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Registered Nurse – Supervisory Assistant Nurse Manager
Veterans Health Administration · Columbia, Missouri · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public.
The job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or someone who owes allegiance to the U.S. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
Experience: The announcement lists several combinations of education and experience for Nurse I through Nurse III levels. For the top level (Nurse III), you need a Master's in nursing and 2 years of specialized nursing experience, one year of which must be at the Nurse II level and meet all five nursing dimension requirements (Practice, Veteran/Patient Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, and Evidence-Based Practice/Research). Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts.
Education: You must graduate from a professional nursing school accredited by ACEN or CCNE, or meet the foreign school rules listed in the announcement. For Nurse III, you need a Master's degree in nursing (MSN), or a Master's in a related field with a BSN. Foreign degrees are not counted as related degrees. A Master's in nursing is also a preferred qualification.
Licenses and certifications:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse 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 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 qualifications in your online questionnaire and documents. Your application, resume, and supporting documents will be verified, and errors or missing information may affect your rating or consideration.
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:
- Describe your RN experience clearly and specifically, with dates, hours per week, and duties, since the agency will not assume anything.
- Include your Master's degree and transcripts if you are using education to qualify.
- Submit your complete application package, including your resume and any required documents, by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
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