Registered Nurse-Quality Management Consultant
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Job Summary
The Quality Management Consultant is directly responsible to the Chief of Quality Management (QM). The Quality Management Consultant works closely with assigned services/service line chiefs nurse managers committee chairpersons and hospital addition the Quality Management Consultant develops and uses collaborative relationships with other Health Care System disciplines to enhance the delivery of patient care to veterans and provide educational experiences for the staff.
Major duties include but are not limited:
- Providing leadership in delivering and improving holistic patient care through collaborative strategies with others evidenced through various performance measurement performance improvement and quality of care activities.
- Providing support to the assigned services/service chiefs/committee chairpersons in planning integrating modifying implementing and evaluating the on-going service/committee quality management program(s).
- Supporting/ collaborating on policy and program implementation strategies and provision of linkages for the Health Care System-wide quality management program.
- Serving as a facilitator and educator for administration medical staff and service lines in meeting compliance with regulatory or accrediting agencies VHA directives/handbooks as well as community healthcare standards.
- Participating in the development planning implementation and evaluation of VHA and VISN wide performance improvement and other related quality initiatives.
- Formulating/influencing policies of the Salem VA Health Care System and the service(s) /committee(s) assigned.
- Identifying care trends needing intervention to improve patient outcomes or reduce risk supported by open collaboration with Patient Safety.
- Facilitation with focus on assigned service(s) and committee(s).
- Analyzing and reporting patient treatment data by procedure and outcome to identify clinical practice and resource patterns and trends.
- Comprehending and effectively analyzing the clinical content of patient care records and associated documents in terms of quality and appropriateness of care issues such as adherence to or deviation from accepted diagnostic and treatment protocols including drug therapies and the presence or absence of expected outcomes.
- Developing programs which prepares for continuous readiness (i.e. preparation and development of educational training programs and materials mock readiness surveys patient tracer activities etc.) for the area(s) of assignment. This includes the preparation of status reports; corrective actions with the service(s) /committee(s) to correct areas of risk in standards compliance.
- Other Quality related duties as assigned.
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
Compressed/Flexible: Not available
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: No Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): No Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): No Authorized
- 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers 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 evaluation/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.
Basic Requirements:
- English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- 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 masters level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelors 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. (Reference VA Handbook 5005 Appendix G6); 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).
- Current full active and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State Territory or Commonwealth (i.e. Puerto Rico) of the United States or the District of Columbia. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements but do not possess the required licensure may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)
Grade Determinations: The following Scope Education and Dimension criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates and if appropriate the level within a grade. The Dimension requirements (Practice Veteran/Patient Driven Care Leadership Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice/Research) are detailed for each grade and level within the online assessment: I Level I
Preferences: Experience in Quality Management activities and programs including accreditation active hospital committee involvement and leadership performance improvement auditing and/or data management.
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard please visit Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Employee Occupational Health Service.
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges universities schools or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information visit:
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38 and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicants criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations Security and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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