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Nurse- Activations Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 76 days ago
About the Role
The Activations Coordinator Nurse serves as a strategic leader who leverages innovative and collaborative approaches to support nursing operations. This role provides comprehensive oversight of all activation phases affecting nursing services, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, regulatory requirements, and optimal patient care outcomes.
What You'll Do
- →The Activations Coordinator Nurse duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: Provides leadership, responsibility and accountability for all phases of activation planning for new construction, renovation, expansion or reconfiguration of clinical and administrative areas.
- →Participation in early strategic planning, business case development, financial and capital planning discussions and alignment with organizational growth initiatives.
- →Collaborates with Executive Leadership, Clinical Services, Facilities Management, Engineering, Logistics and other key stakeholders to ensure activation efforts reflect operational, regulatory and patient care requirements.
- →Serves as the central communication and coordination point for Nursing Service for activation initiatives, maintaining structured project documentation, tracking milestones, escalating risks and providing executive level updates as needed.
- →Works closely with the Strategic Planner, the Clinical Assets Coordinator, as well as the Design Team, and serves as a member of designated facility level committees/councils applicable to strategic planning and activation.
- →Travel will be required to meet with Leadership Teams and stakeholders at existing sites of care as well as new and potential sites of care.
- →Provides clinical input into space planning, workflow design, environmental considerations, furniture, fixtures, equipment and infrastructure planning to support safe and efficient care delivery.
- →Partners with construction and project management teams to align scheduling, phasing and transition planning activities to minimize operational disruption.
- →Oversees comprehensive operational readiness planning, including equipment and technology integration, staffing alignment, policy and procedure development, regulatory preparedness and safety compliance.
- →Directs and coordinates move in activities, validates space functionality, supports frontline staff during implementation, and ensures timely resolution of operational issues.
- →During the post activation period, conducts focused stabilization activities, including monitoring initial performance outcomes, resolving early process gaps, and working with leadership to refine workflows and space utilization until full operational stability is achieved.
- →Establishes and sustains effective communication across all levels of medical center personnel and relates effectively with all customers, families, and community agencies, as well as program and service leaders at the local, network and national levels.
- →Contributes ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of the entire Nursing Service in the performance of their current duties, as well as in planning after activation.
- →Assists in policy-making activities as related to customer service and the overall functioning of both existing and new administrative and clinical programs.
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 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.
- ✓The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
- ✓Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
Personality Fit
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