This position is located on a Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center.
The incumbent is responsible for administering a comprehensive Community Health Care program within the assigned Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center.
Please see additional information section for contact information on position duties.
Qualifications: In order to qualify, you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position, visit the Office of Personnel Management's General Schedule Qualification Standards.
Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary.
Basic Requirement:
GS-12:
Registration: For all grade levels and positions, applicants must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination. In addition, they must 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. If license are not provide, you will be coded ineligible.
In addition to meeting the basic requirement, you must also meet one of the following requirements:
At least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-11 grade level) and possession of a diploma, associate degree, bachelor's degree, or master's degree from a professional nursing educational program.
Professional nursing experience is defined as one or more of the following: Performing professional nursing of an advanced nature and considerable difficulty, e.g., taking histories, making assessments and choosing, initiating and modifying selected therapies; taking medical histories, conducting physical examinations, and communicating results of laboratory tests; treating chronic health problems such as hypertension and diabetes; providing counsel, advise and educating students on health care needs, all with full consideration of mental, emotional, cultural, social and physical factors; administering medications, both orally and intravenously within the scope of a Professional Nurse and as authorized and directed by a physician.
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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.Education: Required, in addition to the above:
A graduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.
This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. If transcripts are not provide, you will be coded ineligible.
Degree from Foreign Nursing School: Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.Employment Type: FULL_TIME