Registered Nurse Manager - Urgent Care Center

Veterans Health Administration • Erie, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the Erie VA Medical Center in the Urgent Care Center (UCC) and Employee Occupational Health. The Registered Nurse Manager has first-line supervisory authority, responsibility, and accountability for operations, ensuring subordinate personnel provide timely nursing care that complies with generally accepted standards of clinical practice.

The role includes planning and assigning subordinate work, setting priorities and schedules, evaluating performance, and making recommendations regarding appointments, advancements, or reassignments. The manager advises and counsels staff on work and administrative matters, resolves or escalates complaints, recommends or takes appropriate disciplinary action, and identifies and provides for staff development and training.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The position is not virtual; ad hoc telework is available. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized. Applicants must meet VA nursing education and licensure requirements, including current, full, active, unrestricted registered nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the stated exceptions. Candidates must also meet the applicable grade-level education and experience criteria.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the education exceptions described in the posting.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered professional nurse registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception described in the posting.
• Meet the education, specialized nursing 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.
• Complete required background/security investigation, onboarding, and pre-employment requirements.
• Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation or examination.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
• Complete all application requirements listed in the announcement's Required Documents section.
• Applicants tentatively selected for testing-designated positions must undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusal results in denial of VA employment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operations of the Urgent Care Center and Employee Occupational Health, ensuring timely nursing care that meets generally accepted standards of clinical practice.
• Plan subordinate work, establish priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.
• Assign work based on priorities, assignment difficulty and requirements, and subordinate capabilities.
• Evaluate subordinate performance.
• Make recommendations for appointments, advancements, or reassignments of subordinate personnel.
• Provide advice, counsel, or instruction to subordinate personnel on work and administrative matters.
• Hear and resolve subordinate complaints and refer unresolved serious complaints to higher-level supervisors.
• Recommend and/or take disciplinary action when appropriate.
• Identify subordinate development and training needs and provide or arrange appropriate development and training.

Benefits

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