Nurse, Healthcare Nursing

Join one of the 24 Institutes and Centers within the NIH that provides professional Nursing. As a Nurse you will serve as the primary nurse or coordinator of care for a specific population of patients; initiate appropriate referrals and coordinate routine care; and assess complex and sensitive health education needs in individual patient populations with like conditions, protocols and other characteristics.

This announcement is for multiple vacancies within one of the 24 Institutes of the National Institute of Health. Positions will be filled in one or more of the following specialties:

Clinical Research: Expertly utilizing the nursing process and advanced nursing skills to assess, plan, perform and evaluate patient care for specific cohorts of patients participating in biomedical research; coordinating and initiating internal and external referral and the multidisciplinary care of research patients; and assessing complex and sensitive health education needs in individual patient populations with like conditions, protocols or other characteristics.

Nurse Specialist: Serving as the clinical expert for nursing practice within a specific clinical specialty area; organizing care delivery in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team in a manner that promotes continuity and accountability for patient care; identifying nursing scope of practice; demonstrating expert consultative skills in determining stakeholders, establishing effective and therapeutic relationships, and recommending solutions to challenges.

Research Specialist: Providing comprehensive nursing, preventative, and therapeutic health care service to patients and family members; coordinating and managing patient populations within the clinical research environment; and assessing complex and sensitive health education needs in research participants.

Consultant: Providing leadership, direction, and technical support to executive, management, and/or clinical staff in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of information, administrative and communication systems, research studies, evaluation of projects or monitoring systems to assure the delivery of consistently high-quality nursing care.

Clinical Educator: Educating appropriate staff in the use of new equipment, supplies, and instruments for the unit; coordinating in-services and new product demonstration training; designing, implementing, and evaluating learning experiences for all staff levels to acquire, maintain, or increase their knowledge and competence; and developing teaching plans that creatively and effectively meet individual research participant and family needs and which become the standard for departmental and community use with larger groups of research participants.

Safety and Quality: Collaborating with supervisors and department leaders on improvement activities related to promoting patient safety and clinical quality and reducing risk, in congruence with policies, procedures and standards of practice; providing feedback to colleagues related to identified quality improvement and patient safety issues; and completing surveillance, on-going assessments, reports and audits.

• U.S. Citizenship requirement or proof of being a U.S. National must be met by closing date.
• Employment is subject to the successful completion of a background investigation, verification of qualifications, completion of onboarding forms, submission of required documents, and any other job-related requirement before or after appointment.
• Applicants must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
• Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Position requires Nursing Licensure.
• Position requires Education - please provide transcripts.
• If selected, you must pass a pre-employment medical examination.
• Position designation will vary depending on which position candidate is placed. Designations are Emergency Essential and Non‑Emergency Essential.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Selectee may be required able to lift and move items weighing up to 35 lbs.
• These positions may require a work schedule that includes days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
• The shifts may be 12-hour, 10-hour, or 8-hour, or a combination of these, depending on the unit or clinical area. Some specialty areas may also require on‑call duties.