United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Portland VA Medical Center

Title 38 Vacancy Announcements

This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. The decision on granting reasonable accommodations will be on a case-by-case basis.

Displaced/Surplus Federal Employees: Employees covered under the provision of the inter-agency Career Transition Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) (displaced VA employees) eligible will be given priority consideration for vacancies within the local commuting area for which they are well qualified. Applicants requesting this consideration must attach appropriate proof of the CTAP eligibility with their applications.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, politics, marital status, non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap, age, or membership or non-membership in a labor organization.

How to apply

Title Closing Date Grade AOC
Audiologist [T38H-08-394-SJ] Until Filled T38H-08-394-SJ 1st & 2nd
Blind Rehabilitation Specialist (Low Vision Therapist) [T38H-08-522-JB] Until Filled GS-601-11 1st & 2nd
Blind Rehabilitation Specialist (Orientation & Mobility) [T38H-08-523-JB] Until Filled GS-601-11 1st & 2nd
Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist (General) [T38H-08-425-SJ] Until Filled GS-647 1st & 2nd
Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist (MRI) [T38H-08-179-SJ.doc] Until Filled GS-647-9 1st & 2nd
Diagnostic Radiological Technologist (CT) [T38H-08-417-SJ] Until Filled GS-647-9 1st & 2nd
Diagnostic Radiological Technologist (Interventional) [T38H-08-532-SJ] Until Filled GS-647-9 1st & 2nd
Diagnostic Radiological Technologist, Supervisory [T38H-08-133-SJ] Until Filled GS-647-10 1st & 2nd
LPN (Comprehensive IV Therapy Services) [T38H-08-042-DR] Until Filled GS-620-7 1st & 2nd
LPN (FT) [T38H-08-375-DR] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN (Inpatient Psychiatry) [T38H-08-282-JB] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN (Int) [T38H-08-373-DR] Until Filled GS-620 2nd
LPN (IPCC) [T38H-08-310-JB] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN (Primary care) [T38H-08-173-JB] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN (PT) [T38H-08-374-DR] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN (Specialty Clinics) [T38H-08-086-DG] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN (SSCU / Endo) [T38H-08-087-DG] Until Filled GS-620-7 1st & 2nd
LPN [T38H-08-331-SJ] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN [T38H-08-332-SJ] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN [T38H-08-370-DR] Until Filled GS-620 2nd
LPN [T38H-08-389-JB] Until Filled GS-620 2nd
LPN [T38H-08-416-SJ] Until Filled GS-620 1st 7 2nd
LPN [T38H-08-529-SJ] Until Filled GS-620 1st & 2nd
LPN, Lead (Specialty Clinics) [T38H-08-312-DG] Until Filled GS-620-7 1st & 2nd
LPN, Lead [T38H-08-458-DG] Until Filled GS-620-7 1st & 2nd
LPN, Lead [T38H-08-464-SJ] Until Filled GS-620-7 1st & 2nd
Medical Instrument Technician (Cardiac Catherization) [T38H-08-093-DG] Until Filled GS-649-9 1st & 2nd
Medical Instrument Technician (Diagnostic Ultrasound) [T38H-08-330-SJ] Until Filled GS-649-9 1st & 2nd
Medical Instrument Technician (Echocardiography) [T38H-08-495-DG] Until Filled GS-649-8 1st & 2nd
Medical Instrument Technician (Vascular) [T38H-08-518-SJ] Until Filled GS-649-9 1st & 2nd
Medical Technologist (Research Coordinator) [T38H-08-364-SJ] Until Filled GS-644-9 1st & 2nd
Medical Technologist [T38H-08-134-SJ] Until Filled GS-644 1st & 2nd
Medical Technologist, Supervisory (Support Services) [T38H-08-403-SJ] Until Filled GS-644-11 1st & 2nd
Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) [T38-08-334-JB] Until Filled VN-605 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Cardiology) [T38-08-396-DG] Until Filled VN-610 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Chemotherapy) [T38-08-228-DG] Until Filled VN-610 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Compensation & Pension) [T38-08-036-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Occupational Health) [T38-08-225-JB] Until Filled AD-610 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care) [T38-08-033-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care) [T38-08-034-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Primary Care) [T38-08-295-SJ] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner (Psychiatric) [T38-08-404-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
Nurse Practitioner [T38-08-338-SJ] Until Filled VN-610 1st & 2nd
Pharmacist (Clinical Specialist-Outpatient) [T38H-08-448-JB ] Until Filled GS-660-11/12 1st & 2nd
Pharmacist (Director, Pharmacy Service) [T38H-08-202-JB] Until Filled GS-660-14/15 1st & 2nd
Pharmacy Aide/Technician (Inpatient) [T38H-08-395-JB] Until Filled GS-661 1st & 2nd
Pharmacy Technician (Specialty Services Support) [T38H-08-432-JB] Until Filled GS-661-7 1st & 2nd
Pharmacy Technician, Supervisory [T38H-08-472-JB] Until Filled GS-661-7/8 1st & 2nd
Physical Therapist [T38H-08-244-DR] Until Filled GS-633 1st & 2nd
Physical Therapy Assistant [T38H-08-183-DR] Until Filled GS-636 1st & 2nd
Physician (Chief, Psychiatry) [T38-08-410-JB] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Critical Care Intensivist Pulmonary/Clinician-Educator) [T38-08-077-DG] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Director, Home Based Primary Care) [T38-08-275-DR] Until Filled VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Emergency Medicine) [T38-08-043-DR] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Endocrinologist) [T38-08-074-DG] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Geriatrics Section Chief) [T38-08-326-DG] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Hospitalist - non-teaching) [T38-08-075-DG] Until Filled AD/VN-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Infectious Disease) [T38-08-073-DG] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Intensivist) [T38-08-257-JB] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Nephrology Clinical-Researcher) [T38-08-080-DG] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Neurologist) [T38-08-524-JB] 07/23/2008 AD-6702-15 2nd
Physician (Occupational Health) [T38-08-226-JB] Until Filled AD-602-15 2nd
Physician (Oncology) [T38-08-169-DG] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st 7 2nd
Physician (Ophthalmologist) [T38-08-116-JB] Until Filled AD-0602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Ophthalmologist) [T38-08-124-JB] Until Filled AD-0602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Physiatrist (Polytrauma)) [T38-08-372-DR] Until Filled AD-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Primary Care) [T38-08-030-JB] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Primary Care) [T38-08-031-JB] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Primary Care) [T38-08-337-SJ] Until Filled VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Primary Care) [T38-08-401-SJ] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Primary Care) [T38-08-408-SJ] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Primary Care) [T38-08-516-SJ] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Psychiatrist) [T38-08-367-JB] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Physician (Section Chief, Pulmonary & Critical Care/Clinical-Educator or Clinician Researcher) [T38-08-081-DG] Until Filled AD/VM-602-15 1st & 2nd
Prosthetic Representative, Supervisory [VISN-08-211-JC] Until Filled GS-672-13 1st & 2nd
Prosthetic Representative, Supervisory [VISN-08-212-JC] Until Filled GS-672-9/11 1st & 2nd
Prosthetics Representative, Supervisory [VISN-08-351-JC] Until Filled GS-672-14 VA ONLY
Psychologist, Clinical (Supervisory) [T38H-08-368-JB] Until Filled GS-180-13 1st & 2nd
Psychologist, Clinical [T38H-08-515-JB] Until Filled GS-180-13 1st & 2nd
Respiratory Therapist/Respiratory Therapy Tech (Pulmonary Function), Registered/Certified [T38H-08-186-DG] Until Filled GS-601-8 or GS-640-7 1st & 2nd
Respiratory Therapist/Respiratory Therapy Tech, Registered/Certified [T38H-08-039-DR] Until Filled GS-601 or GS-640 1st & 2nd
RN (Cardiac Catheterization Lab) [T38-08-071-DG] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Case Manager) [T38-08-347-DR] Until Filled VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Chemotherapy Unit Shift Leader) [T38-08-294-DG] Until Filled AD/VN-610-3 1st & 2nd
RN (Director, Nursing Research) [T38-08-461-JC] Until Filled AD/VN-610-4 1st & 2nd
RN (ECU) [T38-08-038-DR] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (HBPC (Int)) [T38-08-439-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Head Nurse)(Clinical Manager, Specialty Clinics) [T38-08-229-DG] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (ICU) [T38-08-040-DR] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Manager Sterile Processing Center) [T38-08-407-SJ] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Med/Surg) [T38-08-037-DR] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (NSCU & CRU) (INT) [T38-08-287-DR] Until Filled AD-610 2nd
RN (NSCU & CRU) (PT) [T38-08-288-DR] Until Filled AD-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Nurse Educator) [T38-08-125-DG] Until Filled AD/VN-610-3 1st & 2nd
RN (Operating Room) [T38-08-333-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (PACU) (PT) [T38-08-285-JB] Until Filled AD-610 2nd
RN (PACU) [T38-08-286-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Patient Education Coordinator) [T38-08-531-DG] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Primary Care) [T38-08-314-SJ] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Primary Care) [T38-08-438-SJ] until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Primary Care) [T38-08-442-SJ] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Primary Care) [T38-08-527-SJ] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (QP) [T38-08-471-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (SSCU/CDU) [T38-08-084-DG] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Staff Nurse) [T38-08-445-SJ] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
RN (Surgical Care Coordinator) [T38-08-280-JB] Until Filled AD/VN-610 1st & 2nd
Social Worker (CICH) [T38H-08-153-JB] Until Filled GS-185-9/11 2nd
Social Worker (Grant & Per Diem Program Manager) [T38H-08-273-JB] Until Filled GS-185-12 1st & 2nd
Social Worker [T38H-08-300-DG] Until Filled GS-185-11 1st & 2nd
Social Worker [T38H-08-315-SJ] Until Filled GS-185-11 1st & 2nd
Social Worker [T38H-08-379-SJ] Until Filled GS-185-11 1st & 2nd
Social Worker [T38H-08-424-SJ] Until Filled GS-185-9/11 1st & 2nd
Social Worker [T38H-08-466-SJ] Until Filled GS-185-11 1st & 2nd
Social Worker [T38H-08-467-SJ] Until Filled GS-185-11 1st & 2nd
Social Worker [T38H-08-473-SJ] Until Filled GS-185-11 1st & 2nd
Speech-Language Pathologist [T38H-08-200-JC] Until Filled GS-665 1st & 2nd

Area of Consideration

  • Applicants will be considered in the following order:
  • First Consideration will be given to current employees of this Medical Center including Willamette National Cemetery, Regional Counsel and the Veterans Outreach Center.
  • Second Consideration: will be given to any US Citizen.

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How to Apply (First Consideration): In order to be considered for this vacancy, interested employees must complete and submit VA Form 5-4078, "Application for Promotion or Reassignment", to be received in Human Resources Management Service (P4-HRMS) no later than 4:30 p.m. on the closing date of this announcement.

How to Apply (Second Consideration)

One of the following appropriate forms:

VA Form 10-2850a, "Application for Nurse and Nurse Anesthetists", and copy of current licensure.
VA Form 10-2850, "Application for Physicians, Dentists, Podiatrists, and Optometrists" and copy of current licensure.
VA Form 10-2850c, "Application for Associated Health Occupations."
This form must also be completed and attached when submitting any of the above applications:

OF-306, "Declaration for Federal Employment"
If applicable the following documents and form should be submitted:

SF 50, "Notification of Personnel Action" (for proof of civilian Federal status).
DD-214, "Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty" (if claiming veterans preference and/or VRA eligibility).
SF-15, "Application for 10-point Veteran Preference" (with required documentation for proof).

Send your application to:
Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center
Human Resources Management Service (Bldg 16, Room 300)
P.O. Box 1034
3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, Oregon 97207

For more information on positions contact the The Human Resources Customer Service Desk at 503-273-5236.