Performance Improvement SAIL Nurse

Veterans Health Administration • Columbia, SC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Performance Improvement SAIL Nurse (RN) serves as a clinical expert and carries out responsibilities demonstrating leadership, experience, and creative approaches to managing complex patient care. The role assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care delivery using age-specific components. The nurse is responsible for assigned quality management program activities across the Medical Center and its off-site locations, including collecting data, monitoring staff compliance with applicable policies, directives, and standards, and reporting trends. The nurse also supports services in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and administering a comprehensive SAIL program area. The position participates in facility councils, committees, and workgroups and demonstrates leadership that improves care for groups of patients.

The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and may change based on agency needs. Telework is not available, and this is not a virtual position. Occasional travel may be required when providing off-site training. The role may require flexibility in schedules and assignments.

Applicants must meet VA nursing education and licensure requirements, including English proficiency and current, full, active, unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the stated exceptions. Grade depends on education, specialized nursing experience, and applicable performance dimensions. The position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear speech, manual dexterity, and the ability to tolerate potentially long periods of walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. The incumbent must be able to work effectively in stressful situations and shift priorities in response to organizational needs.

Requirements

• Demonstrated sound decision-making and judgment, with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, or qualifying equivalent education as described in the posting.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the stated Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• Meet the education, experience, and performance-dimension criteria for the assigned Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, with the stated limited exception for non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited under VA policy.
• Selected applicants are subject to pre-employment drug testing, background/security investigation, onboarding and identification requirements, and a pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is required for VA health care personnel.
• Ability to meet physical demands including visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, manual dexterity, and potentially long periods of walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing.
• Ability to work effectively in stressful situations and shift priorities based on organizational needs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with systems redesign.
• Experience with quality management.
• Experience with performance metrics.
• Experience with SAIL.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned quality management program area activities for the Medical Center and all off-site locations.
• Collect data and monitor staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards.
• Provide reports detailing trends.
• Provide direct staff support to services in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and administering a comprehensive SAIL program area.
• Participate in facility councils, committees, and workgroups.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care delivery based on age-specific components.
• Demonstrate performance and leadership broad enough to improve care for a group of patients.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year: 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid Federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k) with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree