Registered Nurse - Nursing Officer of the Day

Veterans Health Administration • Jackson, MS

18h • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse – Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) provides leadership and direction for complex patient care and helps ensure continuity of care, peer accountability, access to care, and discharge planning. During weekends, holidays, and after-hours tours when nursing management or leadership is absent, the NOD manages employees, staffing units, and resource allocation. The role leads nursing care in accordance with the nursing process and ANA Standards of Nursing Practice, and applies clinical judgment to guide staff planning, decision-making, and evaluation of outcomes. The NOD also supports high-reliability principles and I CARE values, develops staff using professional standards and scientific evidence, and promotes improved practice through mentoring, precepting, and teaching.

The position is not telework-eligible and is not virtual. The work schedule is 7:30 PM–8:00 AM, with rotating weekends and holidays; the schedule may change according to facility needs. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized. Applicants must meet VA nursing education and licensure requirements, including English-language proficiency and current, full, active, unrestricted U.S. nursing registration, subject to the stated exceptions.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying education under the stated bridge-program or foreign-education provisions.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse 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 assigned Nurse grade and level.
• Meet employment conditions that include U.S. citizenship subject to the stated exception, applicable Selective Service registration, background/security investigation, pre-employment drug testing for testing-designated positions, and a pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Complete required application and onboarding requirements.

Nice To Haves

• At least 3 years of acute nursing experience.
• At least 1 year of leadership experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct employees, staff units, and allocate resources during weekends, holidays, and after-hours tours when nursing management or leadership is absent.
• Plan and organize care delivery to support continuity of care, peer accountability, access to care, and discharge planning.
• Lead nursing care for patients with complex care needs using the nursing process and ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Apply clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff participation in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes in the immediate practice setting.
• Lead implementation of high-reliability principles and I CARE values to improve consistency of care and patient outcomes.
• Guide, develop, and support staff using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs or service activities.
• Use mentoring, precepting, and/or teaching to expand knowledge and evaluate practice to improve outcomes.

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 5-year vesting and 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 may be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

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