Registered Nurse - Supervisory Assistant Nurse Manager

Veterans Health Administration • Columbia, MO

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This full-time Supervisory Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) position is in 3 Surgery, Patient Care Services, at Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. The ANM supports the Nurse Manager in overseeing nursing-unit operations, fostering team development, ensuring compliance with clinical practice standards, and serving as a liaison between staff and leadership. The role combines clinical expertise and leadership development and may prepare the incumbent for future Nurse Manager positions.

The ANM functions as a clinical expert and is accountable for the nursing process when providing or overseeing direct patient care. The role includes assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating age-specific care; coordinating care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction; and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to improve outcomes and implement evidence-based processes.

The ANM supports the Nurse Manager in operating designated units and provides coverage for other ANMs as needed. The position oversees staff orientation, training, development, and performance evaluation, and serves as a role model, educator, practitioner, and leader. Supervisory authority may include directing work, assigning duties, evaluating performance, recommending awards and discipline, approving or denying leave, recalling employees to duty, serving as a hiring official, and addressing grievances for directly supervised employees.

The role promotes ethical decision-making, accountability, high-quality and cost-effective care, and trust across the care continuum. It contributes to care-delivery models and environmental design, ensures compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards, and aligns clinical objectives with organizational strategy. Work schedule varies based on unit needs. Telework and virtual work are not available.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or an eligible equivalent education pathway described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted professional nurse registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the applicable VA Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship is required, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Selected applicants must complete required pre-employment screening, onboarding, and background/security investigation; applicants in testing-designated positions are subject to pre-appointment urinalysis.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA Health Care Personnel.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must meet Selective Service registration requirements.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the announcement's Required Documents section.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Nursing.
• One to three years of manager or supervisor experience.
• Inpatient nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the Nurse Manager in overseeing operations of designated nursing units and provide coverage for other Assistant Nurse Managers as needed.
• Provide or oversee direct patient care and perform the nursing process, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of age-specific care.
• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Oversee staff orientation, training, development, and evaluation of individual performance.
• Direct and assign work for employees under direct supervision; approve or deny leave and schedules; evaluate performance; recommend performance standards, awards, and discipline; and recall employees to duty as needed.
• Serve as a hiring official during recruitment for employees under direct supervision and address or recommend adjustments to grievances.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to remove barriers, improve care outcomes, and implement evidence-based programs and processes.
• Promote ethical decision-making, staff accountability, and high-quality, cost-effective care.
• Build alliances across the care continuum through active listening, engagement, and emotional intelligence.
• Contribute to 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.
• Engage in professional organizations to support leadership and career growth.

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