Our Occupational Health Nurses (OHNs) work diligently within their FBI office of assignment. Your work will ensure the medical readiness of the workforce through administering Fitness for Duty (FFD) evaluations, medical mandates (work restrictions), travel medicine and immunization programs. You will also respond to routine, work-related illnesses, injuries, and medical emergencies and provide employee health promotion activities and education.

Duties

Serves as an Occupational Health Nurse (OHN), in the FBI office of assignment, in collaboration with Medical Operations and Readiness Unit (MORU) physicians and other health care professionals at FBI Headquarters (HQ). Ensures the medical readiness of the workforce through the administration of the Fitness for Duty (FFD), Medical Mandates, Travel Medicine and Immunization Programs. Develops strategic health program goals and objectives for the occupational health program within the office at the direction of MORU, with input from field office management. Responsible for preparing a variety of communications to MORU, division personnel, and division management, including but not limited to medical case reports, statistical medical readiness reports, medical financial expenditures, and field office policy statements adapted from MORU protocols and FBI policies. Assessment and nursing care - Responsible for routine, work-related illness or injuries, and responds to medical emergencies on FBI property. Provides limited treatment and/or treatment referral in accordance with applicable FBI policies, procedures and protocols. Monitors and records medical exam activities, medication par levels, and medical supply monthly expenditures for reporting to MORU. This position requires the skill set and ability to perform OHN functions in an autonomous environment, administratively and clinically, managing the HSO office and MORU programs. Health promotion/education - Provides health promotion activities within the scope of FBI directives and accepted standards of occupational nursing practice. Activities cover areas such as health and wellness, travel medicine, nutrition, as well as disease specific topics. Fitness for Duty (FFD) evaluations and medical surveillance examinations - Responsible for exam reviews and management of work restrictions for employees with fitness for duty requirements and review of OSHA required medical screenings for identified positions. Reviews and analyzes medical reports, diagnostic tests and laboratory findings under the direction of MORU protocols and MORU, medical officer advisement. Health administration - Responsible for monitoring and reporting contract medical facility performance concerns, monitoring FFD financial expenditures, reporting monthly spending to assigned MORU representative, and ensures timely processing of invoices in accordance with policy.

Requirements

Qualifications

Please make sure your specialized experience/requirement(s) can be identified in your resume. In addition to meeting the BASIC REQUIREMENTS above, applicants must also meet the specialized experience (SE) requirement as described below: GS-12: Applicant must have one (1) year of specialized experience (SE) equivalent to the GS 11 level. Specialized experience is: Experience in nursing, with a wide range of professional nursing experience and skill, and/or considerable additional experience or training in occupational health nursing. Experience applying federal and applicable state laws, regulations and directives regulating occupational and environmental health nursing. Experience with preventive medicine programs and services. Desired Experience Desired Experience is NOT mandatory and will NOT be utilized to minimally qualify applicants. FBI Headquarters, Redstone, Quantico, and New York Filed Offices-at least 2 years of nursing experience preferred. ALL other Field Offices-at least 5 years of nursing experience preferred. Education may NOT be substituted for specialized experience.

Education

This position has a specific education requirement, all applicants must verify completion of this basic educational requirement by submitting a copy of their college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy.

Basic Education: Applicants MUST have a 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. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.

YOU MUST SUBMIT A COPY OF YOUR TRANSCRIPTS TO DOCUMENT THAT YOU HAVE MET THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT. UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE APPLICATION; HOWEVER, OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO BEGINNING EMPLOYMENT.

Contacts

• Address Federal Bureau of Investigation 935 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20535 US
• Name: Human Resources Field Office Staffing
• Email: [email protected]