Registered Nurse - Assistant Nurse Manager

This is an open continuous announcement until September 30, 2027. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : The Assistant Nurse Manager's duties include, but are not limited to, the following: Supporting the Nurse Manager in the operation of the designated unit(s). Providing coverage for other Assistant Nurse Managers as needed. Directing and overseeing assigned staff orientation, training, and development activities, and evaluating individual staff performance. Serving as a role model, educator, practitioner, and leader. Improving care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team to remove barriers and implement innovative, evidence-based programs and processes. Preparing staff schedules and leave requests for final approval by the Nurse Manager. Providing input on employee performance, with final evaluations completed by the Nurse Manager. Assisting with recommendations for the selection of candidates for employment. Applying clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes, and providing feedback to the Nurse Manager, who is ultimately responsible for ensuring that nursing personnel deliver timely care consistent with generally accepted standards of practice. Overseeing work assignments, preparing reports of contact, and assisting with fact-finding as needed to provide the Nurse Manager with the information necessary to make recommendations for counseling and/or disciplinary action. 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: Will discuss during interview 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 for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International

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