Nurse

Summary

At the Indian Health Service (IHS), nurses do more than practice medicine— they change lives. Guided by our mission to raise the health of American Indian and Alaska Native people, you'll deliver compassionate care where it's needed most.

Your expertise brings healing and hope across generations. Begin your journey with purpose—and receive a recruitment/relocation sign‑on bonus, if you are eligible.

A REAL  be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).

• Assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the delivery of skilled patient care in accordance with nursing standards and evidence-based practice.
• Performing triage using the Emergency Severity Index (ESI) system to determine patient acuity and prioritize treatment needs.
• Providing comprehensive emergency care to stable, unstable, and critically ill patients, including stabilization, resuscitation, and life-support interventions.
• Utilizing critical thinking skills to make complex clinical decisions and respond effectively to rapidly changing patient conditions.

• Provides professional nursing care in the obstetrical unit for patients in labor and delivery, postpartum through discharge, and for newborns from birth to discharge.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates individualized patient care plans across the continuum of care including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, obstetrical triage, and newborn nursery services.
• Obtain and maintain certifications as required by hospital policy, such as Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Life Support (ACLS), and Neo‑Natal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Fetal Monitoring.

• Assessing patient condition based on observation, physical examination, interview, physician diagnosis, laboratory data, and age‑specific needs.
• Providing pre‑ and post‑operative education, emotional support, and guidance to patients and families regarding procedures, recovery expectations, and self‑care.
• Performing pre-, intra-, and post‑operative assessments in PACU, Same‑Day Surgery, and Pre‑Admission units, ensuring safe patient transitions and timely documentation.
• Maintaining required certifications (e.g., ACLS, BLS, PALS) and demonstrating competency in advanced perioperative and procedural nursing skills.
• If needed will function as the primary scrub technician and be responsible for handling instrument, supplies, and equipment during all surgical procedures.

• Promoting evidence-based nursing practice through coordinating care focused on patient education, self‑management, and overall satisfaction throughout the continuum of inpatient care.
• Administering medications and performing procedures in accordance with established policies and clinical standards.
• Participating in performance improvement, patient safety, and quality initiatives to enhance clinical effectiveness and efficiency.

Conditions of employment:

• Selectee may be subject to a probationary period.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• On‑call hours or standby duty may be required.
• Successfully pass the E‑Verify employment verification check.
• Position subject to rotating shifts; days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. Shift rotations may vary from 8-, 10- and 12‑hour shifts.

This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigation as a condition of employment. Applicants must complete all required background investigation forms within five (5) calendar days of instruction receipt.

To qualify for this position, your resume must state sufficient experience and/or education to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying.

• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, Ameri Corps) and other organizations. Credit is received for all qualifying experience.
• Degree and License Waiting Period for Impending Graduates:
  The Hiring Manager/Selecting Official may elect to utilize an available flexibility wherein applicants…