ISOU Flight Registered Nurse (O-5 Billet) Non-Supervisory

Flight Nurse And Program Manager

Incumbent's primary duties are to serve as a flight nurse and a program manager. Operate as a Medical Aircrew Member and First Responder during ICE removal missions and provide direct patient care for individuals in ICE custody, IHSC clinics, or during DHS missions in accordance with agency procedures, nursing guidelines, and/or clinical protocols. Serve as medical aircrew member on a national level, with responsibilities of performing a variety of unusual and complex professional tasks without the benefit of close guidance in remote and austere conditions. Impact of error may cause serious impairment to program, agency, and division and diplomatic relations. The incumbent works in small aircrafts, business jets, large airliners, or helicopters, which may be civilian, military and U.S. government local, state, or federal assets. The operations may also include care and transfers on ground vehicles, as well as on sea vessels in inclement weather. Assist with providing direct patient care to migrants aboard cutters, small boats, fixed and rotary-wing aircrafts during Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations (AMIO). Ensures official representation of U.S. government health services at sea. Be in frequent contact with individuals outside the department and high-level personnel (i.e., diplomatic). Represent U.S government as an ICE health official while overseas and with other federal agencies, military, and law enforcement when necessary. Must be able to travel 50% of the time or more if needed. Capable to perform short or long-term deployment with short notice. Accept responsibilities and perform duties above the clinical nurse intermediate level in professional nursing. Serve as 24/7 on call medical consultant to IAO for one at a time week or more if needed. Assume responsibility for providing care to patients with complex, physical mental, or social needs. Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for meeting actual and anticipated patient needs. Manage ISOU specific programs objectives to ensure their sustainability and growth. In addition, program managers serve as a local and national programs subject matter experts, coordinate activities relative to policy development, research updates, program implementation and evaluation subject to regulations, policies, procedures, and pertinent laws. Advise local and department level officials regarding policy development, review reports, identify and analyze problems, provide formal written analysis or reports and presentations; participate in the design and development of procedures to follow-up on reports. Perform specialized or complex professional tasks without benefit of detailed guidelines, independently establish criteria, formulate approaches and evaluation efforts. Active participation in conferences, meetings, or presentations involving problems or issues of maximum consequences or importance. When primary duties as flight nurse and program manager are met, incumbent may serve as a senior staff nurse (secondary duty) in a facility in support of IHSC as needed. Performs other program duties and responsibilities as assigned. Remains flexible and able to adapt to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements, which may mean leave cancellation if it interferes with unanticipated missions or trainings.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)