Deputy Associate Director For Patient Care Services position is in Assoc Dir, Patient Care service at the VA Connecticut Medical Center, located at the West Haven campus location. This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week.
Deputy Associate Director for Patient Care Services (DADPCS) is an advanced healthcare executive who demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to ensure the continuous and timely availability of quality nursing practice in a variety of complex patient care services and programs.
They function as an executive administrator and consultant to the Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS) to improve care for large groups of Veterans through their influence and collaboration for decisions made at the local, regional, and network levels. This position will serve as the acting ADPCS in the absence of the ADPCS.
The scope of the DADPCS is of an executive nature, comprised of complex leadership and administrative components associated with critical health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, health care, and policy (VA Handbook 5005, PartII, Appendix G6.). They are accountable to the ADPCS and are an integral part of the senior leadership team.
The DADPCS is a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and a healthcare executive within nursing services. The incumbent is a spokesperson for organized nursing services and works to ensure the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of optimal Veteran centered organizational goals in the facility.
The DADPCS works closely with the ADPCS as a collaborator and partner in strategic planning, organization assessment, and program development. They have the responsibility to assist with the establishment of standards for the practice of nursing at the health care system level to ensure the continuous and timely availability of quality nursing services. The DADPCS is responsible for the practice of nursing 24/7.
This includes all registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and allied health staff (LPNs, NAs, etc.) regardless of line authority. They have line authority over the Associate Chief Nurses(ACN) and may have additional duties assigned to them by the ADPCS.
The incumbent exercises preliminary approval for the following: job descriptions, policies, and procedures; standards of patient care, treatment, and services; nursing practice standards; staffing plans; functional statements; and standards to measure, assess, and improve patient outcomes. The incumbent appropriately delegates activities to services assigned to them under the purview of the ADPCS.
The DADPCS ensures a competency process is in place to evaluate individual practice, as well as a review process for annual performance ratings. The DADPCS promotes shared decision-making to ensure a healthy work environment for nursing; a spirit of inquiry and the use of evidence-based practice; and an academic environment supportive of education and research to promote the profession of nursing.
The incumbent champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) founded on a collective mindfulness approach to develop evidence-based health care solutions that promote a culture or prevention and safety.
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 through Friday 7:30 am-4:00 pm, but must be available 24 hours a day/7 days a week Telework: Ad Hoc at the discretion of the supervisor Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required, selectee must file a financial disclosure report, OGE Form 450, within 30 days of onboarding and then annually. Notifications: This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. Selectee may be required to work at any VA Connecticut Healthcare System campus, as needed.
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 in the Excepted Service. The salary is based on the grade and step approved for the selected candidate.
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.
Dawn.Langston@va.gov · (203) 932-5711 X18238
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $195464 – $228000/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-08.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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