Community Living Center (CLC) Nurse Manager

<p>The Community Living Center (CLC) Nurse Manager (NM) functions as a clinical expert and is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing or supervising direct patient care. The NM assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of care based on age specific components, and assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction by overseeing the CLC program.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>The CLC NM provides leadership and supervision for the nursing staff of the long-term care and hospice units within the SFVA CLC. The NM ensures delivery of compassionate, evidence-based care that supports comfort, dignity, symptom management, and psychosocial-spiritual needs for Veterans and their families. The position includes administrative, clinical, and operational responsibilities such as staffing, budgeting, performance improvement, regulatory compliance, and program development. The NM collaborates with physicians, advanced practice providers, and leadership across Geriatrics and Extended Care programs to promote seamless transitions of care and continuity across inpatient, outpatient, and community setting Duties and responsibilities include: Oversees daily administrative and clinical operations of the assigned unit. Formulates and implements policies and procedures. Keeps updated on CMS Long-Term Care trends, developments, and regulations. Ensures continuous accreditation readiness. Monitors quality metrics and drives performance improvement activities, including SAIL and CLC. Participates and serves as Chair/Co-Chair in committees and task forces to enhance nursing practice and patient care. Ensures customer service, patient satisfaction, employee safety, and a healthy work environment. Maintains 24/7 staffing levels and meets nursing hours per patient day requirements. Promotes education, professional growth, mentorship, and clear role expectations. Supports student nurse clinical experiences and orients new Nurse Managers. Assigns a Nurse Manager for administrative coverage in their absence. Provide coverage for Nurse Managers in their absence, as needed. Encourages participation in shared governance and facility councils. Evaluates nursing care standards and clinical practices in line with ICARE values. Implements and evaluates initiatives for improved patient care delivery. Ensures compliance in documentation. Engages in team conferences, daily discharge huddles, interdisciplinary meetings, in-services, staff meetings, and shared governance councils. Monitors compliance with Medical Center and Nursing policies, and accreditation standards. Analyzes data to inform programmatic, staffing, and patient care decisions. Collaborates proactively with labor partners and adheres to EEO principles. Ensures timely completion of performance appraisals for direct reports. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm, varies on department needs Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p><h3>Requirements</h3>U.S. 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.<h3>Education</h3>IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.