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Overview

TriplerArmy Medical Center isseekingCritial CareRNsto join our growing team!

**About the Position:** This position is with Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in the Directorate of Nursing Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in Honolulu, Hawaii.

AtTripler,you will practice alongside civilian and military health care experts and experience unique professional opportunities. Our staff serves by caring for our military but are not subject to military requirements. Weoperatewithin safe staffing standards - giving you time to provide exceptional care.

Also known as the “big pink building on the hill”,Tripler is a 450 bed, Level II Traumafacilityandparticipatesin unique partnerships with civilian facilities to provide care to non-beneficiary trauma victims.

Want to hear whatit’slike to work at Tripler? Check it out: https://youtu.be/b6E1XBHlEyc

In addition to salary, employees will receive an 8.9% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA); subject to change.

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits andperksto include competitive compensation packages,paid-timeoff, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link:  https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/benefits/

Responsibilities

+ Perform various pulmonary ventilation treatments such as administration of oxygen and compressed air through various means.

+ Provide patient and family teaching and counseling.

+ Determine and implement proper emergency measures after identifying and interpreting life-threatening conditions and initiating life-saving measures.

+ Perform various pulmonary ventilation treatments such as administration of oxygen and compressed air through various means.

+ Develop a nursing care plan of care independently or in conjunction with, a more experienced critical care nurse.

+ Assist Physician with complex or potentially life-threatening procedures such as cardioversion and insertion of invasive line and assists with intubation.

+ Operate and monitor highly complex technical equipment such as hemodynamic monitoring devices, ventilators, and oxygen monitors.

+ Function as a charge nurse on shifts or when the Clinical Head Nurse is not available.

+ Enter information concerning the patient's condition, an assessment of the patient's condition, and a plan of action to carry out nursing care in the automated information system.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. 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. 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 isin this document (https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr\_public?id=kb\_article&sysparm\_article=KB0016283) .

Basic Requirement for Nurse (Clinical/Critical Care):

**Degree:** A graduate or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required. This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.).

**Licensure:** A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and you must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.

**Foreign Degree:** A degree from a Foreign Nursing School. Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.

**Exemption:** You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before. Applicants claiming this exemption must meet the requirement below. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

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.

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.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

**Education/Experience:** A diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in Nursing from a professional nursing program and possession of at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or above) which includes 1) Providing comprehensive nursing care to critically ill pediatric patients; 2) Monitoring or operating medical equipment such as ventilators, chest tubes, hemodynamic monitoring equipment; and 3) Administering medications through various routes.

OR

**Education:** A PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educational program or related medical science field including but not limited to Nursing.

**EXEMPTION:** You are exempt from the qualification requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before. Applicants claiming this exemption must meet one of the requirement below. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

Completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) from a professional nursing program

OR

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education from a professional nursing program

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/ .

Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education 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

Education above high school level completed in a college, university, or other educational institution must be accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.

When using education to qualify you must submit your transcripts.

Additional information

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**Location** _US-HI-Honolulu_

**Job ID** _2025-8638_

**\# Positions** _1_

**Category** _Medical_

**Salary Range** _C0mpetitive_

**Recruitment Bonus** _Negotiable_

**Relocation Assistance** _Negotiable_

**Student Loan Repayment** _No_