Total 727 business management project planning job vacancies in Health / Beauty / Fitness category in Singapore

The title for this position is Fitness Instructor (Project Management). You must have worked at least 3 years in event management performing roles in bidding, planning, managing resources as well as managing the event day. And you must be someone with great passion in sport and fitness. Having obtained any fitness certificates will be added advantage but not mandatory as we have planned for courses to let you achieve this. However, you must be ready at all times to be deployed to various part of Singapore as part of the project manpower.

You shall be required to perform 2 roles, as a project executive, or as a fitness trainer in to conduct workout sessions (for physical and virtual sessions) and to stand in for absentees. You shall be working 6 days a week and up to 44 hours per week. Your official work time is from 11:00AM to 08:00PM but you shall be flexible in your time as and when it is needed. We are in a fast-moving industry, you ought to be someone who may keep up.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing the manpower required for various projects, including deployment and recruitment of new staffs. You shall also provide counselling to the manpower that fail to comply with the requirement or the procedures and guidelines of the projects.
• Conduct induction for trainers and facilitators newly join.
• Be the project manager on the ground. You must be prepared for the need to be at site to manage issues and problems as and when these arise. This is not a back-office position.
• Monitor the quality of events and implement procedures and guidelines to improve
• Investigate and write incident reports
• Compile monthly reports for the commercial clients
• Be a Fitness Trainer for workout sessions; conduct and lead a group of participants to do workout.

Requirement

• At least 3 years of work experience in event management
• Having a Certified Personal Trainer certificate or other fitness certificates is an added advantage
• At minimum a Diploma in any business or marketing studies, or a Diploma in Sport Science or equivalent.
• Good influencing and communication skill
• Good written and spoken English
• Able to adapt to busy and fast-moving work environment
• To be flexible in work hours as and when is needed

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides leadership and oversight of Risk Management Programs to improve patient outcomes and reduce risk.
• Assures compliance with VHA directives and effective program function.
• Manages program resources to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient care.
• Communicates effectively both orally and in writing with professional, administrative, and technical staff at all levels.
• Assesses, plans, implements, coordinates, and evaluates processes for Peer Review, Tort Claim Management, Institutional Disclosure, Boards of Investigation, The Joint Commission sentinel events, Safe Medical Device Act, and National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reporting.
• Coordinates the peer review process to evaluate patient care activities for appropriateness, effectiveness, continuity, communication, and compliance with VA policy.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30a.m. to 4:00p.m.
Telework: Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Starting at $72,846 Per Year (VN 00)

• The nurse consultant applies expert clinical knowledge to guide patient safety/clinical risk management practices with the goal of enhancing health care delivery and decreasing the risk-of adverse events.
• Utilize statistical and epidemiological tools to assist staff in the analysis of data from adverse/sentinel events, close calls/near misses, or project findings.
• Serve as a facilitator and guides patient safety review teams in the identification of the causes of adverse events as well as identifying and implementing practical, measurable, and sustainable corrective actions.
• Participate in continuous readiness projects and conducts site visits to assess organizational processes for compliance with regulatory agency and accreditation standards requirements.
• The incumbent utilizes a combination of patient safety tools and evidence-based practices to improve measures of quality and patient safety.

Starting at $128,957 Per Year (GS 11)

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac

To provide a Medicines Management service to the allocated prison(s) on a weekly basis with the professional support of a prison services pharmacist To oversee the ordering/supply of repeat prescriptions To supervise assistants, when in the dispensary in providing dispensing services for all the prisons To dispense prescriptions and stock items when in the dispensary To work towards accreditation as a checking technician and/or medicines administration to provide final dispensing checks and medicines administration services, if not already achieved To ensure high standards of work in the dispensary and when out on prison visits and to ensure all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are read and adhered to. To manage own workload when providing medicines management services. To provide weekly clinical visits to the allocated prison(s), under the professional supervision of a pharmacist. On these visits the post-holder will: undertake a stock top-up service for all areas in which medicines are stored. review the expiry dates and storage facilities for all such medicines and report any deficiencies to the prison service pharmacist for that prison assist the prison service pharmacist to provide advice to prisoners and staff about the appropriate use of medicines undertake 3-monthly controlled drugs stock checks and report any issues to the prison service pharmacist for that prison Promote healthy lifestyles for offenders in line with local and national guidelines or promotions. Administer medicines to offenders against a valid prescription on the house blocks To demonstrate on-going continual professional development (CPD) and be responsible for self-development and learning within the field of pharmacy or other specialty where appropriate. To participate in clinical and departmental audits as required. To appreciate the secure environment, you are working in and to adhere to all prison procedures as necessary. To undertake any other tasks at the request of the Lead Prison Services Pharmacist. Oxleas Prison Services Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and provides the pharmacy services to the prison pharmacy contracts. Due to the recent contract award from NHS England, we are now providing pharmacy services (OPS Ltd) and Healthcare Services (Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust) to the Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Devon and Dorset Prisons and are recruiting to newly established posts. Oxleas Prison Services Ltd and Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has a long history of innovation, with established prescribing guidelines, excellent relationships with medical staff, a strong culture of leading clinical audit and research projects and an excellent publication record. All of these attributes we wish to extend to the prison pharmacy and healthcare services. IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).

This job opportunity announcement (JOA) will be used to fill two (2) full-time and permanent GS-0301-11, Supervisory Medical Management Specialist (Chief, Clinical Support) vacancies at the Louisville, KY Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), with Business Office Service. One Supervisory Medical Management Specialist (Chief, Clinical Support) position will oversee the CBOCs. One Supervisory Medical Management Specialist (Chief, Clinical Support) position will oversee Medical Center clinics.

The Supervisory Medical Management Specialist (Chief, Clinical Support) manages, directs, supervises, and coordinates the administrative staff supporting the outpatient areas with the the Patient Benefits Section such as primary care, mental health, both the medical and surgical subspecialty clinics. Responsible for the managing, directing, training, productivity, and public relations of staff; quality improvement activities; as well as the implementation and monitoring of administrative procedures and plans crossing all clinical services and disciplines. Resolves significant problems, consult & RTC tracking, pre-registration, workload, etc. Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Manages, organizes, supervises, and coordinates the administrative staff supporting the operations of a program responsible for patient examinations and outpatient treatment.
• Organizes the workload and establishes the priorities of others; assigning duties.
• Resolves a wide variety of problems.
• Implements and monitors administrative procedures, training, public relations of staff and quality improvement activities.
• Establishes appropriate administrative and operational procedures for the coordination of clinic scheduling, consult tracking, return to clinic orders, pre-registration, workload reporting, encounter action required, access list, missed opportunities, patient wait times, etc.
• Resolves significant, high profile problems interfering with efficiency of operations impacting on services provided.
• Applies analytical and evaluative techniques to identify, review and resolve issues affecting the administrative support of the delivery of health care services.
• Develops monitors to analyze the success of initiatives.
• Develops plans and provides recommendations regarding the most cost advantageous, efficient, and or highest quality medical support opportunities.
• Writes and coordinates policies, correspondence, and deals with issues affecting patients, staff, and visitors.
• Combines comprehension of economic principles and automation capabilities, performs operational and statistical analysis, preparing comprehensive reports for submission to appropriate officials.
• Performs trend and utilization analysis and directs program development, adjustment, or implementation based on findings.
• Monitors and evaluates to ensure quality and appropriate services are provided.
• Develops, implements and follows a comprehensive quality assurance plan through the use of balanced scorecards and other measures.
• Ensures that training, re-training, orienting and advising staff is common due to the demands and changing environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Medical Management Specialist/PD004978 and PD004978
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $72,553 Per Year (GS 11)

Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)

• Collaborate with providers, nurse, social services, ensuring health care maintenance is current on empaneled patients, conducts assessment, screening and interviews, patients clinical, psychosocial and functional status.
• Coordinates visits with assigned providers, conducting pre visit planning, proactively identifies and coordinates pt. care, interacts with the patient/family/caregiver and provider to discuss pt. care, participates in clinical initiatives to improve pt. health.
• Participate in department orientation, quality improvement programs, provides direct nursing care.
• Processing notifications and writing referrals as needed, documents efficiently and in timely manner, ensuring that there are no deficiencies.

*This position is being announced concurrently under the Direct Hire Authority (DHA) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-GP-12604277-DH; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.

Starting at $87,618 Per Year (GS 10)

Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)

• Collaborate with providers, nurse, social services, ensuring health care maintenance is current on empaneled patients, conducts assessment, screening and interviews, patients clinical, psychosocial and functional status.
• Coordinates visits with assigned providers, conducting pre visit planning, proactively identifies and coordinates pt. care, interacts with the patient/family/caregiver and provider to discuss pt. care, participates in clinical initiatives to improve pt. health.
• Participate in department orientation, quality improvement programs, provides direct nursing care.
• Processing notifications and writing referrals as needed, documents efficiently and in timely manner, ensuring that there are no deficiencies.

*This position is being announced concurrently under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP) and Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-GP-12605276-ESEP/MP; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered.

Starting at $87,618 Per Year (GS 10)

• Interprets VA rules and regulations relating to determining legal entitlement to benefits relating to hospital admission; nursing home, dental, domiciliary, Community Care (outside VA), and outpatient care; dental treatment; prosthetic appliances; patient transfer; and beneficiary travel. Authorized as certifying officer for documents pertaining to the administration of laws concerning VA.
• Coordinates the resolution of medical legal problems concerning the medical center. Ensures that appropriate legal, regulatory, and policy requirements are met.
• Processes administrative issues surrounding beneficiary death, seriously ill cases, elopements, suicides, assaults, deaths on arrival (DOAs), homicides, code blue, cost recovery matters, and facility or community disasters, etc. Determines the appropriateness of notifying the medical examiner of unusual deaths. When unusual circumstances occur determines actions to cancel clinics and appointments. Seeks clinical input and initiates process to contact affected parties and reschedule where appropriate.
• Provides administrative authority, guidance, and decision making to Medical Officer of the Day (MOD), Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD), and other similarly named Nurse and Medical positions in charge after hours, and all other clinical staff concerning administrative matters necessary for operation of the medical center during other than normal tours.
• Provides orientation and situational technical advice to physicians regarding VA policies and procedures. Assists medical center staff with medically related problems, including involuntary commitments, orders of protective custody, and management of unruly or severely disturbed patients.
• Performs for administrative matters as the MOD does for clinical matters, working as a team to carry out top management responsibilities during other than regular working hours. Promotes harmonious working relationship among patients, public, and staff. Directly intervenes with problems regarding patient activity, directing and advising clinical staff of appropriate administrative action.
• Observes, evaluates, and coordinates administrative activities with IRMS, Engineering, 01& T, Laboratory, Medicine, Radiology, Nursing, Hospice, and Environmental Management services and personnel among others. This includes administrative rounding to designated areas during second and third shift.
• Delegated authority to act on behalf of the Director to initiate any needed immediate administrative action; this includes actions dealing with any disaster situation, in accordance with the medical center-wide disaster plan. May assume role of Incident Commander at time of incident and implements the facility plan until the designated personnel arrives. Initiate call back roster, deployment of resources etc., until closure of the incident or a designated Executive report to the facility for duty. May assume control of communications and notifications in event of local and civil disasters, in accordance with local facility disaster plan. HOD representative participates in Health Care System (HCS) incident command planning committees and emergency management training drills.
• Assists in responding to emergencies, determines priorities and nature of action to be taken; authorizes services, supplies, and personnel; notifies authorities as situation dictates. Implements search plan for missing patients; informs next-of-kin of search status, as appropriate. Observes for safety, potential problems, and takes corrective action. Assists with computer issues during non-business hours.
• Coordinates non-routine contacts received at the medical center after regular operating hours. Receives and responds to non-routine patient condition inquiries and other administrative inquiries from concerned veterans, families, visitors, law enforcement officials, representatives from private hospitals, veterans service organization representatives, VA Central Office, Congressional offices, military personnel, private physicians, media, and the general public. Oversees determination of applicants' eligibility; obtaining income and insurance information for appropriate nonservice-connected applicants; counseling nonservice-connected veterans to determine ability to defray costs of medical care elsewhere. Determines extent of release of medical or social data from patients' records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Various tours
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Position Description/PD#: Medical Management Specialist/PD99385S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $59,966 Per Year (GS 9)

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

• Delegated full authority and responsibility to exercise the Medical Center Director's prerogative in medical administrative matters and issues that may arise.
• Represents management in (non-policy making) administrative matters.
• Represents management in matters pertaining to the lawful retention of veterans in the VAMC.
• Maintains continuity of functions and provides full medical administrative support during other than normal tours of duty to clinical and administrative medical center staff.
• Responsible for achieving management objectives and supporting the decision of management in carrying out duties.
• Provides technical guidance necessary to meet procedural, legal, and administrative requirements relating to the care and treatment of patients to achieve optimum use of available resources.
• Processes administrative issues surrounding beneficiary death, seriously ill cases, elopements, suicides, assaults, deaths on arrival (DOAs), homicides, code blue, cost recovery matters, and facility or community disasters, etc.
• Assists in responding to emergencies, determines priorities and nature of action to be taken.
• Assists with computer issues during non-business hours.
• Maintains good public and media relations as instructed and trained by the Public Affairs Officer until the designated employee arrives.
• Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects as assigned.
• Reviews data and information for trends, problem areas, and makes recommendations to management to resolve issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: Monday - Sunday 6:00am - 6:00pm. You will work a rotating schedule.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Medical Management Specialist/PD99385S and PD99368S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Physical Requirements: The work requires much walking through the medical center with occasionally the requirement to lift objects such as suitcases, clothing, or medical charts. Work is accomplished in a busy, generally congested office area. The HOD routinely goes to most sections and buildings, including offices, clinics, wards, laboratories and the morgue.

Starting at $49,176 Per Year (GS 7-9)

PLEASE NOTE: Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account. The role will include: Regular ward and Community Mental Health team visits Medicine reconciliation and checking of PODs Completion of Discharge Medicines Service (DMS) dashboard Patient counselling Inpatient top up and stock top up Pharmacy governance audits Accuracy checking of medicines is desirable if suitably qualified or full training will be provided. The pharmacy department promotes a culture of continuing education and development: applicants will be expected to aspire to further enhancing their own knowledge and skills. This post will be based at Walton Hospital, Chesterfield. You will have a BTEC Level 3 Pharmaceutical Science alongside NVQ level 3 Pharmaceutical skills qualification or equivalent.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.


The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUHFT) Digital Health team is responsible for the delivery of digital services across the Trust to support its clinical and administrative obligations.

The Department comprises of 4 main areas - Digital Hospital, Operational, Informatics & Information Governance and made up of over 50+ staff. Our aims are to provide the highest level of digital services and support to the Trust staff, the Trust's partners, and commissioners.

The Digital Health Service Management Team are looking to recruit a Digital Health Stock Assistants for 12.5 hours per week. The ideal candidate will be someone who understands the value of providing outstanding customer service and is able to effectively balance the need for IT service delivery with the operational needs of a large, busy hospital. Able to work proactively under pressure and deliver against individual and team Key Performance Indicators.

If you are looking for a challenge and would like to help us develop our Registration Authority, stock and delivering services, we would love to hear from you. We can promise you a varied, challenging and rewarding role as Digital Health Stock Assistant. Twenty-seven days annual leave, plus bank holidays and pension scheme.

As a Digital Health Stock Assistant, you will assist in maintaining the containers full of stock, booking in deliveries, delivering, and arranging collection of equipment. Also, you will assist with the Registration Authority process, by unlocking cards, and printing new cards.

Essential skills include excellent customer service and communication skills. The ability to priorities and work well as part of a team is also essential.

While the role is based at the main hospital site, you will be expected to travel to the Trust’s other sites when required for work purposes, for which transport will be provided, so a full driving license is essential.

A high level of IT Literacy

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Dedication, Integrity, and Excellence.

Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!

The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.

We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
• Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
• On-site Nursery
• On-site cafes offering staff discounts
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
• Supporting the Desktop Service Administrator with internal supply chain services e.g. receipts, distribution and/or materials management using computerised receipts, storage and/or bar-coded data capture systems.
• Unpacking and checking delivered items against delivery/order information, takes corrective action where necessary and maintains audit records.
• Book in equipment that has been delivered by the suppliers, updating the procurement system and the ITSM system with the details.
• Updating the ticket via the Fresh Service ticketing system and moved to the appropriate team to deal with.
• Delivering equipment and arranging collection of equipment around the trust.
• Occasional cover for the Desktop Service Administrator in raising requisitions/orders to purchase regular “stock” and “non-stock” goods/services.
• Decommissioning old equipment following the NNUH process.
• Assist with container management making sure any stock is logged.
• To understand and comply with the policies and procedures in relation to the Registration Authority and local policies and procedures in relation to the issue and use of Smart Cards.
• To have a working knowledge of the necessary identification documentation needed to identify individuals for the purpose of issuing them with Smart Cards.

Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.

Please note that this advertised position, which is part of occupation code 4133 does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer). The Trust would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.


This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Nov 2024

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

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist functions at the highest level of clinical practice and top of licensure and serves as an advanced practice provider working independently with prescribing privileges as outlined in the individual's practice area-based scope of practice. The Clinical Pharmacy Provider (CPP) provider delivers evidence-based comprehensive medication management (CMM) through direct patient care and as part of the interdisciplinary team providing Pain Management.

Functions:

• Functions as an advanced practice provider for CMM services to achieve defined outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned care area(s).
• Functions as part of the interdisciplinary team to provide CMM for pain management
• Performs limited external physical assessment and performs medication reconciliation in alignment with established policies or procedures.
• Provides CMM for complex patients with chronic diseases including, but not limited to, alcohol misuse/use disorder and tobacco misuse/use disorder; orders and interprets labs or other needed tests pertinent to CMM and makes needed referrals. May also treat other co-morbid conditions.
• Determines if a referral to a physician is necessary when disease progression occurs, or adverse drug events require a higher level of treatment intervention.
• Accepts urgent or same day patient visits
• Follows up via face-to-face, telehealth, eConsult, telephone, secure messaging and other modalities to provide patient care.
• Reviews patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communicates findings with prescribers and provides appropriate recommendations for alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
• Monitors and reports drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues. Documents findings per facility procedures and in accordance with the VAADERS Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting program.
• Reviews relevant population management dashboards to identify patients who may benefit from engagement in care for pain management and/or risk mitigation.
• Applies knowledge to interpret laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care, recognizes significant abnormalities, and makes dose adjustments or recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
• Provides input and recommendations as the pain medication expert on the interdisciplinary pain management team during routine patient care planning or targeted complex or high-risk reviews.
• Assists the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committee with medication use evaluations and other safety initiatives, as needed.
• Documents clinical interventions and patient care encounters in the electronic health record in a timely and professional manner as appropriate.
• Works with providers to ensure compliance with national, VISN, and local initiatives (e.g., OSI).
• Provides formal and informal education and in-services to pharmacy, medical, nursing and other staff as requested.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for pain management for assigned committees, workgroups or interdisciplinary teams.
• Provides education to patients, their families and caregivers about medications, patient responsibilities, and information on health promotion.
• Participates in self-development activities to maintain and strengthen professional competence in pain management.
• Willing to serve as a clinical instructor or preceptor for pharmacy students and/or residents.
• Assists in new employee orientation education sessions as needed.
• Participates in the appropriate, effective and safe use of pharmaceuticals by contributing to criteria development, data collection, quality assurance and drug use evaluation and other quality improvement activities for core practice area(s) and pain management.
• Serves as the pharmacist subject matter expert on assigned pain management related committees and subcommittees.
• Supports and promotes compliance with established drug therapy policies, formulary management and criteria or prior authorization requirements that have been approved by national, VISN, or local pharmacy benefits management (PBM) and focuses on quality patient care in a cost-effective manner.
• Participates in design and/or completion of research studies and/or quality improvement projects involving drug therapy, clinical pharmacy functions, or improvements in patient care.
• Directs and/or participates in the preparation of articles for publication.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov, for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $125,698 Per Year (GS 13)

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

The Clinical Pharmacy Specialist functions at the highest level of clinical practice and top of licensure and serves as an advanced practice provider working independently with prescribing privileges as outlined in the individual's practice area-based scope of practice. The Clinical Pharmacy Provider (CPP) provider delivers evidence-based comprehensive medication management (CMM) through direct patient care and as part of the interdisciplinary team providing Pain Management.

Functions:

• Functions as an advanced practice provider for CMM services to achieve defined outcomes through direct interactions with patients and providers in assigned care area(s).
• Functions as part of the interdisciplinary team to provide CMM for pain management
• Performs limited external physical assessment and performs medication reconciliation in alignment with established policies or procedures.
• Provides CMM for complex patients with chronic diseases including, but not limited to, alcohol misuse/use disorder and tobacco misuse/use disorder; orders and interprets labs or other needed tests pertinent to CMM and makes needed referrals. May also treat other co-morbid conditions.
• Determines if a referral to a physician is necessary when disease progression occurs, or adverse drug events require a higher level of treatment intervention.
• Accepts urgent or same day patient visits
• Follows up via face-to-face, telehealth, eConsult, telephone, secure messaging and other modalities to provide patient care.
• Reviews patient medication regimens for clinical effectiveness, drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects, potential drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Communicates findings with prescribers and provides appropriate recommendations for alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
• Monitors and reports drug errors, adverse drug reactions, allergies, and patient compliance issues. Documents findings per facility procedures and in accordance with the VAADERS Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting program.
• Reviews relevant population management dashboards to identify patients who may benefit from engagement in care for pain management and/or risk mitigation.
• Applies knowledge to interpret laboratory values in the evaluation of patient care, recognizes significant abnormalities, and makes dose adjustments or recommendations based on objective laboratory findings.
• Provides input and recommendations as the pain medication expert on the interdisciplinary pain management team during routine patient care planning or targeted complex or high-risk reviews.
• Assists the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) committee with medication use evaluations and other safety initiatives, as needed.
• Documents clinical interventions and patient care encounters in the electronic health record in a timely and professional manner as appropriate.
• Works with providers to ensure compliance with national, VISN, and local initiatives (e.g., OSI).
• Provides formal and informal education and in-services to pharmacy, medical, nursing and other staff as requested.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for pain management for assigned committees, workgroups or interdisciplinary teams.
• Provides education to patients, their families and caregivers about medications, patient responsibilities, and information on health promotion.
• Participates in self-development activities to maintain and strengthen professional competence in pain management.
• Willing to serve as a clinical instructor or preceptor for pharmacy students and/or residents.
• Assists in new employee orientation education sessions as needed.
• Participates in the appropriate, effective and safe use of pharmaceuticals by contributing to criteria development, data collection, quality assurance and drug use evaluation and other quality improvement activities for core practice area(s) and pain management.
• Serves as the pharmacist subject matter expert on assigned pain management related committees and subcommittees.
• Supports and promotes compliance with established drug therapy policies, formulary management and criteria or prior authorization requirements that have been approved by national, VISN, or local pharmacy benefits management (PBM) and focuses on quality patient care in a cost-effective manner.
• Participates in design and/or completion of research studies and/or quality improvement projects involving drug therapy, clinical pharmacy functions, or improvements in patient care.
• Directs and/or participates in the preparation of articles for publication.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov, for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $125,698 Per Year (GS 13)