Registered Nurse-Quality Management Consultant

Quality Management Registered Nurse

The Quality Management (QM) Registered Nurse (RN) demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in quality-of-care outcomes. The QM Consultant demonstrates performance that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. The QM Consultant is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. 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. The QM Consultant is assigned responsibility for their assigned quality management program area activities for the Medical Center and all off-site locations. Assigned quality management programs include, but are not limited to, Accreditation (OIG, HFI, TJC, MHIP, Ascellon, and all survey site visits), Controlled Substance, Infection Prevention & Control, EPRP, Utilization Management, Patient Safety, Risk Management, QM Intern, and SAIL and Performance Measures Coordinator. The QM Consultant 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. The QM Consultant 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.

Preferred Experience: Experience with medical center policies, directives, and SOPs to ensure they are accurate, compliant, and survey-ready, monitoring and tracking updates, providing reports to leadership, and at least six (6) months of experience with controlled substance inspections or familiarity with the Pixys machines and controlled substance administration. Have knowledge in reviewing documents for accuracy to include formatting, references, signatory authority, and collaboration of key stakeholders of all Medical Center policies and SOPs prior to publication. Policies, directives, and SOPs are the foundation of safe, compliant operations. Regulatory and accrediting bodies rely on these documents as evidence that the Medical Center is functioning within VHA, OIG, and Joint Commission requirements. In compliance with VHA Handbook 1108.02 and Office of Inspector General (OIG) requirements, each facility must appoint both a Controlled Substance Coordinator and an Alternate Controlled Substance Coordinator. Monitoring unannounced monthly inspections, maintaining an active presence, documenting discrepancies, and analyzing trends. Submitting comprehensive inspection data and compliance reports to the Executive Leadership Team and the Medical Center Director. Leading and managing the team of inspectors to ensure compliance with VHA and OIG standards.

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 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Telework: Ad-Hoc only

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized