Registered Nurse Float Assistant Nurse Manager Critical Care wEducation Debt Reduction Program
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Dallas, TX - USA
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Job Summary
The Float Assistant Nurse Manager will assess plan implement and evaluate care based on age-specific components and assuming responsibility for the coordination of care focused on the transition through the continuum of care patient and family education patient self-management after discharge and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.
AMERICAS VETERANS NEED YOU!
The Float Assistant Nurse Manager for Critical Care uses professional standards of care and practice to evaluate self programs and service activities. Maintaining knowledge of current techniques trends and professional issues while using group process to identify analyze and resolve care problems. Duties of the position include but not limited to the following:
- Assist with coordination of training and education for all nursing staff positions.
- Knowledge of facility policies / procedures and ability to teach and enforce. May serve on the Nursing Service Policy and Procedure committee.
- Collaborate with employees and Nurse Manager in the evaluation process of employees.
- Prepare time schedules and submit to Nurse Manager for review and approval.
- Collect data for quarterly reports on process improvement activity and program evaluations (i.e. wound care infection control patient complaints medication errors equipment location etc.).
- Ensure that medical records are maintained current and complete by monitoring the Nursing Service documentation to verify the entries are descriptive of care rendered and all physician orders have been properly carried out.
- Plan coordinate and utilize available staff to accomplish patient care workload.
- Routinely attend all preschedule meetings in the absence of the unit Nurse Manager.
- Assign work to subordinates based on priorities and take patient assignments at least 50% of the time to meet operational needs of the unit.
- Masters degree in Nursing.
- Minimum 5 years of Step-Down Unit experience.
- Minimum 3 years of RN leadership or Charge Nurse experience.
- CCRN and/or PCCN Certification.
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: 10-hour night shift tour of duty: 9:30pm to 8:00am tour may be variable depending on the needs of the unit. Will require working every other Friday Saturday and Sunday. Required to be in staffing 50% of the shifts. Flexibility in hours is required to meet with staff on off tours.
Work Schedule Statement: May be required to work other shifts be on call work weekends and/or holidays as patient care and needs of the service require. Should operationally needs dictate candidates must be willing to work within other units (including community-based outpatient clinics for example) to assist and support continuation of the provision of care/services.
Telework: Not Available.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval award amount (up to $200000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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.
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 masters level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelors 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.)
Grade Determinations: The following Scope Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates and if appropriate the level within a grade. The Dimension requirements (Practice Veteran/Patient Driven Care Leadership Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment:
I Level I
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard please visit Requirements: Moderate lifting 15-44 pounds light Lifting under 15 pounds moderate carrying 15-44 pounds light carrying under 15 pounds pulling hand over hand (8-12 hours) pushing (8-12 hours) reaching above shoulder use of fingers both hands required walking (8-12 hours) standing (8-12 hours) kneeling (8-12 Hours) repeated bending (8-12 hours) climbing legs only (8-12 Hours) climbing use of legs and arms both legs required near vision correctable at 13 to 16 to Jaeger 1 to 4 far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other ability to distinguish basic colors hearing without aids.
The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from or your school has changed names or is no longer in existence you must provide this information in your application.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38 and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicants criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations Security and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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Required Experience:
Manager
