Clinical Assistant Nurse Manager; O-Billet Supervisory

The Clinical Assistant Nurse Manager supervises nursing services at ICE facilities, ensuring compliance with laws, policies, and standards. Responsibilities include staff supervision, quality assurance, and patient care. Requires RN licensure, 5+ years of clinical experience. Reports to the Nurse Manager (NM) and Regional NM, serving as acting NM as needed.

This position is only open to current USPHS officers. USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position.

The assistant nurse manager (Associate Chief, Complex Unit) is stationed at a complex larger IHSC facility usually having over 500 beds and/or may have more complex medical housing units (sub‑acute inpatient) and/or sustained increased operational tempo due to large staging mission or staging large enforcement and removal flights with global public health impact. The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) works with the facility nurse manager to oversee all nursing services and ensures that nursing practice, principles, and procedures are implemented in accordance with national, state, and local nursing laws and regulations.

The assistant nurse manager supervises and serves as rating official for federal nursing staff at their respective facility (nurse manager serves as reviewing official) and serves as secondary technical monitor for all contract nursing personnel. The Assistant Nurse Manager will be supervised by the Nurse Manager, with the Regional Nurse Manager serving as the reviewing official. Serves as the nursing advisor in the absence of the Chief, Complex Nursing Unit (Nurse Manager) to the facility administrator regarding the total nursing care program and objectives.

In addition to contacts with patients and patients' families in a clinical setting, establishes and maintains contacts with persons outside the immediate work environment, but within the Department. Contacts are required in order to collaborate, supply advice, explain, interpret, and seek support for methods, policies and programs, and to provide personalized nursing services and administer a moderately complex program requiring a moderate amount of explanation and tact.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must successfully pass a drug screen.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registration with Selective Service.
• Requirements by Closing Date:
  Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
• Service Remaining Requirement Agreement:
  Upon appointment to this position, officers will be required to serve an 18 to 24-month commitment to IHSC.
• ASSIGNMENT PAY AGREEMENT:
  You must not have a current Assignment Pay Agreement. However, if you have a current Assignment Pay Agreement, it must be fulfilled within 90 days of your application submission.
• Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer. USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates are not eligible for this position. Civilians are not eligible for this position.
• PHS officers must participate in IHSC TDY On‑Call Schedule (ITOS.) ITOS is either an entire month or two 16‑day periods a year where, depending on the needs of the agency, the officer is required to be available to serve.