Registered Nurse - Assistant Nurse Manager Surgery Clinic

Department of Veterans Affairs • Las Vegas, NV

44d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Nurse Manager Surgery clinic is the first-line supervisor and is responsible for the daily operation of their assigned units. The Assistant Nurse Manager provides coverage for the Nurse Manager as needed and is expected to cover front line staff at a 70/30 assignment. The Assistant Nurse Manager is responsible and accountable for the direction and supervision for staff orientation, training, development, and evaluation of individual staff performance.

Requirements

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Designated first-line supervisory authority, responsibility and accountability for the 24/7 operations of his/her respective clinical area.
• Ensuring that assigned personnel provide timely nursing care which complies with generally accepted standards of clinical practice. This includes the authority to accept amend or reject the work of assigned personnel.
• Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities and preparing schedules for completion of work.
• Assigns work to assigned personnel based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and the requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of assigned personnel.
• Evaluates the performance of assigned personnel.
• Makes recommendations for appointments, advancements or reassignments of assigned personnel.
• Gives advice, counsel. or instruction to assigned personnel on work and administrative matters.
• Hears and resolves complaints of assigned personnel and referring more serious complaints not resolved to higher level supervisors.
• Recommends and/or takes disciplinary action where appropriate.
• Identifies developmental and training needs of assigned personnel and providing or making provision for such development and training.
• Responsible for performance improvement, customer service/patient satisfaction, patient and employee safety, interviewing applicants.
• Accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates care based on age-specific components.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.

Benefits

• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees