Nurse (Clinical/Case Management) at Schofield Barracks

JOB SUMMARY:

Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.

About the Position:
This announcement will be used to fill positions for the Soldier Centered Medical Home at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
This position is currently authorized 12.25% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). COLA is subject to change without notice.
Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.
Defense National Relocation Program will not be authorized.

Who May Apply:

• Current Army employees with competitive status (includes Army employees serving on a career or career-conditional appointment).
• Applicants eligible under Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA)
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) eligibles

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Basic Life Support Certificate required

DUTIES:Back to top

• Serve as a Nurse Case Manager in order to provide professional case management and health planning services.
• Provide advance practice clinical nursing, administrative and organizational skills in managing the continuity of care for the beneficiary population.
• Conduct a comprehensive assessment of beneficiarys health needs in order to develop a plan of care.
  Participate in the identification of processes, systems, and practice metrics and in determining measure of care outcomes for the population served.
• Screen all potential case management clients as to services needed to optimize current health/psychosocial status and benefits of case management services.
• Coordinate with patient –focused multidisciplinary teams of clinicians to develop time line protocols/clinical guidelines which delineate the expected process of care delivery for selected case managed patients and provide high quality affordable health care to its beneficiaries.
• Direct and manage a case managed patient population.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.  Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

 

Basic Requirements:
Education: 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.

Registration: Applicants must have 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.

 

Experience required: To qualify based on your work experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. 

To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower level (GS-10).  Specialized experience is defined as experience: experience working as a member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team; providing assessment, evaluation and monitoring of patients. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10).

 

To qualify at the GS-12 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience at the next lower level (GS-11).  Specialized experience is defined as experience: experience working as a member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team; providing assessment, planning implementation, coordination, evaluation and monitoring of patients for health options and services that provide quality and cost effectiveness. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

 

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency (knowledge, skills, abilities) in the following areas:

• Skill in Case Management
• Skill in Problem Solving
• Ability to provide Nursing Care
• Ability to provide Patient Education 

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade (or equivalent).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you may qualify if your education meets the definitions below:

Education is substitutable at the GS-11 grade level.

Successful completion of all the requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in Nursing

OR

Combination of expereince and education.

Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at - http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position.

 

Other Requirements: Click here for expanded definitions.

• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
• Immunization screening is required.
• Personnel security investigation required

Conditions of Employment:

• This position is covered by the civilian drug abuse testing program. Incumbent is required to sign a DA form 5019-R, and/or DA form 7412 "Condition of employment for certain civilian positions identified as critical under the drug abuse testing program".
• This is an inclement weather position: incumbent is expected to make every attempt to report for duty on time and/or remain on duty during severe weather conditions.
• This job may on occasion entail evening and weekend duty. This job may entail occasional visits to patients home or other treatment facilities as part of case management function.
• This position has a mandatory seasonal influenza requirement and is therefore subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations. Applicants tentatively selected for appointment to this position will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations.

 

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

 

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP). The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.  If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if:  1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. Well-qualified is defined as meeting all of the minimum qualification standards and eligibility requirements as well as possessing skills that clearly exceed the minimum qualification requirements for the position. Under competitive delegated examining, an ICTAP eligible will be considered well-qualified if they attain an eligibility rating of 90 or higher, not including points for veterans preference. You must provide proof of eligibility with your application to receive selection priority.  Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form.  Information about ICTAP eligibility is on OPMs Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

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Country: USA, State: Hawaii, City: Schofield Barracks, Company: U.S. Army Medical Command.