Registered Nurse (RN)
Location: Oklahoma City Oklahoma
Description: Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is employing Registered Nurse (RN) right now, this occupation will be placed in Oklahoma. More complete informations about this occupation opportunity please read the description below. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is hiring a Regis! tered Nurse (RN) for: Federal Transfer Center Oklahoma City
The Federal Transfer Center (FTC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is an administrative facility housing male and female holdover offenders. FTC Oklahoma is located on the western edge of Will Rogers World Airport, 3 miles west of Interstate 44 and 4 miles south of Interstate 40. Just a little over a century ago, the site of Oklahoma City was a grass-and-timbered land of gently rolling hills flattening out into prairie in the west. Today, Oklahoma City sprawls across 625 square miles of America's heartland. It's metro population numbers over a million - a third of the entire state's population. Oklahoma and Oklahoma City have a fascinating history that stretches back past the oil boom, the Great Land Run of 1889, the great cattle drives, the Civil War, the Five Civilized Tribes, and the Plains Indians, back before Coronado crossed the land looking for his City of Gold - back to when thundering herds of dinosaur! s roamed the windy prairies.
Position Description
Registered Nurse, GS-610-04/10. Registered Nurses (RN) provide a full range of nursing services to inmates in Federal prisons, including assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the medical condition of inmate patients. RNs provide information to other health care team members and contribute to the maintenance or restoration of health status. Along with all other correctional institution employees, the incumbent is also charged with responsibility of maintaining the security of the institution. We have a continuous need for RNs around the country.
Professional Registration Requirement: Applicants must have an active, current registration as a professional nurse in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Exception: Applicants who have graduated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months may be appointed pending state registration ! as a professional nurse within six months of appointment. No person appointed pending registration may be retained beyond six months or promoted, if registration has not been attained.
Basic Education Requirements: 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. Education equivalent to the type described above is acceptable. Professional registration as defined above meets this requirement.
Education and/or Experience:
Listed below is the required combination of education and/or experience per grade level:
GS-04:
Completion of a program of less than 30 months' duration or associate degree OR 1 year of nursing experience as a military corpsman.
GS-05:
Completion of a program of less than 30 months' duration or associate degree AND 1 year of professional nursing, or of at least GS-! 4 level practical nurse or nursing assistant experience under the super! vision of a professional nurse.
OR
Completion of a program of at least 30 months' duration or 4 academic years above high school or bachelor's degree.
GS-07:
Completion of a professional nursing program AND 1 year of experience equivalent to at least the GS-5 level OR 1 full year of graduate education or bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement.
GS-09:
2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education or a master's or equivalent degree OR 1 year of experience equivalent to at least the GS-07 level.
GS-10:
Completion of a professional nursing program and 1 year of experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level.
Note: At all grade levels referenced above, graduate education must have been in nursing with a concentration in a field of nursing (e.g., teaching, a clinical specialty, research, administration) or in a closely-related non-nursing field directly a! pplicable to the requirements of this position. Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Candidates must demonstrate they have the following KSAs to successfully perform their job as a Registered Nurse: GS-9: (1) Knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, and procedures; (2) knowledge of safety principles and infection control in the patient care environment; (3) ability to assess patients' needs and coordinate appropriate nursing care plan; (4) ability to communicate orally; and (5) knowledge of rehabilitative nursing, pre- and post-operative care. GS-10: (1) Knowledge of nursing care principles, practices, and procedures; (2) knowledge of safety principles and infection control in the patient care environment; (3) ability to assess patient's needs and coordinate appropriate nursing care plan; and (4) knowledge of rehabilitative nursing pre- and post-operative car! e.
http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/IORs/gs0600/061! 0.htm
Background Investigation
Employment with the Federal Bureau of Prisons is subject to satisfactory completion of a background investigation to determine suitability for employment as a law enforcement official. Its scope includes law enforcement and criminal record checks, credit checks, and inquiries with previous employers and personal references. Suitability determinations are based upon an individual's character or conduct that may affect how the agency accomplishes its duties or responsibilities.
Citizenship/Initial Eligibility Requirements
You must be a U.S. citizen.
About the BOP
The mission of the Federal Bureau of Prisons is to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement opportunities to assist offenders in becoming law-abiding citizens. ! BOP is an equal opportunity employer.
BOP utilizes Team Medicine. The team approach to inmate healthcare engages the right healthcare provider delivering the right health services to achieve successful health outcomes and effective internal systems of control. The healthcare team consists of clinical, administrative, and allied health personnel that maximize the care delivered within the institution and efficiently coordinate care that must be delivered in the community.
BOP Salary and Benefits
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), an agency of the U.S. Department of Justice, offers a wide variety of career opportunities in health care. BOP offers two employment options. Nurses can serve within the Federal Civil Service System or can seek appointment as a Commissioned Corps Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS). Both paths offer generous salary packages, vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits and retirement packages. I! n addition, applicants may be eligible for recruitment incentives and l! oan repayment opportunities. Some age restrictions and medical requirements apply to the Commissioned Corps.
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If you were eligible to this occupation, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
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This occupation starts available on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:38:23 GMT
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