Assistant Nurse Manager Rci

**Duties**:
The Assistant Nurse Manager duties will include but are not limited to:

- Direct and supervise the RCI nursing staffing as designated by the Nurse Manager.
- Act as the Nurse Manager during time of Nurse Manager absences.
- Plan work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities, and preparing schedules for completion of work.
- Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and the requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of subordinates.
- Evaluate the performance of subordinates as delegated by the Nurse Manager.
- Make recommendations to the Nurse Manager for appointments, advancements, or reassignments of subordinates.
- Give advice, counsel, or instruction to subordinate personnel on work and administrative matters (such as performance and conduct issues).
- Hear and resolve complaints of subordinates and referring more serious complaints not resolved to higher level supervisors.
- Recommend and/or take disciplinary action where appropriate.
- Follow the hiring and selection process for new employees in collaboration with the Nurse Manager.
- Identify developmental and training needs of subordinates and services and providing or making provision for such development and training.
- Identify and implement performance improvement based on performance/quality measures.
- Maintain patient and employee safety, standards of care and practice, the work environment, and accreditation and regulatory standards.
- Actively develop and manage collaborative partnerships with other departments, both internal and external to the VA.
- Assist with JPSR / PATS-R issues; assist in resolving consult issues.
- Work with data analyst to pull Data / Metrics for services. Update or write SOPs as needed.
- Attend National meetings for RCI and disseminate critical information to staff.
- Collaborate with the Nurse Manager to ensure the RCI unit is staffed appropriately, validating the workload, and using national staffing tools as a guide for staffing.
- Ensure that suspense's and reports are completed timely along with proficiencies and performance appraisals as delegated by the Nurse Manager.
- Participate on service level committees and task forces to improve nursing practice and patient care. Support shared governance and encourages employees to participate in facility councils.
- Maintain a partnership with the union and adhering to EEO principles.
- Provide coverage for consult management teams as directed by the Nurse Manager
- Other duties as assigned.

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 - Friday 0730-1600

**Compressed/Flexible**:Not Available

**Telework**: Not Available

**Virtual**: This is a virtual position.

**Permanent Change of Station (PCS)**:
**PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO)**:
**Financial Disclosure Report**: Not required

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- Subject to background/security investigation.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.

**Qualifications**:
**Basic Requirements**:

- **English Language Proficiency. **In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- **Graduate of a school of professional nursing** approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); **OR** Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed course