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Registered Nurse – Educator (Ambulatory Care)
Veterans Health Administration · Greenville, North Carolina · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the United States. Current VISN 6 VA Healthcare System employees must submit an SF-50 (a federal personnel form) as proof of current employment.
Experience: For the top level, Nurse III, you need 2 years of specialized nursing experience (nursing work in a particular area of care), and one of those years must match the Nurse II level. The preferred experience is at least 5 years of nursing practice, including 3 or more recent years in ambulatory care.
Education: You must graduate from an accredited nursing school, and the school must be accredited by ACEN or CCNE. For Nurse III, you need a master's degree in nursing (MSN) with the 2 years of experience, or a master's in a related health field with a BSN (bachelor's in nursing), or a doctorate in nursing with 1 year of experience. Foreign degrees are not accepted as related degrees.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse license from a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or D.C.
- Current, valid state-issued driver's license
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).
The job will close once the VA receives 30 applications, which may happen before the closing date of 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
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 your answers to the online questionnaire match the qualifications. Your nursing experience is judged on five areas: Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, and Evidence-Based Practice/Research. Missing information or errors can 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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Send a full long-form resume or CV with clear dates, since the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- Do not send a copy of your driver's license with your application; you will provide it only if you are interviewed.
- If you qualify through education, send your transcript and check that your school is accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized body.
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