Recruitment Newsletter, Volume 1 Issue 2

Recruiter Monthly ROSE L. BROWN, MHA, BSN, RN; NURSE RECRUITER

NEWSLETTER Volume 1 Issue 2
August 2, 2018
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Title 38 Hire
Pre-employment process
for Title 38 Hire

PG. 3

Scholarship Application
Information

PG. 4

Transcript Processing
SNT to GNT to RN

PP. 5-6

Credentialing Phase

PG. 2

Non-Competitive Hire: Title 38

Created in 1946 by Public Law 79-293, the Title 38 is a classification that facilitates
rapid staffing of veterans’ hospitals (Workforce Management & Consulting Office). The
premise behind Title 38 was to simplify the multifaceted, arduous, and time consuming
hiring processes associated with competitive hiring. This enables efficient acquisition
of registered nurses, bypassing the need for an applicant(s) to compete with other
applicants for a federal job. Registered nurses are covered by Title 38.

Pre-employment Process for Title 38 hire

This process applies to full-time and Intermittent RNs. The selection/hiring process begins
with a resume review by HR nursing of the applicant(s) seeking employment. It is important
that the applicant’s resume conform to the HR standards as identified below:

• For qualification determination, the resume must contain applicant’s name, hours
worked per week and the dates of employment with a detailed description of the duties
performed (i.e., hrs per week and month/year to month/year or month/year to present).
If the resume does not contain this information, your application will be marked as
incomplete and you will not receive consideration for this position.

• Licensure must include the License Type, Expiration date, Licensure Number.

• When including education and or certifications, this information must be clearly stated
in the body of the resume. It must include Name, School and type of Degree and Year
of Graduation, certifications must include certifying body, certification number and
expiration of certification.

Following receipt of approval by HR for the applicant to be interviewed, the next steps include:

• hiring officials are notified by Nurse Recruiter that applicant is approved for interview
• the applicant is sent a job application to complete and return to the Nurse Recruiter
• If hiring official and applicant agree to proceed, Nurse Recruiter forwards the resume,

job application, and email from hiring official stating interest to hire to HR
• Pre-employment processing takes place

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PG.3

From the desk of
LaTonya Alexander-Lilly, Career Development Coordinator

Employee Incentive Scholarship Must be Unconditionally accepted
Program (EISP) into an academic program
Funding for employees pursuing
degrees or training in health care Academic Program must meet
disciplines for which recruitment and Scholarship Program Accreditation
retention is difficult Guidelines

National Nursing Education Initiative Lifetime EISP or NNEI award =$39K
(NNEI)
Funding for T38 Registered
Nurses (0610) pursuing
baccalaureate, master and other
advanced degrees

VA National Education for
Employees Program (VANEEP)
Funding for employees pursuing first-
time licensing to attend school full-
time

For EISP or NNEI Point of Contact
LaTonya [email protected]
applications, documents and forms,
access VAMHCS Nursing Service SharePoint Office: 410-637-1833

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PG.4

Processing Transcripts

When a nurse has attained a higher degree, the process for having that information documented in
his/her eOPF is as follows:

• An official sealed copy of the transcript must be turned in to the Nurse Recruiter
• VISTA will be updated by the Nurse Recruiter to reflect the higher degree
• The official transcript is forwarded to HR Credentialing
• The transcript and required paperwork is forwarded to HR Nursing or processing

SNT to GNT to RN

SNT

One of the most frequently confused processes is the conversion from Student Nurse Tech (SNT) to
Graduate Nurse Tech (GNT) to RN. The process is as follows:

• SNTs are current nursing students who work under the direction/guidance of RNs while
continuing their nursing education

• Although SNTs can perform the duties of a nursing assistant, the primary goal of the SNT
program is to teach/train these students to become RNs

• SNTs are typically terminated upon graduation from nursing school, making it very important
for nurse managers to be aware of their SNT’s graduation date

• The one exception to termination involves a request from the nurse manager for a one-time 3
month extension following graduation. During this 3 month period, it is expected that the SNT
will continue to work as a SNT, study for and pass the NCLEX, and then obtain licensure.
Nurse managers desiring to keep their SNTs following graduation should notify the Nurse
Recruiter and HR

GNT

Following licensure, the SNT is converted to a GNT; giving this nurse greater clinical responsibility
than that of a SNT, along with a higher rate of pay. The conversion from SNT to GNT is completed by
HR upon notification from the nurse manager that the SNT has received a nursing license.

RN

After receiving licensure, the GNT is credentialed. Following successful credentialing, the GNT is
Boarded by the Nurse Professional Standards Board (NPSB) and converted to a RN.

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PG.5

Currently In the Credentialing Phase

The information below represents applicants, per service, who are currently being credentialed.
After successful completion of credentialing, their files will be presented to their respective
Professional Standards Boards:

Nurse Professional Standards Board
CRNA Professional Standards Board
Licensed Practical Nurse Standards Board

AECCC LPN SNT

RN 1 WH 1 ED
1 WH Intermittent
1 BT ED 1 BT PACT
2 BT ED Intermittent 1 LR PACT
1 BT PACT Intermittent 1 PP PACT
2 BT WH 1 PP CLC
1 WH Intermittent 1 Pocomoke PACT
1 Derm Intermittent
1 LR PACT LPN
1 Ft Meade CBOC
1 Cambridge NM 3 LR CLC
1 Cambridge PACT

Geriatrics

RN

2 LR GEC Intermittent
2 LR CLC Intermittent
1 LR CLC
2 LR CLC 2
1 14B

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PG.6

Currently In the Credentialing Phase

MCCC

NP

1 PP MOD

Medicine RN

NP 1 3Med Surg/Telem
3 MICU/CICU
1 Endocrine/Diabetes

Surgery

NP RN SNT

1 SICU
1 SICU INTERMITTENT
1 PACU Intermittent

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