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Registered Nurse- Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI)
Veterans Health Administration · Newington, Connecticut · Closes in 6 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: Internal to an agency, The public.

U.S. citizens, nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. can apply. Current permanent employees of VA Connecticut Healthcare System, including recent and upcoming graduates of VHA health trainee programs, may also apply and must send proof such as an SF-50.

Experience: The experience you need depends on your education and the grade you are considered for. For example, an Associate Degree in Nursing plus 2 years of professional nursing experience, one year of which matches Nurse I, Level 2, can qualify you for Nurse I, Level III. Nursing experience in mental health is preferred but not required.

Education: An Associate Degree in Nursing or diploma can qualify you for the lowest level. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is preferred, and a master's or doctoral degree can qualify you for higher levels. Your nursing school must be accredited by ACEN or CCNE, and foreign degrees do not count as related degrees.

Licenses and certifications:

Current, full, active and unrestricted registered nurse license from 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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Long-form resume or CV showing job titles, duties, month and year dates, hours per week and education with dates Cover letter Copy of your registered nurse license Transcript for your nursing education Most recent non-award SF-50 from this calendar year if you are a current federal employee DD-214 if you claim veterans' preference SF-15 if you claim 10-point veterans' preference VA disability letter if you have 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 your online questionnaire answers match the qualifications, and your resume is checked against those answers. Your nursing experience is judged on five areas: Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, and Evidence-Based Practice/Research.

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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:

Make your resume show month and year dates, hours per week, and your education with the conferred date, as the announcement requires.
If you want the student loan program, plan to submit the EDRP application within four months of appointment.
The complete application package is due by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026, so send your resume, license copy and transcript before then.

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