Need help finding Title 38 pay schedules? I stumbled across this today for anyone who needs it: Title 38 Pay Schedules
If you know your VA's station number you can look up the pay scale in the first section or you can look up the state in the se...
kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government
I was hired as part of the RN residency/Transition to Practice program. It gets listed on usajobs like all the rest of the VA jobs. I have absolutely no idea what area I will be in but I'm assuming med/surg. I have 3 days of VA orientation starting o...
kristykat replied to *PaintedSky*'s topic in Florida
I was on the VA team & we never had clinicals on Fridays. Plus Fundies was only one clinical day per week. All of the other clinicals were two days per week. Your clinical days will vary based on what hospital team you are placed with. It was hi...
kristykat replied to *PaintedSky*'s topic in Florida
This was my schedule when I started in May 2011. Be ready for non-stop studying and exams! Fundies: Mon & Thu 0800-1045 Physical Exam & Assessment: Mon & Thu 1100-1215 Pharmacology: Mon & Thu 1300-1515 Patho: Mon & Thu 1530-181...
kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government
I don't know what floor I'll be on. My friend in Gainesville said that she's on a tele floor most of the time, but she also spends a lot of time floating to other floors as well. I think she's been able to spend about 2 weeks on each floor just to ...
kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government
Hiring process is in full swing! I'm scheduled to go in on Tuesday for my physical and fingerprinting. In the meantime, I've completed about a gazillion HR forms, VetPro, and E-QIP. Praying that I'll get to start the residency program by the end o...
kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government
I spent a good chunk of my life as an Army brat so working at the VA will feel like I'm back at home. I've officially been a civilian for almost 13 years now and I'm still not used to it lol.
kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government
Good news! I talked to a friend who is in the residency program at another VA. She confirmed that she and another classmate were hired without an interview. She said that she was also given a verbal contingency offer & then scheduled for physi...
kristykat replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government
I wish I would have read through this thread this morning... I applied at the VA 1/12/13, received a phone call from the Chief Nursing Educator asking for more info about my references on 2/13/13, & then received a voice mail from the nurse recru...
kristykat replied to campercass's topic in Florida
Got the official rejection email the other day. On the good side, I recently interviewed for their new grad internship and met with the director over all of the internships who informed me that they did not hire any new grads for the L&D or NICU...