Advanced Practice Provider, Medical Asset Support Team (O-5 Billet) Non-Supervisory - Internal
- ERO-DRO-IHSC Public Health Service
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Full Time
Advanced Practice Provider, Medical Asset Support Team (O-5 Billet) Non-Supervisory - Internal
Department of Homeland Security
Immigrion and Customs Enforcement
ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC)
Summary
This non-supervisory position provides direct medical care to non-citizens in ICE custody and oversees APP projects. Reporting to the Regional Director, the role supports quality healthcare 21 facilities and manages care for detainees 240 additional sites, serving about 34,000 daily and 400,000 annually with a multidisciplinary team.
This position is only open to USPHS officers who are currently IHSC employees.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
This non-supervisory position provides direct medical care to non-citizens in ICE custody and oversees APP projects. Reporting to the Regional Director, the role supports quality healthcare 21 facilities and manages care for detainees 240 additional sites, serving about 34,000 daily and 400,000 annually with a multidisciplinary team.
This position is only open to USPHS officers who are currently IHSC employees.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
04/22/2026 to 09/30/2026
Salary
$1 - $150,000 per year
Please note th the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and locion of duty stion.
Pay scale & grade
CC 5
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Locion Negotiable After Selection
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0601 General Health Science
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
IHSC-MAST-APP-O5-NS-2026
Control number
866105100
This job is open to
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Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer who works IHSC.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Civilians are not eligible for this position.
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Duties
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical Support Duties:
Incumbent serves as nurse practitioner or physician assistant providing medical care to non-citizens IHSC staffed facilities as temporary duty (TDY) stus. Travel is expected least 50% of duty time. Incumbent practices in conformance with established criteria, guidelines, and policy. Incumbent functions independently for a select pient populion under the general supervision of a physician (i.e., collaborive practice agreement). Efforts are directed toward the enhancement of the physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of non-citizens. Consults as needed with medical officers. Provides health care of a scope, quality, and quantity consistent with PHS and agency policies. Primary contact is with persons outside the immedie work environment, but within the agency. This includes the public, pients, and pient's families. The primary mission is to meet their health care needs, obtain, and provide informion, present reports, and further the goals and objectives of PHS and the agency.
Performs other clinical duties and responsibilities as assigned for the TDY facility.
Program Support Duties:
When not performing clinical support duties, incumbent oversees assigned programs and, or projects within the clinical services division.
Incumbent serves as a senior advanced practice provider consultant for local, regional and agency programs. Incumbent coordines activities relive to policy development, program implemention and evaluion subject to regulions, policies, procedures, and pertinent laws. Advises local, and department officials regarding policy development. Incumbent review reports, identify and analyze problems, provide formal written analysis or reports; participes in the design and development of procedures; and represent the office to the parties inside and outside the unit but within the agency.
Performs specialized or complex professional tasks without benefit of close supervision or detailed guidelines, independently establishes criteria, formules approaches and evaluion efforts. Justifies, defends, negoties, or settles mters involving significant or controversial issues; work this level usually involves active participion in conferences, meetings, or presentions involving problems or issues of maximum consequences or importance.
Duty requirements include review of professional practice and peer review. Facilites and mentors APP onboarding and training.
As necessary, serves as Acting Senior Supervisory APP or Acting Regional APP.
Assessing and validing the current pient care delivery system, ensuring clinical and staffing standards for APP clinical practice are consistent with current evidence-based research and professional standards to align with the mission, vision, and values of the organizion.
Offering recommendions regarding improvements needed in clinic operions or to improve pient outcomes.
Developing and communicing a stregic vision of APP clinical care th includes communicing values and goals for a diverse group of APP professionals.
Formuling short and long-range objectives for programs within unit to ensure integrion of them with overall objectives/plans of IHSC.
Planning, directing, coordining, and evaluing clinical policy.
Development and annual revisions of nional, evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines/Protocols.
Development of stregies promoting the recruitment and retention of APPs and to recognize APP excellence.
Serves as an instructor including but not limited to APP discipline specific content development and presentions; tracking APP training progress; and genering tailored and comprehensive reports. Providing APP in-service trainings th increase understanding of the policies/procedures which promote best clinical practices, compliance with accredition standards, and other topics applicable for the nursing profession.
Providing on-site training or competency training in clinical procedures, emergency response, mass casualty drills, Basic Life Support, and other trainings, based on approprie knowledge and training.
Acting as a resource on a full range of primary clinical care provided to detainees, including, but not limited to health assessments, intake screening, transfer summaries, sick call, chronic care, medical housing unit care, and additional approved trements and procedures approprie to the clinical setting.
Assist with competency reviews to ensure the scope of practice is consistent with licensure requirements.
Attends general/medical and Unit meetings as scheduled.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
You must successfully pass a background investigion.
You must successfully pass a drug screen.
Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registrion with Selective Service.
Requirements by Closing De: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing de of the announcement.
Service Remaining Requirement Agreement: Upon appointment to this position, officers required to serve a new 18-month commitment to IHSC .
ASSIGNMENT PAY AGREEMENT: You must not have a current Assignment Pay Agreement. However, if you have a current Assignment Pay Agreement, it must be fulfilled within 90 days of your applicion submission.
Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer who works IHSC.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Civilians are not eligible for this position.
PHS officers must participe in IHSC TDY On-Call Schedule (ITOS.) ITOS is either an entire month or two 16-day periods a year where, depending on the needs of the agency, the officer is required to be available to serve.
Qualificions
CONDITIONS OF WORK
Work Schedule: Clinical positions may be required to work various shifts, or combinions of shifts, th may include 8 hour, 10 hour or 12 hour shifts; evenings, weekends and holidays also be required.
On-Call Duties: This clinical position may be required to perform on-call duties within the unit to which it is assigned during off shift hours, to in include evenings, nights, weekends and/or holidays.
Emergency Response: This clinical position may be required to respond to emergencies the local facility to which it is assigned during off shift hours, to include evenings, nights, weekends and/or holidays.
Telework: This position may not support telework, and authorized on a case by case basis by the hiring manager.
Remote work: This position may support remote work, and authorized on a case by case basis by the hiring manager.
Recruitment/Relocion Incentives: Not currently authorized.
Student Load Repayment Program (SLRP) Authorized: Contact the ...
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Requires physical exertion such as lifting objects greer than 30 pounds.
Required to perform CPR/emergency care standing or kneeling.
Must have the ability to assist sick, injured or aging detainees or staff exiting the building (may require lifting, dragging, wheeling, or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than self).
Travel least 50% of the time.
REQUIRED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER COMPETENCIES :
Professional clinical physician assistant or nurse practitioner experience: 4 years full-time required.
3 or more years' experience in correctional health care preferred.
2 years direct clinical pient care experience preferred.
1 year administrive-supervisory experience preferred.
1 year experience equal to O4 billet (GS-12) required.
Must have and maintains CPR/BLS certificion.
Cultural competency maintained through agency/other training.
Educion
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Minimum of four years of full-time clinical experience as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
Qualifying degree for the officer's cegory from an accredited institution in a Ste, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. The degree issuing institution and/or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion.
Physician Assistant minimum: Bachelor of Science. Master's degree preferred.
Nurse Practitioner minimum: Master of Nursing
Unrestricted, current, and valid license from any U.S. ste, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or other U.S. territory. It is the responsibility of the incumbent to fulfill and maintain the obligion(s) for their licensing or certifying body and to maintain continuing medical educion.
Nional Certificion:
Physician Assistant - Must have and maintain certificion as a Physician Assistant from the Nional Commission on Certificion of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
Nurse Practitioner - Must have and maintain board certificion as Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, or Adult-gerontology by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (AANC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Must have and maintain CPR/BLS certificion.
Must have and maintain clinical practice proficiency and credentials for pient care.
Flexibility and ability to adapt to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements.
Knowledge of a wide range of complex pient care concepts, principles, and practices to perform assessments of considerable diversity to include mental health, medical surgical, ambulory, and emergency care.
Preferred But Not Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Correctional health care experience.
Certificion as Correctional Healthcare Professional (CCHP).
Knowledge and/or experience with IHSC policies, NCCHC, and PBNDS requirements.
Knowledge of public health preparedness, infection control and TB management.
ACLS certificion.
Additional informion
SUPERVISORY CONTROLS:
The incumbent is supervised by the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director in the Clinical Services Support Unit with clinical oversight provided by the Clinical Director or designee when performing clinical duties a TDY site.
Functions independently as a consultant and carries out assigned duties as directed by the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director in the Clinical Services Support Unit or the facility CD. Immedie and direct clinical supervision may not be on site. Completed work is reviewed by peer review mechanisms for sisfactory result and professional judgement. Guidelines are available but not completely applicable to all work situions. The officer must use individual initiive in interpreting and adapting guidelines to unusual work situions.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
We will review your resume and supporting documention to ensure you meet the minimum qualificion requirements. You may be selected for an interview the hiring authority's discretion. You notified of selection or non-selection.
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
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Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position. A complete applicion includes:
U. S. Public Health Service Officers
Cover Letter/Letter of Interest.
Degrees. (Place under "Diploma/GED")
Professional license. (If applicable)
Additional professional certifices. (If applicable)
Three professional references. (i.e., name, title and contact informion)
Official USPHS Promotion CV - e.g., relevant experience, educion, training. (Place under "USPHS Promotion CV")
You may provide a civilian resume in addition to the USPHS Promotion CV to capture all relevant work experience.
*Three most recent Commissioned Officer Effectiveness Reports (COER). (Place under "Performance Appraisal")
A copy of your current Service Remaining Requirements Agreement.
Indice if you have an Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement and the de of the end of your AP Agreement. If you do not, please submit a memo testing to no AP in the Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement section in the documents section of applicion.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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To apply for this position, you must submit the required documention outlined under the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section below.
The complete initial Applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2026.
PLEASE NOTE: If your merials are not received by the closing de, your applicion evalued solely on the informion available and you may not receive full considerion 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 applicion.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button the end of the process.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus , and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
Applicions and supporting documention will not be accepted by mail or email. If you need further assistance, contact the Human Resources Office representive listed on this announcement least one day prior to the closing de for further instructions.
Agency contact informion
IHSC Recruiting
...
Address
ERO-DRO-IHSC Public Health Service
500 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20536
US
Next steps
Once you submit your applicion, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best-qualified applicants, and refer those applicions to the hiring manager for further considerion and interviews. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. Your stus will also be upded on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your stus, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Applicion Stus," and then click "More Informion." We expect to make a job offer within 60 days after the deadline for applicions. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. View more informion on applying for federal employment .
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
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position. A complete applicion includes:
U. S. Public Health Service Officers
Cover Letter/Letter of Interest.
Degrees. (Place under "Diploma/GED")
Professional license. (If applicable)
Additional professional certifices. (If applicable)
Three professional references. (i.e., name, title and contact informion)
Official USPHS Promotion CV - e.g., relevant experience, educion, training. (Place under "USPHS Promotion CV")
You may provide a civilian resume in addition to the USPHS Promotion CV to capture all relevant work experience.
*Three most recent Commissioned Officer Effectiveness Reports (COER). (Place under "Performance Appraisal")
A copy of your current Service Remaining Requirements Agreement.
Indice if you have an Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement and the de of the end of your AP Agreement. If you do not, please submit a memo testing to no AP in the Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement section in the documents section of applicion.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must submit the required documention outlined under the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section below.
The complete initial Applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2026.
PLEASE NOTE: If your merials are not received by the closing de, your applicion evalued solely on the informion available and you may not receive full considerion 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 applicion.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button the end of the process.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus , and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
Applicions and supporting documention will not be accepted by mail or email. If you need further assistance, contact the Human Resources Office representive listed on this announcement least one day prior to the closing de for further instructions.
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Agency contact informion
IHSC Recruiting
...
Address
ERO-DRO-IHSC Public Health Service
500 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20536
US
Next steps
Once you submit your applicion, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best-qualified applicants, and refer those applicions to the hiring manager for further considerion and interviews. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. Your stus will also be upded on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your stus, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Applicion Stus," and then click "More Informion." We expect to make a job offer within 60 days after the deadline for applicions. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. View more informion on applying for federal employment .
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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 04/22/2026 to 09/30/2026 Salary $1 - $150,000 per year Please note th the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and locion of duty stion. Pay scale & grade CC 5 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Locion Negotiable After Selection Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number IHSC-MAST-APP-O5-NS-2026 Control number 866105100
Department of Homeland Security
Immigrion and Customs Enforcement
ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC)
Summary
This non-supervisory position provides direct medical care to non-citizens in ICE custody and oversees APP projects. Reporting to the Regional Director, the role supports quality healthcare 21 facilities and manages care for detainees 240 additional sites, serving about 34,000 daily and 400,000 annually with a multidisciplinary team.
This position is only open to USPHS officers who are currently IHSC employees.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Learn more about this agency
Summary
This non-supervisory position provides direct medical care to non-citizens in ICE custody and oversees APP projects. Reporting to the Regional Director, the role supports quality healthcare 21 facilities and manages care for detainees 240 additional sites, serving about 34,000 daily and 400,000 annually with a multidisciplinary team.
This position is only open to USPHS officers who are currently IHSC employees.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Learn more about this agency
Overview
Help
Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
04/22/2026 to 09/30/2026
Salary
$1 - $150,000 per year
Please note th the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and locion of duty stion.
Pay scale & grade
CC 5
Locion
1 vacancy in the following locion:
Locion Negotiable After Selection
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0601 General Health Science
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk
Trust determinion process
Credentialing
Suitability/Fitness
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
IHSC-MAST-APP-O5-NS-2026
Control number
866105100
This job is open to
Help
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer who works IHSC.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Civilians are not eligible for this position.
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Duties
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DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical Support Duties:
Incumbent serves as nurse practitioner or physician assistant providing medical care to non-citizens IHSC staffed facilities as temporary duty (TDY) stus. Travel is expected least 50% of duty time. Incumbent practices in conformance with established criteria, guidelines, and policy. Incumbent functions independently for a select pient populion under the general supervision of a physician (i.e., collaborive practice agreement). Efforts are directed toward the enhancement of the physical, emotional, and social wellbeing of non-citizens. Consults as needed with medical officers. Provides health care of a scope, quality, and quantity consistent with PHS and agency policies. Primary contact is with persons outside the immedie work environment, but within the agency. This includes the public, pients, and pient's families. The primary mission is to meet their health care needs, obtain, and provide informion, present reports, and further the goals and objectives of PHS and the agency.
Performs other clinical duties and responsibilities as assigned for the TDY facility.
Program Support Duties:
When not performing clinical support duties, incumbent oversees assigned programs and, or projects within the clinical services division.
Incumbent serves as a senior advanced practice provider consultant for local, regional and agency programs. Incumbent coordines activities relive to policy development, program implemention and evaluion subject to regulions, policies, procedures, and pertinent laws. Advises local, and department officials regarding policy development. Incumbent review reports, identify and analyze problems, provide formal written analysis or reports; participes in the design and development of procedures; and represent the office to the parties inside and outside the unit but within the agency.
Performs specialized or complex professional tasks without benefit of close supervision or detailed guidelines, independently establishes criteria, formules approaches and evaluion efforts. Justifies, defends, negoties, or settles mters involving significant or controversial issues; work this level usually involves active participion in conferences, meetings, or presentions involving problems or issues of maximum consequences or importance.
Duty requirements include review of professional practice and peer review. Facilites and mentors APP onboarding and training.
As necessary, serves as Acting Senior Supervisory APP or Acting Regional APP.
Assessing and validing the current pient care delivery system, ensuring clinical and staffing standards for APP clinical practice are consistent with current evidence-based research and professional standards to align with the mission, vision, and values of the organizion.
Offering recommendions regarding improvements needed in clinic operions or to improve pient outcomes.
Developing and communicing a stregic vision of APP clinical care th includes communicing values and goals for a diverse group of APP professionals.
Formuling short and long-range objectives for programs within unit to ensure integrion of them with overall objectives/plans of IHSC.
Planning, directing, coordining, and evaluing clinical policy.
Development and annual revisions of nional, evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines/Protocols.
Development of stregies promoting the recruitment and retention of APPs and to recognize APP excellence.
Serves as an instructor including but not limited to APP discipline specific content development and presentions; tracking APP training progress; and genering tailored and comprehensive reports. Providing APP in-service trainings th increase understanding of the policies/procedures which promote best clinical practices, compliance with accredition standards, and other topics applicable for the nursing profession.
Providing on-site training or competency training in clinical procedures, emergency response, mass casualty drills, Basic Life Support, and other trainings, based on approprie knowledge and training.
Acting as a resource on a full range of primary clinical care provided to detainees, including, but not limited to health assessments, intake screening, transfer summaries, sick call, chronic care, medical housing unit care, and additional approved trements and procedures approprie to the clinical setting.
Assist with competency reviews to ensure the scope of practice is consistent with licensure requirements.
Attends general/medical and Unit meetings as scheduled.
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
You must successfully pass a background investigion.
You must successfully pass a drug screen.
Males born after 12/31/59 must certify registrion with Selective Service.
Requirements by Closing De: Unless otherwise noted, you must meet all requirements by the closing de of the announcement.
Service Remaining Requirement Agreement: Upon appointment to this position, officers required to serve a new 18-month commitment to IHSC .
ASSIGNMENT PAY AGREEMENT: You must not have a current Assignment Pay Agreement. However, if you have a current Assignment Pay Agreement, it must be fulfilled within 90 days of your applicion submission.
Applicants must be a current USPHS Commissioned Corps Officer who works IHSC.
USPHS Call to Active Duty (CAD) candides are not eligible for this position.
Civilians are not eligible for this position.
PHS officers must participe in IHSC TDY On-Call Schedule (ITOS.) ITOS is either an entire month or two 16-day periods a year where, depending on the needs of the agency, the officer is required to be available to serve.
Qualificions
CONDITIONS OF WORK
Work Schedule: Clinical positions may be required to work various shifts, or combinions of shifts, th may include 8 hour, 10 hour or 12 hour shifts; evenings, weekends and holidays also be required.
On-Call Duties: This clinical position may be required to perform on-call duties within the unit to which it is assigned during off shift hours, to in include evenings, nights, weekends and/or holidays.
Emergency Response: This clinical position may be required to respond to emergencies the local facility to which it is assigned during off shift hours, to include evenings, nights, weekends and/or holidays.
Telework: This position may not support telework, and authorized on a case by case basis by the hiring manager.
Remote work: This position may support remote work, and authorized on a case by case basis by the hiring manager.
Recruitment/Relocion Incentives: Not currently authorized.
Student Load Repayment Program (SLRP) Authorized: Contact the ...
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Requires physical exertion such as lifting objects greer than 30 pounds.
Required to perform CPR/emergency care standing or kneeling.
Must have the ability to assist sick, injured or aging detainees or staff exiting the building (may require lifting, dragging, wheeling, or carrying someone who weighs significantly more than self).
Travel least 50% of the time.
REQUIRED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER COMPETENCIES :
Professional clinical physician assistant or nurse practitioner experience: 4 years full-time required.
3 or more years' experience in correctional health care preferred.
2 years direct clinical pient care experience preferred.
1 year administrive-supervisory experience preferred.
1 year experience equal to O4 billet (GS-12) required.
Must have and maintains CPR/BLS certificion.
Cultural competency maintained through agency/other training.
Educion
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Minimum of four years of full-time clinical experience as a physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
Qualifying degree for the officer's cegory from an accredited institution in a Ste, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. The degree issuing institution and/or program must be accredited by an entity recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion.
Physician Assistant minimum: Bachelor of Science. Master's degree preferred.
Nurse Practitioner minimum: Master of Nursing
Unrestricted, current, and valid license from any U.S. ste, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or other U.S. territory. It is the responsibility of the incumbent to fulfill and maintain the obligion(s) for their licensing or certifying body and to maintain continuing medical educion.
Nional Certificion:
Physician Assistant - Must have and maintain certificion as a Physician Assistant from the Nional Commission on Certificion of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
Nurse Practitioner - Must have and maintain board certificion as Family Nurse Practitioner, Adult Nurse Practitioner, or Adult-gerontology by the American Nurse Credentialing Center (AANC) or American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
Must have and maintain CPR/BLS certificion.
Must have and maintain clinical practice proficiency and credentials for pient care.
Flexibility and ability to adapt to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements.
Knowledge of a wide range of complex pient care concepts, principles, and practices to perform assessments of considerable diversity to include mental health, medical surgical, ambulory, and emergency care.
Preferred But Not Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Correctional health care experience.
Certificion as Correctional Healthcare Professional (CCHP).
Knowledge and/or experience with IHSC policies, NCCHC, and PBNDS requirements.
Knowledge of public health preparedness, infection control and TB management.
ACLS certificion.
Additional informion
SUPERVISORY CONTROLS:
The incumbent is supervised by the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director in the Clinical Services Support Unit with clinical oversight provided by the Clinical Director or designee when performing clinical duties a TDY site.
Functions independently as a consultant and carries out assigned duties as directed by the IHSC Medical Asset Support Team (MAST) Regional Director in the Clinical Services Support Unit or the facility CD. Immedie and direct clinical supervision may not be on site. Completed work is reviewed by peer review mechanisms for sisfactory result and professional judgement. Guidelines are available but not completely applicable to all work situions. The officer must use individual initiive in interpreting and adapting guidelines to unusual work situions.
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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.
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You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
We will review your resume and supporting documention to ensure you meet the minimum qualificion requirements. You may be selected for an interview the hiring authority's discretion. You notified of selection or non-selection.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
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Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position. A complete applicion includes:
U. S. Public Health Service Officers
Cover Letter/Letter of Interest.
Degrees. (Place under "Diploma/GED")
Professional license. (If applicable)
Additional professional certifices. (If applicable)
Three professional references. (i.e., name, title and contact informion)
Official USPHS Promotion CV - e.g., relevant experience, educion, training. (Place under "USPHS Promotion CV")
You may provide a civilian resume in addition to the USPHS Promotion CV to capture all relevant work experience.
*Three most recent Commissioned Officer Effectiveness Reports (COER). (Place under "Performance Appraisal")
A copy of your current Service Remaining Requirements Agreement.
Indice if you have an Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement and the de of the end of your AP Agreement. If you do not, please submit a memo testing to no AP in the Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement section in the documents section of applicion.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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To apply for this position, you must submit the required documention outlined under the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section below.
The complete initial Applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2026.
PLEASE NOTE: If your merials are not received by the closing de, your applicion evalued solely on the informion available and you may not receive full considerion 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 applicion.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button the end of the process.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus , and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
Applicions and supporting documention will not be accepted by mail or email. If you need further assistance, contact the Human Resources Office representive listed on this announcement least one day prior to the closing de for further instructions.
Agency contact informion
IHSC Recruiting
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Address
ERO-DRO-IHSC Public Health Service
500 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20536
US
Next steps
Once you submit your applicion, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best-qualified applicants, and refer those applicions to the hiring manager for further considerion and interviews. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. Your stus will also be upded on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your stus, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Applicion Stus," and then click "More Informion." We expect to make a job offer within 60 days after the deadline for applicions. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. View more informion on applying for federal employment .
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
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package. Please note th if you do not provide all required informion, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position. A complete applicion includes:
U. S. Public Health Service Officers
Cover Letter/Letter of Interest.
Degrees. (Place under "Diploma/GED")
Professional license. (If applicable)
Additional professional certifices. (If applicable)
Three professional references. (i.e., name, title and contact informion)
Official USPHS Promotion CV - e.g., relevant experience, educion, training. (Place under "USPHS Promotion CV")
You may provide a civilian resume in addition to the USPHS Promotion CV to capture all relevant work experience.
*Three most recent Commissioned Officer Effectiveness Reports (COER). (Place under "Performance Appraisal")
A copy of your current Service Remaining Requirements Agreement.
Indice if you have an Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement and the de of the end of your AP Agreement. If you do not, please submit a memo testing to no AP in the Assignment Pay (AP) Agreement section in the documents section of applicion.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
Help
To apply for this position, you must submit the required documention outlined under the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section below.
The complete initial Applicion must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 09/30/2026.
PLEASE NOTE: If your merials are not received by the closing de, your applicion evalued solely on the informion available and you may not receive full considerion 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 applicion.
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to cree an account or log into your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupional questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button the end of the process.
Note: To check the stus of your applicion or return to a previous or incomplete applicion, log into your USAJOBS account, select Applicion Stus , and click on the more informion link under the applicion stus for this position.
Applicions and supporting documention will not be accepted by mail or email. If you need further assistance, contact the Human Resources Office representive listed on this announcement least one day prior to the closing de for further instructions.
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Agency contact informion
IHSC Recruiting
...
Address
ERO-DRO-IHSC Public Health Service
500 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20536
US
Next steps
Once you submit your applicion, we will assess your experience and training, identify the best-qualified applicants, and refer those applicions to the hiring manager for further considerion and interviews. We will notify you by email after each of these steps has been completed. Your stus will also be upded on USAJOBS throughout the process. To check your stus, log on to your USAJOBS account, click on "Applicion Stus," and then click "More Informion." We expect to make a job offer within 60 days after the deadline for applicions. If you are selected, we will conduct a suitability/security background investigion. View more informion on applying for federal employment .
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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 04/22/2026 to 09/30/2026 Salary $1 - $150,000 per year Please note th the salary is dependent on the officer's rank, years in service, and locion of duty stion. Pay scale & grade CC 5 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Locion Negotiable After Selection Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number IHSC-MAST-APP-O5-NS-2026 Control number 866105100
Job ID: 518612094
Originally Posted on: 4/24/2026
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