Duties

The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

The Nurse III Hematology/Oncology APRN collaborates closely with provider(s), healthcare professionals, VA and nonVA health care providers and organizations. He/she provides ongoing professional assessment, coordination, planning, and advocacy on behalf of the Veteran to ensure that necessary clinical services are received in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Executes position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care. The Nurse III RN is an EXPERT nurse, "with an enormous background of experience, who now has an intuitive grasp of each situation and zeros in on the accurate region of the problem without wasteful consideration of a large range of unfruitful, alternative diagnoses and solutions" (Benner). The Nurse III RN demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. The Nurse III is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility, VISN, or VACO. Program is defined as a substantial coordinated group of activities impacting patients and/or employees. Demonstrates leadership that is sustainable regardless of role and incorporates professional standards of care and implements broad-reaching evidence-based change. Practice follows the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses. The Nurse III actively leads groups and takes the lead in practice changes, is active in the facility nursing community and beyond, sought out for expertise, and actively volunteers and participates on committees. The Nurse III involves incorporating and implementing the requirements of the other qualification standards including:

a. Leading and organizing delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care and discharge planning
b. Using advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision making, and evaluating outcomes.
c. Functioning as an expert in clinical practice and/or in areas related to the assigned roles and responsibilities.
d. Systematically evaluating current practice and formulating outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise. e. Guiding, developing, and supporting staff from a leadership perspective.
f. Using professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate programs and/or service activities

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards

Work Schedule: 8:00 to 4:30, Monday to Friday
Compressed/Flexible: Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.