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Registered Nurse – Endoscopy
Veterans Health Administration · Omaha, Nebraska · Closes in 6 days
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Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
This job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S., and to current Department of Veterans Affairs employees. Veterans' preference applies when qualifications are approximately equal.
Experience: Your nursing experience must match a Nurse I level, from Level II up to Nurse III, based on your education. For example, an associate degree or diploma plus 2 years of professional nursing experience can qualify you for Nurse I, Level III. Preferred: 2 to 5 years of direct patient care or procedural nursing, and gastroenterology experience is highly preferred.
Education: You must be a graduate of a professional nursing school approved and accredited by ACEN or CCNE when you finished, or meet the foreign school rules in the announcement. An associate degree or diploma can qualify you for entry levels, while a BSN or master's degree can qualify you for higher levels, sometimes with less experience. Some candidates in a nursing bridge program or with a graduate nurse technician appointment may also qualify. Education must come from schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted nursing registration (license) in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or D.C.
- BLS and ACLS certifications are preferred but not required
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).
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, using your online questionnaire and your documents, which will be verified. Your nursing experience is judged on five areas: Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, and Evidence-Based Practice/Research. 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, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Submit a long-form resume or CV; the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- Describe your nursing experience clearly with specific dates, hours per week, and duties, because it will be verified.
- Your full application package, including required documents, must be submitted by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
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