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Job Field: Government Jobs
Location: Hines, IL
Salary: Please contact for more information
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (414)384-2000x47713

JOB SUMMARY:

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WHO WE ARE

We are people who take great pride and deep satisfaction in providing America's veterans with the best clinical care, the most innovative technology, and the most comprehensive array of benefits America has to offer.

This position will be open until filled.  First consideration will be afforded to those who apply by September 4, 2012. 

ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: HN-926-728882-BB 

Vacancy Identification Number: 728882  

"To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan."

–Abraham Lincoln  

Grade/Step/Salary will be recommended by a Nurse Professional Standards Board and is based upon education and/or experience. 

 

As a VA professional nurse, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries. 

 

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, located 12 miles west of downtown Chicago on a 147-acre campus, offers primary, extended and specialty care and serves as a tertiary care referral center for VISN 12.  Specialized clinical programs include Blind Rehabilitation, Spinal Cord Injury, Neurosurgery, Radiation Therapy and Cardiovascular Surgery. 

 

Hines VAH currently operates 471 beds and six community based outpatient clinics in Kankakee, Elgin, Oak Lawn, Aurora, LaSalle, and Joliet.  Over 600,000 patient visits occurred in fiscal year 2010 providing care to over 54,000 veterans, primarily from Cook, DuPage and Will counties.   

 

Hines VAH is affiliated with 70 colleges and universities and 40 associated health professions.   The main medical school affiliation is the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University of Chicago.   There are over 1,300 students educated annually at Hines.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U.S. Citizenship Required

Full unrestricted Licensure, Certification, or Registration required

Must pass pre-employment examination

Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required

Background and/or Security Investigation required

English Language Proficiency required.