Registered Nurse-Quality Management Consultant

Duties listed but are not limited to:

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 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. 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 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 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

• 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 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.)