1 vacancy in the following location:
Wasilla, AK
Work Schedule is Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Opened Monday 10/24/2016(29 day(s) ago)
Closes Saturday 12/31/2016(39 day(s) away)
Salary Range: $103,095.00 to $137,107.00 / Per Year
Series & Grade: VN-0610-00/00
Supervisory Status: No
Who May Apply: United States Citizens
Control Number: 454347800
Job Announcement Number: VT-17-TYS-1833428-BU
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: In order to qualify for this position you must meet the following:
- Citizenship: Citizen of the United States.
- Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. Master's degree in Nursing accredited by the NLNAC or CCNE is required.
- Registration/Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration/licensure as a Nurse and as a Nurse Practitioner in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Alaska State licensure as a NP with prescriptive authority required prior to start.
- Certification: National Certification as Nurse Practitioner required. [The certification must be in the specialty of Adult Health, or Family Nurse Practitioner or related.]
- English Language Proficiency: Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
- Pre-placement physical is required in accordance with VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Applicant's education and length of nursing practice (experience) will be considered by a Nurse Professional Standards Board in determining the grade and salary of the applicant selected.
Experience will be evaluated to determine if the experience is of an acceptable level of quality with regard to the following four dimensions of nursing: Practice, Professional Development, Collaboration and Scientific Inquiry. Each dimension of practice has criteria that demonstrate essential core competencies for VHA Nursing Personnel. The criteria are as follows:
- Practice: practice, ethics and resource utilization.
- Professional Development: performance, education/career development.
- Collaboration; collaboration, collegiality.
- Scientific Inquiry: quality of care, research.
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