Registered Nurse House Supervisor

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse House Supervisor

• Focus: Facility-wide nursing leadership for complex patient care, emergencies, and staffing/resource decisions

Description

The Registered Nurse House Supervisor leads and organizes complex patient care to ensure continuity of care, peer accountability, and support for discharge planning. The role serves as the facility nursing expert at all hours, identifying escalating medical crises and coordinating emergency medical support throughout the facility. The RN House Supervisor manages staffing resources and directs employees during assigned shifts.

Responsibilities

• Act as the facility expert across patient care areas; identify escalating medical crises and environmental factors

• Allocate staffing resources appropriately to meet Veterans’ care needs

• Use advanced clinical knowledge and judgment to involve staff in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes

• Serve as an expert in clinical practice and assigned nursing responsibilities

• Evaluate current practice and formulate outcomes for patient groups and/or organizational processes

• Guide, develop, and support staff using professional standards, scientific evidence, and evaluated program/service activity outcomes

• Demonstrate sustainable systems-level leadership for complex situations

• Exercise authority on duty: cancel/grant leave, make schedule changes, authorize overtime

• Manage and direct employees and staffing units; allocate resources during the tour of duty

• Conduct rounding and consult with providers

• Collaborate with the Administrative Officer of the Day and interdisciplinary team for ongoing patient care and emergency/disaster decisions

• Provide programmatic outcomes to nursing leadership to improve organizational processes and patient care delivery

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only if qualified citizens can’t be recruited per VA policy)

• Basic written and spoken English proficiency

• Graduate of an approved nursing program (ACEN/CCNE) OR meet VA-approved education/bridge or foreign education equivalency pathway

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN licensure in a U.S. state/territory/DC

• Background/security investigation

• Pre-employment physical evaluation and online onboarding

• Urinalysis drug screening for testing-designated positions

• Selective Service registration for eligible males

• Seasonal influenza vaccination participation

• Possible probationary period; complete all required application documents

• Ability to meet physical requirements (lifting/pushing/pulling, reaching, walking/standing, kneeling, repeated bending, rapid coordination, and vision requirements)

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards

• Paid Time Off: 50 days per year (annual leave, sick leave, and federal holidays)

• Retirement: Traditional federal pension and federal 401K with up to 5% VA contribution

• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care options (often portable into retirement)

• Work schedule: 7:30 pm–8:00 am with rotating weekends and holidays (80 hours per pay period; subject to facility needs)