Registered Nurse (Pathway to Excellence and Magnet Recognition Coordinator)

Registered Nurse Pathway to Excellence and Magnet Recognition Program Coordinator is responsible/accountable for all nursing process elements. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Responsible for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Administers medications and procedures. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : RN - Pathway to Excellence and Magnet Recognition Program (PTE-MRP) Coordinator The duties and responsibilities for the position include but are not limited to the following: - The PTE-MRP Coordinator supports and serves as the subject matter expert for the organizational Pathway to Excellence and Magnet/Recognition program, and reports to the Clinical Emergency Operations Nurse Manager. - The PTE-MRP Coordinator is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility. - The PTE-MRP Coordinator Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team - The PTE-MRP Coordinator will support the Nursing Emergency Operations Coordinator during surge/crisis including activities but not limited to implementation of emergency staffing plans, operational procedures, and protocols to execute emergency management functions, and will work in area(s) assigned by the supervisor. - The PTE-MRP Coordinator uses professional nursing principles, theories, and practices, along with knowledge in nursing practice to achieve optimal structure, programs, policies, and tools to facilitate initiatives to meet the needs of the VANTHCS, emphasizing patient-centered care across the continuum of health care settings and excellence in nursing care delivery practices 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: M-F 0730-1600 Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement

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