Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill, injured, convalescent and disabled veterans. Non-citizens may be appointed when no qualified U.S. Citizens are available in accordance with regulations issued by the Undersecretary for Health or designee. The RN must maintain a current, full, active and unrestricted registration to continue employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Quality of Care 3. This is a permanent career-conditional appointment.
Work requires lifting and moving heavy objects.
Agencies are permitted to hire non-citizens only in very limited circumstances where there are no qualified U.S. citizens available for the positions. Applicants must pass a pre-employment medical examination, drug screening, and are subject to checking of personal references. The applicants for these positions may be required to submit to urinalysis screening for illegal drug use prior to appointment, and are subject to random drug testing after selection. If applicants claim 5 points veterans' preference, a DD for 214 must be submitted with application. If claiming 10 points veterans' preference, both a DD Form 214 and SF 15 must be submitted.