Registered Nurse - Patient Safety Manager

<p>The Hines VA Patient Safety Manager (PSM) works as part of the Patient Safety Team on the daily management of the Patient Safety Program and implementation of National Patient Safety Goals. Duties include review of all patient safety and environment of care standards along with assuring proper guidance is provided throughout the hospital. Selection is responsable for assisting in the development of processes to ensure that all required patient safety information is acted upon.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Examples of Patient Saftey Manager Duties include, but are not limited to: Review all patient event reporting to identify patient safety issues. Track and trend data and report any findings to the Quality Board. Attend New Employee Orientation (NEO) and educate new staff on the Patient Safety Program including the National Patient Safety Goals. Organize, educate participatory staff, and implement Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on identified issues based on event reporting or as the PSM becomes aware of patient safety concerns. Ensures the Managers, Chief Nurses, and other supervisory staff have processes in place that are consistent with the National Patient Safety Goals. Advise in developing approaches for standardizing system related procedures to minimize variation. Facilitate in the coordination and development of data collection and analysis techniques. Provides clinical expertise and consultation to advise in data driven decision making and performance improvement matters. Participate in the development of innovative approaches to the establishment, enhancement, modification, and/or improvements in a variety of programs related to patient safety. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: Up to 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 8 hour tour between 7am and 5:30pm (TBD after orientation). Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized. Telework: Not Available. 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.<h3>Education</h3>IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: All Registered Nurses 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). OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).