Advanced Practice Nurse (Community-Occupational Health)

Summary

About the Position: This position is located at Brooke Army Medical Center in the Public Health Nursing Service department at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Duties

• Coordinate efforts, as appropriate, with US Army Public Health Command to provide exchange of innovation and research data.
• As part of a team, assess, plan, coordinate, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive epidemiology and reportable events and communicable disease prevention and control program.
• Order labs, medications, radiographs, make referrals to other services and specialty providers, and complete all forms required by Soldier Readiness Programs.
• Conduct work site visits to educate military and civilian populations, staff and command and/or management, about results of surveillance and the prevention and control of reportable events.
• Collaborate in the development and implementation of programs to meet the epidemiological needs of the installation and collaborate on epidemiological needs of Public Health Command Region
• South.
  Educate patients and partners regarding prescribed treatment, follow-up procedures and prevention methods used to prevent future infections or events.

Education

See Qualifications section for education requirements.

Required Documents

• The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment.
• A complete description of preference categories and the associated required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements.
• As described above, your complete application includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply.
• If you fail to provide these documents, you will be marked as having an incomplete application package and you will not be considered any further. 1.
• Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement.
• Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration.
• For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end dates (include month and year), for qualifications purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description that show
• You can perform the tasks at the required level listed in the job announcement.
• If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive consideration for this position.
• Use plain language.
• Avoid using acronyms and terms that are not easily understood.
• The hiring agency will not make assumptions about what's in your resume.
• If your resume includes a photograph or other inappropriate material or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualification determinations, and you may not be considered for this vacancy.
• For additional information, to include formatting tips, see: What to include in your resume. 2.
• Other supporting documents: Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable Transcripts: This position has an individual occupational requirement for education.
• You MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you may be rated ineligible.
• See: Transcripts and Licenses.
• License/Certification: This position requires a job-related license or certification.
• You MUST submit a copy of your license or certification with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.
• See: Transcripts and Licenses.
• Documents submitted as part of the application package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office.
• Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certificates may contain personal information for someone other than you.
• You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal information before you submit your application.
• You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility.