The VA New Mexico Healthcare System is seeking a Nurse Recruiter Registered Nurse to serve in the Operations Service!.
The Nurse Recruiter executes position responsibilities to improve nursing and organizational outcomes. 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 Nurse Recruiter utilizes clinical knowledge, skills, and abilities to personalize the experience for the candidate, improve the recruitment and retention experience for all stakeholders' and deliver compassionate nurses ready to provide care.
The Nurse Recruiter develops strategic partnerships with internal (facility leadership, current nursing staff, HR) and external (colleges, universities, associations) stakeholders to garner an applicable pipeline of candidates. The Nurse Recruiter successfully transitions nursing students into the workforce from clinical rotations, student programs, Veterans Affairs (VA) Learning Opportunity Residencies, Post Baccalaureate Residency Programs, and others.
The Nurse Recruiter utilizes their clinical practice to assess the knowledge and experience of the candidate to assure they are in alignment with the outlined job requirements. The Nurse Recruiter's personalized clinical experience will facilitate a mutually beneficial, tenured employment. The Nurse Recruiter will analyze recruitment and retention data to lead the facility in the development of nursing workforce recruitment and retention strategies and initiatives.
The Nurse Recruiter serves as a clinical advisor to Senior Leadership and nursing management as it pertains to the nursing workforce planning and fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of health care professionals. The Nurse Recruiter incorporates professional standards and implements broad-reaching evidence-based change with documented programmatic outcomes.
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, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Oscar.Anguiano@va.gov · 9097724391
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $75834 – $136857/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-16.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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