Nurse IV- Chief Nurse of Ambulatory Care

About the role

The Nurse IV - Chief of Ambulatory Care Service Line is in the Office of the Associate Director at the VA Maine Healthcare System - located at the Augusta - Maine location. This position is a full-time position at 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care.
• Leverages evidence-based practices, industry-leading research, and innovative care models to lead health care delivery.
• Transforms health care by implementing new processes, technology, informatics, and data analytics using business models and fundamental concepts of resource management at the program or service level.
• Employs an industry leading, shared decision-making lifestyle to cultivate a workforce that serves Veterans, families, and caregivers of all backgrounds and builds trust, lifestyle competencies, and catalyzes dynamic teams at the program or service level.
• Directs the effective use of relationship management principles to achieve positive customer service experiences that are consistent with professional organizational values, beliefs, and practices at the program or service level.
• Operationalizes a lifestyle of holistic care, health advocacy, and health equity, applying ethical principles in decision-making at the program or service level.
• Advances nursing knowledge through health science research and the translation and dissemination of evidence into practice to maximize the value to Veterans and the community.

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency, and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
• 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.
• A 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.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program.
• Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• Current - full - active - and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e. - Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements - but do not possess the required licensure - may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis).

Skills

• Leadership: Leads health care delivery by leveraging evidence-based practices, industry-leading research, and innovative care models.
• Business Acumen: Transforms health care by implementing new processes, technology, informatics, and data analytics using business models and fundamental concepts of resource management.
• Communication and Relationship Management: Directs the effective use of relationship management principles to achieve positive customer service experiences that are consistent with professional organizational values, beliefs, and practices.
• Professional and Social Responsibility: Operationalizes a lifestyle of holistic care, health advocacy, and health equity, applying ethical principles in decision-making.

Benefits

• VA Nurse Total Rewards: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards, paid time off, retirement, federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA, insurance, and financial disclosure report filing.

Pay

Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards

Schedule

Full-time - Monday to Friday 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM