Registered Nurse- Vascular Access

About the role

Come join our team! The Hampton VA Health Care System Center is a 1‑C teaching facility serving Eastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina. The main campus is in Hampton, Virginia with four community‑based outpatient clinics in Chesapeake‑Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Virginia and Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Qualifications

• English Language Proficiency – basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) at the time the program was completed.
• Individuals attending a master’s level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in nursing may become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program; upon achievement of a state license, they may be appointed on a temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment after graduation (VA Handbook 5005 – Appendix G6).
• Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing – possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration meets the requirement; credit for foreign education higher than an associate degree requires formal degree‑equivalency validation from a recognized evaluator such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) exception – candidates meeting education requirements but lacking licensure may be appointed on a 120‑day temporary appointment (extendable up to two years) while actively pursuing licensure.
• Grandfathering provision – current VHA 0610‑series employees performing the duties as of 1/29/2024 are considered to have met all qualification requirements.

Grade Determinations

• Nurse I – Level I: Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing; no additional professional nursing experience required.
• Nurse I – Level II: ADN or Diploma + 1 year specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I – Level I; OR Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional experience.
• Nurse I – Level III: ADN or 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 Master’s degree in Nursing (MSN) with no additional experience; OR Master’s in a related field with BSN and no additional experience.
• Nurse II: BSN + 2 years professional nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I – Level III; OR MSN + 1 year specialized experience equivalent to Nurse I – Level III; OR Master’s in a related field with BSN + 1 year specialized experience; OR Doctoral degree in Nursing with no experience; OR Doctoral in a related field with BSN and no experience.
• Nurse III (full performance level): MSN + 2 years specialized experience (one year equivalent to Nurse II) meeting dimension requirements; OR Master’s in a related field with BSN + 2 years specialized experience (one year equivalent to Nurse II) meeting dimension requirements; OR Doctoral in Nursing + 1 year specialized experience equivalent to Nurse II; OR Doctoral in a related field with BSN + 1 year specialized experience equivalent to Nurse II.