Registered Nurse - Inpatient Behavioral Health Assistant Nurse Manager

This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Fayetteville NC Coastal Health Care System, Fayetteville, NC. The Registered Nurse Inpatient Behavioral Health Assistant Nurse Manager functions as a clinical expert and is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. Major duties: Duties include but are not limited to: Assists nurse manager in promoting professional development and motivation for employees to work at optimal efficiency Assists nurse manager in managing nursing staff in delivering nursing care. Assist nurse manager in planning/assigning work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities, and preparing schedules for completion of work. Assists nurse manager in the promotion of performance improvement activities, utilizes the information to enhance quality of patient care provided, and ensures staff participation. Assists the nurse manager in the collection of performance improvement data, customer service/patient satisfaction, patient, and employee safety, interviewing applicants, employee relations, standards of care and practice, the work environment, and accreditation and regulatory standards. Assists nurse manager in compiling and submitting of required reports in a timely manner including performance appraisals, proficiencies, performance improvement reports, certified time, and other workload and patient care data requested. Assists nurse manager in planning and conducting regularly scheduled unit staff meetings; encourages open communication and verbalization of options when identifying and resolving problems on unit. Assists nurse manager in regularly providing unit information to nursing administration through accurate verbal and written reports; keeps nursing administration informed regarding critical patient care issues. Assists the nurse manager in addressing and resolving complaints of subordinates and referring more serious complaints not resolved to higher level of nursing leadership. Assist the nurse manager with time scheduling of the unit, partners with the NM in daily staffing grids, completes VA Time and Attendance requests, approvals, and certifications. Performs the role of the charge nurse as deemed necessary and other appropriate staffing coverage to maintain unit operations. Participates in daily team huddles, interdisciplinary treatment care rounding to discuss patient treatment plans. Maintains collaborative partnerships with nursing leaderships, and BH service line leadership in the discussion of flow operations. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: 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) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 12:00pm - 8:00pm with 24 hour coverage of assigned unit. Telework: Position is eligible for telework Ad-hoc. May be authorized at Supervisory discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements: U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.