Practical Nurse (Outpatient)

About the Position: This postion is with the Defense Health Agency; Defense Health Network East. Located at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Family Medicine at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement at any of the locations listed. We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation

Provide practical nursing care to patients with a variety of medical conditions, performing tasks such as recording vital signs, ordering labs.

Perform direct nursing care to clinic patients via telemedicine and face-to-face care to include triage, procedures, nurse-managed protocols, medication management, and administrative duties.

Conduct focused nursing assessments and contribute to the care plan in collaboration with the healthcare team.

Administer prescribed medications with increased independence, ensuring proper patient dosages, routes, and times are followed.

Provide patient and family education tailored to specific medical conditions, treatment plans, and recovery goals

Assist educating patients to include diet, personal hygiene, acute or chronic illness, preventative health measures, development, immunizations, use of medical devices, and addresses questions about ongoing care.

Track laboratory results, radiology orders and referral results to completion, and assisting in making future appointments.