Nurse Practitioner

Duties

The Nurse Practitioner functions in an advanced nursing practice role after demonstrating appropriate educational preparation and/or certification.

Primary health care will include comprehensive assessment and management of uncomplicated acute and stable chronic health problems. Emphasis will be placed on patient education, patient counseling, continuity of care, health promotion and maintenance, disease prevention and management. Patient management decisions will be made in collaboration with physicians and established clinical guidelines.

Manages the daily operation of the outpatient/inpatient departments and conducts daily sick call.

Performs comprehensive physical and psycho social assessment including health maintenance screening and risk evaluation. Identifies behaviors and environmental factors affecting health/illness. Encourages lifestyles that maintain and support wellness through patient education and counseling, and assists patients in becoming active participants in personal health.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

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.

All qualified applicants will undergo a credentialing process prior to employment with the Bureau of Prisons. This process includes validation of medical examinations, education, internship and residency. Please submit these documents along with your required supporting documentation at the time you apply.

NOTE: ALL applicants MUST electronically upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement.

Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Application site at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and Date Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition at the U.S. Department of Education website.

AND

Registration: Applicants must have active, current registration as a professional nurse practitioner in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth or Puerto Rico, or territory of the United States. An Applicant who has graduated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months may be appointed pending State registration as a professional nurse practitioner within 6 months of appointment. No person appointed pending registration may be retained beyond 6 months, or promoted, if registration has not been attained.

NOTE: ALL applicants MUST electronically upload proof of current, active registration as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner verification at the time you apply.

AND

Additional Requirements

GS-09:

Education:

Two full years of progressively higher level graduate education or a master's or equivalent degree.

Graduate-level education must have been in nursing with a concentration in a field of nursing (e.g., teaching, a clinical specialty, research, administration, etc.) or in a closely related non-nursing field directly applicable to the requirements of this position.

NOTE: ALL applicants MUST electronically upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement at the time you apply. The education MUST be from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Application site at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include school name, student name, degree and date awarded.

OR

Experience:

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position, and must typically be in or related to the position to be filled.

Some examples of qualifying experience are:

• Experience implementing intervention through patient education, counseling, and delegating medical tasks. Must utilize appropriate materials and strategies to provide health education.
• Experience securing health and developmental history from the patient, records findings, and making critical evaluations. Providing current entries for maintenance of medical records.
• Experience prescribing medications and treatment for illnesses. Must be able to discriminate between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical, emotional, or mental problems.

GS-11:

Education:

Completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education.

Graduate-level education must have been in nursing with a concentration in a field of nursing (e.g., teaching, a clinical specialty, research, administration, etc.) or in a closely related non-nursing field directly applicable to the requirements of the position.

NOTE: ALL applicants MUST electronically upload legible transcripts as verification of educational requirement at the time you apply. The education MUST be from an institution accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Application site at the time you apply and MUST include identifying information to include school name, student name, degree and date awarded.

OR

Experience

You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level in Federal service. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with the particular qualifications to successfully perform successfully the duties of the position.

Some examples of this qualifying experience are:

• Experience serving as the primary provider for routine requests for evaluation of new complaints, for routine recurring visits for chronic illnesses, and emergencies when clinically indicated.
• Experience properly interpreting prescriptions and dispensing products as prescribed. Prior to dispensing, the incumbent must recognize any common synergistic, antagonistic, and cumulative effects.
• Experience providing a wide range of emergency services including primary care for trauma and life saving procedures.

OR

Combination of Education & Experience

Have a combination of education and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the particular qualifications to successfully perform the major duties of this position as described above.

Credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities.

Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application.