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Nurse Manager, Geriatrics and Extended Care Service
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 147 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent must be poised and articulate in communicating with people of varied educational levels and varied ethnic backgrounds. The individual is willing to work cooperatively as a member of a team in all assignments and locations. Supervisory position over 3 distinct sections of the services including Home-Based Primary Care, Geriatric Evaluation Clinic, and Hospice and Palliative Care.
What You'll Do
- →The Nurse Manager - Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) is responsible and accountable for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care. patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, working within and supporting the interdisciplinary team processes and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.
- →Applies the nursing process and care management principles within a collaborative.
- →Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- →Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient transition through the continuum of care, patient and family education, patient self-management after discharge, and supporting factors that impact customer satisfaction.
- →Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, setting priorities and preparing schedules for completion of work.
- →Assigns work to assigned personnel based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and the requirements of the assignments, and the capabilities of assigned personnel.
- →Evaluates the performance of assigned personnel.
- →Recommends appointments, advancements or reassignments of assigned personnel.
- →Advises, counsels, or instructs assigned personnel on work and administrative matters.
- →Hears and resolves complaints of assigned personnel and referring more serious complaints not resolved to higher level supervisors.
- →Recommends and/or take disciplinary action where appropriate.
- →Identifies developmental and training needs of assigned personnel and providing or making provision for such development and training (VA Handbook 5007, Part III, Chapter 8).
- →Responsible for performance improvement, customer service/patient satisfaction, patient and employee safety.
- →Interviews applicants, employee relations, standards of care and practice, the work environment, and accreditation and regulatory standards.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 72b82c3f-497a-426e-8573-74edee5ef408
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