The Kansas City VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD), Registered Nurse assigned to the Nursing Acute Care. S/He is accountable for adhering to established policies, standards of care, standards of practice, and demonstrating leaderships and accomplishments in developing and implementing programs to improve the delivery of patients care.
The NOD is a steward and guardian for nursing practice and a coordinator and facilitator of complex interdisciplinary care.
Registered Nurse (Nursing Officer of the Day), Nursing Acute Care Service is responsible for developing day-to-day management and long-term planning of the patient care area; directing and developing staff; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary professional staffs; providing physical and psychological support for patients, friends, and families.
Registered Nurse (Nursing Officer of the Day), Nursing Acute Care Service is accountable for the overall administration of Nursing in the absence of the Associate Director of Patient Care Services, during non-administrative tours of duty. The Registered Nurse (Nursing Officer of the Day), using appropriate consultation, is responsible for exercising prerogatives in administrative matters and other duties as assigned.
Scope of supervision and responsibilities is based upon the assignment from the service or service line. Practice is based on the nursing process and evidence based research.
The Registered Nurse (Nursing Officer of the Day) is: (a) Leading and organizing delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning; (b) Using advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes, (c) Functioning as an expert in clinical practice and/or areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities, (d) Guiding, developing, and supporting staff from a leadership perspective, and (e) Using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing. Assures quality of care by developing and interpreting hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care; enforcing adherence to state board of nursing and state nurse practice act requirements and to other governing agency regulations; measuring health outcomes against standards; making or recommending adjustments.
Actively participates in emergency preparedness, codes, drills etc. within the facility by providing guidance and process evaluation to team members. Ensures proper documentations of these events. Manages the care of patients, while organizing and prioritizing patient care needs, and ensuring assigned tasks are completed.
Leads and organizes delivery of care to ensure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice. Leads staff to identify, analyze and address ethical issues that impact patients, caregivers and staff beyond the immediate practice setting. Serves as a resource for patients, caregivers, and staff to address and resolve ethical issues in the immediate practice setting.
Leads teams, contributes to team conferences, and actively collaborates in all phases of patient care planning. Successfully integrates objectives, opportunities, and resources. Takes responsibility for personal and professional career goals. Supports the professional growth of others. Leads initiatives for expanding best techniques to identify and apply patient preferences to shared care delivery decisions in the immediate practice settings.
Preferred Experience: 2-3 years acute care nursing experience, ACLS/BLS, and or supervisory leadership experience.
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: Varied nightshifts Telework: Not Available 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 $81568 – $143451/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-26.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-16 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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