Jobs and careers
Build your career with us at VA Portland Health Care System where you’ll become part of the nation’s largest health care team, earn great benefits, and enjoy a balanced lifestyle. Working with us is more than a career. It’s a way to show your passion for serving Veterans. We want to help you develop your unique talents as you work to improve the lives of Veterans and their families.
Apply for a job at the VA Portland Health Care System
When you’re ready to apply, just follow the “How to Apply” and “Required Documents” instructions in each job announcement. They’re your primary guide for applying for our openings. Except for a few health care jobs, most positions require online applications. So, it’s important to fully complete the online application process to receive your email confirmation. If you need help or have questions, please call or email the person listed in the “Agency Contact Information” section near the bottom of the announcement.
Environmental Management Service (EMS)
EMS is a integral part of VA and the mission to support our nations Veteran's. Learn how you can become part of the EMS team in this short video.
Nursing Careers at VA Portland
Being a nurse at VA Portland you have more than a job — you have a mission to serve Veterans who’ve borne the battle with honor.
In carrying out this mission, you’ll discover a career with competitive pay, opportunities for growth and mobility, a wealth of benefits and rich rewards.
If interested, please contact our Nurse Recruiters at VApdxrecruiter@va.gov
What is Magnet?
The VA Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS) is recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet designated organization. This is a reflection of high-quality patient care, nurse excellence and innovation in professional nursing practice.
Developed by ANCC, Magnet is the leading source of successful nursing practices and strategies worldwide. The Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes health care organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice. It is a nurse driven accreditation but is truly an evaluation of the culture and quality of care of an entire organization. Consumers rely on Magnet designation as the ultimate credential for high quality nursing.
What makes VAPORHCS Magnet?
Transformational Leadership: Nurses at the VAPORHCS embody the VA’s mission, vision, and values in the care they provide to our Veterans. Our nurses advocate and influence the quality of care and organizational goals throughout the VAPORHCS.
Structural Empowerment: Nurses at the VAPORHCS are supported by the organization to reach their full professional potentials. This is achieved by strong practices such as shared governance, transition to practice programs, scholarship programs, mentorship, preceptorship, and many other professional development activities.
Exemplary Professional Practice: Nurses at the VAPORHCS are obsessed with providing high-quality patient care. To achieve this the VAPORHCS continually measures all nurse sensitive indicators and benchmarks our nursing performance against organizations world-wide. We also celebrate our nurses at every opportunity available, whether through the DAISY Award program or during the many events such as Nurses Week that we celebrate throughout the year.
New Knowledge, Innovations & Improvements: Nurses at the VAPORHCS are heavily involved in research and evidence-based practice. No decisions are made that impact nursing practice, the work environment or patient care without the support of evidence from the extant literature.
Shared Governance
Shared Governance is an organizational model which provides a structure for shared decision-making among professionals about practice and clinical outcomes. With successful implementation, Shared Governance legitimizes the decision-making control of nurses over their practice while extending nurses’ influence in some administrative areas previously controlled by managers.
Shared Governance empowers nurses at every level to make decisions in nursing practice, nursing quality of care, and nursing competence, as well as the generation of new knowledge and innovations.
Nurses at the VAPORHCS utilize the Shared Governance Model to define and promote the professional role of the registered nurse. The Shared Governance Model was designed and implemented to support the nurses’ accountability and voice in their own practice.
Explore VA careers
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Check out USAJOBS to see current VA openings in the Portland, Oregon area.
Contact us
Portland VA Medical Center
Human Resources
Building 16, Third Floor
3710 Southwest U.S. Veterans Hospital Road
Portland, OR 97239-2964
Phone: 503-220-8262 or toll-free at 800-949-1004
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PT
