ADPCS - Nurse Executive

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Nurse Associate Director for Patient Care Service (ADPCS)/Nurse Executive (NE) is an advanced healthcare executive who executes responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches in the guidance and direction of a variety of complex patient care services and programs. Functions as an administrator, educator, and consultant with a wide range of experience and authority that is broad enough to improve care for large groups of Veterans.

• The Nurse ADPCS/NE is of an executive nature, comprised of complex leadership and administrative components associated with critical health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, health care, and policy. They are accountable to the Health Care System Medical Director and are an integral part of the senior leadership team. The ADPCS/NE is a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and is the top executive within nursing services. The incumbent is the chief spokesperson for organized nursing services and is the catalyst for the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of optimal Veteran centered organizational goals. The ADPCS/NE is a key leader in strategic planning, organization assessment, and program development. Participates with the ELT and strategic thought leaders in the facility to initiate and execute planning and decision-making processes. They have the authority and responsibility for establishing standards for the practice of nursing at the health care system level ensuring the continuous and timely availability of quality nursing services. The ADPCS/NE is responsible for the practice of nursing 24/7. This includes all registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and allied health staff (LPNs, NAs, etc.) regardless of line authority. They have line authority over the Deputy Associate Director Patient Care Services (DADPCS)/ Deputy Nurse Executive, Sterile Processing Service (SPS), and Education and Learning Resources, and oversight of the Associate Chief Nurses of Ambulatory, Mental Health and Geriatrics. The incumbent exercises final authority and approval for the following: job descriptions, policies, and procedures; standards of patient care, treatment, and services; Nursing practice standards; staffing plans; functional statements; and standards to measure, assess, and improve patient outcomes. Appropriately delegates activities to those service lines under the purview of the ADPCS/NE. The ADPCS/NE ensures all registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, and licensed practical/vocational nurses are licensed, certified, and/or registered upon employment, and thereafter. Ensures a competency process is in place to evaluate individual practice, as well as a review process for annual performance ratings. 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 7:30 am to 4:00 pm Schedule subject to change based on the needs of the agency. Telework: Ad-hoc may be approved Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation Incentives: May be Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May be Authorized

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