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Job Title:
CLINICAL NURSE
Department:
Department Of The Air Force
Agency:
Air Force Personnel Center
Job Announcement Number:
AFPCMEDDH-325307-0610
SALARY RANGE:
$47,448.00 - $89,450.00 /year
OPEN PERIOD:
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 to Tuesday, February 21, 2012
SERIES & GRADE:
GS-0610-09/12
POSITION INFORMATION:
Full TimeMultiple Appointment Types
PROMOTION POTENTIAL:
12
DUTY LOCATIONS:
Multiple duty locations - click here for more info
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:
United States Citizens
JOB SUMMARY:
The mission of the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace. To achieve that mission, the Air Force has a vision of Global Vigilance, Reach and Power. That vision orbits around three core competencies: Developing Airmen, Technology-to-Warfighting and Integrating Operations. Core competencies and distinctive capabilities are based on a shared commitment to three core values -- integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do.
This is a Direct Hire Public Notice; under this recruitment procedure, each installation, identified in this Public Notice will accept applications and make selections for vacancies as they occur. There may or may not be actual/projected vacancies at the time you submit your application. Please read this Public Notice in its entirety prior to submitting your application for consideration.
These positions are being filled under Direct Hiring Authority for certain civilian healthcare professionals positions and are located Air Force-Wide. Positions may be filled as permanent, temporary or term with a full-time or part-time work schedule. Pay will vary by geographic location.
Please send all required documents directly to the Civilian Personnel Flight at the base at which you wish to be considered. Additional information specific to the direct hiring authority for positions can be found at the link under the How to Apply tab.
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
- Travel and permanent change-of-station expenses may be paid
- Position will be filled by Direct Hire Authority
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Recruitment bonuses may be paid
- A security clearance may be required
- Salary will be adjusted to include special salary rate or locality pay
Additional Duty Location Info:
many vacancies - Columbus AFB, MS;many vacancies - Keesler AFB, MS;many vacancies - Malmstrom AFB, MT;many vacancies - Grand Forks, ND;many vacancies - Minot AFB, ND;many vacancies - Cannon AFB, NM;many vacancies - Holloman AFB, NM;many vacancies - Kirtland AFB, NM;many vacancies - Andrews AFB, MD;many vacancies - Offutt AFB, NE;Many vacancies - Charleston AFB, SC;Many vacancies - Shaw AFB, SC;many vacancies - Scott AFB, IL;many vacancies - Whiteman AFB, MO;Many vacancies - Buckley, CO;many vacancies - Peterson AFB, CO;many vacancies - Dover ARB, DE;many vacancies - McConnell AFB, KS;many vacancies - Barksdale AFB, LA;many vacancies - Pope AFB, NC;many vacancies - Seymour Johnson AFB, NC;Many vacancies - Brooks AFB, TX;Many vacancies - Dyess AFB, TX;Many vacancies - Lackland AFB, TX;Many vacancies - Laughlin AFB, TX;Many vacancies - Randolph AFB, TX;Many vacancies - Sheppard AFB, TX;Many vacancies - Elmendorf AFB, AK;Many vacancies - Little Rock, AR;many vacancies - McGuire AFB, NJ;many vacancies - Nellis AFB, NV;Many vacancies - Altus AFB, OK;Many vacancies - Vance AFB, OK;Many vacancies - Ellsworth AFB, SD;Many vacancies - Langley AFB, VA;Many vacancies - Davis Monthan AFB, AZ;many vacancies - Luke AFB, AZ;Many vacancies - Goodfellow AFB, TX;Many vacancies - Fairchild AFB, WA;Many vacancies - McChord AFB, WA;Many vacancies - Maxwell AFB, AL;Many vacancies - USAF Academy, CO;Many vacancies - FE Warren AFB, WY;Few vacancies - Moody AFB, GA;Few vacancies - Edwards AFB, CA;Few vacancies - Travis AFB, CA;Few vacancies - Vandenberg AFB, CA;Few vacancies - Hanscom AFB, MA;Few vacancies - Misawa, AP;Few vacancies - Aviano, AE;Few vacancies - Yokota, AP;Few vacancies - Eglin AFB or Hurlburt Field, FL;Few vacancies - Hurlburt Field, FL;Few vacancies - MacDill AFB, FL;Few vacancies - Tyndall AFB, FL;Few vacancies - Mildenhall, AE
Provides care to patients in one or more fields of medicine. Specialization occupations may include: Anesthesiology, Coroner, Dermatology, Family Practice, General Practice, Internal Medicine (General, Allergy, Cardiovascular disease, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Pulmonary Diseases), Maternal and Child Health, Preventive Medicine (Aviation Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Public Health), Psychiatry and Neurology (Singly or Combined), Radiology (General, Diagnostic Roentgenology, Therapeutic), Obstetrics & Gynecology (Singly or Combined), Opthalmology, Otolaryngology, Pathology (Pathological anatomy, clinical pathology, Neuropathology), Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Surgery (General, Cardiovascular, Colon & Rectal, Neurological, Orthopedic, Plastic, Thoracic),Urology, and Community Health Nurse and General. Trauma Nurse Specialist.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
This announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
QUALIFICATIONS SECTION:
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. (One year of nursing experience as a military corpsman that has been accepted by a State licensing body may be accepted in lieu of education at the GS-4 level.)
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. 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 within 6 months of appointment. No person appointed pending registration may be retained beyond 6 months, or promoted, if registration has not been attained
AND
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.
AND
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE FOR GS POSITIONS: In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must have 52 weeks of professional (clinical) nurse experience equivalent to the GS-7 level in a hospital ward or unit.
OR
Education may be substituted for specialized experience by successful completion of all requirements for a Master's degree or equivalent or two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education.
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: Vacancies may be filled at any level and may or may not have promotion potential. If selected below the full performance level, incumbent may be non-competitively promoted to the next higher level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
GS: All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sectors. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs0600/0610.htm
Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):
Knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs):
- Knowledge of professional nursing care theories, principles, practices, and procedures to perform nursing assignments of moderate difficulty.
- Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use.
- Knowledge of the administrative requirements for proper documentation of patients condition including disease progress, acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care.
- Skill in setting up and operating specialized medical equipment such as resuscitators, cardiac monitoring devices, EKG units, oxygen analyzers, and ventilators.
- Ability to assess patient care needs, develop nursing care plans, and advise on changes in patient status.
Education and experience can be combined to meet the minimum qualification requirements, as allowed in the applicable qualifications standard, for the position being filled. Additional information can be obtained at
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/SEC-II/s2-e6.asp#e5
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.
Only experience obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered.
You MUST provide transcripts to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated, unofficial transcripts on college letterhead are acceptable. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements. You must show proof that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT/OTHER SIGNIFICANT FACTS
- The employee is subject to random drug testing.
- Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
- Shift work and emergency overtime may be required.
- Employees must maintain current certifications.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:Basis of Rating:
Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. The Human Resource Specialist uses your resume and supporting documentation, to determine if you meet regulatory eligibilities and appointment authorities listed in this vacancy announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully.
NOTE: Applicants must submit Transcripts if using education to qualify BENEFITS:
OTHER INFORMATION:
1. We recommend you visit the following web sites for bases in which you are interested for information on the local community, cost of living expenses, education, employment, housing availability, relocation and support services: Standard Installation Topic Exchange Service: http://www.dmdc.osd.mil/sites, Official public Air Force sites: http://www.af.mil/sites. The Department of Air Force will not pay or assume liability for personal travel, moving expenses, or other relocation costs incurred in accepting employment.
2. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program and the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Program (ICTAP). If you are an eligible Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) applicant you may apply for special selection over other candidates for this position. You must be a current or former federal employee displaced from non-DoD Federal agencies (e.g., IRS, VA, Dept of Labor, etc.). Applicants eligible under ICTAP are provided priority selection for vacancies within the local commuting area for which they apply and are determined well qualified.
To be well-qualified and exercise selection priority for this vacancy, current or former Federal employees displaced from non-DoD federal agencies must be rated at 80 or above on the rating criteria for this position.
ICTAP eligibles must submit copies of the appropriate documentation as proof of eligibility for the special selection priority such as: a RIF separation notice; a "Notice of Personnel Action" (SF-50) documenting separation OR a notice of proposed separation for declining a directed reassignment or transfer of function to another commuting area; and the current (or last) performance rating received (the rating must be fully successful or higher).
3. If you are a veteran with preference eligibility, submit a copy of your DD-214 (member 4 or other copy showing type of discharge). If you are eligible for 10-point veterans' preference, attach an SF-15, "Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof required by that form.
Five-point preference is given to those honorably separated veterans (this means an honorable or general discharge) who served on active duty in the Armed Forces:
- during any war (this means a war declared by Congress, the last of which was World War II);
- during the period April 28, 1952, through July 1, 1955;
- for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which occurred after January 31, 1955, and before October 15, 1976;
- during the Gulf War period beginning August 2, 1990, and ending January 2, 1992; or
- for more than 180 consecutive days, any part of which occurred during the period beginning September 11, 2001, and ending on the date prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law as the last day of Operation Iraqi Freedom; or
- in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign medal has been authorized, such as El Salvador, Lebanon, Granada, Panama, Southwest Asia, Somalia, and Haiti.
- Medal holders and Gulf War veterans who originally enlisted after September 7, 1980, or entered on active duty on or after October 14, 1982, without having previously completed 24 months of continuous active duty, must have served continuously for 24 months or the full period called or ordered to active duty.
- Effective on October 1, 1980, military retirees at or above the rank of major or equivalent, are not entitled to preference unless they qualify as disabled veterans.
Ten-point preference is given to:
- those honorably separated veterans who 1) qualify as disabled veterans because they have served on active duty in the Armed Forces at any time and have a service-connected disability or are receiving compensation, disability retirement benefits, or pension from the military or the Department of Veterans Affairs; or 2) are Purple Heart recipients;
- the spouse of a veteran unable to work because of a service-connected disability;
- the unmarried widow of certain deceased veterans; and the mother of a veteran who died in service or who is permanently and totally disabled.
For more specifics on all veterans employment issues such as Veterans preference or special appointing authorities see the Veteran's Guide http://www.opm.gov/veterans/html/vetsinfo.asp .
4. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
5. A newly appointed or reappointed employee may receive service credit for prior work experience or active duty uniformed service that otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of determining his or her annual leave accrual rate. All creditable service must be directly related to the duties of the position being filled and decisions to allow for such credit must be finalized prior to the selectee’s entrance on duty. The use of this service credit incentive is at the discretion of the selecting official and service credit is granted only for a position deemed hard-to-fill.
6. Employed Annuitants: Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. For more information on this policy please go to http://www.cpms.osd.mil/fas/staffing/pdf/rem_ann.pdf HOW TO APPLY:
All of your documents including your resume, curriculum vitae, or any other written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications are to be submitted directly to the Civilian Personnel Flight at the location for which you are applying. Location addresses are listed at the below link:
http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/afcivilianjobs/expeditedhiring.asp. You will need to click on Direct Hiring Authority for Positions and then scroll down to see base locations and addresses.
Please ensure that all submitted documents contain your full name, address, phone number and at least the last four digits of your social security number
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
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For this job announcement the following documents are required:
- Resume
- Transcripts, if qualifying on the basis of education (must contain the University logo)
- Any license - if required by the position.
- If claiming 5 point veterans’ preference, a copy of your DD Form 214 (preferably member 4 copy), which includes character of service, or a Statement of Service/Proof of Service which includes service dates, type of separation, and character of service.
- If claiming 10 point veteran's preference, a copy of your DD Form 214 (preferably member 4 copy), which includes character of service, the VA Disability Letter (with percentage of disability) and the SF 15 (Application for 10-point veteran preference) http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf
For more information regarding veterans' preference please go to
http://www.opm.gov/veterans/html/vetguide.asp#2Types or http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ei3.asp
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AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
AFPC DEO DH
Phone: (800)525-0102
TDD: 800-382-0893
Agency Information:
AFPC DEO DH
DO NOT MAIL APPLICATION
FOLLOW GUIDANCE IN ANNOUNCEMENT
RANDOLPH AFB, TX 78150
USA
WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
Once the application process is complete, a review of your application will be made to ensure you meet the job requirements. The Human Resource Specialist uses your resume and supporting documentation, to determine if you meet regulatory eligibilities and appointment authorities listed in this vacancy announcement. The Civilian Personnel Flight is not responsible for erroneous eligibilities that you list or those that you fail to list. After a review of your complete application is made you will be notified if further evaluation or interviews are required.
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