Registered Nurse - Risk Manager

Veterans Health Administration • Philadelphia, PA

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) Risk Manager delivers fundamental knowledge-based care while developing technical skills and assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care based on age-specific components. The RN collaborates with interdisciplinary team members and participates in process improvement initiatives. The role coordinates care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care, following established procedures, policies, and guidelines.

The RN Risk Manager focuses on individual growth and development in practice, with increasing self-direction in quality-of-care outcomes, and participates in exploring outcomes within the department. The RN is responsible for activities in an assigned administrative area for the Medical Center and, when applicable, off-site locations. Responsibilities include collecting data, monitoring staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards, providing reports on trends, and offering direct staff support to the service. The RN also participates in facility councils, committees, and workgroups.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Compressed scheduling, flexible scheduling, telework, and virtual work are not available. The position requires a full, active, and unrestricted nursing license from a U.S. state or territory, subject to the stated education and licensure qualifications. Preferred qualifications include a master's degree, Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) certification, and quality management or leadership experience.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the stated alternatives for nursing education and foreign education.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia; a Graduate Nurse Technician temporary appointment exception is described for eligible candidates pursuing licensure.
• Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the assigned nurse grade and level.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) certification.
• Quality Management/Leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate delivery of care based on age-specific components.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members and participate in process improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
• Follow established procedures, policies, and guidelines.
• Participate in exploring outcomes within the department and develop increasing self-direction in quality-of-care outcomes.
• Manage assigned administrative area activities for the Medical Center and applicable off-site locations.
• Collect data and monitor staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards.
• Provide reports detailing trends and direct staff support to the service.
• Participate in facility councils, committees, and workgroups.

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 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
• Education Level: Associate degree