USAJOBS · 1 day ago
RN - Quality Management Consultant/Performance Improvement Coordinator
Lyons, New Jersey, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$96K/yr - $96K/yr
3+ years expThe VA New Jersey Healthcare System is hiring a Quality Management Consultant/Performance Improvement Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN). This RN will function as a clinical expert and execute responsibilities that demonstrate leadership and management of complex patient care.
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No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Functions as a clinical expert and executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of care based on age specific components
Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients
Demonstrates sound decision-making and judgment and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Self-directed and influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team and leading innovative process improvement initiatives
Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care
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
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)
Possesses 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
Qualification
Required
U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
Subject to background/security investigation
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements
Must pass pre-employment physical examination
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
You may be required to serve a probationary period
Complete all application requirements detailed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement
English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), 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 the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited 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); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (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 to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD)
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. Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)
Preferred
MSN and 3 - 5 years of Performance Improvement /Quality Management experience in Long Term Care
Benefits
50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
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