This position is under the direct supervision of the House Supervisor for the Martin Health Center. The incumbent will provide direct patient care, case management, coordinate patient care through available resources, and serve as advocate to patients and their families. Recruitment Incentive authorized with applicable service agreement. Recruitment Incentive - New appointees. Relocation Incentive - Relocating federal employees.

Duties

Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov) Collaborate with providers, nurse, social services, ensuring health care maintenance is current on empaneled patients, conducts assessment, screening and interviews, patients clinical, psychosocial and functional status. Coordinates visits with assigned providers, conducting pre visit planning, proactively identifies and coordinates pt. care, interacts with the patient/family/caregiver and provider to discuss pt. care, participates in clinical initiatives to improve pt. health. Participate in department orientation, quality improvement programs, provides direct nursing care. Processing notifications and writing referrals as needed, documents efficiently and in timely manner, ensuring that there are no deficiencies. *This position is being announced concurrently under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP) and Merit Promotion (MP) procedures. Please review vacancy announcement number IHS-25-GP-12605276-ESEP/MP; for eligibility requirements. NOTE: Applicants must apply separately for each 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): Individual Occupational Requirement Education: In order to qualify for this position, you must meet the Basic Requirements for a nurse position. This education must be 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 of Foreign Nursing Schools: Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools. Licensure: In order to qualify for this position, applicants must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination. You 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: Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector performing the following type of work and/or tasks: GS-10: One (1) year specialized experience with the particular knowledge, skill, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. This specialized experience is related to the work of the position and equivalent to at least the GS-09 grade level. Examples Include: perform specialized nursing assignments such as continuity of care for pre-visit planning, visit coordination and post visit follow-care, preventative screening, face-to-face interviews, build patient care plans, patient record documentation for appropriate billing procedures, and coordinate care through of variety of patient resources, actively participate in administrative functions of Purchased Referred Care (PRC) in the approval of patient referrals; processes, manages, coordinates emergent and urgent patient referrals. OR PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educational and/or program or related medical science field. 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 Pine Ridge Service Unit PO Box 1201 E Hwy 18 Pine Ridge, SD 57770 US
• Name: Joseph Dudley
• Phone: 605-252-2771
• Email: [email protected]