Registered Nurse (Assistant Nurse Manager - H3)

Veterans Health Administration • Aurora, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Assistant Nurse Manager supports the Nurse Manager in overseeing operations of a nursing unit or patient-care area and serves as a key liaison between staff and leadership. The role may serve as the first-line supervisor of nursing personnel in the patient-care area, helping ensure the Nurse Manager retains the responsibilities required by VA Handbook 5007. Supervisory duties may include oversight of nursing assistants and/or licensed practical/vocational nurses, or nursing personnel working evening or night shifts.

For employees under direct supervision, the Assistant Nurse Manager approves schedules and leave, appraises performance, recommends performance standards and awards, serves as hiring official during recruitment, and recommends proposed discipline or grievance adjustments. For other unit personnel, the role assists the Nurse Manager by drafting schedules and leave for final approval, providing performance input, and helping recommend candidates for selection.

The Assistant Nurse Manager applies clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff participation in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes, and provides feedback to the Nurse Manager, who is ultimately responsible for ensuring timely nursing care consistent with generally accepted standards of practice. The role oversees work assignments and provides contact reports or assists with fact-finding to inform recommendations about counseling or disciplinary actions.

This is a full-time position with a varying shift. Situational (ad hoc) telework is authorized, but the position is not virtual or remote. Relocation and recruitment incentives and permanent change of station are not authorized. The physical demands include considerable standing, walking, bending, lifting, assisting with patient transfers and repositioning, and other patient-care activities. The role may involve exposure to infected patients and contaminated materials, use of protective clothing, and working with physically abusive patients.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an approved and accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying bridge-program/foreign-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.
• U.S. citizenship, except where non-citizens may be appointed under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
• Complete required onboarding and application documentation and undergo background/security investigation.
• If subject to the requirement, register for Selective Service (males born after 12/31/1959).
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• 2+ years of ICU experience (identified as required in the Preferred Experience section).
• Charge RN experience (identified as required in the Preferred Experience section).
• Meet the education and specialized nursing experience criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level, as detailed in the announcement.

Nice To Haves

• Management experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a first-line supervisor of nursing personnel in the patient-care area, including nursing assistants and/or LPNs/LVNs or nursing personnel on evening or night shifts, as applicable.
• Approve schedules and leave for employees under direct supervision.
• Appraise performance and recommend performance standards and performance awards for directly supervised employees.
• Serve as hiring official during recruitment for employees under direct supervision.
• Recommend proposed discipline or grievance adjustments for employees under direct supervision.
• Assist the Nurse Manager with personnel who are not directly supervised, including drafting schedules and leave for final approval, providing performance input, and assisting with candidate-selection recommendations.
• Apply clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes.
• Provide feedback to the Nurse Manager to support timely nursing care in accordance with generally accepted standards of practice.
• Oversee work assignments and provide reports of contact or assist with fact-finding to inform counseling or disciplinary recommendations.

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