The Registered Nurse - Quality Management Consultant/Accreditation Coordinator provides clinical expertise in quality management and accreditation. The He/She leads and evaluates complex patient-care processes, using strong judgment, collaboration, and communication skills. The incumbent independently plans, implements, and improves care delivery, driving interdisciplinary teamwork and innovative process-improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes.
Duties include, but are not limited to: Participate in several facility councils, committees, and workgroups. Apply specialized principles and practices to ensure a systems approach to healthcare delivery Coordinates organizational readiness activities/process for survey by Joint Commission (TJC), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other external reviews.
Organizes and conducts system and patient tracers across the organization, communicates opportunities to local management and aggregates tracer findings to report through the governance structure. Coordinates the distribution of new VHA Directives/Handbooks. Assists Assists local staff on conducting gap analysis and action plans to meet new and existing requirements in Directives/ Handbooks. Evaluates previously closed actions for sustained compliance.
Advises staff and management of relevant standards and evaluates compliance with applicable standards and regulatory requirement. Educates staff across the medical center on standards and regulations relevant to care provided and change sin standards and regulations.
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 - 4:00pm (may change based on facility needs) Telework: Not authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $68432 – $125170/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-13.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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