Advanced Practice Nurse

Full Job Description

About the Position: Serve as an Advanced Practice Nurse with the Department of Defense at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Liberty, NC.

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Advanced Practice Nurse: Degree: A graduate or higher-level degree in nursing from an accredited educational program in the area of expertise or specialty indicated by the position is required.

This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Foreign Degree: A degree from a Foreign Nursing School.

Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.

Advanced Practice Nurse Licensure: A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse in the specialty of Occupational Health or related specialty from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

Exemption: You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017, or before.

Applicants claiming this exemption must meet the requirement below. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Professional Nursing Experience: Professional Nursing Experience: One or more full years of professional nursing experience which includes maintaining patient care, ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic tests, providing medical assessments, treating injuries or illnesses, and performing routine and emergency procedures in an urgent care, emergency, or similar fast-paced clinical setting.

This definition of professional nursing experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Implement treatment plans and education for chronic conditions.
• Collaborate with physicians and other team members regarding patient management.
• Provide direct patient care, including evaluation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of medical disorders.
• Provide counseling to patients and their families for prevention of illness and maintenance of health, in order to assist patients in attaining physical, mental, and social well-being.
• Prescribe medications, as appropriate, in accordance with the privileges and local rules and regulations.
• Perform initial patient work-up to determine orders for laboratory tests, X-rays, and other procedures necessary to complete assessment of the patient.