Clinical Nurse (General Medical/Surgical) Job in Throughout New Mexico - 98004074 - ZAFYDS0X1HANS

Job Title:
Clinical Nurse (General Medical/Surgical)

Department:
Department Of Health And Human Services

Agency:
Indian Health Service

Job Announcement Number:
IHS-11-AQ-446120-DH

SALARY RANGE:
$55,413.00 - $67,878.00 /year

OPEN PERIOD:
Thursday, March 24, 2011 to Friday, December 30, 2011
SERIES & GRADE:GS-0610-09

POSITION INFORMATION:
Multiple Schedules Multiple Appointment Types

PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
09

DUTY LOCATIONS:
Few vacancies - Throughout New Mexico, NM

WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
Public

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 position is also being announced under Announcement IHS-11-AQ-446183-ESEP/MP for those who want to be considered under Merit Promotion Plan/Excepted Service Examining Plan. If you wish to be considered under all hiring plans you must submit an application to both job opportunity announcements.

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION:

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Indian Health Service (IHS), Few vacancies:  Acoma Canoncito Laguna, NM, Mescalero, NM; Santa Fe, NM; Zuni, NM.

POSITION DETAILS:

This is an open continuous job opportunity announcement and applications will be referred when vacancies occur.The open continuous job opportunity announcement allows this office to accept applications/résumés on a year round basis.Applications that are eligible in accordance with the outlined Agency application procedures will be referred to fill any current and/or future vacancies.Your applicant eligibility will be set for three (3) months. Your application will expire in 3 months and you will need to reapply to keep your application active.

Area of Consideration:  All Sources

Salary range:  GS-0610-09: $55,413.00 - $67,878.00 (Annually)

Promotion potential: No

Travel Required: Yes, travel may be required.

Supervisory/Managerial Position: No

Relocation Expenses Paid: Travel Expenses – Paid

Travel, transportation and relocation expenses will be paid primarily 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) 

Is this a bargaining unit position? Depends on duty location.

Alternative work schedule, call back, standby, rotating shifts, nights/weekends/holidays?    Yes

Who may apply section

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

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

• Position subject to background investigation.
• As part of the pre-employment process, fingerprint checks are required.
• If applicable-Selective Service registration (Males born after 12/31/59)
• Must be a US Citizen to apply.

Additional Duty Location Info:
Few vacancies - Throughout New Mexico, NM

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.

• Provide skilled professional nursing care to the patients of all ages.
• Prepares and administers prescribed medication.
• Competent with a wide variety of therapeutic devices.
• Observes and assesses patient conditions.
• Prioritize decision-making and takes lead in emergency situations.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Basic Requirements:

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

Registration: Applicants must have active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements:

Applicants must have had 52 weeks of professional nursing experience equivalent to at least the GS-7 level OR 2 years of professionally higher-level graduate education or a master's or equivalent degree.

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

Professional Nurse Experience:  Uses the nursing process to provide professional nursing care. Demonstrates the ability to provide health promotion and disease prevention teaching to patient and families.  Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by a licensed physician.  This experience may have been gained in hospitals,, clinics, emergency rooms or community health care settings.

SELECTIVE FACTOR:  In addition to the qualification requirements, to be rated basically qualified for the position, applicants must demonstrate possession of the following:

Verification of current, valid, active, unrestricted license in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States is required when filling all positions for registered nurses at all levels. 

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (PHS) LICENSURE POLICY:  Each PHS Nurse must possess and maintain a valid, active, current licensure/registration as a professional nurse.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT:  Federal status applicants must have completed at least 52 weeks of service in a position no more than 2 grades 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.

You must provide the required information during the online application process; if any of the following are missing when the announcement closes we will deem your application incomplete:

1. Resume complete in USAJOBS
2. Responses to Questionnaire
3. Applicable Supporting Documentation (see Required documents section in this announcement for more details)

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Vacancies may be filled through Office of Personnel Management’s delegated Direct Hire Authority (D.H.A).The Direct Hire Authority has been authorized by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and Part 337, Subpart B, Title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations (5 CFR). If filled utilizing D.H.A., the following is applicable: all applicants who meet the basic qualification requirements will be forwarded to the Selecting Official for consideration. The “rule of three”, Veteran’s preference and traditional rating and ranking of applicants do not apply to the Direct Hire process.Indian Preference does apply.

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: 

• Ability to perform patient assessment and planning and evaluation of care.
• Skill in administering prescription medication.
• Ability to implement patient care interventions and therapeutic measures.
• Provide performance improvement activities related to patient care.

For I/CTAP purposes, you will be deemed well-qualified if you are placed in at least the well-qualified category.


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

If you are claiming CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal, proof of eligibility, and your most current SF-50 noting position, grade level, and duty location. To be considered under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be well qualified with a score of at least 85 for this position.  For information on CTAP/ICTAP, visit:

CTAP Information

Displaced Federal employees ICTAP criteria

Additional or alternate selections may be made within 90 calendar days of the date the Candidate Referral Roster was issued. The positions to be filled must have the same title, series, grade, geographic location, and qualification requirements as was stated in the original vacancy announcement.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Except for Indian preference, consideration will be given without regard to any non-merit factor such as race, color, religion, sex, national origin, partisan politics, physical or mental handicap, marital status, age, membership or non-membership in any employee organization, or sexual orientation.

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.

In accordance with Chapter 12, Indian Health Manual, IHS Employee Immunization Program, selected candidate will be required to submit proof of immunity to the following diseases:Rubella and Measles

Candidates must meet qualification requirements, licensure requirements (possess and maintain a current, valid, active State license/registration as a Nurse, performance requirements, citizenship and suitability requirements, and any other eligibility requirements.

Selectee may be required to serve a one year probationary period.

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.

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 TAG:Online Questionnaire

Note: To check the status of your application or return to a previous or incomplete application, log into your USAJOBS account, select Application Status, and click on the more information link under the application status for this position. If you submit more than one Qualifications Questionnaire for this position, the most recent one Submitted is the one that is used. Therefore, it is important for you to complete it in its entirety.

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 apply for this announcement by completing the OPM 1203-FX form instead of using the Online Application method. Please use the following step-by-step instructions as a guide to filling out the required questionnaire. You will need to print the vacancy announcement and refer to it as you answer the questions. You may omit any optional information; however, you must provide responses to all required questions. Be sure to double check your application before submission.

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.

Faxed documents will take 2-3 business days to process. To fax documents, you MUST use the special cover page. Print the pre-populated cover page on the upload documents screen of Application Manager. Or, you may click this link http://staffing.opm.gov/pdf/usascover.pdf to print a copy of the cover page. When faxing documents, follow the procedures outlined below.

• Include the 8-character Vacancy Identification Number TAG:VacancyID
• Provide your Social Security Number and full name in the spaces provided or we will not be able to associate your document(s) with the rest of your application.
• You may submit multiple documents for the same vacancy announcement using one cover page.
• Fax your cover page and documents to 1-478-757-3144.

Faxed documents submitted with missing information will not be processed. The following will prevent your documents from being processed:

• Not using the special cover page mentioned above.
• Missing, incomplete, or invalid Vacancy Identification Number
• Missing or incomplete Social Security Number or name

Note: If you have documents in your Application Manager account from a previous vacancy announcement they can be opened, copied and saved then reused as an upload file for this vacancy. Uploading your documents will speed the processing of your application for this announcement.

PLEASE NOTE: In Section 25 of the Occupational Questionnaire, you may notice that the numbering restarts with number one. When entering your responses on the 1203-FX form please continue to enter your responses on the next available number within this section. The numbers on the 1203-FX will not match the Occupational Questionnaire once it restarts with number one.

Submission of a resume' or a 1203FX form alone IS NOT a complete application. This position requires the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental materials as described under Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required information and/or materials will result in your application not being considered for employment.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Human Resources Office, HELEN LAUGHING, (505)248-4538, HELEN.LAUGHING@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.
• ____IndianPreference 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. BIA 4432 form available here: https://www.pmf.opm.gov/Documents/BIA4432.pdf
• ____Childcare Addendum form must be included for this position and is available at: http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/DHR/Documents/ApplicantInfo/ChildcareAddendumOMBApprovedForm-2012.doc
• ____Copy of Nursing License as required by PHS Licensure Policy.

Applicants may submit optional documents and place these under Miscellaneous: such as performance reviews, copies of job-related certifications, cover letter, letters of recommendation, SF-50.  Suggest documents submitted are job-related and current.

AGENCY CONTACT INFO:

HELEN LAUGHING
Phone: (505)248-4538
Fax: (505)248-4744
TDD: (301)443-6394
Email: HELEN.LAUGHING@IHS.GOV Agency Information:
Indian Health Service HR Center
5300 Homestead Road NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Fax: (505)248-4744

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.