Total 1,442 job vacancies in Lexington - Baptist Health Lexington

This position independently performs duties that require proficiency in special procedures and broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation.

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;
• Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets when the diet card or tray ticket identifies only the kind of diet called for;
• Provides patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available;
• Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu;
• Follows directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques;
• 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 including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks;
• Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts along with individual and bulk nourishments and supplement foods and beverages for patients;
• Makes final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures;
• Works in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line;
• Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas;
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Provides administrative and managerial guidance to the various aspects of the Trust Fund Department, which includes business operations, methods and procedures of Trust Fund and Warehouse, Laundry, Trust Fund Accounting and Commissary System (TRUFACS), inmate telephone (TRUFONE), Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer Systems (TRULINCS), and Commissary operations of the Trust Fund Section and coordination of Trust Fund activities, finances, and supplies.

Provides technical support and guidance to subordinate staff members designated responsible for the operation of various service functions.

Responsible for overseeing all commissary sales and special purpose orders for the institution.

Oversees the institution laundry and issuing of clothing and supplies required by the inmate population.

Oversees the warehouse operations which includes receipt, storage, accountability and issuance of materials, supplies and equipment for the institution.

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 regular and recurring basis.

Major Duties Include but are not limited to:

• Set up cafeteria lines, steam tables, dining room tables, and side service stands with hot and cold food items.
• Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients' plates.
• Break down and clean assigned area when the meal is finished and return food to the kitchen.
• 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 after meals.
• Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides.
• Brew coffee according to the number of servings required.
• Assemble and toss fresh fruit or green salads in quantity using prepared dressings and portions into standard serving sizes.
• Apportion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers.
• Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients and pack box lunches.
• Work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line.
• Sort, wash, peel and cut fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Operate and break down equipment.
• Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.
• Separate food waste and trash from dishes, glasses and silverware in the dish washing area.
• Remove inspection doors, strainer pans, screens and spray arms for preventive maintenance of the dish machine.
• Unload delivery trucks.
• Store sanitized dishes, glasses and silverware.
• Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub the heavier cooking utensils.
• Move heavy garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to the disposal area.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The Medical Instrument Technician (Vascular) Supervisor demonstrates a knowledge base of cross-sectional anatomy and physiology as well as medical terminology in order to perform procedures with a high degree of accuracy. The MIT works closely with the technologists, vascular surgeons, clinicians, and clerical staff to assure optimum quality control, efficient coordination of activities, high quality diagnostic exam results, and patient satisfaction.

Duties for the Medical Instrument Technician (Vascular) Supervisor include but are not limited to:

Training/Administrative Responsibilities:

• Work with the Chief, Vascular Lab and other administrative personnel to devise and maintain a protocol and procedure manual regarding the function of the Vascular Laboratory and make revisions and additions when necessary.
• Establish and/or maintain filing systems for all documentation necessary to achieve and maintain Vascular Testing accreditation with the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission
• Assign and evaluate the work of subordinate staff.
• Provide instruction and training to new staff and sonography students.
• Interview candidates for positions (which includes recommending selections, advancements, promotions)
• Develops and maintains a schedule for vascular ultrasound technologists.
• Works with vendors to schedule in-service sessions on new equipment and/or software being implemented in the vascular laboratory.
• Attend weekly vascular conference and vascular staff meetings.
• Instructs and advises students, residents, fellows, and non-vascular technicians on the performance, interpretation, and limitations of non-invasive tests performed in the vascular laboratory.
• Assures that vascular diagnostic procedure rooms are stocked with necessary supplies at all times with special attention to emergent equipment and supplies.
• Works with the Chief, Vascular Lab, Business Manager and other administrative officials to design and implement training sessions to maintain standard of care and best practices within the Vascular Laboratory.

• Perform routine and specialized non-invasive vascular ultrasound tests and studies.
• Capture necessary images and documentation as it pertains to noninvasive vascular tests and studies.
• Timely documentation of preliminary reports from non-invasive vascular ultrasound test findings in the electronic patient record.
• Recognize, document and communicate with appropriate priority both critical (abnormalities and anomalies) and non-critical test findings to referring provider(s).
• Responsible for ordering and maintaining adequate supplies in the Vascular Lab.
• Responsible for routine diagnostic equipment cleaning and care.
• Recognizes equipment malfunction and performs basic troubleshooting.
• Communicates with bioengineering staff, equipment sales representatives and equipment service personnel to restore optimal function of the diagnostic equipment, as needed.
• Respond to patient questions and concerns regarding exam procedures and process.
• Complete all paperwork and electronic forms (e.g., consults and encounters) associated with technical procedures.
• Serve as one of the main points of contact and liaison between the vascular laboratory and all internal and external customers.
• Review consults for timely and proper scheduling.
• Practice all necessary patient and staff safety, infection control, and contact precaution processes and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Serves as a training instructor in a vocational or occupational training program in the Education Department of a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) correctional facility and may also serve as a program coordinator for other vocational/occupational training programs.

Selects and/or develops curriculums which focus on the appropriate vocational training area.

This position has direct responsibility for the delivery of classroom training for vocational and apprenticeship courses in the field/trade of HVAC.

Develops a curriculum design and record-keeping system to organize and track student progress through identified course work.

Ensures the training program(s) are implemented and delivered in compliance with Bureau policies, Department of Labor, and Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training regulations, and the standards established by other certifying agencies and organizations.

Serve as apprenticeship program coordinator with responsibility for coordinating the various occupational training programs and classes, as well as responsibilities which include development, review and evaluation of the vocational trades program.

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.

The Lexington VA Health Care System (LVAHCS) is a fully accredited, two-division, tertiary care health care system with an operating bed complement of 172 hospital beds. LVAHCS received a 5-star CMS rating & is 1 of 7 VA Patient Safety Programs of Excellence. The Troy Bowling Campus, located adjacent to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, offers specialty outpatient care, inpatient acute medical, neurological, surgical, & psychiatric care. The Franklin R. Sousley Campus has a 5-star Community Living Center & cottages with hospice and respite services, primary care, home-based primary care, prosthetics, women's health, optometry, podiatry, massage therapy and chiropractic, mental health, substance abuse treatment, acute rehabilitation, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder residential rehabilitation treatment. LVAHCS also operates four VA community clinics in Somerset, Morehead, Hazard, & Berea, KY. Lexington VAHCS is part of the VA MidSouth Healthcare Network, which consists of five medical centers in Kentucky and Tennessee.

The incumbent shares with the Executive Leadership Team a level of responsibility for the direction and management of the healthcare system and is directly responsible for all facilities operations. The incumbent has direct line authority and leadership responsibility for all administrative operation support services. The incumbent participates on a day-to-day basis in top level executive discussions, decisions, policy making and actions of all administrative functions and indirectly of all clinical matters impacting patient care.

The Associate Director is responsible for taking an active leadership role in coordinating and developing customer and stakeholder support and resourcing to meet objectives of the healthcare system. Develops collaborative partnerships with stakeholders and makes program execution decisions that affect or determine long range courses of action of critical importance. The incumbents managerial duties and responsibilities involve final decisions which have a direct and substantial effect on the health care organization and programs related to facility operations. These include, but are not limited to decisions affecting the nature, scope, quality of, and emphases on, the facility's patient care programs and activities.

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

• Sharing with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) a level of responsibility for the direction and management of the healthcare system and is directly responsible for all facilities operations.
• A direct line authority and leadership responsibility for all administrative operation support services.
• May serve as the Acting Executive Director in the absence of the Director.
• Taking an active leadership role in coordinating and developing customer and stakeholder support and resourcing to meet objectives of the healthcare system.
• Determining operational services and programs goals and objectives, develop short-and long-range plans for achieving them in conjunction with the overall plans of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) and consistent with the strategic planning process.
• Directing a comprehensive evaluation of operational services goals and objectives and makes necessary adjustments to improve delivery of patient care services.
• Establishing local policy in such areas impacting facility operations as program emphasis and operating guidelines.
• Administering and ensuring compliance with a system designed for the development and communication of program policies and procedures in accordance with new or existing rules and regulations.
• Administering a management reporting system which provides appropriate data for decision making for facility operations, impacting organizational improvements.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Conducts inspections and on-site surveys of all hospital areas of the facility to ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards, and procedures related to hospital housekeeping and infection control principles.

Responsible for monitoring, managing and conducting disposal of all infectious bio-hazardous waste generated from all medical sources throughout the institution.

Participates in the Infection Control Committee meeting and presents environmental sanitation concerns, signification findings, and/or problems related to environmental sanitation and housekeeping.

Maintains records and reports regarding environmental sanitation conditions and concerns as required by the Joint Commission (JC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Correctional Association (ACA) along with state and federal regulatory agencies.

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

VA Careers - Licensed Practical Nurse: https://youtube.com/embed/Ae85IP1Oiz4

Licensed Practical Nurse - vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-LPN-Career-Flyer.pdf

Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Appropriately carry out assigned patient care based on the patients' condition; using judgment in selecting the appropriate order and sequence of procedures and treatments; and to accurately recognize, report and record relevant patient information.-Observe, identify and respond to patient's needs for care including medication, equipment-assisted care and patient/family education. In· planning, organizing and delivering care, the LPN recognizes and considers emotional, cultural, spiritual, socioeconomic, and age-related factors. -Prepare and administer prescribed medications (oral, topical, subcutaneous, intra-muscular and/or intravenous) and other routes and performs treatments according to established policies/procedures. Observes for physical and/or emotional changes in patient's condition from prescribed medications/treatments, promptly and accurately documenting noted changes, and reporting any deviations from normal to Registered Nurse and/or preceptor or MD.-Ability to recognize urgent or emergent patient care situations, notify the Registered Nurse and/or preceptor and/or physician provider, and initiate appropriate emergency interventions.-Must possess an understanding of human behavior, patient motivations and reactions to situations, and ability to appropriately utilize this knowledge in working effectively with patients, family members, and other staff-Establishes constructive relationships with individual patients and their families to elicit feelings and attitudes, and to promote positive relationships, communication and socialization skills. Fosters an environment of respect for individual patient and family rights to privacy and dignity in all aspects of care delivery. -Skills in performing support duties for complex diagnostic tests and/or specialized procedures, which include preparing the patient, assisting in the diagnostic examination, preparing and handling specialized instruments or other specialized equipment, and monitoring the patient's condition before, during, and following the procedure.

Pay Scale: V744
Work Schedule: Day Tour of Duty such as 7:30am - 4:00pm or 8:00am to 4:30pm
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 62004A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Independently conducts group guidance sessions of a varying nature. This counseling deals with institutional adjustment, U.S. Parole commission, release planning, and interpersonal communications, individual counseling sessions varying in methods and intensity relevant to the individual's problems. They may focus on helping the individual offender understand and live within the complex family circumstances and assist him in developing new adjustment techniques. The Case Manager helps the offender view problems objectively and to deal with them realistically. Routinely deals with community resources to secure information and develop release plans. Prepare special progress reports for such consideration as parole, transfer, restoration of forfeited good time, and makes appropriate recommendations. Corresponds with attorneys, judges, probation and parole officers and other professionals regarding the inmate's case.

Prepares diagnostic studies, responsible for collecting, interpreting and evaluating factual information reflecting developmental and circumstantial factors for the assigned caseload of inmates. Acts in a liaison capacity with other units and institutional employees on matters concerning inmate behavior. Serves as the primary liaison with the U.S. Parole Commission in reporting the inmate's program progress, readiness or lack of readiness for release, and resources in the community relevant to the desirability of his release. Actively develops program planning by presenting cases to the Unit Team and coordinating case management services with other correctional disciplines.

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.

Provides nursing expertise and leadership in medical/surgical, mental health and other specialty units throughout the institution.

Responsible for the quality and appropriateness of comprehensive nursing care provided to patients where nursing care is provided.

Monitors and evaluates nursing practice to promote consistency in performance and ensure safe patient care is provided.

Serves as a resource person to other nursing staff.

Supervises and monitors various inmate staffed health services programs functioning within the facility.

Responsible for developing and approving the quarterly nursing unit work schedule.

Participates in audits, program reviews and surveys by the institution, Bureau of Prisons, and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

Assures the components of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation) are carried out by nursing staff in all areas of responsibility.

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.

Primary responsibility is to provide supervision and instruction to 25-30 inmate workers who are assigned the duties of cooks, butchers, bakers, dining and dish workers, vegetable preparation workers, and pot and pan washers.

Provides continual training to the inmate workers in order to update their knowledge in all phases of production, presentation, and sanitation of food items. Oversees the receiving, storing, and issue of all food and non-food items.

Responsible for security operations such as key control, yeast control, knife and blade control, inmate accountability and conducts routine contraband searches throughout the work area.

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.