This position is located within the Quality, Safety and Improvement Department and is responsible for providing comprehensive, high-quality, safe, and effective healthcare services to patients at the G.V (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Provides a wide range of administrative and clinical medical center issues. The counsel and advice often extend beyond the incumbent's normal program area and are often based on their interactive experience with various services, knowledge of various regulatory requirements, legal requirements, and VHA directives. The incumbent participates fully in the planning and directing all top leadership committees and many advisory committees to facilitate top management decisions. Participates with the Pentad in strategic planning with both short- and long-term goals and consideration of resource allocation. Serves on the following key advisory committees: Executive Leadership Counsel (ELC), Quality Patient Safety Board (QSPB), Clinical Executive Board (CEB), as well as other medical center boards and committees. Responsible for providing direction and guidance in organizing, implementing, coordinating, controlling, evaluating, educating, and improving the overall Quality, Patient Safety, and Performance Improvement Program. Makes recommendations to top management for resource allocation for prioritized initiatives because of Performance Improvement Teams, Root Cause Analysis Teams, and HealthCare Failure Mode Analysis Teams. Serves as accreditation, external survey, and VISN site visit consultant and has final authority on accreditation requirements for external accrediting organizations (i.e., The Joint Commission (TJC), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation (CARF), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Accreditation Program for Excellence (APEX) Radiation Oncology, Ascellon-Long Term Care and other accredited programs for hospital, home care, behavioral and community-based outpatient clinics, and programs. Operates under broadly delegated authority, taking action to develop or modify objectives and boundaries of assignments as indicated, and plays a critical role in the organizational high-reliability journey, continuous performance improvement, governance structure, and monitoring of medical center policies. Chairs, co-chairs, and serves as a member of boards, committees, and task forces related to performance improvement functions. Provide leadership and expertise to committees, task forces, and project assignments, develop data, form plans, and prepare position papers that impact quality, patient safety, and performance management planning. Makes recommendations that may directly and substantially affect Medical Center operations, strategic plans, and governance reporting structure. Advises and assists in policy formulation, review, communication, implementation, evaluation, and setting network priorities for quality and patient safety at this facility and network levels. Interprets agency-wide policies and procedures to determine the impact on health care programs and services and facilitates reduction of variance in quality of care or patient safety. Establishes and maintains processes to assure the effectiveness of continuous performance improvement systems to facilitate comparability in patient care and services' quality, safety, appropriateness, and timeliness across the continuum. 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, 8:00am to 4:30pm. Compressed/Flexible: Not available. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), 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 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). The approving official may authorize a waiver of the requirement for ACEN or CCNE accreditation of any degree in nursing provided the college or university has regional accreditation from an accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education at the time of the candidate's graduation and the composite qualifications of the applicant warrant such consideration. In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing. OR The completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing. Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript. (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. 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. Preferred Experience: Three years experience or more in Quality Management or Patient Safety. Three years or more management experience. Demonstrated leading change facility wide. Served on regional level work groups or committees. Extensive experience in accreditation. Grade Determinations: The following criteria must be met in determining the grade assignment of candidates, and if appropriate, the level within a grade: Nurse IV - Master's degree in nursing or related field with BSN and approximately 4-5 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Doctoral degree in nursing or related field and appropriate basic or advanced certification desired, and approximately 3-4 years of nursing practice/experience. Note regarding MSN degrees: If your MSN was obtained via a Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration, a BSN is not required. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-6 Nurse Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: The physical ability to perform job-related duties which require lifting, standing, bending, transferring, stooping, stretching, walking, pushing, or pulling without assistance.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address GV Sonny Montgomery VAMC 1500 East Woodrow Wilson Drive Jackson, MS 39216 US
• Name: Trudy Begay
• Phone: 505-222-7648
• Email: [email protected]