Practical Nurse

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About the Position: This position is located in 18th Medical Group Kadena Air Base, Japan and serves as a Practical Nurse in a Medical Treatment Facility responsible for patient healthcare services.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 Practical Nurse: Licensure: A current license to practice as a practical or vocational nurse in a State, territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia; OR must have applied for a license to practice.

Applications of candidates possessing a license must be accompanied by a certified or photostatic copy of the license, a notarized statement attesting to the fact, or a citation of the license number and State issuing it.

Non-licensed candidates who have completed their training may be appointed subject to obtaining the required license during the probationary period.

Those not licensed must furnish the date on which they applied for a license and the jurisdiction involved.

No person appointed pending licensure may be retained beyond the probationary period if licensure has not been attained.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirement listed below: Experience: One year of nursing experience in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures, performing such duties as preparing instrument and assisting physician during procedures in the operating room and clinical setting; administering oral and IV medications in accordance with physician's orders and nursing scope of practice; and performing a variety of administrative tasks for the Clinic in support of the head Nurse.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04) 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:

• Perform or assist in the performance of a number of specialized medical and minor surgical procedures.
• Prepare and administer prescribed medications.
• Perform nursing assessment.
• Assisting physician with operating equipment.
• Dispose of infectious and hazardous waste materials in accordance with established procedures.
• Recognize emergent situations and call Registered Nurse or Provider.
• Input and retrieve information through the various computer systems daily.
• Monitor and record vital signs.