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RN- ASSISTANT NURSE MANAGER
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
The RN-Assistant Nurse Manager for Community Living Center must demonstrate specialized knowledge and is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of care based on age specific components. Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Responsible for coordination of health care for a defined resident population identified as at high risk for functional decline.
- →Residents receive goal-oriented, coordinated care addressing holistic needs with the aim of promoting the residents' ability to attain maximum level of functioning, maintain current level of function, and/or prevent decline and promote improvement in quality of life. 1.
- →Demonstrates a high level of clinical practice and leadership skills and is competent in conducting and reporting performance improvement indicators. 2.
- →Demonstrates knowledge of current Long-Term Care Institute standards and application of the comprehensive MDS assessment process. 3.
- →Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age-related needs of residents served.
- →This knowledge includes understanding changes associated with aging and principles of growth and development relevant to the adult and geriatric population. 4.
- →Coordinates educational activities and uses appropriate resources to develop and implement individualized care planning with Veterans and their families. 5.
- →Provides direction to nursing staff, demonstrates professional judgement, uses problem solving techniques, and time-management principles, and delegates appropriately. 6.
- →Coordinates nursing care activities in collaboration with other members of the interdisciplinary rehabilitation team to facilitate achievement of overall goals. 7.
- →Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills to develop a rapport with Veterans, their families, and health team members and to ensure the fulfillment of requirements for documentation and reimbursement. 8.
- →Acts as a resource and role model for nursing staff and students and participates in activities such as nursing committees and professional rehabilitation nursing. 9.
- →Shares information about the disease processes, underlying disabilities and teaches nursing techniques to help Veterans and their families develop the self-care skills necessary to move toward wellness on the illness-wellness continuum. 10.
- →Provide Veterans and their families for future self-management and decision-making responsibility by fostering Veterans' independence and goal achievement. 11.
- →Reinforces the teaching done by specialists in rehabilitation and other healthcare disciplines and provides resource materials for Veterans changing needs. 12.
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: 5d9c9691-921f-4a7e-9148-b86ef5589de2
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