Registered Nurse (Assistant Nurse Manger Community Care)

Facilitates delivery of quality nursing care for a group of patients through the utilization of the nursing process. This nurse works effectively with all levels of staff, to include collaborative efforts with other health professionals. This nurse provides leadership in improving patient care, maintaining standards of care, and directing and teaching personnel in a variety of settings. Major duties: 1. Provides leadership and participates in the provision of age-specific care for adult (18-64) and geriatric (65 and older) patients/groups including the following elements: promotes independence; encourages self-care; involves family or designated caregiver with care planning, provides necessary safety measures and access to privacy; assists patient to cope with changes affecting mobility, balance. 2. Leads, manages, oversees, and supervises those who care for patients or programs/systems that support the delivery of care. 3. Guides staff in the application of the critical thinking process as applied to patient care and/or systems. Analyzes the documentation and reporting systems and plans strategies to initiate needed change. 4. Uses advanced clinical knowledge/judgement to promote staff involvement in planning, decision making and evaluating outcomes. Applies creative techniques to motivate staff toward a productive working environment. 5. Acts as an expert consultant in clinical practice and/or in area(s) related to practice role responsibilities. 6. Systematically evaluates current practice. Produces improved outcomes, which impact patient care, organization processes and/or systems. 7. Accepts accountability for decisions related to sphere of practice. 8. Functions as a consultant to others in analyzing and addressing communication problems, which affect interpersonal relations. Incorporates principles of communication and group process . 9. Guides, develops and supports staff for leadership role. 10. Using the nursing process components, develops and evaluates educational programs for patients based on individual learning needs, required competencies and adult learning principles. 11. Develops and evaluates patient education programs for groups of patients/families. Establishes patient/family education and/or counseling groups for specific populations with interdisciplinary involvement. 12. Demonstrates knowledge and/or required safety skills in the area of assignment and when appropriate in the following: emergency preparedness, infection control, hazardous materials, fire and equipment failure emergency plans and utility outage response procedures for their area. 13. Demonstrates clinical competence in performing practice specific and selected specialized procedures/competencies according to the area of assignment. 14. Consistently conducts self in a manner that demonstrates adherence to standards of professional practice and patient care. 15. Analyzes ethical issues and appropriate theoretical principles. 16. Ensures application of institutional policies, especially those regarding patient rights and confidentiality. 17. Serves as a resource and advocate in the protection of patient/family and staff rights. 18. Maintains professional boundaries. 19. Analyzes available resources and identifies risk areas, which include budgetary, staffing, equipment and available data. 20. Evaluates available options and selects a course of action, which will result in the most favorable client or organizational outcome. 21. Tracks, trends, and interprets data to predict the impact of mandates on productivity of program, service, and staff. 22. Demonstrates knowledge of the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals and applies the Standards when providing patient care. Preferred Experience BSN Community Care experience Case Management experience PACT experience Consult management experience Work Schedule: 7:30am to 4:00pm, Monday thru Friday. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. 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.