Registered Nurse - Assistant Chief of Quality and Patient Safety

<p>The Assistant Chief Nurse, Quality and Patient Safety (QPS) Service is responsible for the design, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of an integrated Quality and Patient Safety program for the Medical Center and all components, to include direct oversight of Accreditation, Surgical Risk Assessment, Quality Specialist and Risk Management. The position includes oversight responsibility for Patient Safety, System Redesign, Analytics and High Reliability.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Duties Include: Functions as an advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor who possesses a wide range of experience and leadership ability; Demonstrates performance that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients; Supervises QPS staff, assesses plans, implements, coordinates, monitors and evaluates the quality and safety of the delivery of care for the organization; Assumes a leadership role in facilitating regulatory compliance for internal and external oversight bodies (i.e., The Joint Commission (TJC), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Directives and Handbooks, etc.), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Office of the Medical Inspector (OMI), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and VHA performance measures, supporting performance improvement work, and supporting and guiding the work of committees; Ensures that services have systems and processes in place to provide safe, quality care that is consistent with external benchmarks; Leads performance improvement initiatives by identifying quality metrics, trending data, maintaining the quality metric dashboard, and acts as a subject matter expert in data analysis and data display; Consults and acts as a resource to leadership and staff in standards interpretation implementation, patient safety, infection control, risk management, and re-design of processes and structures to improve care outcomes; Develops and implements policy and procedures, collaborates with service departments, and works toward meeting the strategic plan of the organization; 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, Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm. Telework: Available (Ad-hoc) only. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.</p><h3>Requirements</h3>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. 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 identification 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.