Job Overview
AIMS Locum Tenens is seeking a qualified Registered Nurse – Otolaryngology to provide specialized outpatient nursing care within the ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) Clinic at Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center (MOMMC). The RN will support physicians and healthcare teams in evaluating, treating, and educating patients with ear, nose, throat, sinus, head, and neck conditions. Duties include patient assessment, procedure support, medication administration, patient education, care coordination, and clinical documentation while ensuring compliance with DHA and military healthcare standards.
General Duties
- Provide services within the scope of clinical privileges granted by the Medical Treatment Facility (MTF).
- Perform duties in accordance with the PWS, DHA standards, and MTF policies.
- Maintain compliance with HIPAA, infection prevention, and patient safety regulations.
- Participate in quality improvement, readiness activities, peer review, and staff training.
Specific Duties
- Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for adult and geriatric ENT patients.
- Obtain patient histories, medication lists, vital signs, and symptom assessments.
- Perform telephone and in-person patient triage and nursing evaluations.
- Assist providers during ENT examinations, procedures, and specialty treatments.
- Prepare patients and examination rooms for procedures and evaluations.
- Administer medications, IV therapy, oxygen, and prescribed treatments according to clinic protocols.
- Monitor patients before, during, and after procedures and respond appropriately to emergencies or adverse reactions.
- Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, medications, treatment plans, post-procedure care, and follow-up instructions.
- Maintain accurate electronic medical record documentation.
- Coordinate referrals, specialty appointments, diagnostic testing, and continuity of care.
- Operate and maintain specialty clinic equipment and ensure exam rooms remain stocked and operational.
- Collaborate with physicians, nurses, technicians, and ancillary staff to support patient care delivery and clinic workflow.
Qualifications
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Education: Graduate from a college or university accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Certification
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Certifications must be through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross. Online-only certifications are not accepted.
Experience
- Minimum of two (2) years of outpatient clinic, emergency room, ICU, urgent care, or specialty nursing experience within the past three years preferred.
- Experience in specialty outpatient care and ENT clinic settings is highly desirable.
Licensure
Must possess a current, full, active, and unrestricted Registered Nurse license in any U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
Skills and Abilities
- Strong outpatient clinical nursing skills
- Ability to recognize and respond to medical emergencies
- Excellent patient education and communication skills
- Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary healthcare teams
- Strong documentation and electronic medical record skills
- Knowledge of ENT procedures and specialty clinic workflows
- Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced clinical environment
- Strong organizational and critical thinking skills
- Familiarity with military healthcare systems and TRICARE is highly preferred
Schedule
- Monday through Friday
- Standard clinic hours: 0730 – 1630
- Procedure days may require schedule adjustments from 0700 – 1600
- Maximum 40 hours per week
- No on-call requirement
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods
- Ability to lift and move clinical supplies and equipment
- Ability to assist patients during examinations and procedures
- Manual dexterity sufficient for clinical nursing duties
Work Environment
This position is performed in a military outpatient Otolaryngology clinic environment within Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center. The work setting includes direct patient care, specialty procedures, interdisciplinary collaboration, and electronic medical documentation.
Immunization Requirement
Must comply with all DHA and Medical Employee Health Program (MEHP) immunization and health screening requirements, including annual influenza vaccination and tuberculosis screening.
Security Requirement
Must be able to pass all required background investigations, credentialing, and installation access requirements for work on Nellis Air Force Base.
About Us
AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, is a women owned and SBA’s 8(a) certified healthcare management company based in Northern Virginia and Washington DC area focus on healthcare management in both public and private sectors.
AIMS Locum Tenens is one of the fastest growing healthcare management solution specialized in management of highly skilled healthcare professionals in both commercial and government healthcare facilities all over the country. We have the experience, resources, and scale required to help physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals to take advantage of both short and long term staffing opportunities in a wide variety of practice specialties. We do staff healthcare providers for both short and long-term assignments to local, state and federal government healthcare facilities.
AIMS realizes the key to quality is attention to details. AIMS is the one stop shop for various healthcare facilities and handles every steps to get best candidate from sourcing, recruitment, candidate screening, credentialing, final placement and retention of highly qualified healthcare provider.
As one of the nation’s fastest growing healthcare management companies, AIMS Locum Tenens manages highly qualified physicians and nurses during staffing crisis at community hospitals, clinics and Army based MTFs (Military Treatment Facilities). Hospital systems, MTFs, nursing homes and out patient clinics benefit from our comprehensive, cost-effective supplemental medical staffing services.
Our No. 1 priority is to provide the best service to our healthcare professionals and our hospital and MTFs clients. We welcome feedback and suggestions so we can continually improve our service.
At AIMS Locum Tenens, our core pillars—dedication, commitment, trustworthiness, and superior service—drive every aspect of our business.