Total 74 Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in City of London, London, EC2V 6DB

This is a non-bargaining unit position.VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards.

The incumbent will be a Nurse III Patient Safety Specialist in the Office of the Functional Champion (OFC), providing dedicated support to VA's Electronic Health Record Modernization - Integration Office (EHRM-IO), within the Office of the Deputy Secretary of VA (DEPSECVA). EHRM-IO is responsible for ensuring that VA successfully prepares for, deploys, and transitions to, a new electronic health record (EHR) system. EHRM-IO will ensure the modernized EHR system is positioned to meet VA needs, and enable seamless delivery of healthcare to Veterans and qualified beneficiaries.

The Patient Safety Specialist will assist in the development and implementation of patient safety programs. He/she will have a significant role on behalf of OFC in patient safety planning and will continue to support these activities as the program matures. The incumbent works closely with the patient safety leadership team. Ultimately, the incumbent is responsible for ensuring a safe optimization of the modernized EHR. This position will work with Contractors, the Office of the ADUSH for Quality, Safety, and Value, and other partners to:

• Evaluate and review the EHR implementation safety processes and confer with leadership to evaluate and initiate changes.
• Will be familiar with all aspects of the Patient Safety Program including reporting, analyzing data, creating reports, education, policy changes, and promoting a culture of safety for Veterans.

• Establish methods to monitor the patient safety management process and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Collaborate with EHRM-IO leadership and safety partners to assess and improve systems of care delivery

• Proactively engage and identify Serious Safety Events (SSEs) utilizing a standardized classification system and facilitate investigation and action plan development in response to SSEs.

• Review, report, data trend, and track patient safety related events and near miss events, risks and issues

• Facilitates Root Cause Analyses for SSEs across the health system and helps lead the organization in adopting and embracing a culture of high reliability and safety.

Major Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Supervise professional industrial hygiene positions and responsible for planning and coordinating activities and work to implement national policies essential to occupational health enforcement programs for OSHA field offices.
• Provide technical advice and consultation in health enforcement and abatement.
• Develop and maintain an effective enforcement and assistance program.
• Coordinate compliance and enforcement assistance to OSHA regional and area offices.
• Provide expert technical guidance on corporate-wide settlement agreements and processing of egregious cases.
• OSHA technical expert for compliance with occupational health standards and related Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) legislation which include waste operations; emergency response operations; bloodborne pathogens; EPA Worker Protection standards, EPA hazardous waste regulations; EPA superfund regulations; and EPA pesticide regulations.
• Research technical literature, including research reports, symposium papers, trade books, laboratory reports and other working papers to provide authoritative technical guidance.
• Recommend revisions to operating instructions and directions (including the OSHA Field Operations Manual (FOM)).
• Review legislation, rulemaking, programming documents and policy guidelines to make recommendations to the Director, DEP on program policies and initiatives to promote and solicit program participation and interest in OHE products and services.
• Carry out supervisory duties in accordance with regulatory requirements in areas such as Diversity and EEO; internal management controls; Merit Systems Principles; Safety and Occupational Health obligations; performance management; management of ethics, conduct, and discipline; and hiring reform.

• Serves as Contracting Officer Representative and adheres to procedures outlined in the Federal Acquisitions Regulations, VA Acquisition Regulations, Public Laws, and Agency policy.
• Supports all aspects of contractor onboarding, including coordination with all stakeholders, managing system processes (e.g. TMS, PIV, etc.), tracking through established COR dashboards and internal mechanisms, communicating regular updates, and identifying and resolving issues.
• Oversees and maintains project, contract, and budget files and records in compliance with policies and procedures.
• Performs special projects of an analytical, evaluative, technical and/or developmental nature for which there are often no established processes or methods.
• Analyzes management information requirements to develop program or administrative reporting systems including the systems specifications, data gathering and analytical techniques, and systems evaluation methodology; and makes or implements
  recommendations for improvements or efficiencies.
• Facilitates many small tasks, up to hundreds in concurrence, and ensures they are all closed out successfully. Maintains a list of issues to be presented to leaders for resolution.
• Provides coverage for the Executive Director's calendar as needed, scheduling appointments, conferences, and associated arrangements without prior approval, based on the importance and priority of the requests and the availability of supervisor.
• Demonstrates understanding of office goals and objectives and balances prioritization of tasks accordingly.

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

Major Duties:

• Serves as an alter ego to the Executive Director for Communications (EDC), fully sharing with the EDC the direction of all phases of the organization's program and work.
• Assists the Executive Director in the development of VHA strategic communications and marketing plans; disseminates key messages and official positions on public issues; and promotes VHA mission, vision and activities.
• Manages assigned staff, develops priorities, and assigns projects; assures that appropriate services are provided, and goals are defined and achieved; develops staff skills and conducts performance evaluations; meets regularly with staff to discuss and resolve priorities, workload and technical issues; develops additional hiring/staffing recommendations; and manages internal/external stakeholder relationships.
• Provides counsel to the Under Secretary of Health (USH) and senior leaders on strategic communications issues and coordinates communications between the USH, senior leaders, and key stakeholder groups.
• Leads/assists in VHA/VA culture change initiatives through relevant, ongoing internal/external communications initiatives/activities.
• Reviews and guides the work of VHA Communications staff to assure the work quality and timely accomplishment of assigned duties and responsibilities.
• Manages budget and allocates resources to meet established VHA strategic goals.
• Develops methods, assessments, and plans, for increasing corporate identity/VISN and facility visibility.
• Oversees policy development and governance activities relating to the communications that support and facilitate the ability of VHA facilities to establish eligibility for VA sponsored health care benefits.
• Oversees VHA's initiatives to educate the general public, media, and VA stakeholders (including members of Congress) of the activities and services carried out by VHA.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

The purpose of the position is to review, analyze, develop, publish, promote, and implement awareness of enterprise-wide HHS information technology (IT) security and/or system development life cycle (SDLC) policies and standards. The incumbent will draft and issue policies, procedures, and supporting templates to implement IT standards into Agency operations.

The purpose of the position is to review, analyze, develop, publish, promote, and implement awareness of enterprise-wide HHS information technology (IT) security and/or system development life cycle (SDLC) policies and standards. The incumbent will draft and issue policies, procedures, and supporting templates to implement IT standards into Agency operations.

NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled. Applications will be sent to the hiring manager every two weeks.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Interviews, examines, selects diagnostic testing appropriately, and interprets/collates results to coordinate patient care.
• Ensure the quality of care of Veterans being treated by inpatient medicine team.
• Communicates and documents with clarity to patients and medical personnel to coordinate patient care
• Responsible for ensuring non-physician providers (NP, PA, etc... ) have adequate and timely backup for medical decision making.
• Procedural skills may include arterial puncture, EKG interpretation, Arthrocentesis, Foley catheter insertion, abdominal paracentesis, venipuncture, nasogastric tube insertion, lumbar puncture, thoracentesis, intra-arterial line & central venous line placement, and endotracheal intubation based on credentialing.
• Consultative and direct input to inpatient care. Collaborate with midlevel providers and physician colleagues with clear communication and documentation.
• Ensures timely coordination of transfers, to and from other facilities, as necessary.
• Ensures warm handoff is done appropriately between shifts in accordance with all applicable guidelines.
• Participate in the educational programs for section personnel as well as the medical staff.
• Participate in quality assurance programs and chart reviews. Responsible for all performance metrics that are affected by inpatient medicine, including but not limited to various metrics such as SAIL, ORYX, LOS, UM admission and continued stay, etc...
• Attend regular Hospitalist team meetings
• Demonstrate ethical conduct and serve as a positive role model to others at all levels of the organization
• Attend Medicine Service monthly staff meetings and COS quarterly meetings as per bylaws
• Complete medical records in accordance with Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Medical Staff
• Participate in Medical Staff committee assignments
• Perform other duties assigned by the Chief of Medicine or designee (i.e., Administrative Officer)
• Participate in, and attend, CME activities and VA continuing educational activities.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide diagnosis and treatment of adult patients presenting with infectious diseases such as diseases that are resistant to treatment, illness after travel, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Lyme disease and Hepatitis B and C.
• Provide treatment in an outpatient clinical setting and provide consultation services in an inpatient setting or emergent need.
• Perform a physical examination, review patient's medical data and order routine diagnostic imaging studies and las when indicated.
• Documents observation, assessments, and changes in patient's condition; collaborating with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with other specialties.
• Follow VA directives and policies and maintains current Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Possess computer skills to access and input typed data on each patient into the computerized patient record system (CPRS).
• Maintain license to practice medicine in a state, territory or commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia. Required to possess full and unrestricted licensure and to maintain current registration.
• Outpatient clinic may be held at the Mountain Home VA Medical Center Campus, Johnson City, TN and provide consultation services to all other VA clinics affiliated with the VA Medical center.
• Provides direct clinical supervision of advance practice nurses or physician assistants and other staff as appropriate.
• Establishes professional working relationships with other clinical service providers within the medical center and outlying clinics, provide telephone and e-consult consultation as needed.
• Cooperates with and participate in medical duties or functions related to quality of care, peer review and with other performance improvement activities as directed. Attend assigned meetings or process action teams.
• Attend mandatory meetings and trainings/education such as staff meetings, grand rounds, Talent Management System (TMS), VA Voices, Own the Moment and comply with specialist continuing medical education requirements timely.
• Must be award and compliant of VA Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) metrics and VA Performance Measures.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed by the supervisor of Chief of Staff.

The Director, Business Management Office performs the following duties:

• This supervisory position provides leadership and managerial direction for effective, uniform, and economical accomplishments of management and administrative functions and responsibilities.
• Directs the formulation and dissemination of business transformation management policies and provides direction, coordination, review and analysis of transformation initiatives.
• Provides day-to-day leadership and guidance, both technical and administrative to assigned staff.
• Provides authoritative advice and recommendations to Office of Acquisition (OA) staff in establishing financial priorities in the areas of travel and training and human resources, as well as setting priorities tasking management and establishing internal and external communication channels for the OA executives.
• Provides expert analysis and evaluation of work processes and policies, management practices and work operations taking into full consideration complex programmatic and management issues and problems.
• Analyzes and evaluates the management practices and methods, as well as administrative operations of OA Divisions.