Advanced Practice Provider, Medical Asset Support Team (O-5 Billet) Non-Supervisory - External

About the role

This position supports ICE Health Service Corps, providing direct patient care to non-citizens in custody and overseeing Advanced Practice Provider projects to improve clinical care.

The role works with a multidisciplinary team, delivering medical services at 21 detention facilities and managing care for detainees at 240 additional sites, serving about 34,000 detainees daily and over 400,000 annually. This position is only open to USPHS officers and Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates.

What you will do

• Incumbent serves as nurse practitioner or physician assistant providing medical care to non-citizens at IHSC staffed facilities as temporary duty (TDY) status.
• Travel is expected at least 50% of duty time.
• Incumbent practices in conformance with established criteria, guidelines, and policy.
• Incumbent functions independently for a select patient population under the general supervision of a physician (i.e., collaborative practice agreement).
• Efforts are directed toward the enhancement of the physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of non-citizens.
• Consults as needed with medical officers.
• Provides health care of a scope, quality, and quantity consistent with PHS and agency policies.
• Primary contact is with persons outside the immediate work environment, but within the agency.
• This includes the public, patients, and patient's families.
• The primary mission is to meet their health care needs, obtain, and provide information, present reports, and further the goals and objectives of PHS and the agency.
• Performs other clinical duties and responsibilities as assigned for the TDY facility.
• Program Support Duties: When not performing clinical support duties, incumbent oversees assigned programs and, or projects within the clinical services division.
• Incumbent serves as a senior advanced practice provider consultant for local, regional and agency programs.
• Incumbent coordinates activities relative to policy development, program implementation and evaluation subject to regulations, policies, procedures, and pertinent laws.
• Advises local, and department officials regarding policy development.
• Incumbent review reports, identify and analyze problems, provide formal written analysis or reports; participates in the design and development of procedures; and represent the office to the parties inside and outside the unit but within the agency.
• Performs specialized or complex professional tasks without benefit of close supervision or detailed guidelines, independently establishes criteria, formulates approaches and evaluation efforts.
• Justifies, defends, negotiates, or settles matters involving significant or controversial issues; work at this level usually involves active participation in conferences, meetings, or presentations involving problems or issues of maximum consequences or importance.
• Duty requirements include review of professional practice and peer review.
• Facilitates and mentors APP onboarding and training.
• As necessary, serves as Acting Senior Supervisory APP or Acting Regional APP.
• Assessing and validating the current patient care delivery system, ensuring clinical and staffing standards for APP clinical practice are consistent with current evidence-based research and professional standards to align with the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Offering recommendations regarding improvements needed in clinic operations or to improve patient outcomes.
• Developing and communicating a strategic vision of APP clinical care that includes communicating values and goals for a diverse group of APP professionals.
• Formulating short and long-range objectives for programs within unit to ensure integration of them with overall objectives/plans of IHSC.
• Planning, directing, coordinating, and evaluating clinical policy.
• Development and annual revisions of national, evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines/Protocols.
• Development of strategies promoting the recruitment and retention of APPs and to recognize APP excellence.
• Serves as an instructor including but not limited to APP discipline specific content development and presentations; tracking APP training progress; and generating tailored and comprehensive reports.
• Providing APP in-service trainings that increase understanding of the policies/procedures which promote best clinical practices, compliance with accreditation standards, and other topics applicable for the nursing profession.
• Providing on-site training or competency training in clinical procedures, emergency response, mass casualty drills, Basic Life Support, and other trainings, based on appropriate knowledge and training.
• Acting as a resource on a full range of primary clinical care provided to detainees, including, but not limited to health assessments, intake screening, transfer summaries, sick call, chronic care, medical housing unit care, and additional approved treatments and procedures appropriate to the clinical setting.
• Assist with competency reviews to ensure the scope of practice is consistent with licensure requirements.
• Attends general/medical and Unit meetings as scheduled.

Education

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Minimum of four years of full-time clinical experience as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner. Qualifying degree for the officer's category from an accredited institution in a State, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory.

The degree issuing institution and/or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. a. Physician Assistant minimum: Bachelor of Science. Master's degree preferred. b.

Nurse Practitioner minimum: Master of Nursing Unrestricted, current, and valid license from any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or other U.S. territory. It is the responsibility of the incumbent to fulfill and maintain the obligation(s) for their licensing or certifying body and to maintain continuing medical education. National Certification: a.

Physician Assistant - Must have and maintain certification as a Physician Assistant from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). b.

Nurse Practitioner - Must have and maintain board certification as Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, or Adult-gerontology by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (AANC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

Must have and maintain CPR/BLS certification.

Must have and maintain clinical practice proficiency and credentials for patient care.

Flexibility and ability to adapt to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements. Knowledge of a wide range of complex patient care concepts, principles, and practices to perform assessments of considerable diversity to include mental health, medical surgical, ambulatory, and emergency care.

Preferred But Not Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Correctional health care experience. Certification as Correctional Healthcare Professional (CCHP). Knowledge and/or experience with IHSC policies, NCCHC, and PBNDS requirements.

Knowledge of public health preparedness, infection control and TB management. ACLS certification.

How you will be evaluated

We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. You may be selected for an interview at the hiring authority's discretion. You will be notified of selection or non-selection.

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package.
• Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position.
• A complete application includes: U.
• Public Health Service Officers Cover Letter/Letter of Interest.
• (Place under "Diploma/GED") Professional license.
• (If applicable) Additional professional certificates.
• (If applicable) Three professional references.
• (i.e., name, title and contact information) Official USPHS Promotion CV - e.g., relevant experience, education, training.
• (Place under "USPHS Promotion CV") You may provide a civilian resume in addition to the USPHS Promotion CV to capture all relevant work experience.
• A copy of your Certificate of Investigation (located in your eOPF). *Three most recent Commissioned Officer Effectiveness Reports (COER).
• (Place under "Performance Appraisal") For IHSC USPHS officers only, a copy of your current Service Remaining Requirements Agreement.
• Indicate if you have an Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement and the date of the end of your AP Agreement.
• If you do not, please submit a memo attesting to no AP in the Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement section in the documents section of application.
• New Call to Active Duty Cover letter/Letter of Interest.
• Please include location preference here.
• (Place under "Diploma/GED") Professional license.
• (If applicable) Additional professional certificates.
• (If applicable) Three professional references (i.e., name, title, and contact information) CV - e.g., relevant experience, education, training.
• (Place under "USPHS Promotion CV") U.S. Public Health Service - Appointment Board Decision Letter/Email or a screenshot of AES dashboard to the United States Public Health Service

What to expect next

Once you submit your application, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best-qualified applicants, and refer those applications to the hiring manager for further consideration and interviews. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. Your status will also be updated on USAJOBS throughout the process.

To check your status, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Application Status," and then click "More Information." We expect to make a job offer within 60 days after the deadline for applications. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigation. View more information on applying for federal employment.

Additional information

SUPERVISORY CONTROLS: The incumbent is supervised by the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director in the Clinical Services Support Unit with clinical oversight provided by the Clinical Director or designee when performing clinical duties at a TDY site.

Functions independently as a consultant and carries out assigned duties as directed by the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director in the Clinical Services Support Unit or the facility CD. Immediate and direct clinical supervision may not be on site. Completed work is reviewed by peer review mechanisms for satisfactory result and professional judgement.

Guidelines are available but not completely applicable to all work situations. The officer must use individual initiative in interpreting and adapting guidelines to unusual work situations.