Nurse (Clinical/Critical Care) GS-0610-11

Responsibilities

• Continuously observe, monitor, and assess infant's condition; interpret signs and symptoms of deterioration in condition; and take corrective action.
• Assist the physician with complex and potentially life-threatening procedures such as insertion of arterial and venous catheters, chest tubes and endotracheal tubes.
• Prepare and accompany infants for diagnostic surgical procedures outside of NICU as well as prepare critically ill infants for transport by ground or air-evacuation.
• Administer intravenous fluids including hyper alimentation, intralipids, and blood products; and deliver prescribed nutrition by oral, gavage, enteral drip or intravenous routes.
• Operate and monitor technical equipment, such as transcutaneous oxygen monitors, oximeters, ventilators, infusion pumps, syringe pumps, defibrillator, radiant warmers, GE monitor, iSTAT Blood Testing machine, and blood warmers.
• Educate parents with appropriate literature and information regarding their high-risk neonate including effects of illness or congenital anomalies on long term development of their child.
• Serve as a resource person for other critical care nurses and health care providers and participate in research studies conducted in the NICU.
• Serve as charge nurse on assigned shift performing a variety of administrative/floor duties as an extension and in support of the head nurse; and make nursing care assignments to various skill levels of professional and nonprofessional personnel.
• Attend high-risk deliveries and resuscitate or assist in resuscitation of newborns, as applicable.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirement: A graduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.
• Education/Experience: A diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in Nursing from a professional nursing program and possession of at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or above) which includes providing nursing care to critically ill infants.
• Exemption: Current federal employees occupying a position in the 0610 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before.

Requirements

• Education: A PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing program or related medical science field.
• Exemption: Completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) from a professional nursing program. OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education from a professional nursing program.