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Practical Nurse (Outpatient)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Posted 24 days ago
About the Role
About the Position: This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.This position is located in the Family Medicine Department at Guthrie Army Health Clinic, Fort Drum, NY. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service. This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies may exist and may be filled from this announcement. We accept applications on an ongoing basis and qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies are available.
What You'll Do
- →Initiate and maintain medical histories on patients, records observations, and identifies symptoms for use by the clinician.
- →Perform direct nursing care to clinic patients via telemedicine, virtual, and face-to-face care to include triage, procedures, nurse-managed protocols, medication management, and administrative duties, Prepare and deliver oral, topical, and injectable forms while monitoring for and responding to side effects or adverse reactions.
- →Educate patients and families about prescribed treatments, reinforcing adherence to the medical plan.
- →Prepare patients for procedures, such as wound care, catheterizations, and respiratory therapies, Ensure compliance with infection control protocols throughout all procedures.
- →Assist in counseling and educating patients to include, but not limited to diet, personal hygiene, acute or chronic illness, wellness/preventative health measures, normal development, immunizations, demonstrating proper use of medical devices
Personality Fit
Job ID: 91a05784-dea4-4027-9de7-76e1dd82a817
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