Assistant Chief Nurse SCI

The Assistant Chief Nurse, Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) will provide executive leadership and assumes responsibility for integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influences organizational mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities. The individual functions as an administrator, educator, and consultant while utilizing change management theory and systems thinking approaches to hard wire high reliability organization principles. Major duties: James A Haley VA Medical Center and Clinics has an opening for the Assistant Chief Nurse of the Nursing Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder department. The Assistant Chief Nurse, Spinal Cord Injury assists the Chief Nurse in providing leadership and supervision to SCI Outpatient Clinic, various SCI Nurse Coordinators, CNS/CNL/Nurse Educators for SCI service, and the Nurse Managers. Provides leadership and supervision as the Director of the five programs under the SCI Home Care Service: Comprehensive Home Care Program, SCI Hospital in Home, SCI Home Telehealth, SCI Long Term Care-Coordination Program and Home Care Progressive Rehab. Duties listed but not limited to: Self-directed clinical leader, educator, and consultant utilizing management theory in collaboration with Patient Care Service (PCS) and other services. The Assistant Chief Nurse demonstrates leadership at the service and/or hospital level, including functioning as a nursing leader with the ability to delegate appropriately. Performs administrative functions to assistant the Chief Nurse (CN) which include but are not limited to educational programs, medicine specialty, procedural areas, etc. They assist with aggregate data and participate in the budget process to plan for current, emerging, and future resource requirements for operational status. Provide leadership in determining the allocation of resources based on patient care systems that provide high-quality outcomes. Actively supports and role models patient - family centered care concepts in patient care services. Establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of medical center personnel and relate effectively with customers, families, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the local and network levels. Assists Nurse Managers (NM) to carry out the functions and activities expected of them. Contribute ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of nursing organization-wide, while assisting in policy-making activities as related to customer service and the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs. Collaborates with other health care staff to establish and maintain programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care. Demonstrates leadership at the service and/or hospital level, including functioning as a nursing leader with the ability to delegate appropriately. Performs administrative functions to assistant the Chief Nurse (CN) which include but are not limited to educational programs, medicine specialty, procedural areas, etc. Assist with aggregate data and participate in the budget process to plan for current, emerging, and future resource requirements for operational status. Provides leadership in determining the allocation of resources based on patient care systems that produce high-quality outcomes. Actively supports and role models patient-family centered care concepts in patient care services. Engages in professional organizations to enhance leadership and career growth. The Assistant Chief Nurse engages in professional organizations to enhance leadership and career growth. They adhere to ethical principles in decision-making, fostering accountability at personal, organizational, and staff level. Accountable for utilizing clinical expertise and evidence-based practice to find innovative approaches to address concerns to improve the quality care provided to our veterans. 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 thru Friday, 07:30 AM to 4:00 PM, with Flexibility for Department needs Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Available EDRP Authorized: Not Available Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Available PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Available 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.