Nurse (Intensive Care Unit)

About the role

Nurses at the Indian Health Service (IHS) provide comprehensive care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Your expertise brings healing and hope across generations.

Responsibilities

• Initiates treatment, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing ICU orders, ACLS protocol, and provider orders.
• Uses critical thinking and nursing judgment to recognize changes and characteristics that may affect the patient's health status.
• Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician such as medication treatments, intravenous fluids, blood transfusions, nasogastric tubes, internal and external catheters, wound care, etc.
• Observes and assesses critically ill patient's health status by conducting a nursing assessment and examination, interviewing patient and family members, and reviewing patient's health history and ongoing hemodynamic monitoring.
• Develops a plan of care for individual patients by assessing the patient's condition and reviewing the patient's health record, determining and evaluating the kind of nursing care required by assessing the individual needs and goals of each patient.
• Maintains required certifications such as ACLS and BLS.

Requirements

Selectee may be subject to a probationary period. U.S. Citizenship is required. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. This is a competitive vacancy announcement advertised under Direct Hire Authority. Selections made under this vacancy announcement will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would therefore be given new appointments to the civil service; however, benefits, time served, and all other Federal entitlements would remain the same.

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).

Pay

The work schedule is typically 8, 10, or 12-hour shifts, with on-call hours or standby duty being possible. You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.

Schedule

This position requires rotating shifts, including days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Benefits

A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

Benefits Package

Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Registered Nurse Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov)

Additional Information

Basic Requirements for the GS-7 (or Equivalent) Grade Level: Possession of a bachelor's degree in nursing and eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement provision; Possession of a bachelor's degree in nursing and at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-5 grade level); Possession of a diploma or associate degree in professional nursing and two full years of professional nursing experience; or Completion of at least one full year of graduate education in a professional nursing educational program.

Basic Requirements for the GS-9 (or equivalent) Grade Level: Possession of a master's degree in professional nursing; or at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-7 grade level or above) and possession of a diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in nursing from a professional nursing program.

Basic Requirements for the GS-11 (or equivalent) Grade Level: Successful completion of a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educational program or related medical science field; or at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-09 grade level) and possession of a diploma, associate degree, bachelor's degree, or master's degree from a professional nursing educational program.

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