Registered Nurse (Nursing Officer of the Day)

*** Recruitment or Relocation incentive may be authorized for eligible, highly qualified candidates! *** The Nursing Officer of the Day works in Patient Care Services and delivers position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care. The incumbent will also demonstrate the ability to direct and organize the delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice.

Duties include but are not limited to: Collaborates with the Administrative Officer of the Day (AOD) and other members of the interdisciplinary team as needed for decisions related to on-going patient care and actions taken in emergency situations and disasters. Provides programmatic outcomes to nursing leadership to assist with improving organizational processes and the delivery of patient care. Manages the care of patients, while organizing and prioritizing patient care needs, and ensuring assigned tasks are completed. Functions as an emerging leader in providing direction to staff to identify, implement and evaluate patient care needs. Provides and directs others in Veteran/patient driven care that optimizes the patient's experience, satisfaction, and/or safety for a team of patients. Maintains professional boundaries to protect patient vulnerabilities and act in the best interest of the patient. Educates colleagues and/or students and serves as a preceptor or mentor. Recruits' peers to participate in unit level performance improvement activities. Provides the Veteran's family, caregiver and/or significant other, the Veteran's representative, visitors to VA facilities, all VA staff, and other customers with consistent information according to establish policies and procedures. Handles conflict and problems in dealing with any consumer group appropriately and in a constructive manner. Gathers and provides units with equipment that is needed on the off tours. Documents in scheduling system (Acustaf) for overtime, callouts, pulls, mandation. Responds to CODEs/Rapid responses on the off tours, holidays, and weekends. 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: 3:30pm-12:00am and 12:00am- 8:00am float position with rotation to holidays and weekend. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

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. 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.