Description du poste
The Regional Nursing Officer (RNO) serves as the senior nursing executive for the Health Service Area (HSA) 5.1 with responsibility for complex nursing, clinical, and administrative matters that includes multiple VA medical facilities with varying levels of service complexity.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
The RNO provides strategic direction, organizational assessment, resource management, and the execution of mission-driven initiatives. Through broad regional authority and influence, the RNO guides the operationalization of national policy, reduces unwarranted variation and standardizes nursing practice when appropriate, and facilitates health care priorities across HSA facilities and programs to advance Veteran and enterprise outcomes. The RNO collaborates with executive leaders and key stakeholders to promote patient-centered care, organizational effectiveness, quality, safety, and consistent nursing practice throughout the HSA. Additional duties include, but are not limited to: Leads, practices in, and monitors the outcomes of governance and organizational meetings; Applies knowledge of clinical systems, programs, nursing practice, and organizational priorities to support coordinated decision-making and Veteran and employee education; Provides executive oversight for nursing practice, sterile processing, and other assigned clinical or administrative services across the HSA; Analyzes nursing data, monitors nursing practice trends, identifies emerging issues, and provides expert consultation on care delivery and practice; Provides professional nursing oversight and support for performance appraisal review, development and revision of functional statements, and evaluation of practice for HSA nursing personnel outside the RNO's direct chain of command; Oversees the development, implementation, and evaluation of guidance documents, including standard operating procedures and protocols, that support national policies and care delivery requirements; Represents and advocates for nursing at the regional level and advances standardized, evidence-based nursing practice across the HSA and associated medical facilities; Identifies opportunities to improve clinical and programmatic operations across the region and takes appropriate action to promote operational coordination, stabilization, alignment and clarity. Work Schedule: Work schedules must be within the core business hours; can be discussed during the interview process. Telework: work schedules within the core business hours can be discussed during the interview process. 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 for graduation from an approved school of professional nur