The Associate Chief Nurse (ACN) for VA Boston's Geriatrics & Extended Care Service Line provides senior nursing leadership across a broad continuum of geriatric, home-based, community-based, and long-term care programs. The ACN drives Age-Friendly Health System practices using the 4Ms (What Matters, Medication, Mentation, Mobility), ensuring high-quality, Veteran-centered care and aligning services with organizational priorities.
The Associate Chief Nurse of GEC position is in Geriatrics and Extended Care department at the VA Boston Healthcare System located at the Brockton, MA location. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week. Included but are not limited to: Provides nursing leadership for GEC-aligned programs including home-based and transitional care programs, purchased skilled and non-skilled nursing programs, and the Community Living Center's MDS nursing program.
Collaborates with the Chief of GEC on program development, evaluation, and nurse-led models of care. Ensures compliance with VHA policies and accreditation standards. Integrates Age-Friendly 4Ms across programs. Supervises nursing staff; manages staffing, recruitment, retention, and training. Allocates resources to ensure safe, effective operations. Partners with interdisciplinary teams at facility, VISN, and national levels.
Leads performance improvement and evidence-based practice. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (Days) Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: May be available on an Ad-Hoc basis at supervisor's discretion Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized 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 Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service 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. This position is covered by a special rate. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp. If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $183681 – $228000/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-13.
This is a Monday - Friday (Days) position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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