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Chief Nurse - Community Care Service
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 17 days ago
About the Role
This position is located at the Wilmington VA Medical Center Wilmington, DE. The Nurse IV Chief Nurse (CN), Community Care Service, executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross services and/or discipline lines and influence the organizational healthcare mission.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but may not be limited to: Providing senior leadership and oversight for daily clinical and administrative operations within the Integrated Veteran Care as directed by the Chief of Staff.
- →Responsible for all aspects of care that fall under the community care coordination service line, providing administrative oversight and direction to the programs within the service.
- →Ensuring the delivery of coordinated care to Veteran patients and managing personnel within referred care programs to include community care.
- →Collaborates with and provides leadership in the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive coordination of care programs.
- →Responsible for efficient and effective management of resources within Integrated Veteran Care.
- →Responsible for assessing and recommending the allocations of human and material resources, in determining staffing levels, managing overtime, and recruitment and retention of nursing and administrative staff.
- →Possesses solid knowledge of Integrated Veteran Care regulations, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) guidelines, clinical review criteria, clinical practice and documentation requirements, current standards of care, and compliance guidelines.
- →Supports 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) of safety founded on a systems approach to developing evidence-based health care solutions based on prevention, not punishment, with collective mindfulness.
- →Fosters a climate for practice that enhances job satisfaction through mutual responsibility for productivity and quality improvement.
- →Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility, network and program office levels, meet the needs of the Veteran, and result in positive clinical and administrative outcomes.
- →Relates effectively with customers, families, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the local, network, facility and program office levels.
- →They assist with healthcare operations and the functions and activities expected of them.
- →Contributes ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of care.
Requirements
- ✓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.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 273724b8-861a-4c6b-8a39-12efde4d7460
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