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Registered Nurse- Chief Acute Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Long Beach VA is looking for a Chief of Acute Care! The incumbent will report to the Associate Director of Patient Care Services.
What You'll Do
- →Provides executive leadership and direct supervision to the Nurse Managers over the following units: Combined Critical Care Unit (CCCU), Direct Observation Unit (DOU), General Medicine (GMED), along with a pulmonary department, which consists of respiratory therapy and a sleep lab.
- →Assesses plans and evaluates the processes and daily operations of the medical units.
- →In collaboration with the Associate Chief of Staff for Medicine and Subspecialty Care, designs and implements interdisciplinary programs within the service and medical center.
- →Ensures competency assessment is completed on each nursing employee annually.
- →Reviews EPRP, VASQUIP, IPEC, Performance Measures, and other data for trends and early intervention; formulate follow-up plans with Nurse Executive Team, Nurse Managers, the service, and the medical center.
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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7c9de648-f08b-403f-8142-4552b7a7a22a
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