Registered Nurse

Job Opportunity at Fort Belvoir

Belvoir strives to be home to all who live, work, and play here! Fort Belvoir is an Army post on the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia. It's a large post that's divided into three main areas: the main post, Davidson Army Airfield, and Fort Belvoir North. Settled on land that was once a plantation, and founded during World War I, Fort Belvoir originally served as a training school for the U.S. Army Engineers. Now, nineteen agencies and numerous divisions, battalions, and commands use Fort Belvoir as their operating headquarters. A short 35-minute drive north from the fort and you'll find yourself in the ever-historical Washington DC, where you can spend a captivating morning paddling on the Potomac River, an afternoon spent roaming the halls of a Smithsonian Museum, an evening enjoying one of DC's iconic sports teams and finish off with a monumental meal at the Michelin-starred restaurant. This is the opportunity to be had when in Fort Belvoir, Virginia; and that's just if you head north! Head south and you'll follow along the Potomac River where you can partake in all the pleasures to be had on the water from fishing, to swimming, water boating and the like. Learn more about what you can do around Fort Belvoir here.

About the Facility Regional Health Command Atlantic in Ft. Belvoir

Regional Health Command Atlantic (RHC-Atlantic) is the nation's premier military system for health. It is the main focus for the facility of the patients' health and wellness, which means dedication to preventing illness and injury as they are to healing. A system for health enables ready and resilient Soldiers, families and communities. They maintain the readiness of America's fighting men and women through care that maintains, restores, and improves their ability to deploy on a moment's notice anywhere in the world. And when Soldiers deploy, RHC-Atlantic ensures that a ready medical force is ready to deploy with them, professionally trained and ready to provide world class casualty care. The Regional Health Command Atlantic is working to build a healthier Army and a healthier nation. Facility Address: 9625 Middleton Road, Building 1189, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060.

Responsibilities

• Assess, coordinate, facilitate, deliver, and evaluate care for infant to geriatric patients using the nursing process.
• Possess strong organizational and administrative skills.
• Possess fundamental knowledge of military medical policies and practices.
• Knowledge of computer operations and proficiency in the use of basic word processing, data entry, and automated medical records.
• Maintain high level of professionalism oriented toward customer service.
• Outpatient primary care aid station nurse manager. Primary facilitator of clinical services and medical administrative duties. Work directly with aid station manager, a Physician Assistant, and other various medical professionals in the delivery of primary care, urgent care, and preventative medicine.
• Provide the following services and in strict compliance with standing orders and protocols set forth, but will not necessarily be limited to the following:
• Coordinate patient care through a continuum and facilitate the achievement of optimal outcomes in relation to care, quality and cost effectiveness.
• Will demonstrate proper preparation for patients for treatments and procedures, to include surgical interventions.
• Provide proper care and evaluation of post-procedural patients.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate plans/actions and collaborate with a diverse healthcare team for the benefit of the patient, family, and organization. Effectively educate patients and families regarding involvement in the plan of care, promotion of self-care, management of symptoms, and follow-up care.
• Demonstrated ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms and reacts quickly and appropriately in emergency situations.
• Demonstrated ability to obtain, assess, and report critical lab or diagnostic results to patient's physician in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to act on all medical and therapeutic orders in a timely manner.
• Adheres to peri-operative, infection control, and safety policies and procedures. Reports to aid station physician or senior health care professional on duty at the time for clinical care related issues.
• Duties related to facilitating delivery of primary care, urgent care and preventative medicine are, but not limited to:
• Triage and direct services of medical care, obtain medical history and perform appropriate examinations, evaluate, and treat minor medical conditions, dispense prescription and over-the-counter medications, administer immunizations, compose clinical notes and chart care as required, and manage administrative patient encounters.
• Duties related to management of front desk/reception, but not limited to:
• Facilitate patient intake and flow of care through the clinic, organize and maintain hard-copy medical and dental records, manage aid station medical date-base, manage clinical appointment calendar, place orders in the electronic medical records and review plans to improve efficiency, safety and accountability of medical services and materials.
• Duties related to management of treatment rooms immunization and lab area are, but not limited to:
• Assure treatment areas are clean, organized and appropriately stocked, perform routine inventory of supplies, immunization, and lab materials, perform routine equipment maintenance checks, assist with ordering of supplies and equipment, assure pharmacy room is clean and organized, maintain accountability of medications and supplies, conduct monthly inventory of narcotics, develop, and maintain medication labels
• Duties related to management of patient reception area are, but not limited to:
• ensure waiting room is clean, organized, and maintained, manage inventory of stocking handouts and materials.

Requirements

• Requires Top Secret Clearance.
• Must be a graduate of a Diploma, Bachelor or Master's program of Registered Nursing. The institution will be from a National League of Nursing (NLN) approved program.
• Must be Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certified.
• 5 years' experience as a Registered Nurse or equivalent.
• Continuously employed for a minimum of one year, as a registered nurse in an outpatient clinical setting.
• Must have a valid, unrestricted, RN License at least one state, territory or commonwealth of the United States.

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