Nurse (Post Baccalaureate RN Residency Program Manager)

Nurse Post Baccalaureate RN Residency Program Manager

The Nurse Post Baccalaureate RN Residency Program Manager is a role model in demonstrating excellence in practice, serves as a clinical mentor/preceptor for clinical and administrative staff, consults/collaborates in patient care and research, educates in formal and informal situations. Duties include but not limited to:

• Assesses the clinical performance, knowledge, skills, and competencies of RN residents/trainees and creates individualized learning plans to support clinical and professional development.
• Applies principles and theory of adult learning principles, teaching/learning methodologies, program management skills, and critical thinking skills.
• Provides clinical oversight of RN residents/trainees providing direct patient care.
• Facilitates academic relationships with schools of nursing on behalf of VAPORHCS.
• Coordinates and provides programmatic guidance for the RN Entry-to-Practice programs, preceptors, mentors, program faculty, and other program support team members.
• Collaborates with the nurse managers, staff, educators, and preceptors on program development, implementation, progress, and evaluation.
• Supports all efforts in achieving and maintaining accreditation of OAA Post-Baccalaureate PB-RNR and the Office of Nursing Services (ONS) Transition to Practice (TTP) programs through the CCNE and/or other accrediting bodies.
• Develops local content and utilizes national resources in directing, coordinating, and implementing the program curriculum to ensure that it meets the needs of the post-graduate RN, CCNE accreditation, and the ONS and OAA programs.
• Supports data collection and analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of the Entry-to-Practice programs to support maintaining CCNE accreditation and recruitment, retention, and program satisfaction metrics.
• Performs duties as primary timekeeper for post-baccalaureate nurse residents.

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: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Compressed/Flexible: May be available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized