Nurse (ICU) GS-0610-12

DHA•Fort Eisenhower, GA

About The Position

This position is with Defense Health Agency, Progressive Care Unit located at the Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA. This position serves as Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Registered Nurse, using evidenced-based practice and systematic critical thinking to guide data gathering, nursing judgement, intervention, and evaluation of the human response to actual and potential health problems. Position available for a full-time an ICU Nurse at Fort Gordon, adjacent to Augusta, Georgia, famous for its major attraction, The Masters Golf Tournament. Ft. Gordon has a moderate year-round climate and offers proximity to metropolitan areas, beaches along the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains. The Augusta area is a growing community with an excellent quality of life. A wide variety of cultural and outdoor recreational activities are readily available locally, and many more are easily accessible from the coast to the mountains. Augusta has a vibrant professional medical environment, including the Medical College of Georgia and other referral medical centers. The cost of living is quite reasonable, with quality homes at good prices.

Requirements

US Citizens
Degree: 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. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.).
Licensure: 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; and you must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.
Foreign Degree: A degree from a Foreign Nursing School. Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.
Exemption: You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before.
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.
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.
Professional Nursing Experience: One or more full years of professional nursing experience which includes providing nursing care to intensive care unit or emergency room patients, administering medications, AND providing patient or staff education.
This definition of professional nursing experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive professional nursing care to critically ill patients in an Adult Intensive Care Unit.
Assist physicians with complex or life-threatening procedures.
Monitor patient's condition by continuous observation and precise calculation of fluid levels and vital signs.
Mix and administer special, potent and lethal drugs.
Maintain a safe environment for patients and all other hospital employees.
Develop and implement a Plan of Care for each patient consistent with recognized professional nursing standards.