Registered Nurse- Assistant Nurse Manager Inpatient Medicine / Telemetry

Job Title

The ANM acts as a supervisor, providing oversight for administrative tasks such as leave management, counseling, disciplinary actions, training, and evaluation of designated unit staff. The ANM applies necessary skills and coordinates or identifies educational and training needs for professional staff development and emerging needs at all levels. Additionally, the ANM assists in creating a positive and supportive work environment to enhance care delivery and professional development for clinically competent staff.

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible for contributing to the establishment and implementation of evidence-based best practices in nursing care.
• Promotes professional governance initiatives and encourages participation of all staff.
• Serves as Acting Nurse Manager in the absence of the Nurse Manager.
• Serves as an assistant with authority delegated by the Nurse Manager, providing leadership, supervision, and direction to nursing staff.
• Performs delegated duties including developing schedules, completing performance evaluations, and initiating or recommending disciplinary actions.
• Responsible for performance improvement, customer service, patient satisfaction, employee safety, and adherence to standards of care and practice, as well as accreditation and regulatory standards.
• Collaborates with the Nurse Manager to assure responsibility and accountability for day-to-day clinical operations and patient flow, including supervision and evaluation of care delivered by all levels of nursing staff.
• Identifies developmental and training needs of staff and provides support for such development and training per VA Handbook 500 Part 8.
• Conducts effective staff conferences and accepts responsibility for meetings, conferences, unit activities, direction, and follow-up with decided plans to improve patient care.
• Leads or delegates group activities to solve problems or accomplish specific tasks, serving as a role model in comprehensive patient and family care and resolution of issues.
• Facilitates operational exchange of ideas between peers, managers, and staff, creatively responds to and evaluates suggestions for improvement.

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: Days, 0730 -1600

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.