Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Leader

Duties

• Utilizes principles of complexity science to analyze and address the dynamic nature of healthcare systems.
• Implement evidence-based interventions at the microsystems level to optimize care delivery and patient outcomes.
• Synthesize evidence to develop strategies for promoting health and wellness in diverse populations. Implement innovative care strategies in the absence of evidence.
• Apply public health concepts to advance equitable preventive services.
• Assess care outcomes using improvement science and systems theory within complex healthcare environments.
• Evaluate social drivers of health and integrate them into tailored programs.
• Apply improvement science to enhance performance measurement and quality improvement.
• Utilize diverse data sources to evaluate care outcomes and benchmark against standards.
• Facilitate difficult conversations within healthcare teams and with patients.
• Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based care delivery and adapt strategies as needed.
• Lead interprofessional teams to develop plans for improving patient-care outcomes.

Requirements

• The certified Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) utilizes a comprehensive approach to nursing practice, emphasizing evidence-based care delivery and the integration of innovative strategies.
• Note: This position is located at the Baltimore, MD VAMC.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency, Basic Education Requirements, Current, Full, Active, and Unrestricted Registration as a Graduate Professional Nurse.
• Scope, Education, and Dimension Criteria: Nurse I, Level I, Nurse I, Level II, Nurse I, Level III, Nurse II, Nurse III.
• Preferred Experience: CNL Certification, MSN strongly preferred, Minimum of three years of Nursing/clinical experience.

Pay, Benefits, and Schedule

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards, Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm, Compressed/Flexible: Not Available, Telework: Not Available, Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Additional Information

• This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
• This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
• VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.