Nurse (Clinical/Critical Care)

About the Position: This position is with the Defense Health Agency at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center located at Fort Hood, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement. We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available.

Continuously observe, monitor, and assess infant's condition; interpret signs and symptoms of deterioration in condition; and take corrective action.

Assist the physician with complex and potentially life-threatening procedures such as insertion of arterial and venous catheters, chest tubes and endotracheal tubes.

Prepare and accompany infants for diagnostic surgical procedures outside of NICU as well as prepare critically ill infants for transport by ground or air-evacuation.

Administer intravenous fluids including hyper alimentation, intralipids, and blood products; and deliver prescribed nutrition by oral, gavage, enteral drip or intravenous routes.

Operate and monitor technical equipment, such as transcutaneous oxygen monitors, oximeters, ventilators, infusion pumps, syringe pumps, defibrillator, radiant warmers, GE monitor, iSTAT Blood Testing machine, and blood warmers.

Educate parents with appropriate literature and information regarding their high-risk neonate including effects of illness or congenital anomalies on long term development of their child.

Serve as a resource person for other critical care nurses and health care providers and participate in research studies conducted in the NICU.

Attend high-risk deliveries and resuscitate or assist in resuscitation of newborns, as applicable.

Serve as charge nurse on assigned shift performing a variety of administrative/floor duties as an extension and in support of the head nurse; and make nursing care assignments to various skill levels of professional and nonprofessional personnel.