REGISTERED NURSE (RN) – WOMEN’S HEALTH

EnvisionAge•Cannon Air Force Base, NM

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides women’s health nursing services at Cannon Air Force Base. The role includes coordinating patient care with healthcare professionals, promoting preventive and health maintenance care, conducting physical examinations and health histories, educating and counseling patients, administering medications and wound care, and responding to emergency situations. The nurse also supervises clinical care provided by other healthcare professionals, makes patient care assignments according to personnel scope of practice and skill level, and arranges referrals and specialty care as appropriate. The nurse supports safe, effective care in accordance with applicable standards, policies, procedures, guidelines, regulatory requirements, and infection-control practices. Responsibilities also include participating in personnel orientation and training, committees and process-improvement activities, customer-service initiatives, and providing feedback to the Government to support improved practices and patient outcomes. Contract personnel may be required to assist with facility clinical messages and rotate temporarily or permanently to other duty sections, with orientation provided when moving to a new section. The schedule is Monday through Friday, with 8-hour shifts scheduled between 0700 and 1700, excluding federal holidays, and no more than 40 hours per week. Contractors are permitted one non-billable hour for lunch; duty hours are assigned by the work center as needed for mission success.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship.
Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN).
Experience providing direct patient care, patient and staff education, administration, and/or research.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Full, current, and unrestricted RN license in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.

Responsibilities

Promote preventive and health maintenance care, including annual physical and health assessments, healthy behaviors, and self-care skills through education and counseling.
Participate in the orientation and training of newly assigned personnel.
Participate in committees, functions, and meetings as directed; provide relevant information and assist with decision-making, process improvement, and customer-service initiatives.
Promote a safe work environment, safe employee work habits, and patient safety in accordance with regulatory agencies, infection-control policies, and process-improvement initiatives.
Assist with facility clinical messages as required and remain flexible to rotate temporarily or permanently to other duty sections; complete orientation when assigned to a new section.
Coordinate patient care with healthcare professionals and facilitate optimal clinical, quality, and cost-effectiveness outcomes.
Ensure compliance with standards of care and practice and applicable MTF policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Perform physical examinations and obtain health histories.
Provide health promotion, counseling, and education.
Administer medications, provide wound care, and deliver other individualized interventions.
Direct and clinically supervise care provided by other healthcare professionals.
Assign patient care according to the scope of practice and skill level of assigned personnel.
Recognize adverse signs and symptoms and respond promptly to emergencies.
Communicate and collaborate with diverse groups to inform the healthcare team of plans and actions and to provide teaching and education for patients, families, and the organization.
Make referral appointments and arrange specialty care as appropriate.
Perform nursing services identified in the TO.
Provide feedback to the Government in support of improved practice and patient outcomes.