Nurse (Associate Director for Patient Care Service)

2 months ago

Iowa City, Iowa, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
VA Nurse Total Rewards


The ADPCS is of an executive nature, comprised of complex leadership and administrative components associated with critical health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, health care, and policy.

They are accountable to the Health Care System Medical Director and are an integral part of the senior leadership team.

The ADPCS is a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and is the top executive within nursing services. The ADPCS will promote a healthy work environment for nursing through the implementation of shared decision making processes.

The incumbent 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 optimal Veteran centered organizational goals.

The ADPCS is a key leader in strategic planning, organization assessment, and program development with authority and responsibility to establish standards for the practice of nursing at the health care system level ensuring the continuous and timely availability of quality nursing services.

The ADPCS is responsible for the practice of nursing 24/7. This includes all registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and allied health staff (LPNs, NAs, etc.) regardless of line authority.

The ADPCS has line authority over the Deputy Associate Director, Patient Care Services (DADPCS), Sterile Processing Service (SPS), Chaplain Service, Education and Staff Development, Cancer Care, and Social Work Service (SWS).

The incumbent exercises final authority and approval for the following:

job descriptions, policies, and procedures; standards of patient care, treatment, and services; nursing practice standards; staffing plans; functional statements; and standards to measure, assess, and improve patient outcomes.

Appropriately delegates activities to those service lines under the purview of the ADPCS.

The ADPCS champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) founded on a collective mindfulness approach to develop evidence-based health care solutions that promote a culture of prevention and safety.


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 thru Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible:
Available

Telework:
Ad-hoc Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
May be authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)
:
Not authorized

PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO)
:
Not authorized

Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required

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