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VISN Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) RN
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 13 days ago
About the Role
This VISN Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) RN position is in VISN Director office at VISN 1, located at the Bedford VA Medical Center location. This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week.
What You'll Do
- →The Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is an advanced healthcare executive who exercises independent clinical and administrative judgment in the leadership, direction, and evaluation of complex, multi-facility nursing and healthcare delivery programs supporting the four VA statutory missions.
- →The VISN CNO functions as a licensed Registered Nurse administrator, clinical authority, educator, and consultant whose scope of practice, decision-making authority, and accountability extend across the Network, influencing and setting nurse policy and Veteran care outcomes at the local, regional, state levels, and national levels.
- →The duties of this position require clinical judgment, professional licensure, and specialized nursing education of a Title 38 Registered Nurse and cannot be performed by a nonclinical administrator.
- →The VISN CNO is executive nature, encompassing complex leadership and administrative responsibilities tied to critical health care delivery, clinical risk, and policy formation.
- →As a member of the senior executive leadership team (ELT), the VISN CNO leads and participates in strategic planning, organizational assessment, and program development from a nursing and clinical care perspective.
- →This position requires the application of advanced clinical nursing knowledge, licensure-based judgment, and evidence-based practice expertise to evaluate and define nursing care delivery, identify clinical risk, and direct corrective action across facilities.
- →The VISN CNO champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) grounded in a systems approach to evidence-based health care, with safety and quality as clinical priorities requiring RN-level assessment and intervention.
- →Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Notifications: This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.
- →Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action).
- →The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).
- →In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
- →Veterans preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.
- →May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process.
- →The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.
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.
- ✓Selectee must have a valid unrestricted driving license.
- ✓Selectee must have a safe driving record.
- ✓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: 5c3e3c80-297d-4436-938f-697f1f215195
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