Facilitates delivery of quality nursing care for a group of patients through the utilization of the nursing process. This nurse works effectively with all levels of staff, to include collaborative efforts with other health professionals. This nurse provides leadership in improving patient care, maintaining standards of care, and directing and teaching personnel in a variety of settings.
1. Provides leadership and participates in the provision of age-specific care for adult (18-64) and geriatric (65 and older) patients/groups including the following elements: promotes independence; encourages self-care; involves family or designated caregiver with care planning, provides necessary safety measures and access to privacy; assists patient to cope with changes affecting mobility, balance. 2.
Leads, manages, oversees, and supervises those who care for patients or programs/systems that support the delivery of care. 3. Guides staff in the application of the critical thinking process as applied to patient care and/or systems. Analyzes the documentation and reporting systems and plans strategies to initiate needed change. 4. Uses advanced clinical knowledge/judgement to promote staff involvement in planning, decision making and evaluating outcomes.
Applies creative techniques to motivate staff toward a productive working environment. 5. Acts as an expert consultant in clinical practice and/or in area(s) related to practice role responsibilities. 6. Systematically evaluates current practice. Produces improved outcomes, which impact patient care, organization processes and/or systems. 7. Accepts accountability for decisions related to sphere of practice. 8.
Functions as a consultant to others in analyzing and addressing communication problems, which affect interpersonal relations. Incorporates principles of communication and group process . 9. Guides, develops and supports staff for leadership role. 10. Using the nursing process components, develops and evaluates educational programs for patients based on individual learning needs, required competencies and adult learning principles. 11.
Develops and evaluates patient education programs for groups of patients/families. Establishes patient/family education and/or counseling groups for specific populations with interdisciplinary involvement. 12.
Demonstrates knowledge and/or required safety skills in the area of assignment and when appropriate in the following: emergency preparedness, infection control, hazardous materials, fire and equipment failure emergency plans and utility outage response procedures for their area. 13. Demonstrates clinical competence in performing practice specific and selected specialized procedures/competencies according to the area of assignment. 14.
Consistently conducts self in a manner that demonstrates adherence to standards of professional practice and patient care. 15. Analyzes ethical issues and appropriate theoretical principles. 16. Ensures application of institutional policies, especially those regarding patient rights and confidentiality. 17. Serves as a resource and advocate in the protection of patient/family and staff rights. 18. Maintains professional boundaries. 19.
Analyzes available resources and identifies risk areas, which include budgetary, staffing, equipment and available data. 20. Evaluates available options and selects a course of action, which will result in the most favorable client or organizational outcome. 21. Tracks, trends, and interprets data to predict the impact of mandates on productivity of program, service, and staff. 22.
Demonstrates knowledge of the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals and applies the Standards when providing patient care. Preferred Experience BSN Community Care experience Case Management experience PACT experience Consult management experience Work Schedule: 7:30am to 4:00pm, Monday thru Friday. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. 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.
Michele.Howard2@va.gov · 909-871-7413
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $141275 – $204799/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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