This Registered Nurse - Patient Safety Specialist (PSS) position 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.
The Registered Nurse (RN) - Patient Safety Specialist (PSS) coordinates and implements 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 Health Administration (VHA) facilities and for Veteran 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. The Patient Safety Program is grounded in the science of patient safety and encompasses multiple systematic foundational enterprise processes. Duties Include but are not limited to: PSS trains and coordinates patient safety activities of personnel within the facility, such as infection control professionals, risk managers, and quality managers.
PSS is responsible for translating the policies, theories, and strategies into action within the complex interrelationships that exist related to patient safety. PSS has primary responsibility for training clinicians, management, and all relevant support personnel within their facilities, about the patient safety program and patient safety analyses processes.
They are responsible for maintaining clear communication between the facility and the VISN, to communicate relevant patient safety information and promote organizational learning. PSS performs duties directly contributing to high quality and safe patient care within the VHA. Duties require the ability to apply specialized principles and practices of patient safety science to ensure a systems approach to healthcare delivery.
The PSS directly supports facility leadership in areas of planning, organization, development, direction, and evaluation of the patient safety program within the facility. Other duties as assigned VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized 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
The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application.
If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet. 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. 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.
Sarah.Graham4@va.gov · 615-728-2307
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $79295 – $139966/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-02.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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