Nurse (Clinical/Pediatric)

Summary

About the Position: This position is with Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in the Directorate of Nursing Pediatric Unit in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tripler Army Medical Center is a tobacco-free workplace. Tobacco products include, but are not limited to, smoking, smokeless tobacco, and electronic nicotine delivery devices.

Duties

• Perform professional nursing duties in the care of hospitalized pediatric patients according to the Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice and the Standards of Pediatric Nursing Practice.
• Review prescribed medical orders and clarifies prescribed orders, as needed; implements the medical orders as prescribed.
• Prepare pediatric patients for medical, surgical and/or diagnostic procedures; provides nursing care to pre and post-operative, acute and chronically ill patients.
• Utilize medical devices and equipment, such as but not limited to, resuscitation devices, feeding tubes and pumps, intravenous machines, nasal and gastric suction devices, and hyper/hypothermia cooling and warming equipment.
• Administer, handle, and monitor chemotherapy agents to pediatric hematology/oncology patients to ensure safe, effective delivery of prescribed treatment regimens.
• Provide health teaching and discharge planning based on current scientific knowledge, research, epidemiological principals and the family’s health beliefs and practices.
• Perform administrative charge nurse responsibilities while providing primary nursing care to an appropriate number of patients.
• Distribute patient workload evenly taking into consideration overall clinical status, nursing care hours, acuity/ complexity level of the patient, scope of practice, and verified skill sets for the nursing staff.
• Administer medications and treatments via multiple routes of administration, such as the oral, optic, ocular, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular, parenteral and enteral methods.
• Implement and evaluate the nursing care plan in order to achieve the desired outcomes.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

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 This position has an individual occupational requirement and/or allows for substitution of education for experience.
• If you meet this requirement based on education you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will 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.