Registered Nurse - Nurse Manager Professional Practice

Veterans Health Administration • Chicago, IL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse, Nurse Manager Professional Practice is responsible and accountable for directing and supervising staff orientation, training, development, and evaluation of individual staff performance. The role applies specialized nursing knowledge and is accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. The nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care using age-specific components and coordinates care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.

The position collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to influence care outcomes, remove barriers, and implement innovative, evidence-based programs and processes. It requires sound judgment, critical thinking, deliberate planning, self-directed goal setting, and the ability to manage complex situations and competing priorities. The nurse also serves as a role model, educator, practitioner, and supervisor, and questions clinical practices to support evidence-based care.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with scheduling flexibility. Telework is not available, and this is not a virtual position. The position may involve direct patient care and physical activity such as extended periods of walking, standing, or sitting, moderate lifting, repeated bending, and kneeling.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited professional nursing program, or qualifying education under the stated bridge-program or foreign-education provisions.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted professional nurse registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception may apply.
• U.S. citizenship, except where non-citizens may be appointed under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Applicants tentatively selected for a testing-designated position must undergo urinalysis for illegal drug use; refusal results in denial of VA employment.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Subject to background and security investigation; selected applicants must complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Participation in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for health care personnel.
• May be required to serve a probationary period.
• Submit all application requirements described in the announcement's Required Documents section.
• Submit a transcript if relying on education to qualify; foreign education requires a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
• Physical capacity for nursing duties that may include prolonged walking, standing, or sitting, moderate lifting, repeated bending, or kneeling, and use of safe patient handling and mobility protocols.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
• At least 5 years of clinical nursing practice experience.
• At least 2 years of leadership experience.
• Experience developing educational programs based on evidence-based practice.
• Experience in quality and policy development and oversight.
• Leadership, self-direction, and rational problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work well with an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise staff orientation, training, and development.
• Evaluate individual staff performance.
• Provide or supervise direct patient care and carry out all elements of the nursing process.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care using age-specific components.
• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to influence care outcomes, remove barriers, and implement evidence-based programs and processes.
• Use knowledge, skills, abilities, judgment, critical thinking, and deliberate planning to manage complex situations and competing priorities.
• Validate understanding of the rationale for care processes and decisions, and question clinical practices to support evidence-based care.
• Serve as a role model, educator, practitioner, and supervisor, providing leadership to the team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year, including 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with 5-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k), with VA contributions of up to 5%.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs may be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

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