Registered Nurse (RN) - Quality Management Program Coordinator (QSV)

Department of Veterans Affairs • Indianapolis, IN

28d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the Richard L. Roudebush VAMC Indianapolis, IN within the Quality, Safety Value Service. The Nurse Quality Manager demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in quality-of-care outcomes. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: Demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in quality-of-care outcomes. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. 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. The Quality Management Program is defined as a substantial coordinated group of activities impacting patients and/or employees. Is assigned responsibility for their assigned quality management program area activities for the Medical Center and all off-site locations. 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. They participate in several facility councils, committees, and workgroups. Executes the position responsibilities that demonstrate effective leadership, detailed planning, professional communication, creative and innovative approaches to the improvement of safety/healthcare program development and possess an ability to organize priorities. Works in concert with leaders and others to sustain a culture of safety, modeling High Reliability Organization (HRO) practices. Performs duties directly contributing to high quality and safe patient care within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Duties require the ability to apply specialized principles and practices to ensure a systems approach to healthcare delivery. Directly supports facility leadership in areas of planning, organization, development, direction, and evaluation of the quality program within the facility.

Requirements

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in quality-of-care outcomes.
• Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients.
• Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.
• 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.
• Participate in several facility councils, committees, and workgroups.
• Works in concert with leaders and others to sustain a culture of safety, modeling High Reliability Organization (HRO) practices.
• Performs duties directly contributing to high quality and safe patient care within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
• Directly supports facility leadership in areas of planning, organization, development, direction, and evaluation of the quality program within the facility.

Benefits

• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees