Practical Nurse (Outpatient)

Summary

About the Position: This position is located with Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Family Medicine at Rock Island, Illinois. . This is a Direct Hire Solicitation A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

Duties

• Provide practical nursing care to patients with a variety of medical conditions, performing tasks such as recording vital signs, ordering labs.
• Perform direct nursing care to clinic patients via telemedicine and face-to-face care to include triage, procedures, nurse-managed protocols, medication management, and administrative duties.
• Administer prescribed medications with increased independence, ensuring proper patient dosages, routes, and times are followed.
• Provide patient and family education tailored to specific medical conditions, treatment plans, and recovery goals
• Track laboratory results, orders and referral results to completion, and assisting in making future appointments.
• Prepare patients for procedures, such as wound care, catheterizations, and respiratory therapies.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of care provided