OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSE, GS-0610-12 WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE

Duties This position is responsible for planning and administrating the Occupational Medical Surveillance Program (OMSEP) for the Coast Guard's full service Shipyard, which is a large and complex industrial operation. This position is a major contributing entity to the safe and healthy wellbeing of trade workers engaged in the heavy industrial operations of ship repair and manufacturing. Being a Coast Guard civilian makes you a valuable member of the Coast Guard team. Typical work assignments include: * Scheduling, assisting and conducting, with required personnel from Industrial, Production or other divisions, as well as with medical personnel such as doctors, physicians, and military corpsmen:required pre-employment physicals, medical surveillance appointments, annual physical examinations, follow up visits, Occupational Health training and specific injury or illness reviews. * Assisting the Occupational Safey & Health Staff with respiratory protection evaluations including spirometry, and fit testing of respirators. * Providing acute nursing care for injuries and illnesses occurring at Coast Guard Yard, during initial onset and prior to treatment. * Assisting in providing education to the workforce on Occupational Safety and Health requirements, such as, but not limited to: respiratory training, hearing conversation, eye protection, etc. * Working with multiple computer-based systems and data, to include recordkeeping and information processing related to medical evaluations, reviews, and exams for civilian employees. * Assisting the Coast Guard Yard Clinic with inoculation events for the civilian and military workforce, and contact tracing events for containing the transmission of communicable diseases. Requirements Conditions of Employment * U.S. Citizenship is required. * The applicant is subject to pre-appointment and random drug testing. * Transcripts are required at the time of application. * Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service. * ALL Health Care Providers require a Pre-Selection Credentials Review All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Per Coast Guard policy as found in the COMDTINST M6000.1F, Ch13.B. ALL Health Care Providers are required for a Pre-Selection Credentials Review Qualifications Basic Requirement: Education: Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant. Registration: Applicants must have active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. An applicant who has graduated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months may be appointed pending State registration as a professional nurse within 6 months of appointment. No person appointed pending registration may be retained beyond 6 months, or promoted, if registration has not been attained. In addition for GS-12 level: Applicants must have at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in the federal service. Specialized experience includes: Providing quality patient care and wellness to 1200 active duty and reserve Coast Guard members; developing rehabilitative programs; initiating standard and emergency care and treatment independently in the absence of the physician; providing nursing assessment, diagnosis and implementation of treatment plan for occupational and non-occupational illness; initiating treatment and follow-up for symptoms of hazardous exposure; performing preliminaries for health screening exams; providing health teaching on appropriate health improvement strategies such as low cholesterol diets indicated by results of screening; counseling employees regarding potential hazardous work exposures and their affect; Administering medication and treatment as authorized by a physician. Per Coast Guard policy as found in the COMDTINST M6000.1F, Ch13.B. ALL Health Care Providers are required for a Pre-Selection Credentials Review National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Education This position does have a positive education requirement. If you are including education on your resume, report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. See Required Documents section for detail. FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet Federal qualification requirements if you can show that your foreign education is comparable to education received in accredited educational institutions in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence with your application. See Recognition of Foreign Qualifications click here Additional information Applicants will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. Certain responses on the form could pose a problem with suitability for employment determinations. If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete/make updates to the OF-306 and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application, prior to entry on duty. False statements on any part of the application may result in withdrawal of offer of employment, dismissal after beginning work, or imprisonment. DHS uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about e-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities at click here Recruitment incentives may be authorized. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit. The Department of Homeland Security encourages persons with disabilities to apply, to include persons with intellectual, severe physical or psychiatric disabilities, as defined by 5 CFR § 213.3102(u), and/or Disabled Veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30 percent or more as defined by 5 CFR § 315.707. Veterans , Peace Corps / VISTA volunteers , and persons with disabilities possess a wealth of unique talents, experiences, and competencies that can be invaluable to the DHS mission. If you are a member of one of these groups, you may not have to compete with the public for federal jobs. To determine your eligibility for non-competitive appointment and to understand the required documentation, click on the links above or contact the Servicing Human Resources Office listed at the bottom of this announcement. More than 1 selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 45 days from the date the certificate was issued. If you need a reasonable accommodation for the application and hiring process, please contact 206-820-5248. Decisions on granting reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. Visit Reasonable Accommodation How You Will Be Evaluated You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above. We will review your résumé and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you meet the minimum qualifications, your experience, education and training will be rated using the on-line assessment to place you in one of three categories. The necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities to perform this job are: * Professional knowledge of occupational nursing concepts, principles and practices applicable to plan, develop, and implement an occupational health and nursing program for a maritime activity with hazardous activity and complex industrial processes, and to provide consultative services to management and technical personnel. * Must be familiar with PII and HIPAA requirements and regulations. * Skill and ability to use multiple automated programs. * Knowledge and ability to perform respirator protection items such as spirometry and respirator fit testing. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you will be placed in one of the following categories: 1. Best-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate high proficiency in all of the critical competencies, including all Selective Placement Factors (SPF) and appropriate Quality Ranking Factors (QRF) as determined by the job analysis. 2. Well-Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrates acceptable proficiency in all of the critical competencies, including all SPFs and appropriate QRFs as determined by the job analysis. 3. Qualified: Applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position and demonstrate basic proficiency in most of the critical competencies, including all SPFs and appropriate QRFs as determined by the job analysis. If you are best qualified, y