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Fort Wainwright, Alaska
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Job Opportunity Announcement Vacancy Announcement No.: MD-03-4883 Opening Date: 9/12/2003 Closing Date: 11/14/2003 Position Title Psychiatric Nurse (GS-0610) (Pay Plan-Series): Grade: 11 Full Performance Grade: 11 Comments: WANT YOUR RATING STATUS? PLEASE CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR APPLICATION ON-LINE BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE AT https://ncweb.ria.army.mil/aladdin/logins/aladdin1.htm NOTICE TO APPLICANTS: It is important that you thoroughly read this entire announcement. The How to Apply area describes what you will need to apply and how and where to submit your paperwork. CUTOFF DATE FOR RATING OF APPLICANTS: The initial rating of applicants under this announcement will be September 26, 2003. Applications received by the initial cutoff date will be rated/referred first. Applications received after September 26, 2003 will be rated and referred until vacancy is filled. Once the vacancy is filled, this announcement will be closed. It is to the applicants' advantage to apply early. TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time permanent. CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: -National agency check with written inquiries (NACI) and state and criminal history repository (SCHR) checks. -Hepatitis B Immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may also be required to show proof of other immunizations. -All health care providers must be able to obtain and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) training and certification. Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or other advanced certification does not supercede BLS completion. -25% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) will be added to the base salary. -25% Recruitment Bonus will be authorized. -First Duty Travel/PCS is authorized. Number of vacancies to be filled by this announcement 1. Salary: $42,976 - $54,440 per annum plus 25 percent COLA Region: North Central Organization: Bassett Army Community Hospital Community Mental Health, SVC-FWA MCUC-CM Duty Station: Fort Wainwright, AK Area of Consideration: Open to all U.S. citizens. Expanded Definitions Duties: Incumbent serves as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Department of Psychiatry, Bassett Army Community Hospital. The primary responsibility of the position is to facilitate access of beneficiary patients to psychiatric services, to facilitate movement between appropriate levels of care throughout the direct care and TRICARE Network facilities, to promote continuity of care between Primary Care Managers and Department of Psychiatry clinicians, to assist in coordination of medical and social resources as they support individual patient care, and to support overall patient health through direct clinical service delivery and mental health promotion. MAJOR DUTIES: 1. Responsible for triaging of psychiatric patients presenting telephonically or in-person, and at varying levels of urgency (emergent to routine). Serves as primary screening provider of new patients seeking entry into the Outpatient Psychiatry Service of the Behavioral Health Clinic. 2. Based upon the results of psychiatric nurse triaging, the incumbent facilitates entry into the appropriate level of care, at the appropriate level of clinical urgency and within TRICARE access standards. 3. The incumbent works in close collaboration with physicians and other healthcare personnel in performing initial psychiatric emergency screenings within the Health Clinic and MEDDAC Emergency Room. Works with chief of alcohol treatment program and TRICARE case managers to initiate and manage inpatient or residential placement and transportation of beneficiaries requiring specialized alcohol or drug rehabilitation programs; facilitates aftercare with available community resources. Applies knowledge of psychiatric nursing practice to identify any life-threatening conditions requiring immediate psychiatric intervention. 4. The incumbent participates in case management and joint planning with Health Care Providers, Health Benefits Advisors, Health Care Finders, Discharge Planners, Ambulatory and Inpatient Case Managers, and Utilization Review officials in military and civilian health care facilities to identify beneficiaries with long-term mental health care needs and/or high risk, high cost diagnoses. 5. The incumbent participates as an active member of the treatment team in those cases that he/she case manages. This includes serving as a point of contact between the patient and the treatment team, triaging and answering treatment questions and appropriately referring questions to the primary clinician, when needed. Provides appropriate psycho educational information to patients and maintains clinic resources for mental health services in the community (e.g., literat...For More Information, Please Visit MD-03-4883
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