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Registered Nurse – Patient Aligned Care Team (Intermittent)
Veterans Health Administration · Richland, Washington · Closes in 58 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Excepted service.
Open to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the United States. Current federal employees in the excepted service may also apply.
Experience: To be referred, you need at least one year of full-time RN experience. Your grade depends on your education and experience, such as 2 years of professional nursing experience for Nurse I, Level III. Experience is judged on the quality of your nursing practice, not just the years.
Education: You must be a graduate of a nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE, or meet the foreign school rules in the announcement. A BSN, MSN or doctoral degree can count toward a higher grade in place of some experience. Foreign degrees above associate level need a formal equivalency validation.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active and unrestricted registered nurse (RN) license in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico or D.C.
- Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) exception: a 120-day temporary appointment is possible while you work toward a license, if you meet the other education requirements.
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 58 days (December 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This is an open continuous announcement. Eligible applications received after the first cut-off date of November 9, 2026 will be referred at regular intervals, so earlier applications may be reviewed sooner.
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. Your RN experience is judged on five areas: practice, Veteran and patient-driven care, leadership, professional development, and evidence-based practice and research. Missing required 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:
- Clearly list your RN license number, state and status, since the license is a required document.
- Describe your RN experience with specific dates, hours and duties, because the agency will not assume anything.
- If you claim veterans' preference, attach your DD-214 and, if needed, an SF-15 with proof, and claim the preference in the questionnaire.
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