NURSE (CLINICAL)

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About the Position: Serves as a Nurse (Clinical) in a Military Treatment Facility or clinic environment within the Defense Health Agency.

Provides professional nursing services and related duties during operating hours to eligible beneficiaries in an outpatient setting.

Assignments may be varied according to patient care and staffing requirements.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation 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 Nurse (Clinical) Degree: A graduate or higher-level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program 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.).

Licensure: A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and you must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.

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 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 requirements below. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant.

Active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Education/Experience: A diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in nursing from a professional nursing program and possession of at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or above) which includes providing comprehensive nursing care for all ages and families in the Medical Home Port Team utilizing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and engages patients actively in their health care; directing and providing individualized age specific care for patients in all age groups, across the life span; directing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating activities related to the delivery of ambulatory nursing care with the Medical Home Port Team.

OR Education: A master's degree in professional nursing.

EXEMPTION: You are exempt from the qualification 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.

Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education or a master's or equivalent degree from a professional nursing program. Major Duties:

• Provides comprehensive nursing care for all ages and families in the Medical Home Port Team utilizing evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and engages patients actively in their health care.
• Directs and provides individualized age specific care for patients in all age groups, across the life span.
• Directs, plans, coordinates, implements, and evaluates activities related to the delivery of ambulatory nursing care with the Medical Home Port Team.
• Demonstrates clinical expertise in the execution of the nursing process and directs staff in its application.
• Administers or supervises the administration of routine intravenous fluids and/or medications.
• Monitors and/or administers diagnostic and therapeutic agents
• Initiates and maintains medical history on patients, recording observations and stated symptoms for use by the Medical Home Port Team.
• Observes and records pertinent vital signs, determines and orders laboratory procedures on patients that may be required by the provider to diagnose and treat the patient, per command and department policies.