The Registered Nurse (RN) - Nurse Manager is an expert nurse who provides leadership in Primary Care. Responsible for staffing, scheduling, and employee relations. Responsible for competency and education of staff, development and evaluation of clinical programs. RN will work directly with the interdisciplinary team, VHSO Education Service, Medical Center Leadership, and other departments within the medical center. Excellent organizational and customer service skills are required. Functions of assigned duties are as follows but not limited to:
- Demonstrates ability to function effectively in the Nurse Manager role requiring application of problem-solving skills at the unit level, and use of team approaches to identify, analyze, and resolve problems
- Takes a leadership role in utilizing problem-solving methodologies to resolve system and/or process problems that impact patient care of staff performance at the unit level
- Demonstrates effective leadership in identifying programs or staff performance that create opportunities for improvement
- Collaboratively works with the Assistant Nurse Manager to evaluate staff performance and take appropriate action as needed
- Serves as a resource and advocate in resolving legal ethic issues such as, Advanced Directive and the protection of patient/family rights
- Serves as a consultant and role model in providing clinical care and assures needed staff and supplies are present
- Promotes effective communication among health care team members, including the patient, family, and significant others
- Participates in frequent team meetings. Integrates recommendations of the multidisciplinary team members into a single plan of care
- Completing tasks such as, but not limited to, employee proficiencies/competencies, leading staff meetings, Omnicell/Pandora report investigations, VATAS Time and Attendance approvals, staff education, employee counseling, tracers, audits, schedules, staffing methodology reports, and attending management meetings/participate in committees per assignment
- Maintains professional knowledge and skills based on currently published or communicated information though reading, workshops, etc.
- Maintains records for call-ins (AL, SL, CB), Overtime (OT), Compensatory time (CT), and service computation dates (seniority)
- Serves as a Leave granting official
- Assesses educational needs to implement program or service practice changes, develops and implements and education plan to meet needs for self or other staff in program/service
- Actively evaluates practice for a program or service, based on established professional community or regulatory standards (i.e., JC) and recommending/implementing changes to meet those standards
- Responsible for staff compliance with Service & Medical Center goals and Network performance standards
- Ensures all staff completed annual mandatory review and facilitates unit-in-service education programs
- Responsible for individualized orientation and staff development based on staff's abilities and required competencies
- Collaborates with other disciplines and caregivers and uses group processes for decision making in interdisciplinary team, consistently demonstrating skilled communication techniques
- Identifies problem areas for monitoring and evaluation, active in analyzing findings and changing practice based on patient outcomes with resultant improvement in patient care
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Work Schedule: Day Shift, Monday-Friday, 07:30am - 4:00pm. This may change at the discretion of the agency.
Telework: Adhoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Starting at $67,038 Per Year (VN 00)