Job opening: Practical Nurse
Salary: $42 022 - 54 625 per year
Published at: Oct 18 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: This position is located within the Winn Army Community Hospital, in Fort Stewart, GA. Incumbent will perform direct patient care within the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology. Duty hours are 0730-1630, Monday-Friday, no weekends or holidays.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Duties
Obtain health data for assigned patients to document into electronic medical record.
Perform Fetal Non-Stress Testing for assigned patients.
Prepare patients for a wide variety of obstetric and/or gynecology procedures.
Administer medications via the IV, oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, topical and rectal route.
Provide educational service to patients and their families for the promotion of health and prevention and/or detection of disease.
Track and/or monitor testing results for patients.
Assist or conduct training and orientation for new staff members.
Requirements
- This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position.
- This position is subject to a pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident.
- This position has mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documentation of exemption must be provided upon hire).
- This position requires the incumbent to fulfill credentialing requirements and obtain and maintain appropriate/relevant clinical privileges.
- This position has been designated Inclement Weather Essential. In the event of inclement weather conditions, the incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.
- This position requires that you obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- This position requires the incumbent to have a Hepatitis B vaccination.
- You must undergo a specific initial background checks, investigation and periodic re-verification check of multiple agency records to obtain and maintain a suitable determination to occupy a position having regular contact with children.
Qualifications
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 maintaining or updating medical and behavioral health data for assigned patients; assisting with fetal non-stress test for expectant mothers; providing educational information to patients; assist physician with a variety of Obstetric and Gynecologic procedures. This definition of experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).
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.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address JT-DHA-DD83CP DHA LOW COUNTRY MKT-WINN
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Stewart, GA 31314
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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