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Registered Nurse - Patient Safety Manager
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Lexington VA Health Care System's Quality Department is looking for a dedicated Patient Safety Manager (PSM) Registered Nurse to join our team. In this critical role, you will advance the safety and quality of care for our Veterans. As the facility's lead for patient safety, you will promote a culture of safety, implement key policies, and collaborate across disciplines to improve patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care.
What You'll Do
- →Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Patient Safety Manager (PSM) Registered Nurse (RN) executes position responsibilities that demonstrate beginning leadership skills and participates in specific program experiences.
- →They demonstrate creative approaches to the management of program aspects of complex patient care.
- →The PSM demonstrates performance and beginning leadership skills that start to impact the standard of care and safety of staff while caring for all patients throughout the continuum of care.
- →The PSM functions as the lead manager and implementer of patient safety policies and activities developed by the National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) and is the facility's key person to help build and implement patient safety systems and promote the culture of safety within Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities and for VA patients in all healthcare settings.
- →Direct support is provided to the development, maintenance, and operation of the VHA's patient safety process at the facility level.
- →This includes working with all levels of staff within the facility, including top-level management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) team members, RCA team leaders, and RCA recorders.
- →They are responsible for a facility wide program for all services within the organization that meets the requirements of National Directives.
- →The PSM will oversee the provision of staff education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement consultation related to the program specifically.
- →The PSM continuously evaluates the program, collecting and submitting facility performance measures.
- →Demonstrates knowledge of and appropriate response to requirements, reviews, and findings of regulatory agencies (i.e.: National Center for Patient Safety, The Joint Commission, the Office of Inspector General, VISN 9 Offices.
- →Provides support to the agency and to all regulatory and inspection teams in preparation for and during site visits.
- →Deliver knowledge-based, patient-centered care while continuously developing technical and leadership skills.
- →Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care with consideration for age-specific and population-based needs.
- →Coordinate and document program outcomes that demonstrate broad, complex impact at the facility and VISN level.
Requirements
- ✓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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9828a1d4-1b80-4d3b-8c49-7970682627a9
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