Position Duties (but not limited to): The Nurse V Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is of an executive nature, comprised of complex leadership and administrative components associated with significant health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, health care, and national VA policy. They are accountable to the Medical Center leadership and are an integral partner to the facility executive leadership team.
The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is a catalyst for the integration and collaboration of with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of optimal Veteran-driven organizational goals at the Medical Center level. The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is a key leader in strategic planning, organizational assessment, and development of facility program development.
The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief participates with facility leaders on Medical Center initiatives and assists with planning and decision-making processes for their program. They have the authority and responsibility for establishing standards of quality across all levels of the health care system ensuring quality of care across the Medical Center.
The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief exercises authority and approval for Medical Center policy, practices, and the standards to measure, assess, and improve patient outcomes. Appropriately delegates activities to those staff within the Quality Management (QM) Program under their purview.
The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) within their area of responsibility founded on a collective mindfulness approach to develop evidence-based health care solutions that promote a culture of prevention and safety and a healthy work environment through the implementation of shared decision-making, a spirit of inquiry and an academic environment supportive of education and research.
The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief provides oversight to the following programs:
- Risk Management
- Patient Safety
- Quality Consultants & Accreditation
- Systems Redesign/Performance Improvement
- Cancer Registry
- High Reliability Organization
Supervisory Duties (but not limited to): The incumbent is responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors and is accountable to the Deputy Director of Patient Care Service (DDPCS) while being a direct report to the Medical Center Director.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards 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 7:30am to 4:00pm (PST)
Compressed/Flexible: Not available
Telework: Ad-hoc only
Travel: Not required
Virtual/Remote: This is not a virtual or remote position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified applicants
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized