Advanced Practice Nurse - Associate Chief of Staff ...

Summary This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. Responsibilities This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until September 30, 2026. The first cut-off date is December 18, 2025.. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or until the position is filled. This position is being posted as a Physician, Psychologist, Nurse, and Social Worker. Please apply under the appropriate series. Physician - CBTB-12842015-26-KW Psychologist - CBTB-12844581-26-LRD Nurse - CBTB-12843764-26-HB Social Worker - CBTB-12844582-26-LRD The Advanced Practice Nurse provides a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and advancing the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. The Chief APN executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross services and/or disciplines and influence the organization's mission and health care. The Chief APN practices to the full extent of their education, training, and certification. Duties to include but are not limited to: Ensuring annual individualized productivity targets for each provider based upon the assigned work expectations are developed. Ensuring quarterly productivity monitoring is completed for measuring provided activities and workload. Ensuring individualized productivity targets are updated to reflect changing work assignments. Communicating quarterly and annually productivity activities to respective providers and VA medical facility Chief Of Staff. Coordinating with the VA Medical facility Chief of Staff to ensure that all monitoring activities are reported to the VA medical facility Director annually. Developing action plans based on the results of the monitoring activities to adjust provider productivity and staffing requested by the VA medical facility Director. Collaborates with discipline-specific leaders ( e.g., Social Work Chief or Executive; ACN for Mental Health; Psychology Chief) to ensure appropriate professional practice standards, such as those of the American Psychiatric Association, American Psychiatric Nurses Association, American Psychological Association, National Association of Social Work, etc. are maintained. 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. 8:00am-4:30pm. Work schedule subject to change based on agency needs. Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. 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 (Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification 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

Created: 2025-12-09