Job opening: Practical Nurse
Salary: $49 095 - 63 387 per year
Published at: Mar 15 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Position: Performs a variety of skilled nursing care tasks within a team environment for patients seen in the Department of Obsterics/Gynecology), General Surgery Service at Womack Army Medical Center in Fort Liberty, NC.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Duties
Observe patient’s condition for changes.
Assist patients to obtain information, appointments, and follow-ups.
Prepare patients preoperatively and assists with tests and examinations.
Administer medication via the oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, topical and rectal routes to assigned patients.
Assist with wide variety of computer generated and hardcopy forms for the clinic or department.
Observe and monitor unsedated [and occasional sedated] patients during and following procedures for adverse reactions.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- 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.
- This position requires incumbent to obtain and maintain a favorable result from a National Agency Background Check.
- 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).
- Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
- This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing.
- This position requires that you obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Applicants must be able to fulfill non-privileged professional credential requirements.
- This position has been designated Mission Essential. In the event of severe weather conditions or other such emergency type situations, the
incumbent is required to report to work or remain at work as scheduled to support mission operations.
- This position has been designated 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.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 performing duties such as measuring patient's vital signs for assigned patients, administering immunizations or medications via various routes to patients, screening or updating patient medical records and performing routine procedures for assigned patients. This definition of nursing 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
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.
Contacts
- Address JT-DHA-DDAAFN DHA CENTRAL NC MARKET
DO NOT MAIL
Fort Liberty, NC 28310
US
- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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