Associate Director for Patient Care Services (Nurse Executive)

Associate Director for Patient Care Services (Nurse Executive)

The Associate Director for Patient Care Services (Nurse Executive) provides direct oversight of Nursing, Social Work, Chaplain, Pharmacy, Sterile Processing, and Whole Health Services. The incumbent will serve as Nurse Executive for this facility and its associated community-based outpatient clinics and is responsible for the practice of nursing by all registered nurses, advanced practical nurses, and allied health staff (LPNs, NAs, etc) regardless of line of authority.

The VA Long Beach Healthcare System (VALBHS) is classified as a 1b facility and provides care to approximately 70,000 Veterans in the Southern California area including six Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Orange County and Los Angeles County. VALBHS offers a full spectrum of comprehensive health services integrating teaching, research, and advanced patient care. VALBHS is affiliated with University of California, Irvine and also works with several other academic institutions including University California, Long Beach, University of Southern California (USC), and Charles Drew University. VA Long Beach Healthcare System uses LEAN methodology to continuously improve patient safety, experience, and quality of care.

Duties include but are not limited to the following :

• Collaborates with health care executives in creating the organizational mission and vision.
• Directs the integration of nursing or nursing-related activities in the mutual development and achievement of organizational goals.
• Advocates for ethical decision-making on behalf of the public and staff.
• Develops resources utilization strategies to improve organizational performance.
• Mentors others in executive leadership positions.
• Forecasts educational needs for complex, multi-system change.
• Develops policy related to professional practice, accrediting bodies, relevant statutes and regulations of community, network and / or national levels.
• Collaborates with other executives for strategic planning, decision-making and problem-solving regarding health care services and organizational priorities.
• Serves as an expert in communicating nursing and health care trends and issues at the local, state, network, and / or national level.
• Improves the quality and effectiveness of the facility's overall health care program by providing leadership, coordinating, and facilitating the evaluation and improvement of a wide range of programs designed to improve patient care.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package :

Requirements Conditions of Employment :

Qualifications : Basic Requirements :

The following Scope, Education and Dimension criteria must be met to qualify for Nurse V :

Physical Requirements :

Education IMPORTANT : A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Additional Information :

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.