Nurse Outpatient

About the role

The Indian Health Service (IHS) seeks dedicated Registered Nurses to provide comprehensive, evidence-based, and patient-centered care in an ambulatory care setting. Our nurses play a vital role in improving the health of American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate care to pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Implement provider/clinic standing orders and select appropriate guidelines based on patient conditions.
• Administer medications and treatments, and document patient responses and condition changes in the electronic health record.
• Coordinate patient care activities with the care team and communicate patient status and needs to providers and other staff.
• Counsel and teach patients within established protocols.
• Use common outpatient clinic equipment to support patient care.
• Develop and implement comprehensive assessments, prioritizing clinical information based on patient condition and preferences.
• Monitor patients, communicate clinical changes between patient and provider/care team, and coordinate referrals/consults and outside services.
• Provide patient/family counseling and education on preventive, curative, and rehabilitative measures.
• Evaluate outcomes to modify the care plan and ensure accurate, complete electronic health record documentation.
• Guide, train, and mentor clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Participate in designing and improving clinical care delivery systems through data collection, evaluation, and performance improvement activities.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This is a competitive vacancy announcement.
• Current civil service employees would receive new appointments to the civil service with the same benefits.
• Employees may be subject to a background investigation.
• Vaccine exemption requests may be available according to the National and/or Service Unit guidance.
• On-call hours or standby duty may be required.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.
• Complete direct deposit for payment.

Qualifications

• A graduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.
• Pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
• 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.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service, performing outpatient nursing duties including triage, patient assessment, and implementing provider/clinic standing orders.
• Two years 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.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service, performing outpatient nursing duties including triage, patient assessment, and implementing provider/clinic standing orders.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the Federal service, performing outpatient nursing duties including triage, patient assessment, and implementing provider/clinic standing orders.

Benefits

• Receive a recruitment/relocation sign-on bonus, if eligible.
• May be subject to a probationary period.
• May be subject to Employee Health Policies related to Measles and Rubella, and seasonal influenza immunizations.
• May be subject to on-call hours or standby duty.

Pay

Details on pay are provided on IHS's website.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are provided on IHS's website.