The Associate Chief Nurse (ACN), Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for the integrated programs of the Department of Geriatrics and Extended Care that cross service and/or discipline lines, influence organizational mission and health care, and impact outcomes.

On October 1st, 2010, the North Chicago VA Medical Center integrated with the Naval Health Clinic, Great Lakes to form the Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC).  The facility is located just 13 miles south of the Illinois/Wisconsin border approximately equidistant between Chicago and Milwaukee.  Offering a choice of three international airports, the excitement of the 'Big City' with the beauty of the rural countryside, there are countless activities to engage a wide variety of personal hobbies and interests.  The facility itself has opened a new parking structure and a new outpatient clinical addition.  Serving inpatient, outpatient, and long term care patients including the unique populations of veterans, eligible military beneficiaries and their family members, the Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center has a unique mission unlike any other facility in the United States.

For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/