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Registered Nurse-Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Veterans Health Administration · Louisville, Kentucky · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.
The job is open to the public, meaning U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Current permanent VA employees are considered first, and non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Experience: Experience is matched to the grade level. For Nurse I, Level III, you need an associate degree or diploma in nursing plus 2 years of professional nursing experience, or a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) plus 1 year of professional nursing experience at Nurse I, Level II. The announcement says experience is judged for quality across five areas of nursing practice.
Education: You must graduate from a school of professional nursing accredited by ACEN or CCNE when you finished the program. A BSN can qualify you for Nurse I, Level II with no extra nursing experience. A master's degree in nursing can qualify you for Nurse I, Level III with no extra nursing experience. Preferred: BSN or MSN, and experience in operating room, perioperative, outpatient, or acute care settings.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a registered nurse in a U.S. state, territory, DC, or Puerto Rico
- 1 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 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 listed qualifications through the online questionnaire. Your resume and documents will be verified, and the VA may check references. Missing or unclear information 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, a security clearance (Other), then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Your resume must show month and year for each job, and school names, degree types, and graduation dates, or your application may be rated ineligible.
- Include your nursing license state, license number, and expiration date on your resume.
- If you claim veterans' preference, select it in the questionnaire and upload your DD-214 with the application.
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