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RN Assistant Nurse Manager - Patient Flow
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 56 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The Assistant Nurse Manager, Patient Flow is responsible for facilitating the fulfillment of the VA Northern California Health Care System's mission, vision, values, and strategic direction within the Patient Flow department and as a member of the NCHCS leadership team.
- →The incumbent is an important facilitator of interdisciplinary effectiveness and communication that reaches outside of the department towards applicable community resources and relevant program offices within the Veterans Health Administration.
- →The incumber is member of the team caring for a diverse group of Veterans in various stages of the life cycle.
- →The incumbent executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care.
- →The incumbent is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: Provide leadership and service excellence in patient throughput with oversight of the day to day operations of the Patient Flow Department.
- →Leadership responsibilities also include personnel management for Utilization Management, patient placement staff, Nurse Supervisors and patient support services, (i.e., intermittent and float pool staff).
- →Direct the system-wide Bed Management System (BMS) and Emergency Department Integration System (EDIS) including integration with other support departments.
- →You will provide appropriate reports to monitor patient throughput initiatives within the organization.
- →Collaborates with all disciplines to ensure that the discharge/transfer of patients is achieved in a way that meets the needs of the patient and complies with priorities for action targets.
- →Collaborates with clinical teams in ensuring that all patients requiring admission are placed in the most appropriate clinical environment available within the four-hour standard.
- →Demonstrates competence in current knowledge of specific unit placement criteria (i.e., BMS, EDIS).
- →Analyzes performance of patient throughput systems and protocols using critical thinking skills.
- →Demonstrates and communicates commitment to performance improvement through unit-based teams and a culture of engagement.
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
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