Assistant Nurse Manager

Veterans Health Administration • Tulsa, OK

16h • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) supports the Nurse Manager in overseeing the operations of a nursing unit or patient care area. The ANM assists with unit management but does not routinely carry out the Nurse Manager’s responsibilities independently. The role functions as a role model, educator, practitioner, and leader, and contributes to the development of care delivery models and the patient-care environment. The ANM helps ensure care is evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable, and aligns nursing and clinical objectives with organizational strategic outcomes.

The ANM helps maintain compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, directives, policies, and standard operating procedures. The position is with the Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System, which includes a 61-bed hospital in Muskogee and six community-based outpatient clinics. The position is not virtual or eligible for telework. The work schedule consists of eight-hour shifts, Monday through Friday, with shifts varying between morning and mid shifts as needed by the unit.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the education pathways and exceptions described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered-nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception described in the announcement.
• Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Pass required pre-employment physical evaluation and, if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position, urinalysis screening.
• Satisfy background/security investigation, onboarding, identification, Selective Service registration where applicable, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
• May be required to serve a probationary period.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of Emergency Department experience.
• One year of Charge Nurse or managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the Nurse Manager in overseeing nursing-unit or patient-care-area operations.
• Draft staff schedules and leave plans for final approval by the Nurse Manager.
• Provide input into employee performance, with the Nurse Manager completing final evaluations.
• Assist with recommendations for candidate selection.
• Use clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff participation in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes, and provide feedback to the Nurse Manager.
• Oversee work assignments and provide reports of contact or assist with fact-finding to inform the Nurse Manager’s recommendations for counseling or disciplinary action.
• Direct and oversee specific staff orientation, training, development, and evaluation of individual performance.
• Serve as a role model, educator, practitioner, and leader.
• Contribute to development of care-delivery models and environmental design to support evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care.
• Align nursing and clinical objectives with organizational strategic outcomes and participate in strategy planning and execution.
• Maintain knowledge of and ensure compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards, directives, policies, and standard operating procedures.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year, consisting of 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree