Supervisory Nurse (Inpatient Clinical/Ob-Gyn)

Military Treatment Facilities under DHA•Camp Lejeune, NC

9h•Onsite

About The Position

The Supervisory Nurse provides specialized obstetric and gynecologic nursing care to adolescents and adult women and their newborns at a Military Treatment Facility. The role serves routine and high-risk obstetric patients through antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, with the aim of maximizing maternal and fetal health. The position also provides gynecological, newborn, and couplet care, recognizes life-threatening conditions requiring immediate attention, and provides perioperative care, including serving as the circulating RN for cesarean sections and other obstetric procedures as needed. The incumbent assigns and delegates patient care responsibilities based on the difficulty and requirements of each assignment and staff members’ qualifications and capabilities. The nurse evaluates unit procedures to ensure quality patient care and recommends changes to, or implementation of, nursing service policies and procedures when applicable. This is a Direct Hire Authority position in the competitive service. The role is mission essential and requires rotating shifts, including coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations. Employment requires applicable security and suitability checks, clinical credentialing and privileges, physical examinations, immunization and testing requirements, and maintaining BLS, NRP, and ACLS certifications.

Requirements

Graduate or higher-level degree, bachelor’s degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program, subject to the stated federal-employee exemption.
Current, active, full, unrestricted professional nurse license or registration from a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory, and passage of the National Council Licensure Examination, subject to the stated federal-employee exemption.
At least one full year of professional nursing experience providing care to routine and high-risk obstetric patients during antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods; providing maternal and fetal healthcare based on individualized needs assessments; and administering medications. Education cannot substitute for this experience.
Foreign nursing school graduates must provide official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.
Obtain and maintain eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access; background investigation and credit check are required.
Submit to pre-employment urinalysis and pre-employment and random drug testing, including testing based on reasonable suspicion or direct involvement in an on-duty accident.
Complete tuberculosis testing, immunization screening, required Hepatitis B immunization for direct patient contact, and mandatory seasonal influenza vaccination unless exempted for medical or religious reasons with documentation.
Fulfill credentialing requirements and obtain and maintain appropriate clinical privileges.
Complete a pre-employment physical examination and annual examinations thereafter.
Obtain and maintain Basic Life Support certification from, or in accordance with, the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Obtain and maintain Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification.
Obtain and maintain Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification.
Work rotating shifts to provide coverage on evenings, weekends, holidays, or special situations, and report to or remain at work during severe weather or other emergencies as required.
U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Incentives may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
Advanced in-rate may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

Responsibilities

Provide specialized obstetric and gynecologic nursing care to adolescents and adult women and their newborns.
Care for women requiring low- to high-risk antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and gynecological care, including newborn and couplet care.
Recognize life-threatening conditions requiring immediate attention.
Provide perioperative care, including serving as the circulating RN for cesarean sections and other obstetric surgical procedures as needed.
Assign duties and delegate patient care to staff in consideration of assignment difficulty and requirements and each staff member’s qualifications and capabilities.
Evaluate procedures occurring on the unit to ensure quality patient care.
Recommend changes to or implementation of nursing service policies and procedures when applicable.