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Registered Nurse- Critical Care with EDRP
Veterans Health Administration · Temple, Texas · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Internal to an agency.
The job is open to the public and to current federal employees of the hiring agency. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Veterans' preference applies when qualifications are approximately equal.
Experience: Your experience sets your grade level. For example, Nurse I, Level III requires an associate degree or diploma in nursing plus 2 years of professional nursing experience, one year of which is equivalent to Nurse I, Level 2. Experience is judged on five areas: practice, veteran and patient driven care, leadership, professional development, and evidence-based practice and research.
Education: Your education also sets your grade level. An associate degree or diploma in nursing, a bachelor's (BSN), a master's (MSN), or a doctoral degree can each qualify you at different levels. Nursing programs must be accredited by ACEN or CCNE and recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Foreign degrees need a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse license from a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, 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 in 6 days (November 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close once 50 applications are received, which may happen before the stated closing date.
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 occupational questionnaire. Your answers and documents will be verified, so describe your experience clearly and specifically. Missing or unclear 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:
- Your resume must be a long-form resume or CV showing dates and hours per week; the 2-page limit does not apply.
- If you plan to apply for EDRP, submit your application within four months of starting the job.
- If you use education to qualify, send a transcript and confirm your school's ACEN or CCNE accreditation.
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