Practical Nurse

About the Position: This position is located at Fort Myer, VA - position is located in Family Medicine, candidate will provide patient care in a clinical setting.

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.

Incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates

Obtain pertinent medical information from patient and/or family member to identify major complaints, symptoms and/or reason for seeking medical care. | Provide individual care to patient based on licensed practitioner medical care plan, such as, assisting with examinations, administering medications, visual acuity testing, and/or EKG's. | Provide education to patients and/or their family members on topics such as hospital policy, discharge planning, and follow up care. | Assist in upkeep of clinic operations to include performing tasks such as room change over, inventory of medical supplies, restocking rooms. | Utilize automated health care programs for tasks such as, entering patient medical information, ordering laboratory or radiology request.

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:

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 home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures, performing such duties as entering and/or reviewing patient medical information in an automated medical system; providing patient care in accordance with physician orders; and explaining clinic or hospital policy and procedures to patients and/or their family members. This definition of experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

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.

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. | Appointment to this position is subject to a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. | This position requires the incumbent to have tuberculosis testing. | This position has mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination requirements and is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations unless otherwise exempted for medical or religious reasons (documentation of exemption must be provided upon hire). | This position requires the completion of a pre-employment Physical Examination and an annual examination thereafter to ensure the continued, required level of physical health and ability or fitness to perform the duties of the position. | Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position. | This position is subject to a pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident. | Moderate to heavy lifting up to 50 pounds may be required. | This position requires that you obtain and maintain an Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification. | This position requires that you obtain and maintain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Association and American Red Cross. Advanced certification (e.g., ALS) does not supersede BLS. | This position requires that you obtain and maintain a Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.