Registered Nurse (Nurse Recruiter)

About the role

The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is currently recruiting for a Nurse Recruiter to provide proficient, evidence-based practices in relation to recruitment and retention for our facilities. This position is aligned under Acute Hospital Clinical Service.

Responsibilities

• Leads the provision of complex recruitment and retention needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with recruitment and retention standards of practice for assigned units, teams, and workgroups.
• Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead in planning, decision-making/evaluating data outcomes within the immediate practice setting.
• Effectively functions as a leader, with demonstrated outcomes, for the immediate facility recruitment and retention.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to implement nurse recruitment and retention plans by utilizing clinical expertise.
• Uses the nursing process to improve the onboarding process for nursing candidates.
• Utilizes nursing knowledge to screen candidates to determine the best qualified based on expectations of the specific position.
• Shares and promotes the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and disseminates the information widely.
• Demonstrates consideration and respect of personal values and belief systems of others, serving as a resource in addressing ethical issues that impact candidates and staff as it relates to recruitment and retention activities.
• Utilize recruitment methodologies to assist in the establishment and maintenance of a diverse workforce.
• Leads the implementation of high reliability principles and ICARE values to increase consistency of care and improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates the ability to improve the effectiveness of communications and interactions with others, to inspire their cooperation and confidence to ensure safe and effective outcomes in the current practice setting.
• Leads teams, contributes to team conferences, and actively collaborates in all phases of recruitment and retention planning. Successfully integrates objectives, opportunities, and resources.
• Considers alternative courses of action. Respects opinions, abilities, and contributions of others. Encourages growth and development.
• Effectively sets group goals and keeps self and team informed of the latest trends and developments. Inspires the cooperation and confidence of others. Demonstrates a high level of expertise.
• Expands knowledge base and practice evaluation through mentoring, precepting, and/or teaching to improve outcomes in the immediate practice setting.
• Leads education initiatives to expand knowledge with improved outcomes in the immediate practice setting.
• Applies evidence-based practice/research resulting in improved outcomes in the immediate practice setting.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Basic Education Requirements, Current Full Active Unrestricted Registration as a Graduate Professional Nurse.
• 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 MSN and 2 years of specialized nursing experience, one of which is equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III; 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.

Pay

Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Schedule

Monday - Friday 8:00AM to 4:30PM. 80 hours per pay period (2weeks). Hours may be rotated or extended based on the needs of the Medical Center and our Veterans.

Benefits

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Subject to background/security investigation.
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).

Application Instructions

You may be required to serve a probationary period.
Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.