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Fort Riley
Practical (Vocational) Nurse, GS-0620-4/05/06
Job Location: Fort Riley, KS
Closing Date:
12/31/2008
Salary:
$23,475 - $53,958 Annual
Place of Work:
Projected Duty Locations
Position Status/Number of Vacancy:
This announcement may be used to fill permanent full-time, part-time or intermittent positions. Indicate on your resume your availability for any of these appointments. / Many
Duties:
Serves as a Practical/Vocational Nurse in one of several areas within a Medical Treatment Facility, i.e. hospital clinic/ward, Oper Room ER; Clinics such as Outpatient, Occupational Health or similar locations.
* Responsible for a variety of treatment procedures and the nursing care provision to patients of all ages scheduled for treatment of illness, minor surgical procedures, preventive health care, and/or pre/post operative care.
* Prepare and administer prescribed meds or immunizations and monitors patients.
* Administer prescribed oxygen and respiratory therapy treatments.
* Initiate IVs, draw blood; collect & prepare specimens such as routine urine, stool, sputum and cultures for lab analysis.
* Assists physicians during diagnostic, therapeutic and/or minor surgical procedures by preparing necessary supplies & equipment.
* Maintain adequate supplies in-patient care areas.
* Perform other duties as required.
About the Position:
Federal employees seeking CTAP/ICTAP eligibility must submit proof that they meet the requirements of 5 CFR 330.605(a) for CTAP and 5 CFR 330.704 for ICTAP. This includes providing with your application, a copy of the agency notice, a copy of your most recent Performance Rating and a copy of your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location. Please annotate your application that you are applying as a CTAP or ICTAP eligible.
Note: Applicants that applied against announcement number MD-DH-07-4630 from 03-Oct-06 through 31-Dec-07 do not need to re-apply.
Note: Applications will be posted on the Army website for review by all medical facilities within the Army for a period of 120 days from its receipt. If you wish to extend your eligibility after your initial 120 days have expired, you must notify us by phone, fax or email.
Who May Apply:
* Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) eligibles.
* All U. S. citizens.
Qualifications:
Examples of what to include on resume
* Failure to include requested info may affect your resume consideration.
* Occupational Specialty(s)
* SS #
* Type & Current State of License
* Education: year, length & type of program & diploma/certification/ or degree received
* Announcement Number
* Geographical Preferences
* Employers Name, Mo/Day/Yr of Employment, Number of hours per week & a full description of duties performed.
Be sure to include 1 or more of the following Occupational Specialties for which you wish consideration: Emergency Room; Labor & Delivery; OB/GYN; Occupational Health; Operating Room; Psychiatry; Medical/Surgical; Adult ICU; Ped ICU; Neonatal ICU; Hematology/Oncology; Ped Hematology/Oncology; Outpatient Surgery; Pediatrics; Dialysis; Outpatient Specialty Clinics; Step-down/Telemetry; Post Anesthesia or Mother/Baby
Basic Requirements: Licensure:Currently licensed to practice as LPN/LVN in a State or territory of the US or DC.
In addition to meeting basic requirements,applicants for GS-04 & above must possess qualifying experience
* Qualifying experience includes nursing care work in a medical facility that has provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques & procedures in one or more of the occupational specialties listed above.
* For GS-4: 6 months of nursing experience is required: or Education/Training which includes a successful completion of a program in practical nursing of a least 9 months duration combined with 1 year of nursing assistant experience; or successful completion of a 2-year degree program in an accredited community college, junior college, or college or university in practical nursing.
* GS-5 and above:1 year of nursing experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level is required.
* Experience at the GS 05 & 06 must be 1 yr experience to the next lower grade level in the Occupational Specialty for which you wish to be considered.
Work may require long periods of standing/walking; positioning patients may require awkward working positions.
* 25% COLA will be added to base salary for Hawaii & Alaska; appropriate overseas COLA may be added to base salary for overseas locs.
This is a Direct Hire Solicitation - your resume may be viewed by authorized Army personnel.
* The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened for the Office of Personnel Management's basic qualifications requirements, and the skills needed to perform the duties of this position as described in this vacancy announcement.
* Education can be substituted for experience. Review the qualification requirements for specific information.
Other Information:
* To successfully claim veteran's preference, your resume/supplemental data must clearly show your entitlement. Please review the information listed under the Other Requirements link on this announcement or review our on-line Job Application Kit.
* This announcement will be used to fill multiple positions at various locations.
* Positions listed with multiple grades may be filled at any grade level and may or may not have promotion potential.
* Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
* May require overtime work.
* May require shift work and/or work on rotating shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays and in other situations.
* The Department of Defense (DoD) policy on employment of annuitants issued March 18, 2004 will be used in determining eligibility of annuitants. The DoD policy is available on http://www.cpms.osd.mil/fas/staffing/pdf/rem_ann.pdf
* Recruitment bonus may or may not be authorized.
* Relocation bonus may or may not be authorized.
* U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
* The initial length of this overseas tour is three years.
* Candidates initially selected from the U.S. may be eligible for certain foreign area benefits.
* Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.
* Please note that active-duty military members are eligible to apply no earlier than 120 days before their separation or retirement date.
* Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19 at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/131519p.pdf
* Permanent Change of Station/Relocation expenses may or may not be authorized.
* Temporary Duty (TDY) travel may be required.
Other Requirements:
* Child Care Criminal History background checks may be required prior to movement to position.
* Personnel security investigation may be required.
* Position may be designated as Emergency Essential.
* A medical examination may be required.
* Immunization screening may be required.
* This position may be required to comply with the Drug Abuse Testing Program.
* You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
* If selected, official college or university transcript must be submitted.
* Must provide documents for credentialing for health care positions.
* License/Certification: Current LPN or LVN License in a State or territory of US, DC, PR -cite on resume
* All Health Care Providers must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and certification Current Advanced Life Support of other advanced certification does not supersede BLS completion.
* Documentation to support Military Spouse Preference needs to be submitted at time of application.
* Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
* Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
* You must include the announcement number on your application.
* You may claim Military Spouse Preference.
* Applicants claiming veteran's preference must clearly show an entitlement to such preference on the resume/supplemental data submitted.
* One year trial/probationary period may be required.
To apply for these positions Click Here
You will need to click on Employment. This will bring up a new page. Click on Build a Resume, complete and submit.
Next, click on Search for Jobs. You can search again to find a vacancy you would like to apply for or, you can go to the bottom on the Vacancy Announcement Job Board page and put the following Announcement Number in the Announcement field.
Announcement Number: MD-DH-08-305
Then click on the announcement number link and scroll down to the bottom of the vacancy to How to Apply and follow the directions.
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