Registered Nurse, Quality Management Consultant, VN-0610-00

Job Title

Demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in quality-of-care outcomes

Demonstrates performance that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients

Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level

Incumbent collects data, monitors staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards, provides reports detailing trends, and provides direct staff support to all services in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and administering, a comprehensive quality management program area

Participates in several facility councils, committees, and workgroups

Performs duties directly contributing to the administrative management of a health care delivery system

Duties require the ability to apply the specialized principles and practices of health care management in directing or supporting a health care delivery system

Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility

Program is defined as a substantial coordinated group of activities impacting patients and/or employees

Responsible for their assigned quality management program area activities for the Medical Center and all off-site locations

Executes the position responsibilities that demonstrate effective leadership, detailed planning, professional communication, creative and innovative approaches to the improvement of safety/healthcare program development and possess an ability to organize priorities

The QM Consultant works in concert with leaders and others to sustain a culture of safety, modeling High Reliability Organization (HRO) practices

Performs duties directly contributing to high quality and safe patient care within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

The QM Consultant directly supports facility leadership in areas of planning, organization, development, direction, and evaluation of the quality program within the facility

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: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Telework: Adhoc Eligible

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized