Clinical Nurse (Er)(Oca) Job in Cambridge - 97844339 - ZAK58B3ORBQ8W

Job Title:
Clinical Nurse (ER)(OCA)

Department:
Department Of Health And Human Services

Agency:
Indian Health Service

Job Announcement Number:
IHS-PR-11-452931

SALARY RANGE:
$55,413.00 - $71,713.00 /year

OPEN PERIOD:
Thursday, March 17, 2011 to Friday, March 16, 2012
SERIES & GRADE:GS-0610-09/10

POSITION INFORMATION:
Full Time Career/Career Conditional

PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
10

DUTY LOCATIONS:
few vacancies - Kyle, SD; few vacancies - Pine Ridge, SD; few vacancies - Wanblee, SD

WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Status Candidates (Merit Promotion Eligibles)

JOB SUMMARY:

Become a part of the Department that touches the lives of every American!  At HHS you can give back to your community, state, and country by making a difference in the lives of Americans everywhere.  Join HHS and help make our world healthier, safer and better for all Americans.

The Indian Health Service is required by law to give absolute preference to qualified Indian applicants and employees who are qualified and suitable for Federal employment. The Indian Health Service (IHS) by law is committed to affording employment preference to American Indian and Alaska Native candidates who meet the Secretary of the Interior's definition of Indian for appointment to vacancies within the IHS in accordance with established IHS policy as outlined in the Indian Health Manual Part 7, Chapter 3. In other than the above, the Indian Health Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

This is an "Open Continuous Vacancy Announcement" and applications will be referred when vacancies occur. "Direct Hire Authority" also applies to this vacancy

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATIONS:Positions will be filled at the following locations as vacancies occur. There MAY NOT be immediate vacancies at all locations. Intrested applicants should check with the local Administrative Officer or Service Unit Director concerning immediate employment needs. HOSPITALS: Pine Ridge Service Unit, Pine Ridge, South Dakota "HEALTH CENTERS" Kyle and Wanblee, South Dakota. Positions may also be filled at other Indian Health Service locations including the Aberdeen Area Office and Tribal Organizations as vacancies occur or are established in the area.

POSITION DETAILS:

Salary range:$55,413.00- $71,713.00 (Annually)

Promotion potential: GS-10

Merit Promotion Position: Yes

Travel Required: Yes; Occasional travel is required

Supervisory/Managerial Position: No

Relocation Expenses Paid: YES-- Relocation & Travel Expenses MAY BE paid if in the interest of the government and not in the interest of the selected employee.   

Is position covered by PL 101-630?  Yes (See item # 6 in the How to Apply Tab)

Is drug testing required? No

Is government housing available? Yes (depending on availability) 

Tour of Duty:(40 hour work week) Alternative work schedule, call back, standby, rotating shifts, nights/weekends/holidays?

Who may apply section

Excepted Service Examining Plan Candidates (ESEP)  

Merit Promotion Plan Candidates (MPP)

Veteran's Preference including Veterans Employment Opportunity Act Candidates (VEOA)

Commissioned Corps Candidates

- visit jobs@ihs.gov for more information on Who May Apply

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Position subject to background investigation.
• As part of the pre-employment process, fingerprint checks are required.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• A COPY of current unrestricted license is required (Submit a photo-copy)

Additional Duty Location Info:
few vacancies - Kyle, SD; few vacancies - Pine Ridge, SD; few vacancies - Wanblee, SD

Please ensure you answer all questions and follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may impact your rating or result in you losing consideration for the job.

• Performs specialized, professional nursing duties as in the case of critically ill, severely injured and/or traumatized emergency patients.

• Assesses all patients presented for emergency care and triages based on history, physical assessments and chief complain.

• Initiates treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS),Trauma-Neuro Critical Care (TNCC), and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocols.

• Administers therapeutic measures. Records observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, hemodynamic, monitoring data, and other relevant to the patients care.

• In emergency situations, when a physician is not immediately available, initiates appropriate actions or procedures.

• Participates fully in nursing quality assurance activities and established Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)/Accreditation Associate for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) criteria for emergency care.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

You must meet the requirements of the job by this date: Friday, March 16, 2012

SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: The following Selective Placement factor has been determined to be essential for the position. Candidate must show possession of this factor in order to be minimally qualified:

NURSE: Must possess and maintain a current, active, and unrestricted Nursing license in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

The following shows the amounts of education and/or experience required to qualify for positions covered by the standard.

GS-9: 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education or a master's or equivalent degree OR 1 year of experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 level.

GS-10: 2 1/2 years of progressively higher level graduate education OR 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels and positions for which both education and experience are acceptable.

Graduate-level education must have been in nursing with a concentration in a field of nursing (e.g., teaching, a clinical specialty, research, administration, etc.) or in a closely related non-nursing field directly applicable to the requirements of the position to be filled.

Evaluation of Experience: Experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. At GS-9 and above, many positions require experience in a specialty area of nursing.

Specialized experience is defined as work involving experience that equipped the applicant with the professional knowledge of nursing process and emergency health care, including principles, standards, practices and procedures, e.g. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)/ Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), of nursing care required to meet the nursing needs of the patients of all ages with a wide variety of acute and chronic health needs; developing a plan of care to meet emergent and non-emergent health needs of patients to the emergency room; recognizing adverse signs and symptoms.

TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: Federal status applicants must have completed at least 52 weeks of service in a position no more than one grade lower than the position to be filled. If selected under the Excepted Service Examining Plan, individuals may be appointed without regard to time-in-grade requirements.

Education: Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant.

As per the IHS Excepted Service Hiring Plan: Current employees and eligible applicants are considered under merit promotion only, unless they provide an appropriate Standard Form (SF)-50, "Notification of Personnel Action," and indicate under which plan they are applying.  Please indicate on your resume and during the online assessment process which hiring plan you want to be considered under: Merit Promotion and/or the IHS Excepted Service Hiring Plan.  See jobs@ihs.gov for more details.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

The HHS Careers system simplifies the Federal application process by replacing the former KSA job-element statements with on-line self-assessment questions. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications requirements will be invited to complete an on-line questionnaire assessing the following: 

• Interpersonal Skills: Show understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Decision Making:   Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.

• Attention to Details:Is through when performing work and conscientious about attending to details.

• Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization; monitors progress, evaluates outcomes.
• Education & Training:Knowledge of teaching, training, research, making presentations, lecturing, testing, and other instructional methods.

If found qualified, your score will range from 70-100 points (not including points that may be assigned for Veterans' Preference).  We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire.  If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.  You will be deemed well qualified if you score 85 and above.


BENEFITS:The federal government offers a number of exceptional benefits.
OTHER INFORMATION:

Additional selections of candidates may be possible within 90 days from the date the certificate of eligibles was issued for this announcement, for filling additional or similar positions. However if there are no qualified Indian Preference candidates on the Certificate the vacancy must be reannounced.

Candidates must meet time-after-competitive appointment, time-in-grade (if applicable), qualification requirements, licensure requirements , performance requirements, citizenship and suitability requirements, and any other eligibility requirements within 30 days of the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Measles and Rubella immunization required for selectees born after 1957.

If you are selected for this vacancy, you must undergo a fingerprint check.  Fingerprint results must be cleared prior to hire.  You will receive instructions on how to obtain and submit fingerprints.

After you begin your employment, your continued employment is contingent upon the outcome of a complete background investigation as determined by the sensitivity level of your position. 

The investigation must find that you are suitable for Federal employment in your position.   If you are found not suitable, you will be terminated after you begin work.  If you make a false statement in any part of your application, you may not be hired; you may be fired after you begin work; or subject to possible criminal charges.

IHS - Operated Properties are tobacco free

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package, which includes the following parts:

1. Assessment Questionnaire
2. Résumé
3. Required Documents (Specified in the Required Documents section of this job announcement. An applicant may not be considered if proper documentation is not received.)

Use Application Manager for convenience and quickest processing. Track your progress to a Complete Application Package using the My Application Packages checklist and status displays in Application Manager. Your Application Package status must be Complete by, Friday, March 16, 2012, the closing date of this announcement.

Option A:  Application Manager (preferred method)

To begin, choose one of these options:

1. If your résumé is going to come from the USAJOBS Resume Builder, you begin the process by clicking the Apply Online button near the bottom of this page. Your résumé will be attached only to the Application Package you complete and Submit immediately after you click the Apply Online button for this job announcement, not to any Application Packages you may already have created.
2. If your résumé is going to be one you prepared outside of USAJOBS Résumé Builder, click this link to begin the process Online Questionnaire

To return to Application Manager at any time, simply go to https://applicationmanager.gov/

Option B:  Fax

If it is not possible for you to use Application Manager (you have a disability or do not have access to the internet), you can write your answers on paper.  Follow these steps:

1. Print a copy of this job announcement so that you can read the questions offline. View Occupational Questionnaire.  Obtain and print a copy of the OPM Form 1203-FX, which you will use to provide your answers. You can obtain the form at this URL http://www.opm.gov/Forms/pdf_fill/OPM1203fx.pdf or by calling USAJOBS by Phone at (703) 724-1850; after the introduction, press 1, and listen for instructions.
2. You may submit the OPM Form 1203-FX (hard copy questionnaire), résumé, and/or any supporting documents by fax.

• If you are faxing a Form 1203-FX, do not use a separate cover sheet. Simply make sure the Form 1203-FX is on top of any other documents you are faxing.
• If you are faxing any documents without the Form 1203-FX on top, always use the official cover sheet which is here -- http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf -- and be sure to fill it out completely and clearly.  The fax number is 1-478-757-3144.  Feed all documents into your fax machine top first so that we receive them right-side up.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office, Troy Bad Moccasin, 605-226-7217,troy.badmoccasin@ihs.gov.  "The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis."
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:

You must provide the required documents listed below during the online application process either through the document upload process or fax using instructions outlined in Section B above. If any of the following are missing when the announcement closes we will deem your application incomplete:

• ___Resume - Your résumé, curriculum vitae, the Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612), or any other written form you choose to describe your job-related qualifications. NOTE: Please ensure that your resume contains the basic information outlined under the Applying for a Federal Job link: http://www.gpo.gov/careers/pdfs/of0510.pdf
• ___Transcripts - Transcripts must be provided if substituting education for experience and/or if education is required for this position.  Unofficial transcripts are acceptable but official transcripts will be required before entrance on duty.
• ___Veteran's Preference-If claiming Veteran's Preference, include a copy of DD-214 Form, and SF-15 if claiming 10 point Veteran's Preference http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf.
• ____Indian Preference applicants – If claiming preference, applicants must provide a completed copy of the current Form BIA - 4432 (expiration date 8/31/2011), "Verification of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Only."  Indian preference will not be given unless the current form is submitted with your application, including any verification by an authorized Tribal Representative or BIA official of tribal enrollment records, documentation of lineal descent, state or academic records that document you possess one-half degree Indian blood from a tribe indigenous to the United States, as well as official records that establish your degree of Indian blood, such as census records. The applicant must also complete the family history chart if necessary.  (See the form for detailed instructions for the completion of the BIA-4432). Current IHS employees with a BIA form on file in their Official Personnel Folder are required to submit a copy of that form with their application.
• ____Childcare Addendum form must be included for this position and is available at: http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/DHR/Documents/ApplicantInfo/ChildcareAddendumOMBApprovedForm-2012.doc

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

Jolene AroundHim
Phone: (605)867-5131
Fax: (605)867-3271
TDD: (301)443-6394
Email: JOLENE.AROUNDHIM@IHS.GOV Agency Information:
Indian Health Service HR Center
P O Box 1201
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Fax: (605)867-3271

WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:

Once the online questionnaire is received, you will receive an acknowledgement via email that your submission was successful. Approximately 45 days following the closing date of the announcement, you will receive a notice of rating with the final disposition of your resume. To protect your privacy, scores of resumes are not provided by phone.