Registered Nurse - Nurse Manager Acute Care

Veterans Health Administration • Memphis, TN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Manager (NM) is the designated first-line supervisor responsible and accountable for operating assigned units and providing coverage for other Nurse Managers as needed. The NM is a clinical expert who is accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care, including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care using age-specific considerations. The role coordinates care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction across the continuum of care.

The NM leads the team as a role model, educator, practitioner, and supervisor. The position directs staff orientation, training, development, and performance evaluation; collaborates with interdisciplinary colleagues to improve care outcomes and implement evidence-based programs and processes; and supports professional development and safe, high-quality nursing practice. The NM contributes to care-delivery models and environmental design, ensures compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards, aligns clinical objectives with organizational strategy, and evaluates outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes.

The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 0730–1600, with on-call responsibilities. Telework and virtual work are not available. The job requires a full, unrestricted nursing license from a U.S. state or territory. Physical demands include lifting, standing, bending, transferring, stooping, stretching, walking, pushing, and pulling; use of safe-patient-handling equipment; wearing lead protective equipment for extended periods; and intermittent exposure to blood and body fluids and fluoroscopy.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or an applicable nursing bridge-program or foreign-education pathway described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered professional nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a temporary Graduate Nurse Technician appointment exception may apply to eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level.
• Physical ability to perform job-related lifting, standing, bending, transferring, stooping, stretching, walking, pushing, and pulling without assistance from another patient-care provider or significant other.
• Ability to use safe-patient-handling equipment and wear lead protective equipment for extended periods.
• Successfully complete a health examination before assignment and periodically thereafter as required by policy.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Meet applicable pre-employment requirements, including drug screening for selected applicants in testing-designated positions, background/security investigation, onboarding, acceptable identification, and physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Male applicants born after 12/31/1959 must meet Selective Service registration requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Five years of experience as a clinical registered nurse, including at least one year in a clinical leadership role.
• Master’s degree in Nursing or a relevant leadership field.

Responsibilities

• Operate and oversee assigned units as the designated first-line supervisor, and provide coverage for other Nurse Managers as needed.
• Direct and supervise staff orientation, training, and development, and evaluate individual staff performance.
• Provide leadership as a role model, educator, practitioner, and supervisor to the team.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to influence care outcomes, remove barriers, and implement evidence-based programs and processes.
• Engage in professional organizations to support leadership and career growth.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making and foster accountability at personal, organizational, and staff levels.
• Equip staff to provide competent care and promote accountability for high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.
• Build alliances across the care continuum through active listening, engagement, and emotional intelligence.
• Contribute to the development of care-delivery models and environmental design that support evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care.
• Ensure compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards, directives, policies, and standard operating procedures.
• Align nursing and clinical objectives with organizational strategic outcomes and participate in strategy planning and execution.
• Support colleagues and nurses through knowledge sharing, constructive feedback, and professional development.
• Contribute a professional nursing perspective to interdisciplinary discussions and partner with others to effect change and achieve optimal outcomes.
• Evaluate the outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes for individuals, groups, and populations, and document broad, complex program- or service-level outcomes.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate direct or supervised patient care using age-specific components.
• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, 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