This position is located at one of the various Indian Health Service hospitals under the Navajo Area Office. The primary purpose is to provide care in the Operating Room (OR) with a full range of nursing proficiency. Assess patients with a variety of critical conditions requiring surgery or other medical procedures, administer medications, operate specialized equipment and respond appropriately in emergency situations.

Duties

Observes and assesses patient's health status and critically ill emergency patients by physical assessment and examination. Initiates treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures. Administers therapeutic measure as prescribed by the anesthesiologist, physician and surgeon. Operates and monitors specialized equipment in operating room or same day surgery. Collaborates with members of the surgical and multidisciplinary teams. When called in for emergency surgeries after hours, holidays or weekends, functions as a team leader and supervises movements and action of other team members. Total independence is exercised and accountability is at maximum. NOTE: This is an Open Continuous announcement; applicants will be referred when vacancies occur. The first Cut-off date for receipt/referral of applications to be considered for available vacant positions will be 15 days after the JOA open date. Your resume and any documents submitted will be retained for eight months and may be used at any time during this period. After 8 months, you must reapply to this announcement in order to be considered.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. 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; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. BASIC REQUIREMENT(S): Apply and use OPM Qualification Standards: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0600/nurse-series-0610/ Note: Employees currently assigned to positions in this occupational series as of September 2017 will be considered to have met the basic requirements for the position occupied. Education: A graduate or higher-level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required. This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. Licensure: For all grade levels and positions, applicants must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination. In addition, they must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS 09: In addition to the above requirements, applicants must meet one of the following: Possession of a master's degree in professional nursing; or At least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or above) and possession of a diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in nursing from a professional nursing program. Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of Professional Nursing Experience to at least the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Provide a wide range of professional nursing duties according to established professional nursing principles, practices, concepts and procedures in the Operating Room (OR) setting for peri- and post-operative care of recovering surgical patients; manage and treat patients with peri- and post-operative problems; perform highly specialized nursing assignments appropriate to the various age of the patient served; maintains, monitors and operates specialized equipment and instruments for surgical procedures; assess patient condition; provides nursing care and advises on health care needs with full consideration of mental, emotional, cultural, social and physical factors. GS 10: In addition to the mandatory license and education described above under Basic Requirements: Applicants must have at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or above) and possession of a diploma, associate degree, bachelor's degree or master's degree in nursing from a professional nursing program. Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of Professional Nursing Experience to at least the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: Independently provide a wide range of professional nursing duties according to established professional nursing principles, practices, concepts and procedures in the Operating Room (OR), educate on post-operative care; manage and treat patients with peri- and post-operative problems; perform highly specialized nursing assignments appropriate to the various age groups of patients served and to assure proper care of patients; maintains, monitors and operates specialized equipment and instruments for simple to unexpected complications of surgical procedures; provides nursing care and advises on health care needs with full consideration of mental, emotional, cultural, social and physical factors; recognize adverse signs of symptoms, problems and react promptly in emergency situations; act as a preceptor and provide instruction and direction to lower level nurses, communicate and interact with multidisciplinary health care team. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement. NOTE: This is an Open Continuous announcement; applicants will be referred when vacancies occur.

Education

This position has an education requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer.

Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Navajo Area Indian Health Service PO Box 9020 Window Rock, AZ 86515 US
• Name: Navajo Area IHS Human Resources
• Email: [email protected]