VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM (VAPSHCS)
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025
Start Date: September 2025
MH-NPR Residency Mission
To prepare highly effective, competent, and autonomous Mental Health Nurse Practitioners to practice in a team based, inter-professional, collaborative Federal Health Care facility.
Eligibility Criteria
- Recent graduate (within 12 months) of a Master’s, Post-Master’s certificate, or Doctoral level Nurse Practitioner program accredited by CCNE or the ACEN.
- Be serving in your first Mental Health Nurse Practitioner role
- Prior to the start of the MH-NPR program, possess a current board certification as Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Prior to the start of the MH-NPR program, possess a current, full, active, and unrestricted license as nurse AND nurse practitioner in a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia
- Citizen of the United States
- Commitment to a one-year Mental Health nurse practitioner residency program
- Preference is given to graduates with a rich nursing background, interest in VA employment, and a commitment to mental health care of Veterans
- Preference for GPA >3.5
How to Apply
Download and complete the application form (Word doc)
Return Completed Application and all required documents by email to: PUGMHNPR@va.gov