brewsbrother

To answer your question, No, there is not a freeze. There are just very few people leaving nursing jobs there. The nursing "recruiter" in HR covers all nursing positions and is very difficult to get in touch with and pretty much just moves paper work around from applicants to managers. Positions are only posted for 2 weeks at a time and then it is a very slow process with the Denver VA (based off of friends in other states testimonials of the VA hiring process). Keep you eye on the listing and make certain you complete all the required steps in the process and be ready to wait it out.

I did the conference call a couple of weeks ago. They explained the online application process and talked a bit about how new graduates would be hired at their facilities. They then opened up for questions for about 40 minutes. I learned plenty from the call. The primary point they made was, they hire BSN, RNs after they have a minimum of 1 year experience. There are plenty of more qualified experienced nurses applying and taking jobs that they don't have to hire and train new graduates. They suggested many times to take a job out of state and then start to apply when you approach the 1 year mark in your career.

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I've had a couple buddies do the SFH tech program. One of them is still there a year later the other got another job within 2 months, there was no penalty. They do a very good training to prepare somebody as a PCT and will find you a job within their system. They do tell everyone while in the class that there might not be any open positions when they finish, but I think that is a method to let the people who aren't working out start to look for other options. So, go apply! Good luck.