Registered Nurse - Nurse Manager (Bangor)

Job Title

Duties

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Designated as the first-line supervisory authority
• Functions as the clinical expert and is responsible for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care
• Maintaining excellent interpersonal relationships with staff, interdisciplinary colleagues, Veterans and their families/significant others, and representatives from the community
• Role modeling and promoting VA Mission, Vision, and Values
• Implementation of the National Primary Care mandate of the Patient Centered Medical Home Model (PACT model) as well as the Primary Care Delivery System in accordance with standard operation procedures
• Oversight of scheduling and collaboration with the AMSA Supervisor to ensure patient access and timely patient flow.
• Collaborating with the appropriate manager/administrator to develop, implement and evaluate goals and objectives for the area(s) assigned
• Assessment, planning, provision, and evaluation of nursing services
• Advancing the use of telehealth as a modality for providing care to Veterans in highly rural areas of Maine
• Life-long learning and information sharing
• Leading, directing, educating, coaching and counseling professional and support staff
• Fostering inter-professional collaboration and teamwork to achieve patient care outcomes
• Coordinating the provision of quality care and assisting staff to fulfill performance expectations
• Evaluating Primary Care and Specialty Care Nursing Staff and providing input for others as required
• Directing and organizing clinic specific orientation, training, and development of staff; providing direction and supervision to those staff members; and evaluating their performance
• Assuring ongoing competency of nursing staff
• Direct patient care that includes assessment, teaching, and implementation of treatment plans

Work Schedule: Full-Time, Various Tours of Duty Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Notifications:

• This position is not a Bargaining Unit position
• This position is in the Excepted Service
• This position is covered by a special rate
• Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
• Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held

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 VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards