Nurse Associate Director of Patient Care Services

Quick Facts

• Role: Associate Director for Patient Care Services / Nurse Executive

Description

The Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS) serves as Nurse Executive and is part of the Senior Executive Leadership Team. This role leads strategic planning, program development, and nursing practice standards to ensure continuous, high-quality nursing services across the medical center and its community-based outpatient clinics.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with health care executives to create the organizational mission and vision
• Direct integration of nursing/nursing-related activities to achieve organizational goals
• Advocate ethical decision-making for the public and staff
• Develop resources utilization strategies to improve organizational performance
• Mentor others in executive leadership positions
• Forecast educational needs for complex, multi-system change
• Develop professional practice policy aligned with accrediting bodies, statutes, and regulations
• Collaborate with other executives for strategic planning, decision-making, and problem-solving regarding health care services and organizational priorities
• Serve as an expert communicator for nursing and health care trends/issues locally, statewide, network-wide, and nationally
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of the overall health care program by leading, coordinating, and facilitating evaluation and improvement of patient-care programs

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only if VA cannot recruit qualified citizens per VA policy)
• Basic written and spoken English proficiency
• Graduate of an accredited professional nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) or meet VA-approved bridge/foreign-education pathways
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration
• Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959
• Background/security investigation
• Complete online onboarding and pre-employment requirements
• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program
• Urinalysis drug screening if selected for a testing-designated position
• May be required to serve a probationary period

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards
• Paid time off: 50 days/year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% contributions
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance benefits
• Relocation incentive and Permanent Change of Station (PCS) may be authorized for highly qualified candidates
• Telework: available ad-hoc only (not a virtual position)