Nurse Manager

The Nurse Manager ensures high-quality delivery of care to Veterans in the Community Living Center by overseeing daily nursing operations, maintaining timely completion of assessments and care plans, and supporting consistent interdisciplinary coordination. Through implementation of standardized protocols and targeted safety initiatives, the nurse helped reduce avoidable hospital transfers, decrease fall incidents, and sustain extended periods with zero facility-acquired infections.

The Nurse Manager position requires the dedication and commitment of an experienced RN to function in a leadership role, to include but not limited to, supervisor, role model, educator, coordinating the daily flow of patient care and staff development of staff assigned to the CLC unit. The major job duties of the Nurse Manager include but are not limited: Demonstrates exemplary professional practice and consistently serves as a role model for nursing staff at all levels, fostering a culture of clinical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning. Serves as a professional role model and mentor for nursing staff at all levels, enhancing team capability and contributing to a positive, learning-focused work environment. Actively mentors nursing staff across all grades by offering coaching, feedback, and support that improves clinical competency and promotes professional development. Promotes best practices by modeling high standards of patient care, communication, and teamwork, ensuring alignment with organizational values and regulatory requirements. The Nurse Manager effectively plans, organizes, directs, and controls Nursing Practice operations within the Community Living Center to ensure safe, high-quality, Veteran-centered care. Collaborate with Physicians and other clinical department leaders and staff on operations relating to care of the veterans on CLC. The Nurse Manager consistently completes and approves staff schedules, Time and Leave in an accurate and timely manner, ensuring compliance with VA policies, labor-management agreements, and staffing requirements. Maintains and reviews, updates, and maintains policies and procedures in accordance with VA directives, regulatory requirements, and evolving clinical practice standards. Ensures completion of annual staff proficiency appraisals and competency validations. Maintains CLC compliance with external regulatory survey standards, consistently meeting or surpassing required benchmarks. Overseas and evaluates supply usage to prevent waste and maintain operational efficiency. Actively partners with diverse disciplines including Dietary, SPS, and Environmental Engineering to support effective operational planning. Exhibits exceptional interpersonal skills complemented by clear and effective communication. Provides mentorship and exemplifies professional standards for nurses at every level. Provides direct care as needed. Performs other duties as assigned. 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: 7:30am- 4:00pm Monda- Friday ( Cover unit as needed) Telework: Not Eligible Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Fuctional Statements: 55271F, 55272F, 55273F, 55275F, 55274F

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You must provide work experience information on resumes such as job title, duties, hours worked per week for each job experience and starting/ending dates of employment (month and year format) to establish you have experience at or comparable to the required grade level. You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.