Nurse

About the role

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center - Women's Health Clinic is recruiting for a Nurse 1, 2, or 3 for the Women's Health Primary Care/Gynecology Clinic. This position identifies evidence-based practice and develops basic skills to provide care to patients seeking complex gynecology care and primary care.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent, evidence-based Women's Health care to patients with oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate to the setting.
• Self‑directed in providing complex gynecology care to patients.
• Assist in directing the provision of nursing education, orientation, competencies, and quality improvement to enhance outcomes utilization.
• Integrate Women's Health knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment into practice.
• Validate understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions.
• Question clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence‑based care.
• Demonstrate the ability to cope with and manage competing priorities.
• Demonstrate competence in practice and decision‑making, deliberate planning, and critical thinking skills.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English (38 U.S.C. 7403(f)).
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by ACEN or CCNE; or equivalent foreign nursing education with current full active unrestricted registration; or enrollment in a master's level bridge program with completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's degree in Nursing.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or District of Columbia.
• Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) exception: candidates meeting education requirements but lacking licensure may be appointed temporarily while pursuing licensure.

Qualifications

Grade determinations based on scope, education, and dimension requirements (Practice, Veteran/Patient‑Driven Care, Leadership, Professional Development, Evidence‑Based Practice/Research). Specific criteria:

• Nurse I – Level I: ADN or Diploma in Nursing; delivers fundamental knowledge‑based care.
• Nurse I – Level II: ADN/Diploma + 1 year specialized experience equivalent to Nurse I‑Level I, OR BSN with no additional experience.
• Nurse I – Level III: ADN/Diploma + 2 years professional nursing experience (one year equivalent to Nurse I‑Level II), OR BSN + 1 year experience equivalent to Nurse I‑Level II, OR MSN (any) with no additional experience, OR Master’s in related field + BSN with no additional experience.
• Nurse II: BSN + 2 years professional nursing equivalent to Nurse I‑Level III, OR MSN + 1 year specialized experience equivalent to Nurse I‑Level III, OR Master’s in related field + BSN + 1 year specialized experience equivalent to Nurse I‑Level III, OR Doctoral in Nursing (no experience), OR Doctoral in related field + BSN (no experience).
• Nurse III: MSN + 2 years specialized nursing experience (one year equivalent to Nurse II and meets dimension requirements), OR Master’s in related field + BSN + 2 years specialized experience (one year equivalent to Nurse II), OR Doctoral in Nursing + 1 year experience equivalent to Nurse II, OR Doctoral in related field + BSN + 1 year experience equivalent to Nurse II.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 50 days per year (26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5‑year vesting