Registered Nurse - Assistant Nurse Manager

Summary

The Assistant Nurse Manager (ANM) supports the Nurse Manager with supervisory duties and responsibility and accountability for the 24/7 operations of their designated units. The ANM has responsibility and accountability for the direction and supervision of specific orientation, training, development of staff, and provides input into the evaluation of individual staff performance. They function as a role model, educator, practitioner, and supervisor providing leadership to the team.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: Demonstrates and educates staff on providing excellent customer service. Cultivates an environment of professionalism, excellence and conflictresolution at the clinic and team level. Ensures compliance with VHA, System and clinic policies. Ensures compliance with T JC, other regulatory bodies and standards. Completes clinic unit rounds daily and as needed to address specific issues. Reports to NM by 4 p.m. daily any incidents (i.e., med errors, falls, threats, and assaults) and completes incident reports. Acts in the absence of the Nurse Manager. Communicates with ACNS, seeks guidance as necessary to ensure patient care needs are met, staff supervised in fair and consistent manner, clinic functioning, and services are maintained. Assists 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 providing overall management of a clinic/area. Collaborates with other healthcare professionals in coordinating care. Responding and issuing out emails on behalf of Nurse Manager. Management: supports and maintains established operational policies which enable the clinic/area to function in an organized and efficient manner; orients new personnel, for example: nursing staff, medical staff, students. Maintains established in-service and staff development programs. Maintain copy of nursing schedules and unplanned leave electronically for three years or paper copies for three years from last Joint Commission inspection. Acts in the absence of the Nurse Manager when delegated. Reviews and approves schedules time, providing three weeks of approved leave as required to meet the Master Agreement (the present week and two weeks in advance). Prepares and post or submits in monthly reporting to ACNS by the 5th of each month, according to clinic assignments per ACNS. Completes information for the Balanced Score Card for their clinic by the 5th of the month, includes action plans as required. Ensures compliance and monitors daily environment of care with Infection Control, National Patient Safety Goals standards, policies and procedures supporting a culture of safety. Monitors and maintains CBOC nursing logs (Environment of care and Point of care). Completes employee ECOMP on the day of employee injury, reviews patient incident reports in JPSR, and checks notifications after events to ensure reports are complete and signed within required time frame. Works cooperatively with the clinic management team. Uses tact and understanding in difficult or sensitive situations utilizing principles of service recovery. Maintains privacy and confidentiality of all employees, administrative or patient issues/ information, including electronic, print, and conversations. Promotes effective written and verbal communications through monthly meetings with Nursing Staff, e-mails, and huddles. Ensures individual and group meetings are documented. Plans for own TMS training to be completed timely. Participates in/facilitates appropriate Nursing Committee/Council meetings. Assists Nurse Manager in completed special assignments and is a contributing member of Nursing Service and systems councils and committees. Actively participates in the development of policies, procedures, and standards to promote evidence-based patient­driven care. Monitors progress of standing orders analyzes variations and initiates appropriate actions. Assigns responsibility for clinic/area coverage when absent. Assesses staffing patterns to ensure that patient care needs are evaluated, met, and maintained using non-traditional appointments. Assists the Nurse Manager in promoting professional development and motivation for employees to work at optimal efficiency. Assist the Nurse Manager in managing nursing staff in delivering nursing care. Demonstrates sound administrative judgment in making decisions. 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, 08:00am - 04:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR 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 temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, 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 that 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 while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.) NOTE: Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification. Grade Determinations: The following Scope, Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the