Registered Nurse- Supervisory Assistant Nurse Manager

Veterans Health Administration • Fayetteville, AR

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About The Position

The Supervisory Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) supports the Nurse Manager in overseeing operations of a Medical-Surgical and Palliative Care unit. The ANM fosters team development, ensures compliance with clinical practice standards, and acts as a liaison between staff and leadership. The role also serves as a clinical expert and is accountable for the nursing process when providing or overseeing direct patient care, including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivery.

As a first-line supervisor, the ANM oversees nursing personnel in the patient care area and handles supervisory responsibilities such as approving schedules and leave, appraising performance, recommending standards and awards, serving as a hiring official, and recommending discipline or grievance adjustments for directly supervised employees. The ANM also assists the Nurse Manager with personnel they do not directly supervise, including drafting schedules, contributing performance input, assisting with candidate selection, monitoring work assignments, and providing information for personnel actions.

The ANM applies clinical judgment to lead staff participation in planning, decision-making, and evaluation of outcomes, and provides feedback to the Nurse Manager to support timely, standards-compliant nursing care. The role promotes accountability, ethical decision-making, staff development, high-quality and cost-effective outcomes, collaboration across the care continuum, and evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable care. It also supports care-delivery models and environmental design, aligns clinical objectives with organizational strategy, and ensures compliance with accreditation, regulatory, policy, and procedural requirements. The position engages in professional organizations to support leadership and career growth.

Work schedule includes various tours, including weekends and holidays: 6:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m., 7:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m., or 3:30 p.m.–12:00 a.m. Schedules may change based on service needs. Telework is available, but this is not a virtual position. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated education exceptions for bridge-program candidates and foreign nursing education.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered professional nurse license in a U.S. state, territory, or commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician appointment may be available to eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the education and experience qualifications for the applicable Nurse grade and level. Requirements vary by grade and include combinations of ADN, BSN, MSN, or doctoral education and professional or specialized nursing experience.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Complete required pre-employment urinalysis, background/security investigation, onboarding, and physical evaluation.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements, if applicable.
• Complete the application requirements listed in the Required Documents section.
• Meet the stated physical requirements, including heavy lifting and carrying of 45 pounds or more; pushing and pulling; reaching; use of both hands and fingers; walking, standing, kneeling, and bending; coordinated mental and muscular activity; specified corrected vision and color discrimination; hearing without an aid; and mental and emotional stability.
• Work with detergents and antiseptic solutions and in the stated environmental conditions, including inside and outside, dust, moving machinery, hands in water, close work with others, and protracted or irregular hours.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the first-line supervisor of nursing personnel in the patient care area.
• Approve schedules and leave for directly supervised employees.
• Appraise performance and recommend performance standards and awards for directly supervised employees.
• Serve as the hiring official during recruitment for directly supervised employees.
• Recommend proposed discipline or grievance adjustments for directly supervised employees.
• Assist the Nurse Manager with personnel who are not directly supervised, including drafting schedules and leave for the Nurse Manager’s approval.
• Provide input on performance of employees whose final evaluations are completed by the Nurse Manager.
• Assist with recommendations for selecting candidates for employment.
• Apply clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes.
• Provide feedback to the Nurse Manager to support timely nursing care that complies with accepted standards of practice.
• Oversee work assignments and provide contact reports or assist with fact-finding to inform personnel counseling or disciplinary recommendations.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate delivery of patient care when providing or overseeing direct care.
• Foster team development and ensure compliance with clinical practice, accreditation, regulatory, policy, and procedural standards.
• Promote ethical decision-making, accountability, staff competency, and high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.
• Build collaboration and trust across the care continuum through listening, engagement, and emotional intelligence.
• Contribute to care-delivery models and environmental design that support evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable care.
• Align nursing and clinical objectives with organizational strategic outcomes and participate in strategy planning and execution.
• Engage in professional organizations to enhance leadership and career growth.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 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