About the Position: This position is located at Womack Army Medical Center within the Department of Medicine/Internal Medicine Clinic, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Days/Hours will be Monday-Friday 0730-1630. Providing individualized nursing care to Active-Duty, Dependents and Family Members, and Retirees. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the license 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 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 measuring vital signs to assess, monitor, or detect changes in patients; administering immunizations or medications via various routes to assigned patients; screening or updating patient medical records within an automated healthcare system; and performing routine procedures for assigned patients. This definition of 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.
Obtain information from patient and/or family to identify major complaints, symptoms, or reason for seeking health care within the clinic.
Take all vital signs and perform a behavioral health screening for assigned patients.
Document patients' chief complaints and other pertinent information in the health record.
Participate in promoting patient compliance with health activities in accordance with RESPECT-Mil.
Coordinate and facilitate care coordination within the clinic.
Communicate relevant information according to the medical plan of care and nursing assessment to patients.
Input data into the computer and retrieve information such as laboratory and diagnostic procedure results for assigned patients.
Administer oral, intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular immunizations to all age groups in the health clinic.