Nursing Officer of the Day - Patient Flow Coordinator (NOD-PFC)

Nursing Officer Of The Day/Patient Flow Coordinator

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. Other duties include but not limited to:

• 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.
• The NOD communicates 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.
• Collaborates with staff as a team member to incorporate professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities.
• 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 NOD assumes 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.
• The NOD is responsible for rounding and is a consultant to providers. 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.
• The NOD provides programmatic outcomes to nursing leadership to assist with improving organizational processes and the delivery of patient care.

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: Intermittent - Rotating with minimum of 2 shifts per month (4 weeks)

Telework: Not Available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.