Registered Nurse (NOD) - Associate Director Patient Care Services

Veterans Health Administration; Prescott (AZ); On-site; USD 91,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration's Northern Arizona VA Health Care System is seeking a Registered Nurse (NOD) to join the Associate Director Patient Care Service. The RN (NOD) will lead complex patient care delivery, ensuring continuity of care and peer accountability for practice across the facility.

The role requires expert clinical knowledge to support emergency medical response, staffing allocation, discharge planning, and overall patient care quality at all hours.

Responsibilities

• Leads delivery of patient care with continuity and peer accountability for practice.
• Provides 24/7 expertise as facility nursing leader to support emergencies and resource allocation.
• Uses advanced clinical knowledge to involve staff in planning, decision-making and outcomes.
• Guides staff using standards of care and evidence to evaluate programs and services at systems level.

Job description

Registered Nurse (NOD) - Associate Director Patient Care Services

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Northern Arizona VA Health Care System is looking for a Registered Nurse - Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) to join the Associate Director Patient Care Service (ADPCS)!

Key Responsibilities

The Nursing Officer of the Day (NOD) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex patient care. Duties include, but are not limited to: Demonstrates the ability to lead and organize the delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning.

Expert in the delivery of patient care and serves as the facility nursing expert at all hours to support, provide and facilitate emergency medical support throughout the facility. Incumbent serves as the facility expert for all patient care areas in identifying escalating medical crises, environmental factors, and in allocating staffing resources appropriately throughout the facility to meet the care needs of Veterans.

Uses advanced clinical knowledge and judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes. Expert in clinical practice and/or areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities for nursing. Systematically evaluates current practice and formulates outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within an area of expertise.

Guides, develops, and supports staff from a leadership perspective using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities. Demonstrates expertise in leadership at the systems level that is sustainable, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex situations.

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: Full-time.

Sunday through Saturday including holidays, 0730-2000 (dayshift). There are 6, twelve hour shifts and 1, 8 hour shift. Telework: Not available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $90920 – $164083/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-16.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.

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