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Job Field: Legal Jobs
Location: El Paso, TX
Salary: $53,170.00 - $107,472.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (915)564-7963

JOB SUMMARY:

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Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 731769

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This is an open continuous announcement. We accept applications for this occupation on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply early for best consideration. One or more positions may be filled using this vacancy announcement.

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Be a member of a team providing compassionate healthcare to veterans

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Every job at the VA impacts the Veterans that we serve. You can be part of that team, helping to make sure that our Veterans receive the top-quality care they deserve.
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.
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The El Paso VA Health Care System in El Paso, Texas is recruiting a full-time Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care. The El Paso VAHCS is part of VISN 18 Network, and is a standalone ambulatory care facility with over 600 employees and growing. This opportunity offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, liberal vacation and predictable work hours with potential for an academic faculty appointment. We are an out-patient clinic with working hours from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Mondays through Fridays. This position is within the Medical Service.

This is an opportunity to move to the Great Southwest, where shopping and museums are right in town and camping, horseback riding, biking, hiking, alpines and cross country skiing, snow tubing, Indian casinos are so close as two hours away. 

El Paso is a jewel in the desert. El Paso is the 6th largest city in the state of Texas, with a population of 700,000. Nestled between the rugged Franklin Mountains and the historic Rio Grande, this dynamic community combines the advantages of a major metropolitan center with the ambience and neighborly charm of a modern western town. This is a multicultural experience as it is situated on the boarder of two nations and three states.

El Paso provides abundant cultural and entertainment opportunities, year-round sports and outdoor recreation, the lowest crime rate of any major city in the continental US, some of the best weather conditions on the planet. The sun shines 300 days a year! It has affordable housing, an extremely favorable low cost of living index, a medical school, several universities and a community college. We are a cosmopolitan community; and people from all over the world come here to live, work, do business, get an education, or retire.

Several independent studies have ranked El Paso as one of the safest cities in the U.S. compared to cities of similar population size. Additionally, other studies have shown El Paso’s economy has grown since 2009, despite the national recession. Along with this economic rise, El Paso has experienced significant growth within federal government employment. The El Paso VA Health Care System is one such agency, with a growth of over 200 new employees in the last four years, making the VA medical clinic a premier employment choice.

Salary is determined by the Nursing Professional Standards Board based on qualifications, education and experience.

RECRUITMENT OR RELOCATION BONUS MAY BE AUTHORIZED 

This position has been identified and approved for consideration of the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).  The Applicant may  be eligible to apply for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP). Please note the final decision on an EDRP award amount is contingent on the availability of EDRP funds.

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U.S. Citizenship

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.