Chief Nurse Officer Detail

VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
US - North Carolina - Durham
January 30, 2025

Summary

The Nurse V Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is an healthcare executive who executes responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches in the guidance and direction of complex patient care services and programs. They function as an administrator, educator, and consultant with a wide range of experience and authority to improve care for large groups of Veterans through their influence over policy development and decisions.

This job is open to

Internal to an agency

Current federal employees of this agency.

Clarification from the agency

Current, permanent VISN 6 employees only

VideosDuties

The Nurse V VISN CNO 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 function as a member of the senior executive leadership team for strategic planning, organizational assessment, and program development. They provide senior leadership and oversight for some clinical and administrative operations within nursing as directed.

Duties include but not limited to:

Has overall management of nursing practice, case coordination/integrated case management, nursing infection control, safe patient handling, nursing informatics including responsibility of implementation of Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) regarding nursing, sterile processing, staffing methodology, clinical contact center, virtual care, traveling Veteran coordination, and patient/bed flow for the Network.
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.
Champion a High Reliability Organization (HRO) with a culture of safety founded on a systems approach to developing evidence-based health care solutions based on prevention, not punishment, with collective mindfulness.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility, Network, and national levels.
Works closely with nursing leadership, staffing methodology coordinators, utilization management lead, patient flow/bed management coordinators, Lead for the Clinical Contact Center (CCC) and clinical staff at each site.
Administratively responsible to the Network Director and works closely and collaboratively with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Quality Management Officer, Patient Safety Officer, and other clinical and administrative staff within the VISN, at facilities, and at VACO.

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 through Friday 8-4:
30pm

Telework:
Not Available

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized

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.
All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
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.

QualificationsBasic 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 coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i. e. , Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception:
Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis. )

NOTE:
Grandfathering Provision - All persons.

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