SPECIAL NOTE: You MUST be a USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer (PHS Officer) or Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidate in order to apply for this position. Civilian employees DO NOT qualify for this position. Thank you. Salary: please note that the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and location of duty station.

Duties

O5 Billet DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Incumbent's primary duty is to serve as a flight nurse on a national level, with responsibilities for performing a variety of unusual and complex professional tasks without the benefit of close guidance. Incumbent serves as flight nurse by providing direct patient care for individuals in ICE custody during ICE removal missions in accordance to agency procedures and nursing guidelines. The incumbent works in small aircrafts, business jets, large airliners, or helicopters, which may be civilian, military and U.S. government local, state or federal assets. The incumbent is to anticipate transfers from airframes, including in inclement weather. Transfers and care may take place on ground vehicles or boats to aircraft. Impact of error can cause serious impairment to program, agency and division. As a flight nurse, contacts of persons outside the department, high level (i.e., diplomatic), official representation of U.S government while overseas. Work purpose is basic collaboration to meet the health care needs in agency mission. 2. In addition, serves as a specialty consultant to local, and national programs; coordinates activities relative to policy development, program implementation and evaluation subject to regulations, policies, procedures, and pertinent laws. Advises local and department level officials regarding policy development, review reports, identify and analyze problems, provide formal written analysis or reports; participates in the design and development of procedures to follow- up on reports. Performs specialized or complex professional tasks without benefit of close supervision or detailed guidelines, independently establishes criteria, formulates approaches and evaluation efforts. Impact of error can cause serious impairment to program, division, and Agency; and, reduce wasted efforts and resources. Contacts of persons inside the immediate work environment and within the Department. This includes the general public. To justify, defend, negotiate, or settle matters involving significant or controversial issues, work at this level usually involves active participation in conferences, meetings, or presentations involving problems or issues of maximum consequences or importance. 3. When flight duties and program duties are met (i.e., secondary duties), incumbent serves as senior staff nurse at IHSC facility. Performance of duties and acceptance of responsibilities are recognized to be above the journeyman level in professional nursing. Assumes responsibility for providing care to patients with complex physical mental, or social needs. Develops and implements a comprehensive plan for meeting actual and anticipated patient needs. Performs complex tasks, technical skills, and procedures on patients utilizing sophisticated equipment and nursing techniques effectively and efficiently without the benefit of close guidance. Judgmental failure could seriously affect the health status of one or more individuals. Primary contact is with the general public, members of the health care team, or patients and patients' families in a clinical situation in order to render nursing care. 4. Other program duties and responsibilities as assigned. 5. Performs minor duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications

O-5 Billet REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: 1. Be actively boarded or commissioned in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. 2. Bachelor's of science or master's of science in nursing from a program accredited by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Current, unrestricted, and valid Registered Nurse (RN) license from any U.S. state, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, or Guam 3. Minimum of 4 years of direct patient care experience as a registered nurse and the last 2 years must be current. 4. Knowledge of the Nurse Practice Act for the licensing state and/or the state in which one practices nursing. 5. Knowledge of a wide range of nursing concepts, principles, and practices. 6. Knowledge of Microsoft office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. 7. Knowledge of medication, administration guidelines, and pharmaceutical agents and their desired and adverse effects in order to recognize untoward effects and take appropriate corrective measures. 8. Comprehensive knowledge of managing non-compliant patients, special needs populations, and patients with significant deficits in coping skills. 9. Knowledge of requirements for safety, infection control, quality assurance, maintenance of records of patients seen, statistical information gathering, etc. 10. Knowledge or experience of nursing management and leadership skills. 11. Knowledge of teaching patient health education skills. 12. Preferred but not required, knowledge, skills, and abilities: a) Emergency Department, Intensive Care or Flight Nursing experience preferred b) Experience in immigration health system. c) Correctional health care experience. d) Certification as Correctional Health Care Professional (CCHP). e) Knowledge and/or experience with IHSC policies, NCCHC and PBNDS requirements. f) Knowledge of public health preparedness, infection control and tuberculosis management. g) Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS), Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC), PreHospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) certification. h) Prior Patient Transport, Flight Nursing or Aerospace Medicine/Nursing experience. i) Prior Immigration/Correctional Flight Nursing. j) ANCC Certification as National Healthcare Disaster Professional (NHDB-BC). k) Proficient in Spanish or other secondary language PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 1. Must have the ability to assist sick, injured or aging detainees or staff during ingress and egress (e.g., may require lifting, dragging, wheeling, or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than oneself). The officer must be able to lift and carry 50 lbs. of medical equipment 100 yds. without assistance. 2. Must be able to see, hear, and smell with aids if necessary. Must be able to don full face mask, breathing apparatus or emergency fire escape mask or hood without difficulty for prolong periods. 3. Must be able to easily alternate between kneeling, standing and walking in the confined space of small aircraft. 4. Must be able to perform duties in a stressful and often austere environment, with inclement weather and altitudes without physical limitations. 5. The position requires that the officer is physically able to climb ladders and stairs without impediment while carrying medical equipment and supplies as well as personal gear. 6. The officer will be required to work extended hours and remain in aircraft in confined cabin space during inclement weather, ground delays and/or extenuating circumstances during extended trans-global flights. 7. The officer will be required to have basic swimming skills to allow for safe swimming at least one pool length for mandatory aircrew safety training events. 8. Must be able to pass the FAA Class III Flight Physical for Altitude Physiology Chamber orientation.

Education

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Contacts

• Address ERO-DRO-IHSC Public Health Service 500 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20536 US
• Name: IHSC Recruiting
• Email: [email protected]