Nurse (Clinical Care Coordinator)

Nurse (Clinical Care Coordinor) Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service Phoenix Area | Fort Yuma Service Unit | Division of Nursing Services Summary At the Indian Health Service (IHS), Nurses do more than practice medicine-they change lives. Guided by our mission to raise the health of American Indian and Alaska Nive people, you'll deliver compassione care where it's needed most. Your expertise brings healing and hope across generions. Begin your journey with purpose

• AND receive a recruitment/relocion sign-on bonus, if you are eligible.

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required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021). Learn more about this agency Summary At the Indian Health Service (IHS), Nurses do more than practice medicine-they change lives. Guided by our mission to raise the health of American Indian and Alaska Nive people, you'll deliver compassione care where it's needed most. Your expertise brings healing and hope across generions. Begin your journey with purpose

• AND receive a recruitment/relocion sign-on bonus, if you are eligible.

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required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021). Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/13/2026 to 06/04/2026 Salary $98,244

• $127,725 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Winterhaven, CA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy.

Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) 0610 Nurse Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Modere Risk (MR) Trust determinion process Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus Yes Announcement number

IHS-26-HQ-12960801-DHA

Control number 869235200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Nive Americans Nive Americans or Alaskan Nives with a tribal affiliion. Clarificion from the agency The IHS is required by law to give absolute preference to qualified applicants who meet the Secretary of the Interior's definition of Indian for appointment to vacancies within the IHS in accordance with established IHS policy as outlined in the Indian Health Manual Part 7, Chapter 3. Videos Duties Help Total Compension Package

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gov) Responsible for setting up and monitoring pients enrolled in disease specific home monitoring and communicing clinical informion of changes to clinical plan between pient and provider/care team. Develop and maintain pient registries based on disease, health condition and/or health prevention initiives. Assist with triage of pients, including triaging telephone calls and walk-in pients. Prepare pients for tests, exams and trements. Coordine appointments and procedures for pients who need further care or continuity of care other facilities. Provide counseling and teaching to pient and families on preventive, curive and rehabilitive measures involved in health care. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Selectee may be subject to a probionary period U.S. Citizenship is required Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959 This is a competitive vacancy announcement advertised under Direct Hire Authority. Selections made under this vacancy announcement processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would therefore be given new appointments to the civil service; however, benefits, time served, and all other Federal entitlements would remain the same. This is a designed position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children. Due to this requirement, the agency must ensure th persons hired for these positions have not been found guilty of or pleaded nolo contendere or guilty to certain crimes. IHS Selectees th will work in an IHS health care facility may be subject to Employee Health Policies reled to Measles and Rubella, and seasonal influenza immunizions. Vaccine exemption requests may be available according to the Nional and/or Service Unit guidance. The selected individual is required to obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements. If privileges are not obtained or maintained during employment, the employee subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, www.dhs.gov/E-Verify/ . You will need to set up direct deposit so we can pay you.

Background Investigion Requirement:

This position requires the successful completion of a federal background investigion as a condition of employment. A background investigion is a standard process used by the Federal Government to verify an individual's identity, employment history, educion, and other relevant informion to determine suitability for Federal service. Upon receipt of instructions, applicants must complete all required background investigion forms within five (5) calendar days of issuance. Timely completion is critical to avoid delays in processing or a determinion of unsuitability. Applicants are strongly encouraged to prioritize this requirement and to maintain regular communicion with their assigned Personnel Security Specialist throughout the process. Qualificions To qualify for this position, your resume must ste sufficient experience and/or educion, to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are applying. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer and part time experience. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

Educion:

A gradue or higher-level degree, bachelor's degree, associe degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educional program is required. This educion must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegie Nursing Educion , Council on Accredition of Nurse Anesthesia Educional Programs , Accredition Commission for Midwifery Educion , or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion the time the degree was obtained.

Licensure :

For all grade levels and positions, applicants must have passed the Nional Council Licensure Examinion . In addition, they must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registrion as a professional nurse from a Ste, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United Stes. In addition to the above requirements, applicants must meet one of the following requirements: Successful completion of a PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educional program or reled medical science field; or Possession of a diploma, associe degree, bachelor's degree, or master's degree from a professional nursing educional program AND least one full year of professional nursing experience ( equivalent to the GS-9 grade level ) performing the following duties: Developing a tracking system for pient care coordinion and care management across the continuum; Independently plans and provides nursing care based on professional nursing practices and medical protocols or guidelines for pients; Collaboring with the physicians to develop clinical protocols and guidelines th establish standards of care; Provide case management for pients by coordining services to meet pient's care goals; Provide oversight to ensure compliance and approprieness of care.

NOTE :

Employees currently assigned to positions in this occupional series as of September 2017 considered to have met the basic requirements for the position occupied. You must meet all qualificion requirements within 30 days of the closing de of the announcement. Educion This position has an educion requirement. You are strongly encouraged to submit a copy of your transcripts or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Unofficial transcripts accepted in the applicion package. Official transcripts required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Only tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion may be credited. Applicants can verify accredition the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accredition . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, https://sites.ed.gov/internional/recognition-of-foreign-qualificions/ . Additional informion Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. IHS may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their directly reled previous non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. This position is covered by a Bargaining Unit. Recruitment or relocion incentives may be authorized. At least a 6 month service agreement required. The Indian Health Service (IHS), Nional Health Service Corps (NHSC), and the Health Resources and Services Administrion (HRSA) have student loan repayment programs for qualifying health disciplines. This is a competitive process separe from the hiring process. Opportunities for LRP are based on agency hiring priorities and availability of funds. For additional informion please : For IHS

• http://www.ihs.gov/loanrepayment/ For NHSC
• https://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/ For HRSA Nurse Corps
• https://bhw.

hrsa.gov/loansscholarships/nursecorps This position has no promotion potential. You evalued for this position in accordance with the OPM Merit Hiring Plan. As part of the applicion process, you asked to provide short essay responses (200 words or less each) to the following four questions. How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United Stes inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Your responses are optional and will not be scored. However, they may be reviewed by hiring managers and agency leadership (or designees) during the evaluion process. You asked to certify th your responses are written in your own words and th you did not use a consultant or artificial intelligence (AI) tool (such as ChGPT or Copilot). Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. This job announcement uses the USA Hire Assessment to evalue applicants. There is no "pass/fail" outcome; results are used as part of the overall evaluion process to determine applicant qualificions. However, if you do not take the assessment within the assessment window timeframe you found ineligible for this position. For more informion, the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center . You evalued based on how well you meet the qualificions listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualificions evalued based on your applicion merials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the applicion questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position. You assessed on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Attention to Detail Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Oversting your qualificions and/or experience in your applicion merials or applicion questionnaire may result in your removal from considerion. Cheing on an assessment may also result in your removal from considerion. To preview the applicion questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12960801 Attention to Detail Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork Additional selections may be made for similar positions across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the local commuting area(s) of the locion identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your applicion shared with interested selecting official(s) HHS. Clearance of

CTAP/ICTAP

applied for similar positions across HHS. This position filled through the Office of Personnel Management's Direct Hire Authority. Cegory ring and Veterans' Preference will not be considered in evaluing applicants. For more informion on Direct Hire Authority, please see OPM Direct Hire Fact Sheet . Your applicion (resume and supporting documention) evalued to determine if you meet the minimum qualificions required as listed on the announcement under qualificion requirements. To be considered well qualified for the purposes of the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) and the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must substantively exceed the basic qualificions and meet all eligibility, physical, medical, suitability, and any other requirements. All documents above MUST be received by 11:59 (Eastern Standard Time) of the closing de of 06/04/2026, to be Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents

Required Documents Help Resume :

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• Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements Required as applicable for the purposes of specific eligibility and appointment claim(s), and position requirements:

Indian Preference Applicants :

If claiming Indian preference, applicants must provide a completed copy of the Form BIA-4432, "Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Only." Indian preference will not be given unless a properly signed and ded form is submitted with your applicion, including any verificion by an authorized Tribal Representive or BIA Official of tribal enrollment records. For detailed instructions, see form

BIA-4432.

Refer to

BIA-4432

link: https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/media_document/1076-0160_indian-pref_expires-04.30.25_508.pdf . Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) : If you are claiming CTAP/ICTAP, follow the instructions below: http://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf .

Transcripts :

You are encouraged to submit copies of transcripts (official or unofficial) although not required the time of applicion. You must list your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Official transcripts required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer.

Licensure, Certificions :

Applicants should list their license/certificions on their resume, along with the expirion de, if applicable. Certificion of licensure/certificion required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. For additional questions please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) found here: http://www.ihs.gov/jobs/index.cfm?module=search&option=faq . Agency contact informion Amber Cantu Phone (301) 412-9874 Amber.

Cantu@ihs.gov Address Fort Yuma Service Unit 401 E. Picacho Road Winterhaven, CA 92283 US Next steps Stay Upded with Text Alerts You can choose to receive text message notificions about your applicion stus.

To enable this feure:

Log in to your USAJOBS account. Go to your Account Settings and select Notificion Preferences. Check the option to receive SMS/Text Messages . Text message updes are optional and provided in addition to email notificions. Standard messaging res may apply. You can track the progress of your applicion package via your USAJOBS account. You will receive an acknowledgement from USAJOBS th your submission was successful once we have received your on-line eligibility questionnaire, resume, and any supporting documention. You notified of the stus of your applicion via your USAJOBS Account after we conduct a qualificion review of your complete applicion package. You contacted if further evaluion or interviews are required. Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background check, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the human resources office posting this announcement. If all required documention is not submitted with your applicion you will lose considerion. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion and documents entered, uploaded, or faxed are received, legible and accure. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request

Required Documents Help Resume :

You are highly encouraged to the USAJOBS Help Center before submitting a resume. USAJOBS Help Center

• Upde your resume now so it meets new resume requirements Required as applicable for the purposes of specific eligibility and appointment claim(s), and position requirements:

Indian Preference Applicants :

If claiming Indian preference, applicants must provide a completed copy of the Form BIA-4432, "Verificion of Indian Preference for Employment in the BIA and IHS Only." Indian preference will not be given unless a properly signed and ded form is submitted with your applicion, including any verificion by an authorized Tribal Representive or BIA Official of tribal enrollment records. For detailed instructions, see form

BIA-4432.

Refer to

BIA-4432

link: https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/media_document/1076-0160_indian-pref_expires-04.30.25_508.pdf . Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP)/Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) : If you are claiming CTAP/ICTAP, follow the instructions below: http://www.opm.gov/policy-da-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ctap_guideline.pdf .

Transcripts :

You are encouraged to submit copies of transcripts (official or unofficial) although not required the time of applicion. You must list your courses including titles, credit hours completed, and grades. Official transcripts required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer.

Licensure, Certificions :

Applicants should list their license/certificions on their resume, along with the expirion de, if applicable. Certificion of licensure/certificion required after tentive selection and prior to issuing an official job offer. How to Apply Help Please read the entire announcement and all the instructions before you begin an applicion. To apply and be considered for this position, you must complete all required questionnaires, assessments and submit all required documention as specified in the How to Apply and Required Documents section. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. The applicion process is as follows: Click the Apply Online button. Answer the questions presented in the applicion and tach all necessary supporting documention. Click the Submit Applicion button prior to 11:59 PM (ET) on the announcement closing de. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you notified after submitting your applicion. The notificion provided in your applicion submission screen and via email. The notificion will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this applicion" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodion before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilition Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about two (2) hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue ler, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments reused for one year (in most cases) from the de you complete an assessment. If future applicions you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses automically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparion resources https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us . To upde your applicion, including supporting documention: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your applicion record, and click Edit my applicion . This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. To view the announcement stus or your applicion stus: Visit https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/howto/applicion/stus/ . Your applicion stus page is where you can view your applicion stus, USA Hire assessment completion stus, and review your notificions sent by the hiring agency regarding your applicion. For additional questions please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) found here: http://www.ihs.gov/jobs/index.cfm?module=search&option=faq . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Amber Cantu Phone (301) 412-9874 Amber.

Cantu@ihs.gov Address Fort Yuma Service Unit 401 E. Picacho Road Winterhaven, CA 92283 US Next steps Stay Upded with Text Alerts You can choose to receive text message notificions about your applicion stus.

To enable this feure:

Log in to your USAJOBS account. Go to your Account Settings and select Notificion Preferences. Check the option to receive SMS/Text Messages . Text message updes are optional and provided in addition to email notificions. Standard messaging res may apply. You can track the progress of your applicion package via your USAJOBS account. You will receive an acknowledgement from USAJOBS th your submission was successful once we have received your on-line eligibility questionnaire, resume, and any supporting documention. You notified of the stus of your applicion via your USAJOBS Account after we conduct a qualificion review of your complete applicion package. You contacted if further evaluion or interviews are required. Any exaggerion of your experience, false stements, or tempt to conceal informion may disqualify you for employment considerion. We may verify all informion you provide in your resume and questionnaire responses, through reference and/or background check, and/or verificion of your educion. If you are selected, you contacted personally by the human resources office posting this announcement. If all required documention is not submitted with your applicion you will lose considerion. It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion and documents entered, uploaded, or faxed are received, legible and accure. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/13/2026 to 06/04/2026 Salary $98,244

• $127,725 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Winterhaven, CA Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy.

Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

IHS-26-HQ-12960801-DHA

Control number 869235200