### U.S. Army Medical Command
#### 1 vacancy in the following location:
* Zama, Camp Zama, Japan
##### Work Schedule is Full Time - Permanent
Opened Friday 6/3/2016 (0 day(s) ago)
** Closes Friday 6/3/2016 (0 day(s) away)
## Job Overview
### Summary
Civilian employees serve a vital role in supporting the Army mission. They provide the skills that are not readily available in the military, but crucial to support military operations. The Army integrates the talents and skills of its military and civilian members to form a Total Army.
**About the Position:**This position is located in the Department of Nursing, MEDDAC-J at Camp Zama, Japan
Camp Zama is a United States Army post located in the cities of Zama and Sagamihara, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about 40 km southwest of Tokyo. Camp Zama is home to the U.S. Army Japan/I Corps, the U.S. Army Japan Aviation Detachment Japan, the 441st Military Intelligence Brigade, the Japan Engineer District, the 78th Signal Battalion and the Central Readiness Force and 4th Engineer Group of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
**Who May Apply:** U.S. Citizens
### Duties
**As a Nurse (Clinical/Ambulatory), you will:**
* Perform independent, comprehensive telephone and clinical triaging, and facilitates care coordination through a multidisciplinary approach and establish priorities for patient care and evaluate patients' progress toward high-level wellness.
* Perform psychosocial assessments of patients to identify a variety of factors, such as significant cultural practices, the ability to understand and cooperate, and expectations of care, and coping mechanisms.
* Recognize changes in patient condition, such as abnormal test results, symptoms, and the need for follow-up.
* Assist the clinic with patient and staff education related to a variety of topics, such as acute or chronic illnesses, self-care, wellness/preventive health measures, and normal development and physiology.
* Follow quality improvement and internal control activities for the ambulatory care setting to include risk appraisals, conducting chart reviews, identifying trends and reporting corrective actions.
### Travel Required
* Occasional Travel
* Up to 15% Business Travel required.
### Relocation Authorized
* No
## Job Requirements
### Key Requirements
* Must be able to satisfy the requirements of the 26JUL12 DODI 1400.25 V1230:
* Visit http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/140025v1230.pdf
* This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.
* May include shift work or rotating shifts (evenings, weekends, holidays).
### Qualifications
In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.
* **Education:** Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
* **Registration:** Active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. An applicant who has graduated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months may be appointed pending State registration as a professional nurse within 6 months of appointment.
* **Experience Required:** Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. **Specialized experience is defined as:** providing comprehensive nursing care to patients, providing education to nursing staff, and assisting with various administrative/floor nursing duties. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-10).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you may qualify if your education meets the definitions below:
* **Education Substitution for Specialized Experience at GS-11:** Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, that is directly related to the work of the position.
* **Combination of Experience and Education Substitution for Specialized Experience for GS-11:** If you have some, but not all, of the experience or education described above, you may still qualify by combining the amount of creditable experience and education that you possess. To compute the percentage, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of graduate education in excess of 36 hours (total semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100% to qualify.
• Foreign education must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered for this position. You must include this information with your application package.
• Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S. Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html **Other Requirements:** Click here for expanded definitions.
* Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
* You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
* One year trial/probationary period may be required.
* Direct Deposit of Pay is Required.
* Personnel Security Investigation required.
* This position is subject to annual seasonal influenza vaccinations. Applicants tentatively selected for appointment to this position will be required to sign a statement (Condition of Employment) consenting to seasonal influenza vaccinations or must provide a recognized exemption.
* This position is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) subject to applicant testing and random drug testing. Tentatively selected applicants will be required to sign DA Form 5019 requiring participation in random drug urinalysis testing. A job offer to an applicant who is a not a current employee will be withdrawn if the applicant refuses to be tested. Applicants with verified positive test results shall be refused employment. Applications from such individuals shall not be considered for employment for a period of 6 months from the date of the test results.
* A pre-placement physical examination is required.
* This position requires a Childcare Background Check (CNACI).
* Immunization screening is required. Hepatitis B immunization is required for all positions with direct patient contact. Applicants may be required to show proof of other immunizations depending on the type of position.
* All Health Care Providers must possess and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) Training and certification that is sponsored or endorsed by the American Heart Association (AHA). Current Advanced Life Support or other advanced certification does not supersede BLS completion.
* If required, applicants must be able to fulfill credentialing requirements and obtain and maintain appropriate/relevant clinical privileges.
* Position is designated as Inclement Weather Essential. The incumbent must make every attempt to report for work on time and/or remain on duty during severe weather conditions.
### Security Clearance
Not Applicable
## Additional Information
### What To Expect Next
If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your application. Your application package will be used to determine your eligibility, qualifications, and quality ranking for this position.
If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your application will receive no further consideration.
The documents you submit must support your responses to the online questionnaire. If your application contradicts or does not support your questionnaire responses, you will receive a rating of "not qualified" or "incomplete application" and you will not receive further consideration for this job.
#### BENEFITS
**The Department of Defense offers an excellent benefits program.**In addition to your take-home pay, your comprehensive compensation/benefits package will include most of the benefits described in the USAJOBS Resource Center.
### Other Information
* Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
* If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitantinformation sheet.
* You may claim military spouse preference, see the information in the Military Spouse Preference Under Delegated Examining Procedures information sheet.
* Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements as outlined in the DoD Instruction 1315.19 at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/131519p.pdf.
* U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement.
* Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area.
* On this overseas accompanied tour, medical and DoDDS special education services may not be available in the immediate location of this position.
* In the overseas areas, access for civilian employees and their families to military medical and dental treatment facilities is on a space-available and reimbursable basis only. Medical care may be provided by host nation providers. The availability and level of care at host nation medical facilities will vary by location.
* Movement overseas may require you to initiate a change in your health benefits plan to ensure coverage.
* Pay retention may be offered to successful applicants for positions at overseas locations. For this provision to apply to employees already overseas, the selected individual would have to require a permanent change of station move and would have to be selected as a result of a recruitment effort that had been extended outside of the overseas command involved.
* US Applicants contemplating employment in overseas locations are advised that any temporary absences from the US to an overseas location (for vacations, TDY, or short visits, etc.) after applying for a position while in the US will automatically alter an applicant's LQA eligibility. Physical presence in the US from the time of application until and including the date of acceptance of the job offer is required.
* For positions in a foreign country, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee and receive certain benefits. If you believe you may be affected by these laws and agreements, you should familiarize yourself with relevant information before applying for or accepting this position.
* Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
* This is a Career Program (CP) 53 position.
*Salary Range:* $51,811.00 to $67,354.00 / Per Year
*Series & Grade:* GS-0610-11/11
*Supervisory Status:* No
*Who May Apply:* United States Citizens
*Control Number:* 440616800
*Job Announcement Number:* NCMD163357051719105HM