- Position Title
- Registered Nurse - Only for Current Permanent employees of Amarillo Health Care System
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CAZM-12671242-25-KB Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Friday, January 24, 2025 to Wednesday, December 31, 2025
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must be submitted in English and include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
In order to receive appropriate consideration, you should submit proper documentation if you are claiming eligibility for Veterans' Preference, which includes a copy of your DD-214 (member copy 4 or earlier version that shows character of service). Applicant's claiming 10-Point preference should also submit an SF-15, Application for 10-Point Veterans' Preference along with the required documentation listed on the form (such as verification of service-connected disability percentage).
If you are basing your qualifications on education (or a combination of education and experience) or if the position requires a college education to qualify, you must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
2.
Applicants are required to undergo and successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening test and must submit to random drug testing after employment. Will you comply with this requirement?
3.
Are you willing to undergo a pre-employment physical?
4.
In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Are you proficient in basic written and spoken English?
Assessment 1
This announcement is an internal announcement only open to current permanent employees of the Amarillo VA Health Care System.
This Open Continuous Announcement (OCA) is established to enable Registered Nurses to communicate their desire to be reassigned to other RN positions within the Amarillo VA Health Care System. To keep the applicant pool current, applications expire every 90 days. Applicants to this OCA should update their application every 90 days to be considered for internal reassignments.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
1.
I understand to remain active in this announcement, I must update my application package every 90 days.
2.
I am a current permanent employee of the Amarillo VA Health Care System VA Health Care System
This section is used to determine your eligibility for reassignment in the Amarillo VA Health Care System. READ ALL ANSWERS CAREFULLY BEFORE RESPONDING, FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS MAY RESULT IN AN INELIGIBLE RATING. Please choose the best answer to determine your eligibility for this position.
Health Professional Trainee (HPTs) who have successfully completed or are expected to successfully complete an affiliate sponsored or VA Sponsored training program may be considered based on completing the requirements listed below by the date of appointment. Please ensure you provide all supporting documentation regarding your training program and expected completion. Ensure you provide details in the provided narrative sections of this assessment.
3.
I am a past, current, or upcoming Health Professional Trainee (HPT) who has spent all or part of your clinical training experience at a VA facility.
4.
I am a past or current Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) recipient.
5.
Please provide the following information regarding your HPT Clinical Training Experience or your Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) information: Location of VA Facility and dates attended.
NOTE: For the Education question below, if you are a Registered Nurse on a Current Permanent appointment in the Department of Veterans Affairs select answer D. to be properly rated for your eligibility.
6.
Education: Select the item which describes your highest level of nursing education.
Some areas in this announcement may require the RNs to travel to meet the duties of the position. The ability to travel between sites and VA facilities requires access to a reliable means of transportation or may require an unrestricted motor vehicle operator's license issued by a state.
7.
All Registered Nurses must have 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 (http://www.acenursing.org/)) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE (http://www.aacnnursing.org/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; 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 (https://www.icdeval.com/)).
Do you meet the above requirements?
Do you meet the above requirements?
8.
Do you possess a current, full, active and unrestricted registration as a registered nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e. Puerto Rico) of the U.S. or in the District of Columbia?
9.
Provide the following information regarding your RN licensure. If you are not licensed yet, indicate the expected date.
Name on License
Issuing state or territory
Complete license number
Expiration date
Name on License
Issuing state or territory
Complete license number
Expiration date
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
10.
I meet the requirement for a driver's license and/or I have access to a reliable means of transportation to fulfill the duties of positions that have this requirement
This section includes all the Amarillo VA Health Care System areas where Bargaining Unit Registered Nurses are employed. Please review the entire list and select all areas and locations where you would want to be considered for placement prior to a Non-Competitive applicant selection being considered and selected. You may update this list at any time, however, to remain active on this announcement your application packet must be updated, by you, every 90 days from your last update. It is your responsibility to update this questionnaire to remain active in this registry.
11.
Community Living Center (CLC) Location: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
12.
VA Community Care Service (VACCS): Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
13.
Clinical Education: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
14.
Registered Nurse - Behavior Health (Multiple locations select all that apply)
15.
Registered Nurse - Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) - Behavior Health (Multiple locations select all that apply)
16.
Registered Nurse - Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MCHIM) (Multiple locations select all that apply)
17.
Clinical Nurse Informatics: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
18.
Occupational Health: Amarillo, TX
19.
General Medicine: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
20.
Home Based Primary Care (HBPC): (Multiple locations select all that apply)
21.
Intermittent Pool: Amarillo, Texas (Multiple positions select all that apply)
22.
Operating Room/Post Anesthesia/Day Surgery Care Unit (OR/PACU/DSCU): (Multiple locations select all that apply)
23.
Registered Nurse - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT): (Multiple locations select all that apply)
24.
Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT): Amarillo, Texas (Multiple positions select all that apply)
25.
Specialty Clinic - Registered Nurse: (Multiple locations select all that apply)
26.
Specialty Clinic: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
27.
Registered Nurse - Quality Management: Amarillo, Tx (Multiple positions select all that apply)
28.
Recruitment and Retention: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
29.
Sterile Processing Service: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
30.
Telehealth Registered Nurse (Multiple locations select all that apply)
31.
Women's Health: Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions select all that apply)
32.
Geriatric and Extended Care (GEC): Amarillo, Tx (Multiple positions select all that apply)
33.
Acute Care: Amarillo, Tx (Multiple positions - select all that apply)
34.
Health Promotion Disease Prevention (HPDP): Amarillo, TX (Multiple positions - select all that apply)
35.
Patient Safety: Amarillo, TX
SF-50 - Current VA Federal Employee of the Amarillo VA Health Care System, must submit a copy of a current and/or highest grade held SF-50 - Notification of Personnel Action (Not an award SF50)
***Application Package Notification & Warning***
We appreciate your interest in available positions within the North of Texas VA Health Care System. It is our goal to forward every eligible and qualified candidate for consideration.
Due to the nature of our systems, it is imperative that your application package be accurate and complete.
Therefore, prior to finalizing your application package and submitting for consideration:
Ensure all documents are appropriately selected, are legible, and have uploaded successfully (we recommend viewing them a second time to ensure no errors have occurred in the process).
Missing documents may cause your application package to be ineligible for consideration.
Ensure that all responses to the assessment questions are accurate and correctly reflect your current situation. Question responses are used in determining if you meet specific eligibility and qualification requirements.
Please Note: Until the closing date of the announcement, you can update or edit your package. However, once your application package is submitted and the announcement period closes, we are unable to add documentation or alter your responses. By submitting your package for consideration, you are attesting that your application package is complete and accurate.