Northern Arizona VA Health Care System is looking for a Registered Nurse - Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) to join the Associate Director Patient Care Service (ADPCS)! ** This position is a detail NTE 120 days and may be converted to permanent without further competition.**
The Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care. Duties include, but are not limited to: Demonstrates the ability to lead and organize the delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.
Expert in the delivery of patient care and serves as the facility nursing expert at all hours to support, provide and facilitate emergency medical support throughout the facility. Incumbent 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. Expert in clinical practice and/or areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities for nursing. Systematically evaluates current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within an area of expertise.
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. Demonstrates expertise in leadership at the systems level that is sustainable, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex situations.
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: Full-time.
Sunday through Saturday including holidays, 0730-2000 (dayshift). There are 6, twelve hour shifts and 1, 8 hour shift. Telework: Not available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.
ana.taylor@va.gov · 909-272-0466
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $90920 – $164083/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-18.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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