Registered Nurse Primary Care

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurses to provide comprehensive, patient-centered care to our nation's Veterans. As a VA RN, you will play a vital role in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for a diverse patient population. You will work within an interdisciplinary healthcare team to promote health, prevent disease, and manage acute and chronic health conditions.

Primary responsibilities include, but may not be limited to:

• Provide direct and indirect patient care, ensuring adherence to established nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
• Conduct comprehensive nursing assessments, identify patient needs, and develop individualized care plans in collaboration with the healthcare team, Veterans, and their families.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed, monitor patient responses, and take appropriate action in accordance with VA guidelines.
• Educate Veterans and their families on health conditions, medications, treatment plans, and self-care strategies to promote optimal health outcomes.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and thorough electronic health records (EHR) documentation.
• Utilize critical thinking skills to anticipate and respond to changes in patient conditions, initiating appropriate interventions and escalating concerns as necessary.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure coordinated and holistic patient care.
• Adhere to all safety protocols and infection control practices.
• Serve as a patient advocate, ensuring ethical considerations and Veterans' rights are respected.
• Engage in continuous professional development and participate in quality improvement initiatives.

We are recruiting for the following specialties:

• Critical Care (ICU, SICU, Recovery, OR): Manages complex patient cases requiring advanced monitoring, life support, and rapid intervention.
• Outpatient (Primary Care, CBOC, Mental Health): Focuses on health promotion, disease prevention, chronic disease management, and patient education in clinics.
• Inpatient (Med/Surg, Mental Health, CLC): Provides direct care for hospitalized Veterans, managing a variety of medical, surgical, or psychiatric conditions.
• Emergency Room (ER): Provides rapid assessment and treatment for patient's presenting with acute, life threatening, or urgent medical, surgical and psychiatric conditions, in a fast-paced environment.

• English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)

• 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). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.