Registered Nurse - Nursing Officer of the Day - Patient Flow Coordinator

Nursing Officer Of The Day/Patient Flow Coordinator

The Nursing Officer of the Day/Patient Flow Coordinator will function as Bed Management System (BMS) champion, managing the BMS to coordinate access and bed flow within the facility. The Nursing Officer of the Day/Patient Flow Coordinator will work collaboratively with the members of the health care team daily to provide patient access, alleviating barriers to movement throughout the Martinsburg VAMC. The NOD is a nurse who has experience in leadership at the unit/facility level that is sustainable with creative approaches to management of complex situations. The role oversees nursing practice and nursing care on all patient care units, including adherence to infection prevention and control standards and safe use and operation of equipment.

Responsibilities include:

• Providing effective leadership and supervision to all nursing staff to ensure appropriate oversight and provision of patient care on all medical center units and serves as a member of the code team during tour of duty.
• Providing effective utilization and control of staff resources, supplies, and equipment and overtime expenditures. Accesses and analyzes patient incidents, employee injuries, and risk events.
• Incorporating position responsibilities and creative approaches to the management of patient care. The NOD communicates the ability to organize the delivery of care to assure continuity of care for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.
• Communicating clinical knowledge and judgment to promote self involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes. They possess knowledge of basic clinical practice to the assigned roles and responsibilities.
• Aware of evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for patients and/ or departmental processes.
• Collaborating with staff as a team member to incorporate professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities.
• Assuming authority, responsibility, and accountability for managing and directing employees, staffing units, and allocating resources as necessary during weekends, holidays, and after-hours tours during the absence of nursing management/leadership.
• Responsible for rounding and is a consultant to providers.
• Collaborating 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.
• Providing programmatic outcomes to nursing leadership to assist with improving organizational processes and the delivery of patient care.
• The Nursing Officer of the Day/Patient Flow Coordinator satisfactorily completes special assignments which may include, but are not limited to, assisting units as needed with direct patient care, assisting with preparation for accreditation surveys, special reports and orientation/educational assignments.
• The Nursing Officer of the Day/Patient Flow Coordinator provides professional leadership during assigned tour of duty as the representative for the Associate Director, Patient Care Services.

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: Primary nights, every weekend with rotating holidays

Telework: Not Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.