This position is located in the Pediatrics Clinic at the Pine Ridge Service Unit in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Join our healthcare team to provide comprehensive nursing care to pediatric patients and support their families while promoting quality care, patient safety, and teamwork. A REAL ID will be required beginning May 7, 2025, in accordance with 6 C.F.R. 37.5 (2021).
Total Compensation Package - Check out IHS's outstanding total compensation package for this job: Registered Nurse Total Compensation | Pay (ihs.gov) Provides comprehensive professional nursing care to pediatric patients, including patient assessments, nursing interventions, prescribed treatments and medications, monitoring patient responses, and documenting care.
Coordinates patient care with physicians and other healthcare professionals, including triage, diagnostic and therapeutic needs, referrals, follow-up care, and continuity of services. Provides patient and family education and counseling and participates in quality and performance improvement, infection control, and nursing care activities.
When assigned as charge, provides guidance, direction, and training to professional and non-professional nursing staff to support safe and effective patient care. IHS Selectees whose duties and responsibilities require them to work permanently, temporarily, or occasionally in an IHS healthcare facility must comply with the IHS Employee Immunization Policy related to vaccine-preventable diseases, consistent with recommendations for healthcare workers.
Vaccine exemption requests may be available, as outlined in the IHS Employee Immunization Policy and facility 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 will be subject to adverse actions, up to and including removal from Federal service.
Prior to the appointment, candidates must present two valid forms of identification. If one of the documents is a state-issued ID or driver's license, it must be REAL ID-compliant.
This position has an education 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 will be accepted in the application package. Official transcripts will be required from all selectees prior to receiving an official offer. Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education may be credited. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: https://www.ed.gov/accreditation. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
tamra.o'neill@ihs.gov · (406)850-4903
This position is with Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
The posted pay range is $73426 – $109678/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Native' hiring path.
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