Registered Nurse; Chief Nurse of Perioperative Services w
Listed on 2026-07-20
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing, Director of Nursing, Nurse Educator, Surgical Assistant
Chief Nurse Perioperative Service
The Chief Nurse Perioperative Service (CN-PS) is important to the hierarchy of the Nursing Service structure in the continuum of care for the perioperative Veteran population. This Chief Nurse supervises 8 Nurse Managers whose perioperative departments employ 215 staff members, and the Transplant program which incorporates the entire organization in its program. The CN-PS oversees the following units:
- Operating Rooms
- Day Surgery Procedure Unit
- Interventional Radiology
- Post Anesthesia Care Unit
- Periop Specialty Units
- Non-Invasive Cardiology
- Invasive Cardiology
- Intervascular Team
The Nurse IV CN-PS executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross services and/or discipline lines and influence the organizational healthcare mission. The Chief Nurse of Perioperative Programs functions as an advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor who possesses a wide range of experience and leadership ability. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Assuming an appropriate degree of responsibility regarding administrative and clinical issues, such as:
- Staff coverage
- Granting leave
- Patient and/or staff issues
- Working closely with the Peri-Operative Nurse Managers
- Developing and implementing policies and practices that support high-quality healthcare delivery
- Ensuring policies are followed by:
- Registered Nurses (RN)
- Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN)
- Nursing Assistants (NA)
- Scrub Care Technicians within assigned units, etc.
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, 7:30am - 4:00pm
Remote:
This is not a remote position.
Recruitment/Relocation
Incentives:
Authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO):
Not Authorized.
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