This VISN Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) RN position is in VISN Director office at VISN 1, located at the Bedford VA Medical Center location. This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week.
The Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is an advanced healthcare executive who exercises independent clinical and administrative judgment in the leadership, direction, and evaluation of complex, multi-facility nursing and healthcare delivery programs supporting the four VA statutory missions.
The VISN CNO functions as a licensed Registered Nurse administrator, clinical authority, educator, and consultant whose scope of practice, decision-making authority, and accountability extend across the Network, influencing and setting nurse policy and Veteran care outcomes at the local, regional, state levels, and national levels.
The duties of this position require clinical judgment, professional licensure, and specialized nursing education of a Title 38 Registered Nurse and cannot be performed by a nonclinical administrator. The VISN CNO is executive nature, encompassing complex leadership and administrative responsibilities tied to critical health care delivery, clinical risk, and policy formation.
As a member of the senior executive leadership team (ELT), the VISN CNO leads and participates in strategic planning, organizational assessment, and program development from a nursing and clinical care perspective.
The VISN CNO holds executive authority and accountability for the following nursing practice and clinical oversight domains across the Network: Nursing practice standards, scope of practice, and clinical competency validation; Care coordination and integrated case management; Workforce oversight for retention and recruitment that includes a pipeline for future nursing staff; Infection prevention and control; Safe patient handling and mobility; Nursing informatics, including oversight of nursing-related aspects of the Electronic Health Record (EHR); Sterile Processing; Nurse staffing methodology and acuity-based staffing decisions; Clinical contact center operations; Virtual care nursing practice; Traveling Veteran coordination Veteran/bed flow management across the Network The VISN CNO may additionally oversee other clinical and non-clinical programs and services as assigned.
This position requires the application of advanced clinical nursing knowledge, licensure-based judgment, and evidence-based practice expertise to evaluate and define nursing care delivery, identify clinical risk, and direct corrective action across facilities. The VISN CNO champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) grounded in a systems approach to evidence-based health care, with safety and quality as clinical priorities requiring RN-level assessment and intervention.
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: TBD Telework: AD HOC at supervisor discretion Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Notifications: This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. 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. Veterans preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees. May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process. The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.
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.
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This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $213597 – $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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