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This position is located within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC), Office of Deputy Assistant Director of Clinical Services (DAD-CSU). This is a non-supervisory position.
This position is only open to USPHS officers and Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidates.
10/01/2024 to 09/30/2025
$1 - $150,000 per year
Please note that the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and location of duty station.
CC 5
1 vacancy in the following location:
Yes - Please note that upon selection, the candidate must live within 100 miles of an IHSC Field Office.
Not applicable, this is a remote position.
50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
None
No
Yes
No
IHSC-MAST-SCNS-O5-NS-2024
770439400
Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer or USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candidate. Civilians are not eligible for this position.
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
The incumbent will report directly to the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director in the Clinical Services Support Unit.
The incumbent serves as the Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist, Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) member, for the IHSC Clinical Services Division. The incumbents' primary duty will be to serve as expert resources to support nursing staff, nursing practice, and the IHSC Health Care Mission. This will require direct nursing patient care at various IHSC facilities as assigned. The incumbent will provide clinical and administrative nursing support. This includes working with the IHSC Chief Nurse within the NSU to complete tasks designed to improve clinical nursing care within IHSC.
IHSC has a multi-sector, multidisciplinary workforce of more than 1100 employees, including U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) commissioned officers, federal civil servants, and contract staff. The IHSC provides on-site direct patient care to ICE detainees at 21 detention facilities throughout the country and manages the provision of off-site medical care for detainees housed in approximately 240 additional Intergovernmental Service Agreement (IGSA) facilities. The ICE detainee population is approximately 34,000 detainees on a daily basis, with an average length of stay of approximately 30 days, and over 400,000 detainees annually. The IHSC also provides medical support during ICE enforcement operations in the air, on the ground and at sea
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT:
U.S. Public Service Commissioned Corps officers are detailed to Department of Homeland Security as described in a Memorandum of Agreement.
SUPERVISORY CONTROLS:
The Clinical Senior Nurse Specialist, Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) member works under the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director's general supervision with oversight provided by the Nurse Manager, Clinical Director or designee, and Health Services Administrator at a TDY site.
The incumbent functions independently to ensure planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of entire projects or provision of complete services; may supervise programs or services that encompass several professional fields. Impact of error can cause impairment of a departmental level service or program.
The incumbent plans and organizes his/her own work, determines the sequence of assignments, selects and develops methods and seeks assistance from experts only rarely. Assignments are usually long-term, recurring, or broadly defined. Work is reviewed for feasibility, compatibility with other work, and effectiveness in meeting requirements or expected results.
An extensive number of well-defined guides, methods, theories, and precedents are available. Situations to which existing guidelines cannot be applied or which require significant deviations from existing guidelines are referred to higher authority.
In addition to contacts with patients and patients' families in a clinical setting, establishes and maintains contacts with persons outside the immediate work environment, but within the Department. Contacts are required in order to collaborate, supply advice, explain, interpret, and seek support for methods, policies and programs, and to provide personalized nursing services and administer a moderately complex program requiring a moderate amount of explanation and tact.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the minimum qualification requirements. You may be selected for an interview at the hiring authority's discretion. You will be notified of selection or non-selection.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package. Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position.A complete application includes:
U. S. Public Health Service Officers
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
To apply for this position, you must submit the required documentation outlined under the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section below.
The complete initial Application must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2025.
PLEASE NOTE: If your materials are not received by the closing date, your application will be evaluated solely on the information available and you may not receive full consideration or may not be considered eligible. Also, if you do not provide a valid email address, you may not be notified of the outcome of your application.
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