
  • Report actual and/or potential medication errors or adverse events and participate in quality improvement initiatives to promote patient safety. Participates in the VA Adverse Drug Reaction reporting program.
  • Plays a role in budget execution by working with and educating providers to ensure adherence to the formulary process so that patients receive the most cost-effective drug therapy. Process non-formulary and restricted drug consult requests.
• Outpatient Pharmacy Program Services: The Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will be involved in the independent professional practice of pharmacy in accordance with the guidelines set forth in pharmacy service policies and procedures, VA Regulations, and state and federal laws governing the practice of pharmacy. The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist will work in conjunction with Clinical Pharmacists, other Clinical Pharmacy Specialists and other health care professionals to form an organized team approach to the delivery of pharmaceutical care. Activities include:
  • Maintains work flow patterns that assure timely delivery of outpatient ambulatory care pharmacy services, ensures accurate dispensing and record keeping documentation, and oversees technical and nonprofessionalstaff in the outpatient pharmacy setting.
  • Effectively organizes workload, solves problems, and achieves established goals.
  • Participates in quality improvement activities, pharmacoeconomic initiatives, committees, and workgroups in support of the pharmacy service strategic plan in all areas of the outpatient pharmacy section.
  • Provides patient care utilizing an advanced in-depth knowledge of outpatient ambulatory care specialized areas of pharmacy practice. Oversees day-today maintenance and operation of pharmacy equipment and automation, such as ScriptPro.
  • Assists in assuring that the outpatient pharmacy program is compliant with all regulatory and accrediting body requirements.
  • Distributive:
    • Review pharmacy orders to include patient information, dose, and route, frequency of administration, patient allergies, drug interactions, incompatibilities, duplication, and priority. Resolves prescribing and dispensing issues, including pharmacotherapeutic and formulary issues. Documents interventions as necessary.
    • Finish, input and/or verify information and orders in the computer system if assigned; and dispense medication in accordance with dosage form requirements
    • Identify actual or potential drug-related problems prospectively, thereby eliminating duplication of efforts, reducing medication errors and increasing patient satisfaction.
    • Dispenses controlled substances according to current policies, procedures, and standards established by DEA, FDA, VA, and Joint Commission.