Starting pay at VA clinic HELP

[Wrstbrn]

overHi all. Im new here. I have a tenative offer for a VA clinic. Im super excited. I currently make 33/hr as a medsurg floor nurse. I have a Masters degree in nursing education with 11 yrs experience. ive been a clinic nurse, homehealth/hospice nurse worked long term care and a total of just over 5 yrs as a medsurg nurse. In my previous medsurg position i was a partime charge nurse and precepted new nurses. I understand that pay grades are not as straightforward as it appears on theapplication. Based on the education and years experience i should be a level 3. But, alas i guess theres more too it. I was told i will have to write an essay addressing dimensiins of nursing practice. I am suoer worried about getting at least the same or more pay as i do currently. I dont have a lot of mgmt experience and have not really had opportunity to effect organizational type changes

Any advice/examples of how i can write/word this essay for the best possible grade/pay step? And do thry ask for additional documentation/proof ofexperiences you cite? And do they coorelate experiences with jobs you listed on your app? Ive had some per diem and short term jobs that i didnt put on my application but some of them included good leadership examples i could use

and, is there a minimal level/grade i can be sure of getting based only on my degree and years of experience, no matter how good/bad my essay write up is?

[canchaser, BSN, RN]

No answer? I’m negotiating my pay too, got an offer for $35/hr. LpN since 93,

rn since 2005 and msn in 2013

[Wrstbrn]

They offered 33.46

I really dont have lit of experience doing projects, etc. Mostly staff nursing, with some charge nursing and assist mgmt role in a clinic. I figured i wouldnt met for level 3. But its about 30 cents more than i currently make working 36 hrs a week. So im not losing anything at all and i will have potential to earn more over the years. Plus, i can get off the medsurg floor, and be rid of inexperienced snotty mgrs who have no real world experience and very little floor experience. So I'm excited.