Recruitment Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 1

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

NEWSLETTER Volume 10 Issue 1
July 2021
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Nurse Recruitment Share
Point

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SME Review Protocol

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EISP Service Obligation

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Revised Governor’s Order

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Nursing Pre-employment
Processing; Save the Date

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Nurse Recruitment Share Point

Provides access to recruitment data on VAMHCS licensed and unlicensed nursing personnel

To enter the Share Point, use the following steps:

Open VAMHCS Intranet
• Access LEAF Portal
• Open Share Point tab
• Click onto the Nursing tab

▪ Opens to the VAMHCS Nursing Share Point
▪ Click onto Departments tab in upper left corner
▪ Click onto Nurse Recruitment

• After entering the Nurse Recruitment department, information on licensed nursing
personnel can be located by clicking onto the tab under Rose L. Brown and unlicensed
personnel under Karen M. Hall.

Information on licensed nurses is made available by the Nurse Recruiter:

Rose L. Brown, MHA, BSN, RN, CHCR

Sections Include:

▪ Applicant Tracker: contains information on in-processing status of external applicants
and status up-dates on internal conversions and reassignments.

▪ Vacancy Tracker: contains information on service location for internal and external
licensed nursing personnel, including a list of all new position filled
during the fiscal year.

▪ Filled Reports: contains information, by Service, on the location and EOD dates of
newly hired nurses, Conversions to full-time, and Reassignments.

▪ New Employee Orientation Report: contains information on positions filled by date
and the nurses the nurses filling the positions.

▪ Recruitment Newsletters: contains copies of published quarterly Recruitment
Newsletters.

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▪ Student Functional Statements: VA Learning Opportunity Residency Program
(VALOR) and Student Nurse Technician SNT).

▪ NPSB: contains Nurse Qualification Standards and the Interpretive Guidelines for
each nursing level.

▪ Documents: contains links to job applications for RNs/NPs/CRNAs/students.
▪ Quick Links: to USAjobs, Maryland Board of Nursing, and the Master Certification

List.

Information on unlicensed nursing is made available by the Acting Hiring Liaison:

Karen M. Hall, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN

Sections Include:

▪ Policies, Procedures, Protocols, SOPs:
▪ Leave administration
▪ Code of Conduct Policy
▪ Staff training in CPR and ACLS
▪ Safe Patient/Resident Handling and Movement
▪ Patient/Resident Sitter Usage Policy

▪ Staff Appreciation:
▪ Meet and Greet
▪ Nursing Assistant Enrichment Call Presentation
▪ Staff Appreciation August 2020

▪ Hiring Tips of the Month
▪ Resumes: tips on constructing to ensure your resume contains all
requested information to prevent delays or other undesired
outcomes.

▪ Nursing Assistant Professional Standards Board (NAPSB)
▪ Officers and Members

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PG.4

Reexamining SME Reviews/Job Postings

Identifying Preferred Qualifications that lead to acquisition of the ideal applicant is essential

Process Prior to the SME Review

Hiring Officials are the only subject matter experts who determine the professional qualities
of their ideal applicant and have the sole responsibility for developing/identifying preferred

qualifications directly related to the job to be filled. Failure to do so may result in lack of
eligible applicants or a need to re-post. Preferred qualifications sought/desired must be

identified on the posting in order to be included in the review.

Disclaimers

the Nurse Recruiter’s only responsibility is to review each resume for the presence of the
preferred qualification(s) as identified by the hiring official.

the Nurse Recruiter does not have the authority to make assumptions or decisions about the
eligibility of the applicant based upon qualifications other than those provided by the hiring

official.

Once a job announcement has been posted with the preferred qualifications provided by the
hiring official, no additional qualifications can be applied during the SME process.

Although qualifications such as; “good communication skills” or “good customer service skills”
may be listed in the posting, please note that they are not measurable via resume review.

Recommendations

Avoid use of qualifications that do not impact the applicant’s ability to fulfill requirements of the
posted position. For example, if the applicant makes it to the interview process, inquiries about
possession of a VA approved certification that is not a condition of employment can be addressed at

that time.

Listing “more” qualifications than needed to attract the ideal applicant does not produce better
outcomes. Seek only pertinent experience and finite time frames of such experience. “Recent”
experience includes administrative or clinical experience that has taken place within the last 5 years.
Other time frames man be specified as well. Without this information, experience spanning the entire

career of the applicant must be considered.

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From the desk of LaTonya Alexander-Lilly

Did you know….
There is a required SERVICE OBLIGATION associated with the Employee Incentive
Scholarship Program (EISP)

▪ All EISP participants, whether full-time or part-time employees, are required to serve in a full-time
VHA position for a period of obligated service after completion of the applicable training or
education approved under EISP.

▪ A full-time student incurs a service obligation of 3 years, regardless of the amount of education
received under EISP.

▪ Part-time students incur a minimum service obligation of 1 year and a maximum service obligation
of 3 years.

▪ The obligated service for a part-time student is pro-rated. It is based on the proportion of the
number of credit hours carried by the student in any school year to the number of credit hours
required to be carried by a full-time student as defined in this directive.

▪ However, in no circumstance will the requirement for obligated service for a part-time student
under EISP be less than 1 year or greater than 3 years of full-time employment.

Reference: VHA Directive 1426.01 (01) Employee Incentive Scholarship Program
LaTonya Alexander-Lilly, MSN, RN
Career Development Coordinator
209 West Fayette Street
Nursing Suite # 712
Baltimore, MD 21201
Office: 410-637-1833
[email protected]

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Delaying Expiration of Nursing Licenses

Excerpts taken directly from the Maryland Board Nursing website

License and Certificate Holders,
Please note that as per a revised Executive Order issued by the Governor on
June 15, 2021: Effective immediately, all licenses and certificates that would otherwise
expire prior to August 15, 2021 are extended until 11:59 p.m. on August 15, 2021, after
which time the license or certificate will expire unless renewed prior to that date.
The Board will permit licensees and certificate holders to submit their renewal applications
electronically, even if you are submitting your renewal application more than 30 days after
it was originally scheduled to expire.
If you have elected to postpone renewing your license or certificate in accordance with the
Governor’s previous temporary extension, then you are strongly encouraged to submit a
renewal application online as soon as possible, and, at a minimum, at least 30 days prior to
the August 15, 2021 deadline.
If your license or certification has not been renewed or has been inactive for greater than one
year, please contact [email protected].

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New Employee Pre-employment Processing

External Applicants

EOD Name Unit SELECT VETPRO SENT TO DATE
BT CICU date Boarded
Sigrid Mays 12/2 submitted Board/HR
Alecia Chambers, LPN 12/17 12/22 12/23
7/6/21 Tracie Brown, LPN LR2 GEC Int 2/8 2/17 2/17 N/A
7/18/21 Jackqueline Easley 2/17 2/17 N/A
7/18/21 Heather Magowan, LPN PP 14B GEC 2/11 2/24 3/2 3/3
7/6/21 Dawn Ford, LPN 3/12 3/12 N/A
7/6/21 Anne Muntuerto, CRNA BT Nurse Ed. 2/11 3/11 3/11 N/A
8/29/21 Claudia Ciobanu 3/15 3/15
7/6/21 Pamela Lewis PP MH 2/17 3/25 3/30 4/7
7/19/21 Ferdinand Sarausa 3/30 4/6 4/7
7/6/21 Maribelle Zylstra LR1 GEC 2/19 3/30 3/30 4/7
Chantel Walker Anesthesia Int 2/25 3/29 4/6 4/7
7/6/21 Shirley Paruch 3/11 4/5 4/13 4/14
Charmony Pounds BT 3Med 4/9 4/13 4/14
8/1/21 Deborah Kadamian 3/25 3/30 N/A
Glory Akpan BT SICU Int 3/19 5/5 5/11 5/12
Jennifer Meyers BT SICU Int 3/20 4/12 4/20 4/21
Geraline DelCastillo 5/12 5/19 5/19
Erin Foley BT ED 3/20 4/26 4/27 4/28
Kristine Santos, CRNA 4/23 4/27 4/28
Debra Walters BT MICU 3/25 4/28 4/28
Renuka Sapkota 4/20 4/20 4/21
Dawn Nwachukwu PP MH Int. 3/25 5/4 5/11 5/12
Arcelita Arabe LR Geri PACT 3/29 5/6 5/11 5/12
Drew Howell BT P/I Spec. 3/30 5/10 5/18 5/19
Sherika Browne-Williams 5/14 5/18 5/19
Pamela Stansbury LR2 GEC 4/5 5/13 5/18 5/19
Mariam Scaria 5/26 6/1 6/2
Maria Reantaso BT MH 4/5 5/21 5/25 5/26
Ma. Carmela Gonzal 5/19 5/25 5/26
Valerie Wright BT SDS/PACU Int 4/8 5/27 6/1 6/2
Nichole Bair PP CITC 4/9 6/1 6/1
Nia Rawles, VALOR 6/7 6/8 N/A
Tonya Lewis, NP BT Anesthesia 4/12 N/A 5/12
Adesegun Iyanoye 6/14 6/16 6/30
Joyce Matthews PP CITC 4/12 7/9 7/13 6/30
Chituru Agommuo BT PACT 4/30 6/28 6/29
Mildred Marcia 6/21 6/29 6/30
Arlene Manuel BT 3Med 5/3 6/23 6/29 N/A
Teresa Weismiller, LPN 6/28 6/29
Corey Duggan BT 3Med 5/3 7/2 N/A
Funmilayo Akinlade 7/9 7/13
Manjumol Abraham PP 23A GEC 5/8 7/2 7/6
Shannon LeDroux, NP 7/12
BT 5B 5/10

PP 14B GEC Int 5/13
BT SDS/PACU Int 5/13
BT SDS/PACU Int 5/14

BT SDS/PACU Int 5/14

BT 4A Clin. Coord 5/18
ANM Pt. Flow 5/20

BT 5B 5/12

BT Neuro 6/1

LR GEC LR2 6/4

CM Neuro/Epil 6/6

BT PACT 6/15

BT ED 6/15

SDS/PACU Int 6/21

PP 14A GEC Int 6/24
BT ED Int 6/25
BT 3Med 6/28
6/28
BT CICU/MICU 7/2
BT Cardiology

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New Employee Pre-employment Processing
Internal Applicants

EOD Name Unit SELECT VETPRO SENT TO DATE
date submitted Board/HR Boarded
7/6/21 Tareah Vernon LR GEC LR2 N/A
7/19/21 Christopher Merio BT IR 6/14 N/A 6/22 N/A
Jennifer Trost 6/22 N/A N/A N/A
Makeda Rucker PP PACT 7/2 N/A N/A N/A
Carlethia Cherry-Cobb PP CITI 7/2 N/A N/A N/A
Maureen Nersten PP CITI 7/2 N/A N/A N/A
PP CITI N/A N/A

SAVE THE DATE

Karen M. Hall, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN

Acting Hiring Liaison
Nurse Recruitment

VA Annex - 209 W. Fayette Street, Suite 713
Cell (410) 585-4885
Cell (410) 967-9670

Email: [email protected]

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