Total 117 Others level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Georgia - Atlanta

As a Public Health Analyst (Policy & Issues Management) you will:

• Perform projects to analyze public health legislation, regulations, executive directives, and Departmental policy issuances, as well as other influential statements of policy.
• Analyze public health problems, issues, or program requirements that may be unstable or complex.
• Develop materials to explain public health programs to the general public and to specific groups including Congressional staff, legislative committees and subcommittees, state policy makers, Departmental and other executive branch officials, and other groups interested in specific program activities.
• Assist in developing the organization's short and long-range goals, and also assist in program evaluation and the measurement of program outcomes.
• Develop timely and complete responses to FMO, Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Washington Office /Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and others, on matters related to program activities, and in so doing ensures consistency with organization, CDC, and DHHS policies.
• Manage linkages and relationships with a variety of national, state and local organizations as well as other Federal agencies.
• Develop new programmatic initiatives and assess issues of importance to the mission and activities of the program.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 31, 2024. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be 10 days after the JOA is posted, with subsequent referrals will be contingent on the availability of vacant positions. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals OR as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.

Duties:

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self -management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.
• Considers all characteristics of the individual, including age and life stages, state of health, race, culture. values, and previous experiences.
• Administers medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
• Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.

• Medical surgical experience,
• Geriatric Outpatient RN Care Manager experience preferred

As a PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISOR you will:

• Exercise independent program management and operational responsibility for planning and development of national public health capacity building program activities.
• Serve as senior Public Health Advisor and management coordinator of national public health capacity building program activities.
• Direct and coordinate the efforts required to plan and execute all aspects of the management operations of the Division.
• Provide authoritative advice, guidance, and assistance to Division's Senior Leadership Team on all matters related to the management, administrative, support, financial and technical programmatic operations, initiatives, processes, and/or procedures of the Division's programs.

Duties to include but not limited to:
Conduct psychosocial assessments and make psychosocial diagnoses.
- Conduct mental health assessments and provide psychotherapy for the
amelioration of mental health conditions.
- Develop psychosocial treatment plans with attention to age specific
needs/concerns.
- Provide psychosocial interventions for individuals, groups and families.
- Utilize standardized instruments in the assessment of mental health conditions.
- Provide individual and group counseling.
- Provide marital and family counseling.
- Develop information and referral resources and services.
- Develop community linkages and coordinate the clinical application of community
services.
- Provide admission and discharge planning services.
- Provide care management and coordination services.
- Document in computerized medical record.
- Provide Veteran advocacy/Veteran rights services.
- Provide psychosocial crisis intervention services, with adherence to High Risk
protocol.
- Provide Veteran and family education services.
- Screen for substance abuse, tobacco use, depression, suicide risk, post-
- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), domestic violence/interpersonal violence, complete risk assessments, and provide treatment services.
- Screen for homelessness in Veterans and address housing needs.
- Provide education on advanced care planning, including assistance with
advance directive documents.
- Complete any additional screenings, as required.
- Place and complete consults.
- Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments and formulate psychosocial
diagnoses utilizing a differential diagnostic scale.
- Conduct mental health assessment and make DSM diagnoses.
- Provide consultation to colleagues; render professional opinions based on
experience and expertise.
- Develop new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention and incorporate
complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment.
- Utilize outcome evaluations to further treatment and design system changes
Teach and mentor staff and students in the specialty area of practice to provide
supervision for licensure of for specialty certifications, to include but not limited to in-service education & continuing education presentations.
- Provide subject matter consultation to care line managers, colleagues and
students on Social Work qualification standards, practice standards,
competency, productivity and continuing education.
- Provide clinical supervision to those seeking advanced licensure based upon
state regulations.
- Pursue eligibility for academic appointment with VA academic affiliates



Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Telework: Ad Hoc
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

• Performs essential role in preparation, compounding, dispensing, and distribution of sterile and nonsterile hazardous medication within designated sterile compounding areas.
• Receives, reviews, and prepares physician order for cytotoxic agents and premedication.
• Performs accurate product identification labeling dosage calculation, and compounding of agents by utilizing package literature, written procedural guidelines and application of specialized knowledge.
• Successfully complete assignments and maintain annual competencies to
  compound hazardous and non-hazardous IV sterile preparations according to
  USP<795><797> and <800> standards.
• Follows proper aseptic preparation techniques when compounding hazardous and
  non-hazardous medications.
• Reviews anticipated inventory needs and notifies procurement technician in a
  timely manner of products required.
• Assists in maintaining all required records related to sterile compounding.
• Receives hazardous IV chemotherapy inventory stock according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) guidelines placing in proper storage areas, rotating stock on shelves, and removing/replacing outdated
  items.
• Maintains Chemo/IV rood medication inventory, compounding supplies and cleaning product to ensure availability and minimize waste.
• Conducts daily, weekly, and monthly IV room cleaning to include check for soon to expire medications.
• Manufactures uncomplicates and/or complicated parenteral admixtures to be delivered in the form of large volume, small volume, infusion syringe or other as required.
• Prepares sterile ophthalmic preparations and other complex sterile pharmaceuticals such as total parenteral alimentations and cardioplegia solutions.
• Maintains comprehensive knowledge and understanding of USP 795/797/800 chapters and hazardous drug handling to assist in management, compliance, staff education activities, training, and room certifications.
• Participates in glove fingertip and media fill testing, maintain competencies passing didactic practical skill assessment initially and annually thereafter.
• Assists in airborne particulate, microbial testing, and surface testing to ensure
  cleaning schedules are met.
• Ensures full compliance with all regulatory requirements (VHA, Joint Commission, USP <795><797><800>, EPA, OSHA, NIOSH, and FDA).
• Assists in maintains a training/education manual for the focus are assigned.
• Provides training to new or existing staff so that these competencies are maintained.
• Ability to evaluate, analyze and coordinate workflow independently in the assigned area.
• Performs all the duties of lower grade technicians, if required.

• After prescription/order (s) are reviewed by a pharmacist for therapeutic propriety, reviews orders for technical accuracy and converts the order, if necessary, so that the item dispensed corresponds to the drug and dose ordered.
• Assists with inventory management and ordering of medications.
• Answers questions from pharmacy and non-pharmacy personnel regarding drug distribution. Identifies basic therapeutic problems such as duplicate therapy with drugs in the same class and alerts the pharmacist to the possible need for clinical intervention.
• Conducts periodic ward inspection of patient care areas.
• Assists in total quality improvement activities by participating in medical center and service process assessment and action teams and continually seeks to improve services.
• Monitors refrigerator temperature daily in pharmacy assigned area if needed.
• The technician will work with, support, and substitute, as needed, for other inpatient technicians, as well as be asked to staff during staffing shortages.
• Assigned work areas are not restricted to the inpatient pharmacy service work areas required by patient care needs to maintain consistency of services as authorized by the Chief, Pharmacy, or designee.

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FUNCTIONS:

• Works collaboratively with VISN programs, services, and interdisciplinary coordinated care team members to provide access to care and meet the needs of Veterans, their family members and/or legal representatives via various available contact modalities to include but not limited to telephone calls, secure messaging, chat, text messaging and video regarding a broad range of topics, including medication refills/renewals, basic billing inquiries, and procedural pharmacy activities.
• Routinely reviews computer medication profiles for therapeutic duplication, prescription noncompliance and allergies/drug reactions. Transfers identified patients to a Pharmacist or supervisor, for further evaluation, if needed.
• Processes and submits patient requests for new prescription orders and renewals (including controlled substances) into the computer accurately, thoroughly and in a timely manner. Uses approved Pharmacy Service protocols when appropriate to satisfy patient medication requests.
• Consistently documents patient contact and call resolution in VISN CCC software (and the electronic healthcare record as applicable) to include but is not limited to what was requested, what action was taken and any other information which may be pertinent during future research. Assists in the documentation of medication variances.
• Seeks assistance from designated Lead Technician, a pharmacist or supervisor when responding to unusual questions or when reasonable attempts to satisfy a caller have been unsuccessful.
• Actively and diligently treats all Veterans with respect and utmost dignity. Seeks to solve Veteran's concerns at first contact. When required, refers to other VA resources to assist in the resolution process. Always resolves all Veteran issues in a timely and caring manner with emphasis on providing first contact resolution.
• Maintains National Pharmacy Technician Certification.
• Participates in continuous daily improvement and VISN CCC initiatives.
• Completes additional duties as assigned.

1. Meets the needs of customers while supporting the VA mission.
2. Demonstrates good customer relation skills when addressing patients, their families and fellow employees. Does not cause problems or antagonize others through rudeness or lack of diplomacy. Personal interactions are free of valid complaints.
3. Performance must show the ability to adjust to changes in workflow and the ability to function as a team member, helping the group effort where possible.
4. Responds to customer inquiries in a helpful and timely fashion. If not able to remedy a situation, the employee is able to direct the opportunity to the appropriate resource.
5. Promotes harmonious relationships within the work environment, which supports the needs of the team and the customers.

As a Health Scientist you will:

• Serve as a recognized expert in health sciences for the agency with responsibility for developing policy and objectives, appraising programs, and initiating requirements for health science studies.
• Serve as advisor for the planning, design, implementation, and analysis of projects.
• Provide technical advice to state and local health agencies and to various other health-related organizations about measuring and evaluating public health capacity and performance at local, state and national levels.
• Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work, when necessary.
• Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, considering difficulty and requirements of assignments as well as the capabilities of employees.

• Comprehensive knowledge of concepts, principles, methodology, and polices in a specialized area or section of pharmacy (such as sterile compounding, controlled substances, automation, clinical pharmacy, contact center, etc.) Note: See Specialized Area in the Definitions Section.
• Skill in training and orienting new existing pharmacy facility employees and students on proper polices and procedures.
• Ability to evaluate, analyze and coordinate workflow and work activities within a specialized area or section of the pharmacy.

• Knowledge of pharmacy technician principles, practices, concepts, and theories providing for sound independent work
• Knowledge of the computerized prescription process and input of prescriptions and medications orders or electronic equivalent.
• Ability to resolve pharmacy/medication issues with other member of the healthcare team, Veterans, and external customers.
• Ability to train developmental pharmacy technicians and students.
• Ability to dispense medication or sterile products following all regulations, policies, and procedures to ensure safe medication distribution.
• Ability to troubleshoot automated dispensing equipment (ADE) or technology platforms/databases.
• Reads and interprets prescriptions from all the veteran electronic health record systems
  (EHRS) or in written format.
• Reviews prescription orders for technical accuracy.
• Prepares medications and ensures the orderable item matches the item being dispensed with regard to drug, strength, quantity, or appropriate supply item.
• Dispenses medications following all regulations, policies, and procedures for safe medication distribution.
• Uses Automatic Dispensing machines (ADM) such as ScriptPro to batch and label medications. Ensure ScriptTalk labels are batched if needed. Understands when to use other prescription labels with computer outages.
• Maintains highly sophisticated pharmacy equipment. This includes cleaning procedures and maintenance of ADM's and other counting machines. Troubleshoots equipment and databases when needed.
• Assists with automated or manual inventory processes that include but are not limited to inventory counts, medication ordering, stocking, checking for outdates, pulling outdates, pulling recalled medications, inspections or any other activity related to the supply of VA medications.
• Accurately interprets EHRS patient medication profiles. Is able to confirm prescription information in the Pharmacy computer packages. Able to execute refills or other technician duties within the pharmacy software.
• Accurately or updates patient information in the many pharmacy software packages such as ADM's and EHRS.
• Prioritizes workload to complete assignments on time.
• Maintains a safe orderly and clean working environment.
• Ensures all look alike, sound alike, high alert, refrigerated medications are stored properly according to manufactures recommendations and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requirement.
• Maintains adaptability and flexibility for various emerging roles and responsibilities in the medication distribution system including new equipment, assignments, and changes in pharmacy workflow.

As a Public Health Analyst (Issues Management) you will:

• Respond to Congressional/Executive Branch inquiries and correspondence requesting information regarding Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) strategies, programs, and responses to health problems; data; and general information requested about public health issues.
• Prepare and oversee the writing and production of publications and information about activities and mission which build mutual understanding between the unit and relevant publics.
• Oversee special projects through researching and/or analyzing problems, issues, or program requirements that may be unstable or complex.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with other organizational units within CDC including other national centers, and offices within the CDC Office of the Director including coordinating centers, CDC Washington, FMO/Leg, and others; other Federal agencies and quasi-governmental groups such as the CDC Foundation; and other key partners including national and international organization.
• Develop new programmatic initiatives and assess issues of importance to the mission and public health goals of the program.
• Provide analysis and synthesis in support of those responsible for answering Congressional and constituent organization requests, including controlled correspondence, telephone, and other immediate requests that are highly sensitive and complex, and ensures that responses are consistent with the organization's mission and goals.

The Chief Financial Officer is the preeminent financial advisor of the VAMC, responsible for establishing and maintaining; an integrated system of financial staff services which arc vital to effective management control over, and evaluation of, station operations. Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide guidance on all financial policy changes and requirements affecting the Medical Center. Develop and implement policies and procedures governing the provision of financial service
• Apply financial costing and forecasting techniques to oversee technical processes of budget formulation
• Produce comprehensive analysis of program accomplishments in financial terms to assist management in planning and decision making
• Develop local budget instructions and policies within the framework of mandatory requirements for use of operating officials in preparing their budgets
• Provide financial advice to senior management during all stages of the planning, policy formulation and decision making of pertinent discussions. Provide the necessary analyses and interpretations of financial data to maintain maximum effectiveness, efficiency and economy
• Forecast long and short range goals for a Service that are consistent with those of the VA. Communicate financial information to other facility leaders including clinical staff
• Monitor and review managerial reports and provide assessments and recommendations to Pentad leadership
• Serve as Service Senior Liaison with the Financial Services Center (FSC), the Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS) and VISN CFO for all Financial related items. Lead presentations, meetings and attend conferences as the senior finance leader
• Develop and effectively be able to communicate a variety of major department financial policies to Staff, Pentad, VISN Level Leadership related to Station 509
• Conduct Quality Reviews or develop reports that involve budget forecasts, OT reports and expenditure analysis for briefings
• Develop and supervise first line supervisors within the finance department. Oversee performance management, recognition, recruitment actions
• Work with customers, general public, service chiefs, Pentad members, VISN or outside agencies to provide assistance with fiscal products/services
• Attend executive level meetings
• Oversee specialized administrative and program support for fiscal program operations

• Perform pre-award and post-award functions in the specialized area of health care contracting, to include direct health care provider services, medical equipment and supplies, facility maintenance, 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, facility maintenance, 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.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2024, or until positions are filled. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be Sept. 19, 2025. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.

Duties consist of but not limited to the following:

• Incumbent thoroughly searches the medical record to identify and code all information pertinent to the patient's diagnosis (includes demographics, diagnosis, site and histology, diagnostic procedures, extent of disease and treatment).
• Adheres to the guidelines set forth by the American College of Surgeons (ACoS) in the Registry Operations and Data Standards (ROADS), the AJCC Staging Manual International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, ICD9/10, and SEER Surgical Codes when coding tumor registry abstracts.
• Keeps abreast of new medical terminology and revision to the above manuals Utilizes coding references to ensure that complete and accurate data is collected
• Codes information contained on several forms and documents that make up an entire record, to include the electronic health record.
• Codes diseases, surgical procedures, and cause of injury (uses specific codes required in a cancer registry, stage of disease, morphology, and topography using International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, AJCC Staging Manual and the ROADS Manual).
• Independently codes a wide variety of medical diagnostic, therapeutic, and surgical procedures.
• Codes diseases and causes of injury
• Codes stages of disease using international classification of Diseases of Oncology.
• Analyzes the consistency of coding of registry data, cancer diagnosis, histology, treatment (Including surgical procedures, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormonal therapy and radiation therapy).
• Identifies coding discrepancies
• Facilitates resolution of coding discrepancies by discussion with providers/registry coordinator
• Codes complicated medical records having diagnostic, surgical and therapeutic procedures that are identified as difficult to classify.
• Maintains a control system to ensure that all cases of cancer are coded in a timely manner by adhering to the Standards of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, Registry Operations and Data Standards and appropriate VA Regulations
• Reviews records to obtain data which is then entered into the registry software (The oncology data is available for analysis and used by health care staff for research, patient care, protocol studies, and trends in cancer).
• Submits data from the tumor registry in accordance with VA guidelines to the VA Central Cancer Registry
• As part of an ACOS Approved Cancer Program, data is also submitted annually to the National Cancer Database
• Data is also submitted to the State Cancer Registry in compliance with the CDC (data includes codes for diagnoses and procedures, topography, morphology, and stage of disease, provider information and coded data for the treatment of cancer)
• Collects core data from patients' records, including demographic characteristics, diagnostic procedures, diagnoses, stage and extent of disease
• Independently maintains registry to show occurrences of disease by type, extent of illness and survival (information is gathered from various sources that require the employee to distinguish or validate the data)
• Maintains health record indexes and compiles administrative and health statistics for physicians as well as all other health care staff at this facility and throughout the VA System (may also include public health officials, medical center management, planners, and others)
• Organizes and maintains a data system which conforms to the standards of an Approved Cancer Program and meets the needs of the users of the registry data.
• Maintains quality control of follow-up procedures
• Ensures that data is reported accurately and in correct format
• Prepares correspondence and summaries of medical records in response to a variety of requests
• Provides technical advice to the clinical staff relative to the best method of recording AJCC Staging, the use of staging forms, and the correct documentation of diagnoses/procedures
• Reviews medical records to gather information on cancer statistics, including treatment, stage of disease, incidence, survival and numerous other criteria
• Organizes and maintains the cancer registry data system.
• Reviews lifetime follow-up on patients including cancer status and vital status.
• Oversees tumor board documentation, ensuring documentation meets the requirements and standards set forth by ACoS and/or facility standards. Ascertains a random sampling of annual analytic case load for physician review to ensure quality registry data.

• You will design, develop, implement, and maintain complex dosimetry processing instrumentation and associated software and procedures for various types of routine and unusual dosimetry occurrences.
• You will provide direction, oversight, troubleshooting, and technical assistance for all instrumentation use and problem resolution.
• You will maintain complex analysis instrumentation, associated software and procedures for various types of routine and unusual radioactivity analyses.
• You will investigate, resolve, document, and review circumstances surrounding unusual health physics occurrences.
• You will conduct research projects and submit official correspondence with recommendations to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on important health physics topics.
• You will collect routine and special environmental samples, analyze the data, review for trends, and develop reports for NAVSEA, BUMED, State and Federal requirements.
• You will compile and examine analysis data to determine trends and demonstrate equipment performance consistency.
• You will perform complex functions and calculations to determine the actual or anticipate consequences of radiological emergencies and determine the appropriate action to minimize the magnitude; counsel personnel on health risks involved.

Duties include but not limited to:

• Provides Occupational Therapy evaluation and treatments on a regular basis for a variety of VAMC patients. Especially when areas where staffing is not adequate to meet the patient needs.
• Serves as liaison to medical center staff and university affiliated staff as to programs and services that are available from Occupational Therapy.
• Performs bi annual peer reviews and analyzes data for the Occupational Therapy department.
• Oversees the QA program for Occupational Therapy for Pike, Cobb, Trinka Davis/ CLC areas. Maintaining the records and incorporating new requirements of JCAHO into the current programs.
• Monitors workload on a departmental and therapist level to ensure patient and staff needs are being met.
• Completes monthly We Care interviews with patients and staff to monitor VA effectiveness with consumers.
• Responsible for participating and contributing to the advancement of knowledge and techniques related to Occupational Therapy and other related topics.
• Performs a full range of supervisory duties which includes: interviewing candidates, recommending Appointment, advancements, and promotions and taking disciplinary action when indicated.
• Implements performance standards based on position descriptions and functional statements and conduct annual performance reviews.
• Ensures consults are handled in the most expeditious manner based upon acuity of need.
• Makes recommendations for equipment and budgetary needs based up the needs of the OT sections of Trinka Davis, Pike and Cobb locations.
• Assists with the development of policy and procedures for Occupational Therapy Oversee access and consult/encounter completion.