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Cardiac Catheterization Registered Nurse
Veterans Health Administration · Albuquerque, New Mexico · Closes in 10 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
This job is open to the public. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Current VA Albuquerque Healthcare System employees get first consideration if they submit a current SF-50.
Experience: One to two years of cath lab, critical care, or emergency room experience is preferred, but not required. Your nursing experience will also be reviewed against the grade levels Nurse I through Nurse III in the announcement.
Education: You must be a graduate of a nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE, or meet the foreign school rule in the announcement. Schools must be accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Higher degrees, such as a bachelor's (BSN) or master's (MSN) in nursing, can qualify you for higher grade levels.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse (RN) license in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or DC
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 10 days (November 13, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications through an online questionnaire. Your application, resume, and documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. Your nursing experience will also be judged on five areas: practice, veteran and patient care, leadership, professional development, and evidence-based practice.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Submit a long-form resume or CV. The two-page resume rule does not apply to this job.
- If you work at VA Albuquerque now, include your current SF-50 or you will not get first consideration.
- Describe your cath lab, critical care, or ER work clearly, with dates and hours per week, since experience is verified.
- The complete application package is due by 11:59 PM ET on 11/13/2026.
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