Registered Nurse - Supervisory Assistant Nurse Manager
About The Position
The Supervisory Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) supports the Nurse Manager (NM) in overseeing operations of a nursing unit or patient care area. The role fosters team development, ensures compliance with clinical practice standards, and serves as a liaison between staff and leadership. It combines clinical expertise with leadership responsibilities and may serve as part of a succession plan for future Nurse Manager positions. The ANM exercises direct supervisory authority over nursing personnel in the patient care area, including assigning and directing work, approving schedules and leave, evaluating performance, serving as a hiring official, recommending awards, and proposing discipline or grievance adjustments. For employees not directly supervised by the ANM, the role assists the Nurse Manager by drafting schedules and leave requests, providing performance input, and helping make candidate-selection recommendations. The ANM applies clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff participation in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes. The role provides feedback to the Nurse Manager, supports timely care consistent with accepted practice standards, oversees work assignments, and provides contact reports or fact-finding assistance as needed. The ANM equips staff to provide competent care, promotes accountability for high-quality and cost-effective outcomes, and contributes to care-delivery models and environmental design that support evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Compressed or flexible scheduling is available. Telework and virtual work are not available. Relocation and recruitment incentives, as well as permanent change of station, are not authorized. The position requires a pre-employment physical and may require occasional travel for off-site training.
Requirements
- Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
- Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying education and licensure through an approved bridge program or foreign nursing education pathway.
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, except for the stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
- Meet the applicable Nurse grade and level requirements for scope, education, and experience.
- Ability to meet the position's physical requirements, including visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, manual dexterity, and potentially long periods of walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing.
- Ability to work effectively in stressful situations and shift priorities according to organizational needs.
- U.S. citizenship, subject to the stated exception for appointing non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
- Pass required pre-employment screening, including a drug test for applicants tentatively selected for testing-designated positions, a background/security investigation, and a physical evaluation/examination.
- Comply with the seasonal influenza vaccination program requirement for VA health care personnel.
- Complete applicable onboarding and application requirements; Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
Nice To Haves
- Three years of medical/surgical nursing experience for a candidate who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Support the Nurse Manager with the operation of designated nursing units or patient care areas.
- Direct work, assign duties, and supervise nursing personnel in the patient care area.
- Approve schedules and leave for employees under direct supervision; draft schedules and leave for other unit employees for Nurse Manager approval.
- Appraise performance, recommend performance standards and awards, and provide performance input for employees not directly supervised.
- Serve as hiring official for employees under direct supervision and assist with candidate-selection recommendations for other unit employees.
- Recommend proposed discipline or grievance adjustments for employees under direct supervision.
- 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 that complies with accepted practice standards.
- Oversee work assignments and provide contact reports or assist with fact-finding as needed for counseling or disciplinary recommendations.
- Equip staff with tools for competent care and promote accountability for high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.
- Contribute to care-delivery models and environmental design that promote evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient 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 and a 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
