Registered Nurse (NOD) - Associate Director Patient Care Services

Veterans Health Administration • Prescott, AZ

32d • Onsite

About The Position

The Northern Arizona VA Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse - Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) to join the Associate Director Patient Care Service (ADPCS). The Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care. This role serves as the facility nursing expert at all hours to support, provide, and facilitate emergency medical support throughout the facility. The incumbent identifies escalating medical crises, environmental factors, and allocates staffing resources appropriately to meet the care needs of Veterans. They use advanced clinical knowledge and judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes. The role requires expertise in clinical practice and areas related to assigned roles and responsibilities for nursing, systematically evaluating current practice and formulating outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes. The NOD guides, develops, and supports staff from a leadership perspective using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities, demonstrating expertise in leadership at the systems level that is sustainable, experienced, and creative in managing complex situations.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Must be proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by either The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Must pass pre-employment medical evaluation.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement.
• Must serve a 2-year probationary period.

Nice To Haves

• 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.
• 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 Consultants of Delaware (ICD).

Responsibilities

• Lead and organize the delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.
• Serve as the facility nursing expert at all hours to support, provide, and facilitate emergency medical support throughout the facility.
• Identify escalating medical crises, environmental factors, and allocate staffing resources appropriately throughout the facility to meet the care needs of Veterans.
• Use advanced clinical knowledge and judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes.
• Systematically evaluate current practice and formulate outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within an area of expertise.
• Guide, develop, and support staff from a leadership perspective using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities.
• Demonstrate expertise in leadership at the systems level that is sustainable, experienced, and creative in managing complex situations.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

What This Job Offers

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