Job Title: Nurse Executive
Department: Department Of Veterans Affairs
Agency: Veterans Health Administration
Job Announcement Number: 757-11-020
SALARY RANGE: | $89,289.00 - $118,747.00 /year Salary will be determined by Nurse Professional Standards Board |
OPEN PERIOD: | Wednesday, November 17, 2010 to Friday, December 17, 2010 |
SERIES & GRADE: | VN-0610-4/4 |
POSITION INFORMATION: | Full-Time Permanent |
DUTY LOCATIONS: | 1 vacancy - Columbus Metro area, OH |
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: | Applications will be accepted from United States citizens. |
JOB SUMMARY:
| To fulfill President Lincoln's promise, 'To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan,' by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans? As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities and leadership positions at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the Nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/. | |
KEY REQUIREMENTS:
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Duties
Additional Duty Location Info:
1 vacancy - Columbus Metro area, OH
Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center (VAACC) is seeking a dynamic experienced nurse leader for our Nurse Executive position. The incumbent reports to the VAACC Director, and is an integral member of the Executive Leadership Team. The incumbent is directly responsible for the professional nursing practice across the continuum of care, and is responsible for the clinical and administrative leadership for approximately 178 full time equivalent employees, including 114 Registered Nurses, 48 Licensed Practical Nurses, and 16 Nurse Practitioners. He/she has responsibility and accountability for planning, directing, and coordinating the nursing care provided throughout the VAACC and in four (4) community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), as well as direct authority over Sterile Processing. He/she will plan, develop, and maintain comprehensive nursing programs to ensure compliance with VA Directives, The Joint Commission standards, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitative Facilities standards, and other internal/external regulatory requirements. The successful candidate must demonstrate exceptional communication skills and role model transformational leadership skills.
Columbus VAACC is a new state of the art facility which opened on November 12, 2008 and is located in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus VAACC was built to handle more than 400,000 visits per year and was designed with the flexibility to add two additional floors should changes in workload or mission occur in the future. The facility is actively pursuing a capital expansion plan which will bring the total facility space to 500,000 net square feet over the next several years.
VAACC serves veterans from 13 counties of Central Ohio, including Franklin, Hardin, Morrow, Knox, Coshocton, Union, Delaware, Licking, Muskingum, Madison, Perry, and Morgan. The VAACC has Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) located in Grove City, Marion, Newark, and Zanesville, and is also the parent facility for the Veterans Readjustment Counseling Center (Vet Center) located in downtown Columbus. Approximately 250,000 veterans reside in the clinic's Primary Service Area. Last year, VAACC served approximately 34,000 veterans and completed over 398,000 annual visits. VAACC currently employs over 900 staff, including physicians, nurses, administrative and support staff.
Columbus VAACC is a high-growth facility, as it projects approximately 451,000 visits for fiscal year 2011, and expects the number of veterans cared for to increase to 35,000. The facility offers services in primary care, same-day surgery with full anesthesia support, and comprehensive specialty services including mental health, audiology, optometry, dental, prosthetics, cardiology, gastroenterology, renal, neurology, dermatology, ENT, and orthopedics. Planned expansions of service include for enhanced surgical offerings in non-invasive vascular lab, Mohs surgery and anatomical pathology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, thyroidectomy, cataract and additional eye surgeries, additional urological surgeries, enhanced specialty offerings, expanded urgent care center hours, sleep studies lab, and an open MRI. Veterans requiring urgent and emergent care are admitted to local hospitals. Patients requiring specialized care are transferred to VISN 10 Medical Centers.
Columbus VAACC is a new state of the art facility which opened on November 12, 2008 and is located in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus VAACC was built to handle more than 400,000 visits per year and was designed with the flexibility to add two additional floors should changes in workload or mission occur in the future. The facility is actively pursuing a capital expansion plan which will bring the total facility space to 500,000 net square feet over the next several years.
VAACC serves veterans from 13 counties of Central Ohio, including Franklin, Hardin, Morrow, Knox, Coshocton, Union, Delaware, Licking, Muskingum, Madison, Perry, and Morgan. The VAACC has Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) located in Grove City, Marion, Newark, and Zanesville, and is also the parent facility for the Veterans Readjustment Counseling Center (Vet Center) located in downtown Columbus. Approximately 250,000 veterans reside in the clinic's Primary Service Area. Last year, VAACC served approximately 34,000 veterans and completed over 398,000 annual visits. VAACC currently employs over 900 staff, including physicians, nurses, administrative and support staff.
Columbus VAACC is a high-growth facility, as it projects approximately 451,000 visits for fiscal year 2011, and expects the number of veterans cared for to increase to 35,000. The facility offers services in primary care, same-day surgery with full anesthesia support, and comprehensive specialty services including mental health, audiology, optometry, dental, prosthetics, cardiology, gastroenterology, renal, neurology, dermatology, ENT, and orthopedics. Planned expansions of service include for enhanced surgical offerings in non-invasive vascular lab, Mohs surgery and anatomical pathology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, thyroidectomy, cataract and additional eye surgeries, additional urological surgeries, enhanced specialty offerings, expanded urgent care center hours, sleep studies lab, and an open MRI. Veterans requiring urgent and emergent care are admitted to local hospitals. Patients requiring specialized care are transferred to VISN 10 Medical Centers.
Qualifications and Evaluations
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Basic Requirements
(1) Citizenship. Citizen of the United States
(2) Graduation from School of Nursing
(a) Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State agency, and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
1. The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC), an accrediting arm of the National League for Nursing located at 61 Broadway, 33rd Floor, New York, New York 10006 or call (800) 669-1656 extension 153. The NLNAC accredits all levels of nursing programs. Additional information may be obtained from the NLNAC web site; or
2. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), an accrediting arm of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). The CCNE accredits bachelors and masters degree programs, and is located at
(3) Registration
(a) Condition of Employment. A registered nurse (RN) will have a current, full, active and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the U.S. or in the District of Columbia.
Nurse 4 Qualifications:
Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN and approximately 4-5 years of experience
OR
Doctoral degree in nursing or related field and approximately 3-4 years of experience
You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.
You must submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test before you can be appointed into this position.
You will need to successfully complete a background security investigation before you can be appointed into this position.
Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment medical examination.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
You will be evaluated based upon the question responses you provide during a structured interview. Qualified applicants may be evaluated on knowledge, skills, abilities and other factors as measured by the following job-related elements:
PRACTICE
Practice: Uses an analytical framework, such as the nursing process, to create an environment that facilitates the delivery of care. Coordinates and evaluates integrated programs or demonstrates clinical excellence in management of population groups.
Ethics: Provides leadership in addressing ethical issues that impact clients and staff in or beyond the organization and the local health care community.
Resource Utilization: Designs, modifies, and implements systems compatible with professional standards and with the mission and goals of the organization to improve the cost-effective use of resources.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Education/Career Development: Develops staff for career progression. Forecasts new knowledge needs for changing practice environments/population groups. Plans, implements, and evaluates strategies to meet those needs.
Performance: Implements standards of professional practice and accrediting bodies, and applicable regulations.
COLLABORATION
Collaboration: Demonstrates leadership in developing productive working relationships with groups in other programs, services, academic settings, and community agencies
Collegiality: Contributes to the professional growth and development of colleagues and other health care providers at the local, regional, state, or national level.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Quality of Care: Provides leadership in improving and sustaining the quality and effectiveness of care in diverse or complex programs.
Research: Collaborates with staff, other disciplines, faculty, and peers in developing, conducting, and evaluating research activities and programs.
PRACTICE
Practice: Uses an analytical framework, such as the nursing process, to create an environment that facilitates the delivery of care. Coordinates and evaluates integrated programs or demonstrates clinical excellence in management of population groups.
Ethics: Provides leadership in addressing ethical issues that impact clients and staff in or beyond the organization and the local health care community.
Resource Utilization: Designs, modifies, and implements systems compatible with professional standards and with the mission and goals of the organization to improve the cost-effective use of resources.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Education/Career Development: Develops staff for career progression. Forecasts new knowledge needs for changing practice environments/population groups. Plans, implements, and evaluates strategies to meet those needs.
Performance: Implements standards of professional practice and accrediting bodies, and applicable regulations.
COLLABORATION
Collaboration: Demonstrates leadership in developing productive working relationships with groups in other programs, services, academic settings, and community agencies
Collegiality: Contributes to the professional growth and development of colleagues and other health care providers at the local, regional, state, or national level.
SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Quality of Care: Provides leadership in improving and sustaining the quality and effectiveness of care in diverse or complex programs.
Research: Collaborates with staff, other disciplines, faculty, and peers in developing, conducting, and evaluating research activities and programs.
Benefits and Other Info
BENEFITS:
Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional "dollars and cents" benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at http://www4.va.gov/JOBS/Job_Benefits/benefits.asp
OTHER INFORMATION:
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more before any Veterans preference points) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/ctap/index.asp.
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
You must submit all required information by the closing date. If materials are not received, your application will be evaluated solely on the information available and you may not receive full consideration or may not be considered eligible.
The materials you send with your application will not be returned.
If you fax your application, we will not consider it.
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
You must submit all required information by the closing date. If materials are not received, your application will be evaluated solely on the information available and you may not receive full consideration or may not be considered eligible.
The materials you send with your application will not be returned.
If you fax your application, we will not consider it.
How To Apply
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. CV or Resume.
2. VA Form 10-2850a - Application for Nurse and Nurse Anesthetist (Available at http://www.vacareers.va.gov/jobs_download/vha-10-2850a-fill.pdf) (required).
3. Optional Form 306 - Declaration for Federal Employment (Available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of612.pdf). This is arequired form and must be submitted with your application.
4. If prior military service, include all copies of your DD Forms 214 (required). Applicants claiming preference based on service-connected disability, or based on being the spouse or mother of a disabled or deceased Veteran, must also complete and submit an SF 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf).
5. If currently employed in the VA system, include latest SF-50 - Notification of Personnel Action. (required).
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button at the right side of this screen to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answersbutton at the end of the process.
YOU MUST INCLUDE VA FORM 10-2850a IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY. You may upload the completed form to your USAJOBS or Application Manager account to apply online. Then you can use the uploaded form again and again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide (http://www4.va.gov/OHRM/joblistings/uploading-and-using-documents-online.doc) for more information on uploading and re-using the form in your applications. Other required forms and documents can also be saved in your account and used the same way.
Note: To return to a previously Saved or Incomplete application, just reapply through your account in USAJOBS. Check your account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Login.aspx) to see the status of your application after applying, including any messages that may have been sent to you.
1. CV or Resume.
2. VA Form 10-2850a - Application for Nurse and Nurse Anesthetist (Available at http://www.vacareers.va.gov/jobs_download/vha-10-2850a-fill.pdf) (required).
3. Optional Form 306 - Declaration for Federal Employment (Available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/of612.pdf). This is arequired form and must be submitted with your application.
4. If prior military service, include all copies of your DD Forms 214 (required). Applicants claiming preference based on service-connected disability, or based on being the spouse or mother of a disabled or deceased Veteran, must also complete and submit an SF 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference (available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf).
5. If currently employed in the VA system, include latest SF-50 - Notification of Personnel Action. (required).
To begin the process, click the Apply Online button at the right side of this screen to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the occupational questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answersbutton at the end of the process.
YOU MUST INCLUDE VA FORM 10-2850a IN YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY. You may upload the completed form to your USAJOBS or Application Manager account to apply online. Then you can use the uploaded form again and again when applying for future vacancies. Please see this guide (http://www4.va.gov/OHRM/joblistings/uploading-and-using-documents-online.doc) for more information on uploading and re-using the form in your applications. Other required forms and documents can also be saved in your account and used the same way.
Note: To return to a previously Saved or Incomplete application, just reapply through your account in USAJOBS. Check your account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Login.aspx) to see the status of your application after applying, including any messages that may have been sent to you.
AGENCY CONTACT INFO:
Cathy LaRosa
Phone: 614-257-5466Agency Information:
Department Of Veterans Affairs
VAACC
420 North James Rd
Columbus, OH 43219
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WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT:
After we receive your complete application package (including all required documents), your qualifications will be reviewed and we will determine if you are qualified. You will be notified when we make this decision. If you qualify, you may be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. You will be notified if you are referred.
