The Associate Director for Patient Care Services (ADPCS) Nurse Executive, is a member of Montana Veterans Administration Health Care System, Executive Leadership Team, along with the healthcare system Director, the Associate Director, and the Chief of Staff. The ADPCS Nurse Executive participates fully, in upper-level management decisions, and speaks on behalf of nursing and other hospital administration issues. They are involved in strategic planning with the VISN 19 Network Director.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards The Associate Director for Patient Care Services is a registered professional nurse qualified by advanced education and leadership experience, who has the authority and responsibility for directing organized nursing practice and managing from the perspective of the organization as a whole. The ADPCS is of an executive nature, comprised of complex managerial and administrative components, associated with critical health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission health care and policy. Program Management/Leadership: Positions are part of senior management and are responsible for organizational performance and outcomes. These positions involve: Responsibility for planning, designing and carrying out multiple clinical or clinically related programs. Setting long and short-range goals for programs that are interlinked with goals of the Medical Center/VISN/VHA. Adjusting organizational goals. Developing new techniques and methods. Responsibility for methodology, approach, interpretation and evaluation of programs under the jurisdiction of the position. Accountability for the success and outcomes of multiple programs Resources Management: Positions at this level involve: Contributing significant input into allocation of organizational resources, including human and material resources needs for clinical, administrative, education and/or research programs as appropriate. Recommending and possessing responsibility for new projects and programs within the organization/VISN/National level. Program Impact: The position is: Responsible for multiple programs that are essential to the mission of the entire Medical Center/VISN/VHA national level and affects overall outcomes and levels of performance achieved by the organization. Responsible for a full range of health services with both internal and external impact to the organization. Impacts a wide range of Department activities and a wide variety of highly sophisticated medical center, VISN, VHA programs and/or other special programs. A leader and role model for other organization leaders, e.g., serving as a mentor for Executive Career Field (ECF) participants. A liaison and interacts with a variety of academic institutions, serving as a member of academic advisory boards (such as deans committee, advisory committees). An academic mentor at the graduate level or postgraduate level. Environment Changes: Position includes: Organizational climate and culture including such issues as work environment, diversity, employee recognition, and safety. Challenging community relations. Involvement with elected officials on VA related issues/concerns, i.e. members of Congress, VSO, State and Local. Affiliations such as medical schools, allied health, etc. and/or professional organizations, community agencies. Labor Relations responsibilities. Involved in/leads planning for serving needs/changes in patient population; construction design/redesign of the physical plant. 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 through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: May be available Telework: May be available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentive: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The approving official may authorize a waiver of the requirement for ACEN or CCNE accreditation of any degree in nursing provided the college or university has regional accreditation from an accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education at the time of the candidate's graduation and the composite qualifications of the applicant warrant such consideration. In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. OR The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6) OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. Preferred Experience: Prior experience as an ADPAC Nurse Executive Grade Determinations: The following criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates: Nurse V - Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN (or a Bachelor's degree in a related field) and approximately 5-6 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree (preferred) in nursing or related field and appropriate basic or advanced certification desired, and approximately 4-5 years of nursing practice/experience. Note regarding MSN degrees: If your MSN was obtained via a Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration, a BSN is not required. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-6 & Appendix H-5 Nurse Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: Performance of the incumbent's duties often require extensive sedentary placement at a computer terminal. The work performed is of a precise nature requiring long periods of concentration that is often interrupted. Incumbent is often faced with changing priorities and with meeting deadlines. Must be in overall good health, able to sit at a desk working at a computer, engage in light to moderate physical activity including sitting, walking, bending, and carrying supplies. Must be able to perform primarily light and sedentary duties with occasionally moderate physical demands, exercise patience, and control emotions, with reasonable accommodation if necessary, without endangering the health and safety of the employee or others. Position requires standing for extended periods of time and involves sitting at a computer and in counsel and consultation with Veterans and interdisciplinary teams. Position may require minimal travel to meet with representatives/stakeholders in clinics, medical centers, and VISN offices who provide assistance and support to the overall mission. This position also requires close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; and repetitive motions of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Position requires complete annual Employee Health requirement, such as annual TB screening or testing, as a condition of employment.

Education

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Fort Harrison VA Medical Center 3687 Veterans Drive Fort Harrison, MT 59636 US
• Name: Roxanne Stilwell
• Phone: 303-202-8360
• Email: [email protected]