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Associate Director for Patient Care Services
4 weeks ago
Northport VAMC is recruiting for one full-time Registered Nurse, Associate Director of Patient Care Services (ADPCS).
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS) is a healthcare administrator and the top executive within nursing and is a key member of the senior executive leadership team of the organization, involved in strategic planning, organizational assessment, and program development.
A recruitment/relocation incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified individual.
Duties
The Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS) is a healthcare administrator and the top executive within nursing and is a key member of the senior executive leadership team of the organization, involved in strategic planning, organizational assessment, and program development.
The ADPCS has the authority and responsibility for establishing standards of nursing practice and ensuring the continuous and timely availability of quality nursing services.
He/she is the chief spokesperson for organized nursing services and is the catalyst for the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of patient-centered and organizational goals.
Champions a High Reliability Organization with a culture of safety founded on a systems approach to developing evidence-based health care solutions based on prevention.
Northport VAMC is a Level 1C facility serving medical, surgical, psychiatric, inpatients and outpatients, with a Level I Emergency Department, and multiple community-based outpatient clinics (CBOC).
The ADPCS is a member of the Northport VAMC Executive Leadership Team along with the Medical Center Director, the ADPCS, the Chief of Staff, Associate Director, and the Assistant Medical Center Director.
Councils and Committees that govern and influence the operations of the medical center.
The ADPCs understand regulation and payment issues that affect the facility's budget. The ADPCS uses his/her knowledge of VA, other federal agencies, and state laws and regulations that affect the provision of patient care (e.g. professional licensure, reimbursement, VA Choice care, etc.).
The ADPCS takes appropriate action when opportunities exist to adjust clinical operations to respond effectively to environmental changes in economic elements.
The ADPCS is the Nurse Executive for this facility & its associated community-based outpatient clinics.He/she is responsible for the practice of nursing 24/7 by all registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, & allied health staff (LPNs, NAs, etc.) regardless of line authority.
He/she has line authority over Sterile Processing Services & Learning Systems as well.The ADPCS will exercise final authority & approval over nursing job descriptions, nursing care policies and procedures; nursing standards of patient care, treatment, and services; standards of nursing practice; nurse staffing plans; & standards to measure, assess, & improve patient outcomes.
He/she will ensure that all registered nurses, advance practice nurses, & licensed practical nurses are licensed, certified, and/or registered upon employment, & thereafter.
He/she will ensure a competency process is in place to evaluate individual practice, as well as a review process for annual performance ratings.
The ADPCS & other nursing leaders participate with leaders from the Executive Leadership Team, management, medical staff, clinical areas, & administrative areas in strategic planning & decision-making processes.
Nursing leaders in all services are expected to input into nursing policy development and to participate in the ADPCS' Administrative Staff Meetings.
Appropriate delegation of nursing activities is accomplished to nurse leaders in all services.
The ADPCS will promote a healthy work environment for nursing through the implementation of shared decision making; 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.
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: 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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