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Nurse Manager
Veterans Health Administration · Gainesville, Florida · Closes tomorrow
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
U.S. citizens, nationals, and those who owe allegiance to the U.S. may apply. The job is open to current permanent VA employees, current permanent federal employees of other agencies, and all U.S. citizens, with facility VA employees considered first.
Experience: The announcement does not list a required number of years for this job. Preferred experience includes at least 5 years as a registered nurse and at least 2 years of recent leadership experience, such as charge nurse or nurse manager.
Education: You must be a graduate of a nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE, and hold a current, full, active, unrestricted RN registration. A bachelor's or master's degree in nursing is preferred, and higher grade levels in the standard use BSN, MSN or doctoral degrees.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, unrestricted registered nurse license from a U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia
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 tomorrow (November 4, 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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications through your questionnaire and documents. Your experience is checked for quality in five nursing areas: practice, veteran-driven care, leadership, professional development, and evidence-based practice and research. Missing or incomplete information may lower your rating or make you ineligible.
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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Use a long-form resume or CV with clear dates and specific details about your nursing and leadership work, since the VA verifies it.
- If you use education to qualify, attach an official transcript and list only accredited schools.
- If you claim veterans' preference, select it in the questionnaire and attach your DD-214 with proof.
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