Registered Nurse-Inpatient Staff
Qualifications
- Basic Requirements:
- English Language Proficiency: Proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- Education:
- Nurse I, Level I: An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional professional nursing required.
- Nurse I, Level II: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I, Level 1 ;OR a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional professional nursing experience required.
- Nurse I, Level III: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 2 years of professional nursing experience in which one year is equivalent to Nurse I, Level 2; OR a BSN and 1 year of professional nursing experience equivalent to the Nurse I, Level 2; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) and no additional professional nursing experience; OR a Master's degree in a *related field with a BSN and no additional professional nursing experience.
- Nurse II: A BSN with 2 years of professional nursing equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; OR an MSN with one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; OR a Master's degree in a *related field with a BSN and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; OR a Doctoral degree in Nursing with no professional nursing experience; OR a Doctoral degree in a *related field with a BSN with no additional professional nursing experience.
- Nurse III: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing AND 2 years of professional nursing experience in which one year is equivalent to Nurse I, Level 3; OR a Master's degree in *related field with BSN and two years of specialized nursing experience, one of which is equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III; OR a Doctoral degree in Nursing with and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III; OR a Doctoral degree in a *related field with a BSN and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III.
Skills
Knowledge of age-specific components of care, ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care, and strong leadership and management skills.
Benefits
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards, 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year), traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA, federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care, compressed/flexible work schedule, telework, virtual position, not authorized permanent change of station (PCS), U.S. Citizenship, selective service registration, background/security investigation, seasonal influenza vaccination requirement, and participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Pay
Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Schedule
Full-time; Rotating Shifts; weekends, holidays; based on the needs of the unit