Registered Nurse (Chief Nurse of Perioperative Services) w/Recruitment Incentive

Summary

VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas is seeking a full-time Chief Nurse (Perioperative Service) to consult and collaborate with VHA Program Offices, Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISN) staff, facility leadership teams, nurse executives, professional organizations, consumer groups, and stakeholders to address complex healthcare delivery and nursing practice issues for the VA North Texas Health Care System. America's Veterans Need YOU!

Duties

• The Chief Nurse Perioperative Service (CN-PS) is important to the hierarchy of the Nursing Service structure in the continuum of care for the perioperative Veteran population. This Chief Nurse supervises 8-Nurse Managers whose perioperative departments employees 215 staff members, and the Transplant program which incorporates the entire organization in its program.The CN-PS oversees the following units: Operating Rooms Day Surgery Procedure unit Interventional Radiology Post Anesthesia Care Unit Periop Specialty Units Non-Invasive Cardiology Invasive Cardiology Intervascular Team. The Nurse IV CN-PS executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross services and/or discipline lines and influence the organizational healthcare mission.The Chief Nurse of Perioperative Programs functions as an advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor who possesses a wide range of experience and leadership ability. Duties include but are not limited to: Assuming an appropriate degree of responsibility regarding administrative and clinical issues, such as Staff coverage, Granting leave, and Patient and/or staff issues; Working closely with the Peri-Operative Nurse Managers; Developing and implementing policies and practices that support high-quality healthcare delivery; Ensuring policies are followed by Registered Nurses (RN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Nursing Assistants (NA), and Scrub Care Technicians within assigned units, etc. 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: Monday-Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Remote: This is not a remote position. Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized.

Requirements

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. 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.

Education

The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet. 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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.