Registered Nurse - Quality Management Consultant/Accreditation Coordinator

<p>The Registered Nurse - Quality Management Consultant/Accreditation Coordinator provides clinical expertise in quality management and accreditation. He/She leads and evaluates complex patient-care processes, using strong judgment, collaboration, and communication skills. The incumbent independently plans, implements, and improves care delivery, driving interdisciplinary teamwork and innovative process-improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>Duties include, but are not limited to: Participate in several facility councils, committees, and workgroups. Apply specialized principles and practices to ensure a systems approach to healthcare delivery Coordinates organizational readiness activities/process for survey by Joint Commission (TJC), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other external reviews. Organizes and conducts system and patient tracers across the organization, communicates opportunities to local management and aggregates tracer findings to report through the governance structure. Coordinates the distribution of new VHA Directives/Handbooks. Assists Assists local staff on conducting gap analysis and action plans to meet new and existing requirements in Directives/ Handbooks. Evaluates previously closed actions for sustained compliance. Advises staff and management of relevant standards and evaluates compliance with applicable standards and regulatory requirement. Educates staff across the medical center on standards and regulations relevant to care provided and change sin standards and regulations. 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: 7:30am - 4:00pm (may change based on facility needs) Telework: Determined by Agency Policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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.