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Registered Nurse (Operating Room)
Veterans Health Administration · Richmond, Virginia · Closes in 9 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Internal to an agency.
Open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, a U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Employees of VISN 6 get first consideration, and veterans' preference applies when qualifications are about equal.
Experience: For the Nurse II level, you need a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) plus 2 years of professional nursing experience equal to Nurse I, Level 3. Experience counts whether it was paid or unpaid, including volunteer work.
Education: A BSN is needed for Nurse II. A master's degree in nursing (MSN) with 1 year of specialized nursing experience, or a doctoral degree in nursing with no professional nursing experience, can also qualify. You must graduate from a nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE, and education must come from schools recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or DC
- One full and unrestricted nursing license from any U.S. state or territory
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 9 days (November 12, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The job may close before the closing date once 26 applications are received.
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 questionnaire and documents. Your RN experience is checked on five areas: Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, and Evidence-Based Practice/Research.
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:
- Be specific in the questionnaire about your nursing years, levels, and OR experience, because the VA verifies all claims.
- Submit a long-form resume or CV that lists dates and hours for each job, since missing details can lower your rating.
- If you claim veterans' preference, attach your DD-214 and any SF-15 proof, or the claim may not be awarded.
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