Advanced Practice Nurse - Associate Chief of Staff Mental Health

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.

• 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.

• Education: A post-master's certificate or master's or doctoral degree as a Nurse Practitioner. Must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant:
  • The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or
  • The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
  • NOTE: Foreign Education. Graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing programs, the nurse practitioner degree equivalency must be validated through an Agency recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency, such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD). Candidates with equivalent nurse practitioner masters or doctorate level degrees who possess current, full, active, and unrestricted registration and certification will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant appointment.
• License. All APN (NPs) must possess and maintain an active, current, full, and unrestricted APN license to practice as an NP in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Basic Certification. All APN (NPs) must maintain full and current board certification in an area of clinical specialty from one of the following:
  • The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) OR
  • The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board (AANPCB) OR
  • Other nationally recognized certifying body in the area in which the Nurse Practitioner is academically prepared.

• Scope. Executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care.
• Education and Experience Requirements: Meets basic education requirement for an APN (NP) AND Four years of APN (NP) experience, one of which is specialized experience equivalent to Nurse III.
• Dimension Requirement. APN (NPs) at Level IV must meet ALL the following dimension requirements:
  • Practice. Practices at an associate executive level, utilizing clinical, leadership and administrative skills, demonstrating continuing responsibility that influences the organizational mission, health care delivery and policy at the local and/or regional level.
  • Outcome Focus. Leads the application of clinical/business models, incorporating research/evidence-based practices, designed to achieve and sustain excellence in the delivery of health care at the service and organization levels.
  • Leadership. Creates and implements a shared vision and successfully leads change to improve organizational performance and attain measurable performance outcomes.
  • Professional Development. Establishes innovative, current, and future healthcare delivery models, policy/regulation, and governance to cultivate a healthy lifestyle, improving health outcomes.
  • Professionalism/Collegiality. Facilitates effective relationship management, communication, customer service experiences and negotiation across lifestyles using a broad range of technology platforms to influence, inspire and motivate others within their program/service or beyond.

1. 10 + years as Mental Health provider
2. 3+ years in leadership position

• 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). 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 "Required Documents" section of this announcement.