Practical Nurse (Outpatient)

Summary

About the Position: Positions are located within the Dept of Surgery and Dept of Medicine at Fort Gordon, GA. Incumbent will provide routine and specialized care to patients in various clinic settings. This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement at any of the locations listed. We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Duties

• Provide practical nursing care to a diverse patient population with a variety of medical conditions.
• Perform nursing tasks such as recording vital signs, ordering labs, tracking patient’s laboratory, radiology orders and referral results to completion for assigned patients.
• Initiate and maintain medical histories for patients, records observations, and identifies symptoms for use by the clinician.
• Perform direct nursing care to clinic patients via telemedicine, virtual, and face-to-face care.
• Conduct focused nursing assessment and contribute to the care plan for assigned patients.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of care provided in accordance with established protocols.
• Communicate with patients and families to ensure they are informed about care plans and progress.
• Administer prescribed medications with increased independence, ensuring proper patient dosages, routes, and times are followed
• Prepare and deliver oral, topical, and injectable medications while monitoring for and responding to side effects or adverse reactions.
• Utilize electronic health record systems to enter and retrieve data.
• Assist with resuscitations, stabilizations, and other critical interventions for patients.
• Monitor patient responses during and after procedures, ensuring that any complications are addressed promptly.
• Ensure compliance with infection control protocols throughout all procedures.
• Provide patient and family education tailored to specific medical conditions, treatment plans, and recovery goals.
• Assist in counseling and educating patients in their care instructions such as, diet, acute or chronic illness, wellness/preventative health measures, immunizations, proper use of medical devices to address their questions about ongoing care.
• Initiate emergency care as needed for patients.
• Assemble, operate, and monitor specialized medical equipment in accordance with regulations.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement at any of the locations listed. We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available. 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/Licensed 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 that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures, performing such duties as: setting up sterile environment within a medical treatment facility or clinic; measuring patients vital signs as assigned; administering medications via various routes to assigned patients; updating patient medical records in accordance with regulations; and utilizing automated systems to enter and retrieve data. This definition of experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04). 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.

Required documents

The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements. As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 1. Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show you can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume. 2. Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable License/Certification: This position requires a job-related license or certification. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible. See: Transcripts and Licenses. NOTE: Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.