IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE BASIC REQUIREMENT ABOVE, TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION YOU MUST ALSO MEET THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS LISTED BELOW:

Professional Nursing Experience: One or more full years of professional nursing experience which includes providing nursing care to obstetrical and gynecological patients, assisting physicians with procedures,administering medications and setting up, operating or monitoring specializedmedical equipment. This definition of professional nursing experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone-no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

EDUCATION

See Qualifications section for education requirements

• Provide comprehensive professional nursing care to OB/GYN patients and their newborns with medical conditions ranging from routine care to those having complex complications requiring sophisticated, highly technical care and treatment.
• Administer oxygen, IV fluids, amnioinfusion, blood products, and prescribed medications.
• Initiate intravenous and indwelling catheters, and patient-controlled analgesia pumps.
• Set up and operate specialized monitoring equipment including blood pressure monitoring, pulse oximetry, fetal heart rate monitors (internal and external), neonatal resuscitation equipment, cardiac monitoring, and infant warmers.
• Provide perioperative care to include serving as the circulating RN for cesarean sections and additional obstetric surgical procedures as needed (i.e., dilatation and curettage, cervical cerclage, cesarean-hysterectomy).
• Provide emergency care including initiation of life sustaining measures such as delivery, CPR, hypertension therapy, choking first aid, bleeding control, treatment of injuries, etc., and assists with advanced cardiac life support measures.
• Provide care for women requiring low to high-risk ante-partum, intra-partum, postpartum, and gynecological care as well as competence in newborn and couplet care.
• Coordinate with the multi-disciplinary team (i.e., providers, pharmacists) in the management of obstetric complications/emergencies and implement interventions to enhance outcomes for post-surgical and gynecologic patients.
• Assign duties and delegate patient care to other registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, operating room technicians, and medical assistants.
• Serve as a mentor, preceptor, and role model to experienced and fully trained obstetrical nurses as well as those not fully trained.
• Provide evidence-based instructions and education to patient/significant other and/or family members/caregivers.