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Registered Nurse – Post Baccalaureate Registered Nurse Residency (PBRNR)
Veterans Health Administration · Leavenworth, Kansas · Closes in 60 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
This job is open to the public, but only U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
Experience: The announcement does not say which grade this position is, so the exact experience requirement is not stated. It lists grade rules, such as Nurse II needing a BSN plus 2 years of professional nursing experience, but preferred experience is 2 years of education experience and program manager or director experience.
Education: You must be a graduate of a professional nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE. Degree level also affects grade, for example a BSN for Nurse II and an MSN for Nurse III. Transcripts are required if you use education to qualify.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia
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 60 days (December 31, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This announcement may close before December 31, 2026, once the position is filled. Referrals of applicants begin two weeks after opening and continue every two weeks until filled.
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 through the online questionnaire. Your RN experience is checked against five dimensions: Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, and Evidence-Based Practice/Research. Errors or missing information may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower rating.
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:
- Upload the one-page VA Clinical Resume into the 2-page Resume field, and your full resume into the Other field.
- Send a transcript with your application if you use education to qualify.
- Submit your full application package by 11:59 PM ET on 12/31/2026, and sooner if the job fills early.
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