Registered Nurse-Patient Safety Nurse

Registered Nurse-Patient Safety Nurse Duties

The Registered Nurse-Patient Safety Nurse duties include but are not limited to:

• Coordinates and implements patient safety policies and activities established by the National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS).
• Serves as the facility's primary resource for building, sustaining, and implementing patient safety systems across all VHA care settings.
• Supports the development, maintenance, and operation of the facility-level patient safety program and related processes.
• Applies the science of patient safety through systematic, enterprise-wide methodologies and foundational safety practices.
• Demonstrates effective leadership, detailed planning, professional communication, and innovative approaches to enhancing patient safety and healthcare program development.
• Organizes priorities, meets deadlines, delivers in-person, telephonic, and electronic presentations, and works independently as needed.
• Collaborates with staff at all levels, including senior leadership and patient safety analysis teams, to advance safety initiatives.
• Utilizes patient safety survey data and analysis to guide and promote a culture of safety.
• Partners with leaders and interdisciplinary teams to sustain safety practices, including modeling High Reliability Organization (HRO) principles and facilitating patient safety forums.
• Trains and coordinates patient safety activities for personnel such as infection control professionals, risk managers, and quality managers.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

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, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Telework: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs