This position serves as the Director of Public Health Nursing for the Pawnee Indian Health Center located in Pawnee, Oklahoma. The purpose of this position is to assess, plan, implement, manage and evaluate a comprehensive primary care, preventive and therapeutic Public Health Nursing (PHN) program for the Pawnee Indian Health Center. Incumbent reports to the Chief Nurse Executive.

Duties

Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov) Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates overall Public Health Nursing (PHN) program and activities to meet service unit and community goals, and objectives. Provides routine and administrative direct supervision of PHN nursing staff. Coordinates community health department activities with the local community and other agencies. Provides nurse coverage for history taking, conducting nursing assessments, triaging patients, and providing medical care to patients. Advises Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Clinical Director and/or Chief Nurse Executive and tribal officials on all matters pertaining to public health nursing.

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. In addition to the Basic Requirements, you must also meet the Minimum Qualifications stated below. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: GS-12:Your resume must demonstrate at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector. Examples include assisting with all aspects of supervision of the total public health nursing services at either the Tribal, City, County, State or Federal level; providing supervision, leadership, and direction of subordinate staff, maintaining the continuity and effectiveness of nursing services, to insure delivery of quality patient care, and to serve as a role model for professional nursing; assuring that nursing care is provided and for accomplishment of work planning, direction and performance evaluation and/or direct supervision of temporary and permanent professional nursing employees; performing nursing care duties as needed and providing community/public health nursing services to individual eligible for services; assisting in conducting epidemiological and community surveys, field investigations and research studies to appraise health needs; planning and developing a Community Health Nursing program for Public Health focus areas; performing physical and psychosocial assessment and reassessment of varied age clientele that includes infant, child, adolescent, adults and geriatrics. Time In Grade Federal employees in the competitive service are also subject to the Time-In-Grade Requirements: Merit Promotion (status) candidates must have completed one year of service at the next lower grade level. Time-In-Grade provisions do not apply under the Excepted Service Examining Plan (ESEP). 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 Pawnee Service Unit 1201 Heritage Circle Pawnee, OK 74058 US
• Name: Shelby Exum
• Phone: 9187626617
• Email: [email protected]