Advanced Practice Nurse (Nurse Pract-Clinical/Psychiatric)

About the Position: This position is located at Moncrief Army Health Clinic, Fort Jackson, South Carolina. Recruitment and Relocation incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Major duties: Perform full range of advanced practice nursing care duties for patients requiring psychiatric/behavioral health services.,Evaluate new patient and existing patients on behavioral health/psychiatric needs.,Implement mutually agreed upon solutions regarding behavioral health.,Educate patients about risks and benefits of prescribed medications.,Observe patients closely, evaluate and record any significant behavior and reaction patterns.,Comply with all appropriate Joint Commission standards and National Patient Safety goals, and other quality improvement projects.,Maintain appropriate records using a computerized record keeping and coding system.,Participate in the quality improvement system.

Education: See Qualifications section for education requirements. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications.

Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating. 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/.