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Registered Nurse (Renal Nurse Manager)
Veterans Health Administration · Kansas City, Missouri · Closes in 7 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, but applicants must be U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, or people who owe allegiance to the U.S. The announcement also lists current federal employees of the hiring agency as a first area of consideration, with all other applicants considered second.
Experience: Your experience is rated against the nursing grade levels. For the top level, Nurse III, you need a master's degree in nursing (MSN) and 2 years of specialized nursing experience, one year of which must be at the Nurse II level. Preferred experience is 2 to 5 years of leadership experience and dialysis experience.
Education: You must be a graduate of a professional nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE, and your school must be accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For Nurse III, you need an MSN, or a master's in a related field with a BSN, or a doctoral degree in nursing with 1 year of specialized nursing experience. Foreign degrees do not count as related degrees.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse (RN) in a U.S. state, territory, Puerto Rico, or DC
- 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 7 days (November 10, 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 will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications, using the online occupational questionnaire. Your experience is rated on five areas: Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, and Evidence/Based Practice/Research. Your answers and documents will be verified, and missing or unclear information may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower score.
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:
- Submit a long-form resume or CV that shows exact dates, hours, and your leadership duties.
- If you use education to qualify, include official transcripts from accredited schools.
- If you want the EDRP student loan program, plan to apply within four months of appointment.
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