Job at a glance
About the Position: This position is located in the Dept of Surgery, Orthopedics. Nurses ensure that patients are prepared for surgical procedures for orthopedic surgeons under their purview. This is an administratively heavy role that requires excellent verbal and written communication skills. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
Major duties: Provide education to patients and their families on diagnoses, treatment plans, medication and post-operative care. Schedule and coordinate patient’s surgical procedures and appointments. Maintain oversight of patient referrals and logistics for surgical procedures and follow-on care. Identify, document, implement, and formulate the patient care plan as determined by the patient's condition.
Work with multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients are prepared through peri-operative process. Education: 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/.