This position is located within the Phoenix Indian Medical Center located in Phoenix, AZ. The Director of Public Health Nursing is responsible for managing a comprehensive nursing service which involves supervision of personnel in the performance of nursing and supportive tasks related to the care of individuals and families in AI/AN communities and reservations.

Duties

Incumbent performs the key functions of planning, organizing, directing and reviewing work and administering personnel matters; and accomplishing nonsupervisory tasks and/or special assignments as required. Incumbent provides leadership, nursing expertise, program assessment, strategic planning, implementation, and evaluation of the unit. Provides skilled nursing care directly to patients in the ambulatory care setting, including coordinating care for patients. Formulates and implements overall community/public health nursing programs and plans to satisfy varying patient load requirements, priorities for services, and other health care objectives. Establishes priorities and evaluates PHN services, using techniques such as surveys, field visit studies and others statistical data. Helps design and carry out field investigations, epidemiologic studies and special research projects. Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)

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): Note: Employees currently assigned to positions in this 0610 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. In addition to the above requirements, applicants must meet one of the following requirements, OR Completed a degree from Foreign Nursing School and have an Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools. License: Applicants must have active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, 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-0610-12: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent with particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This specialized experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-11 in the Federal service as described in the vacancy announcement. The following type of work and/or tasks include: Experience providing professional advanced nursing services in either a clinic, home health, and/or school setting; and independently plan community health activities; and experience teaching and supervising patients and families in techniques of positive health. Work experience in leadership by having direct reports. SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: Certification: Must be certified in one of the following nursing specialties to meet the Selective Placement Factor for this position. (You must provide evidence of meeting this certification with your application documents) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in one of the following: American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in one of the following: Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP-BC), Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (AGCNS-BC), Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPNP-BC), Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC), Nursing Professional Development (NPD-BC), Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Community Health Nursing, Ambulatory Care Nurse (AMB-BC), Gerontological Nursing (GERO-BC), Informatics Nursing Certification (RN-BC), Nursing Case Management (CMGT-BC), Nurse Executive (NE-BC), Advanced Nurse Executive (NEA-BC), Pain Management (PMGT-BC), Advanced Public Health Nursing (PHNA-BC), Community Health Nursing (RN-BC), or Public/Community Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (PHCNS-BC), Pediatric Nursing (PED-BC), Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (PPCNP-BC). 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 Phoenix Service Unit 1616 E Indian School Rd Suite 360 Phoenix, AZ 85016 US
• Name: Chelsea Banteah
• Email: [email protected]