Associate Chief Nurse (Community Care)

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements:
  • English Language Proficiency
  • Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency
  • Current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State - Territory or Commonwealth of the United States - or the District of Columbia
  • Master's degree in Nursing (MSN) and 4 years of professional nursing experience - one of which is specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse III and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse IV
  • Doctoral degree in nursing and 3 years of professional nursing experience - one of which is specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse III and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse IV

Requirements

• Supervisory experience
• Experience in Community Care
• Physical Requirements: Routine data analysis - patient care outcomes - resource utilization - staffing patterns - and workflow efficiency

Responsibilities

• Senior leadership and oversight for daily clinical and administrative operations within the Office of Community Care
• Conducts routine and advanced data analysis to evaluate operations - patient care outcomes - resource utilization - staffing patterns - and workflow efficiency
• Supports the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas
• Champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) with a culture of safety
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members - including other program and service leaders at the facility and network
• Works closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of VA staff nationwide
• Assists the Chief of Staff with healthcare operations and the functions and activities expected of them
• Develops - organizes - and directs clinical and non-clinical operational aspects with an added emphasis on delivering services where it is needed
• Routinely analyzes plans and actions related to practice - quality and safety issues to identify and improve performance and attain outcomes for Veteran healthcare
• Supports the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of patient-centered and organizational goals
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members - including other program and service leaders at the facility and network
• Works closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of VA staff nationwide
• Assists with the creation of a diverse and inclusive workforce to serve Veterans - families - and caregivers of all backgrounds at the organizational level
• Contributes to visionary thinking that advances the delivery of patient care
• Advances one's knowledge through the continual application of evidence-based research