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Registered Nurse – Gastrointestinal (GI) Case Manager
Veterans Health Administration · Omaha, Nebraska · 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.
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. The job is open to the public and to current employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Experience: Experience needed depends on the grade level you qualify for. For example, a BSN plus 1 year of professional nursing equivalent to Nurse I, Level 2 qualifies you for Nurse I, Level III. Case management, procedural nursing, or critical care experience is preferred.
Education: You must graduate from a professional nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE. An associate degree or diploma qualifies for the entry level. A bachelor's (BSN) or master's (MSN) degree in nursing can qualify you for higher levels. Foreign nursing education above associate level needs a formal degree equivalency validation.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered nurse license in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or D.C.
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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your online questionnaire and documents. Your application and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. Veterans' preference applies when qualifications are approximately equal, and the VA may run pre-employment reference checks.
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:
- Complete the full online questionnaire and upload every required document by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026, because incomplete packages may be rated ineligible.
- Make your resume or CV clear and specific about your nursing duties and dates, since the VA will verify it.
- If you are a veteran, claim preference in the questionnaire and attach your DD-214 or SF-15 with proof.
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