Registered Nurse--Acute Care Nurse Manager

About the role

The Northeast Ohio VA Healthcare System is recruiting for one full-time Registered Nurse - Nurse Manager. The Registered Nurse - Nurse Manager will function within Acute Care Nursing Service.

Qualifications

• English Language Proficiency: proficient in basic written and spoken English (per 38 U.S.C. 7403(f)).
• Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following at the time the program was completed: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• Alternative for master’s-level bridge program candidates: 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; upon achievement of a State license the individual may be appointed on a temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program (VA Handbook 5005 – Appendix G6).
• Alternative for foreign graduates: Possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program; credit for foreign nursing education higher than 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 (may be extended up to two years on a case‑by‑case basis) while actively pursuing licensure.
• Preferred experience: MSN; Medical/Surgical/Telemetry specialty; minimum 5 years current Acute care clinical experience; 2+ years of Acute Care nursing leadership experience; 2+ years Nurse Management experience or equivalent; current Preoperative and postoperative, Orthopedic, Vascular, Neurology Surgical, Infection Control,