Kansas City VA Medical Center is seeking a highly qualified Assistant Chief Nurse for Inpatient and Emergency Department Services. The ideal candidate brings three or more years of proven nurse management experience, demonstrating leadership in complex clinical environments with continuous responsibility for care delivery, staff oversight, and operational outcomes.
This role requires a detail-oriented leader with strong proficiency in data management, monitoring, and analysis of quality metrics.
The Kansas City VA Medical Center is seeking a highly qualified Assistant Chief Registered Nurse for Inpatient and Emergency Department Services. The ideal candidate brings three or more years of proven nurse management experience, demonstrating leadership in complex clinical environments with continuous responsibility for care delivery, staff oversight, and operational outcomes.
This role requires a detail-oriented leader with strong proficiency in data management, monitoring, and analysis of quality metrics, including NHPPD, regulatory compliance indicators, and performance-improvement outcomes. The Assistant Chief Nurse will guide interdisciplinary collaboration, support evidence-based practice, and contribute to strategic planning, resource allocation, and organizational assessments.
Candidates must exhibit excellent communication skills, a commitment to patient-centered care, and the ability to influence care outcomes across diverse inpatient and emergency service lines. The major duties and responsibilities of a Assistant Chief Registered Nurse include but are not limited to: Ensures administrative support and guidance while providing oversight for the delivery of nursing care and management of nursing personnel and clinical resources.
Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Provides coordination and accountability for all regulatory and environmental surveys and adheres to mandatory response timelines.
Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs. Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care. Ensures administrative support and guidance while providing oversight for the delivery of nursing care and management of nursing personnel and clinical resources.
Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Assists Nurse Managers (NM) to carry out the functions and activities expected of them.
Contributes ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of nursing organization-wide, while assisting in policy-making activities as related to customer service and the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs. Collaborates with other health care staff to establish and maintain programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care.
Demonstrates leadership at the service and/or hospital level, including functioning as a nursing leader with the ability to delegate appropriately. Performs administrative functions to assistant the Associate Chief Nurse (ACN) which include but are not limited to educational programs, medicine specialty, procedural areas, etc.
They assist with aggregate data and participate in the budget process to plan for current, emerging, and future resource requirements for operational status. Provides leadership in determining the allocation of resources based on patient care systems that produce high-quality outcomes. Assists with the development of care delivery models and environmental design, ensuring evidence-based, accessible, affordable, and equitable patient care.
Ensures compliance with accreditation and regulatory standards, directives, policies, and standards operating procedures (SOP). Aligns nursing/clinical objectives with organizational strategic outcomes, participating in strategy planning and execution. Preferred Experience: 3 or more years of nurse management experience, data and metrics management, regulatory and quality improvement skills.
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 thru Friday; 7:30am to 4:00pm Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $121677 – $161827/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-06.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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