Registered Nurse - Nursing Officer of the Day

Registered Nurse (RN) - Nursing Officer Of The Day

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care. Functions or scope of assigned duties include, but are not limited to:

• Communicates clinical knowledge and judgment to promote involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes.
• Possesses clinical knowledge for the assigned roles and responsibilities.
• Collaborates with the Administrative Officer of the Day (AOD) and other members of the interdisciplinary team as needed for decisions related to ongoing patient care and actions taken in emergency situations and disasters.
• Provides programmatic outcomes to nursing leadership to assist with improving organizational processes and the delivery of patient care.
• Incorporates position responsibilities and creative approaches to the management of patient care.
• Demonstrates the ability to organize the delivery of care to assure continuity of care for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.
• Serves as the facility expert for all patient care areas in identifying escalating medical crises, environmental factors, and in allocating staffing resources appropriately throughout the facility to meet the care needs of Veterans.
• Uses advanced clinical knowledge and judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes.
• Guides, develops, and supports staff from a leadership perspective using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities.

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: 1900-0730, with rotation to evenings, day shift, and both medical centers as needed.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs