The Nurse Recruiter provides leadership in delivering and improving the processes of recruitment, onboarding, and retention of the nursing workforce. The Nurse Recruiter uses their leadership and expertise of nursing practice, clinical knowledge, and data to assess, plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate recruitment and retention efforts of nursing staff.
The Nurse Recruiter provides advance understanding in the effort to identify highly qualified talent for their facilities. Ensures candidates align with the mission of caring for Veterans.
The Duties and Responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to the following:
- Leads and organizes the provision of complex recruitment and retention needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with recruitment and retention standards of practice at the program/service level or beyond.
- Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead in planning, decision-making, and evaluating data outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting.
- Applies nursing recruitment and retention expertise to lead improvement, with demonstrated outcomes within facility, VISN and national settings.
- Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders to implement nurse recruitment and retention plans.
- Utilizes expert knowledge of qualification standards and clinical experience to align nursing workforce candidates with appropriate positions.
- Serves as a liaison by using expert clinical knowledge to facilitate candidate experience and engagement throughout the onboarding process.
- Organizes assigned resources and identifies creative strategies to increase efficiency within recruitment and retention.
- Leads stakeholders in identifying and securing appropriate and available resources to address recruitment and retention needs.
- Enhances knowledge base and practice evaluation, at the expert level, with improved outcomes at the program or the facility level.
- Utilizes expert clinical knowledge in nursing recruitment and retention to lead education initiatives to improve outcomes at and/or beyond the facility.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $73,143 Per Year (VN 00)