Nurse- Quality Outcomes Coordinator RN

Veterans Health Administration • Dayton, OH

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Dayton, Ohio Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Primary Care Service is recruiting a Quality Outcomes Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN). The role provides leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improving quality-of-care outcomes, Veteran/patient experience, satisfaction, and safety beyond the immediate practice setting. The position leads nursing and interdisciplinary improvement efforts, supports continuity and quality of care, develops staff, and advances evidence-based nursing practice.

This is a permanent, non-virtual position with a Monday–Friday schedule of 0700–1530. Telework, relocation/recruitment incentives, and permanent change of station are not available or authorized. The position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

Applicants must meet VA nursing education and licensure requirements, demonstrate English proficiency, and satisfy the applicable grade-level scope, education, experience, and nursing-dimension criteria. The announcement describes Nurse I through Nurse III grade qualifications; the applicable grade depends on the candidate's credentials and experience. The role requires the physical capabilities associated with nursing care, including periods of walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, reaching, pushing, pulling, and moderate lifting/carrying up to 35 pounds under Safe Patient Handling Guidelines.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated VA provisions for bridge-program candidates and foreign nursing education.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registered professional nurse licensure in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; the announcement describes a Graduate Nurse Technician exception for eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the applicable education, specialized nursing experience, and dimension criteria for the assigned Nurse I, Nurse II, or Nurse III grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship; non-citizens may be appointed only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Submit to required pre-employment drug testing if tentatively selected for a testing-designated position.
• Meet Selective Service registration requirements for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Pass a background/security investigation and pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Complete the online onboarding process and provide acceptable identification for pre-employment requirements.
• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program for VA Health Care Personnel.
• May be required to serve a probationary period.
• Perform the physical activities associated with nursing care, including walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, reaching, pushing, pulling, and moderate lifting/carrying up to 35 pounds; use proper body mechanics and assistance or mechanical lifts for weights above 35 pounds.
• Have adequate vision to perform assigned duties, distinguish basic colors, and assess patients and the environment safely; have sufficient hearing to perform assigned duties, with hearing aids permitted.

Responsibilities

• Lead and organize care delivery to ensure continuity and peer accountability in alignment with ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
• Use advanced clinical knowledge and judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting.
• Lead nursing improvements and demonstrate outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting.
• Lead initiatives to improve Veteran experience, including care coordination, timely issue resolution, responses to negative trends, and environment-of-care concerns.
• Advocate for patients by protecting the health, safety, and rights of patient population groups.
• Lead staff in identifying, analyzing, and addressing ethical issues affecting patients, caregivers, and staff.
• Model high-reliability principles and I CARE values to improve consistency of care and patient outcomes.
• Promote excellence, improved nursing practice, and collaboration through effective communication, professional behavior, and leadership.
• Participate in facility- or service-level committees or councils, build active relationships, and lead efforts to improve care.
• Use emotional and social intelligence and demonstrate resilience in challenging or stressful situations while helping others increase self-determination and competence.
• Exercise sound judgment and integrity, and facilitate formal and informal mentoring to develop current and future leaders.
• Initiate and lead interdisciplinary teams that use critical thinking to improve nursing practice.
• Lead educational initiatives that expand knowledge and improve outcomes.
• Pursue personal and professional career goals with outcomes that affect practice beyond the immediate setting.
• Guide the professional growth of others and advance nursing practice through knowledge development or education.
• Apply evidence-based practice or research expertise to improve outcomes.
• Manage resources to support efficient, cost-effective care and share related knowledge.
• Lead performance-improvement initiatives and share outcomes.
• Integrate patient preferences into care-delivery decisions and share knowledge and outcomes with peers.

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 and federal 401(k) with up to 5% in VA contributions.
• 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: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree