Practical Nurse (Operating Room)

Summary

About the Position: The Practical Nurse (Operating Room) provides support to the A. T. Augusta Military Medical Center in Fort Belvoir VA, helping ensure consistent, high-quality patient care and facility operations. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Duties

• Incumbent performs a variety of nursing procedures, in both in-patient and out-patient services.
• Responsible for providing post-anesthesia recovery for patients following scheduled and emergent surgery; requiring close observation, cardio-respiratory monitoring, and ongoing evaluation.
• Perform treatment procedures that includes administration of oral, intramuscular, topical, inhaled, and rectal, and intravenous medications; initiating IV access and monitoring IV fluid/medication administration, sterile dressing changes.
• Document all pertinent data regarding physical and emotional status of patients.
• Perform a wide range of diagnostic support duties (vital signs, intake and output, obtaining laboratory specimens, monitor cardiac telemetry, perform basic cardiac life support (BLS).
• Assess patient's changing condition and updates patient care plans.
• Enter patient information into electronic medical record (EMR).
• Provide instruction/teaching to patient and family members on post-operative procedures.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens 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 (Operating Room): 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, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures, performing such duties as: Setting up or perioperative operating equipment and monitoring patient vital signs during perioperative phases. This definition of experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). 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.