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Job opening: Nurse (OB/GYN)

Salary: $87 618 - 113 900 per year
Relocation: YES
City: Zuni
Published at: Apr 17 2024
Employment Type: Multiple Schedules
Area of Consideration: All Sources This Open Continuous Announcement (OCA) allows acceptance of application throughout the year with eligible applicants being placed on the register and referred for consideration when vacancies occur. Your application will expire 8 months from application date and you must reapply to keep your application active. Contact the Albuquerque Area IHS Recruiter Michelle Aguilar Bowser Phone: 505-256-6731 Email: [email protected]

Duties

This position is being announced concurrently under Excepted Service Examining Plan procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-24-AQ-12387957-ESEP/MP for eligibility requirements. Applicants must apply separately for each announcement in order to be considered. This position is located at the Zuni Comprehensive Community Health Center, Division of Nursing Services, Department of Obstetrics, Zuni, New Mexico, This position reports to the Supervisory Nurse (OB/GYN). The purpose of this position is to independently plan and provide comprehensive nursing care for patients on the obstetrical unit by providing antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum nursing care. Provides nursing care to the newborn infant during recovery and post-recovery. Provides nursing care on the inpatient and outpatient units when census is low in the obstetrical unit. Work is on a rotational assignment of days, nights, weekend and holidays. Provides comprehensive nursing care to the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum patients. Performs cervical checks for dilation, effacement, station, presenting part, position, and status of membranes. Performs assessments, recognizes, identifies, and interprets serious situations. Recognizes obstetrical complications and promptly react to urgent and emergency situations. Implement and evaluates nursing care plans. Administers critical medications as prescribed by the physician. Provides nursing care to the neonate during recovery and post urgent/emergent situations. Operates and monitor specialized equipment safely and correctly, i.e., fetal monitors, interprets fetal monitor strips, and neonatal monitoring devices, etc.

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): 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. Degree from Foreign Nursing School: Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools. 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. Experience: The work experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. At the GS-09 and above grade level, many positions may require experience in a specialty area of nursing. In addition, to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below- MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must have had one full year of professional nursing experience equivalent to at least the GS-9 grade level and possession of a diploma, associate degree, bachelor's degree, or master's degree from a professional nursing educational program. Professional Nursing Experience: Independently provides professional nursing care to obstetrical patients. Provides nursing care to the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum patients, administering critical medications, performing cervical checks for dilation, effacement, station, presenting part, position, status of membranes, operating fetal monitors, interpretation of fetal monitor strips and neonatal monitoring devices. Provides nursing care to the newborn infant during recovery and post-recovery. Public Health Service (PHS) Licensure Policy: Each PHS Nurse must possess and maintain a current valid, active State licensure/registration as a professional nurse. You must meet all qualification requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.

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 Zuni Ramah Service Unit PO Box 467 Zuni, NM 87327 US
  • Name: Cynthia Tsalate
  • Phone: (505) 782-7515
  • Email: [email protected]

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