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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Bedford, MA
Salary: $146,157.00 - $155,500.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (781)687-3882

JOB SUMMARY:

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The Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Hospital (Bedford VAMC) serves over 18,000 veterans annually throughout the state of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and surrounding states, and is affiliated with the Boston University School of Medicine. In addition to our mission of Primary Care, Mental Health and Long Term Care, we offer specialized medical care programs such as: Substance Abuse, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center, Veterans Resource and Recovery Center, Comprehensive Work Therapy Program, Palliative Care, Geriatrics and Extended Care, and Home-Based Primary Care.

 

The hospital has the full continuum of mental health programming, including a number of nationally known exemplars in the areas of vocational services, peer services, housing services and outpatient mental health services. Programming is organized around a “recovery oriented” treatment philosophy, and the mental health service has been a national leader in psychosocial rehabilitation, programing research and education.

 

In addition to the main facility in Bedford, services are offered at three community-based outpatient clinics located in Gloucester, Haverhill, and Lynn, Massachusetts.

The hospital is currently authorized 461 Hospital Beds: 304 Community Living Beds, 50 Domiciliary Beds, 65 Hospital Beds, and 42 Transitional Housing Beds.

 

The Bedford VAMC is uniquely positioned with a significant research program that is supported by approximately $8 million in VA research funding, and is highly aligned with the clinical mission of the hospital and the VA.

 

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise – "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.

 

As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities and leadership positions 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. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/

 

NOTE:Applicant's education and length of nursing practice (experience) will be considered by a Nurse Professional Standards Board in determining the grade and step of the applicant selected. 

 

Position is open until filled. Applications will be reviewed after 3 weeks and subsequently on a weekly basis.

 

Relocation/Recruitment Incentive: Relocation/Recruitment incentives may be authorized for a highly qualified individual.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

• Not Required

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

• Yes
• Moving Expenses Only

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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• U.S. Citizen
• Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
• Background and/or Security Investigation required.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.