Practical Nurse (Licensed Practical Nurse)

To be considered for the position, you must meet the following qualification requirements.

Basic Requirements

Licensure: Candidates must be currently licensed to practice as practical or vocational nurses in a State or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, or must have applied for a license to practice. Applications of candidates possessing a license must be accompanied by a certified or photostatic copy of the license, a notarized statement attesting to the fact, or a citation of the license number and State issuing it.

GS-04 Only Non-licensed candidates who have completed their training may be appointed subject to obtaining the required license during the probationary period. Those not licensed must furnish the date on which they applied for a license and the jurisdiction involved. No person appointed pending licensure may be retained beyond the probationary period if licensure has not been attained. NOTE:ALL applicants MUST submit proof of current, active and unrestricted license for verification.

Your documentation MUST be uploaded at the time you apply. AND Additional Requirements: Education/Training: GL-04 Only: Successful completion of a program in practical nursing of at least 9 months' duration combined with one year of nursing assistant experience; or successful completion of a 2-year degree program in an accredited community college, or college or university in practical nursing. GL-05: There is no substitution of education for specialized experience.

OR Experience: GL-04 Only: Six (6) months of nursing experience is required. GL-05: You must have at least one year of nursing experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level.

Qualifying experience includes nursing care work in a hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, or other supervised medical, nursing, or patient care facility that provided a practical knowledge of human body structure and sterile techniques and procedures, performing such duties as: GL-05: Experience providing pre-and post-operative patient care. Experience collecting patient information including vital signs and blood pressure checks.

Experience observing, recording, and reporting changes in behavior of patients. Experience setting up medical equipment. If applicable, credit will be given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as the number of hours worked per week) spent in activities. Your eligibility for consideration will be based on your responses to the questions in the application

Provides a range of standard patient care under the guidance of a Supervisory Clinical Nurse. Assists with cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Provides first aid and assists with providing emergency medical care to inmates injured in fights and/or accidents. Administers and documents medications accurately according to policy/procedure and physician orders. Assigned to rotating shifts and patient care units.

Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staff correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis.