This position is located at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Hospital in San Antonio, TX and reports to the Chief of Quality and Risk Management, office of Quality and Patient Safety.
The Risk Manager Registered Nurse (RN) minimizes the probability of adverse risk to patients, personnel, visitors, and protecting the assets of the facility by proactively identifying, reporting, trending, reviewing, and correcting problems leading to incidents through risk identification and analysis.
The RN is in a growth and development practice on assisting Veterans and Active Duty Service members to meet their complex health care needs.
Nurse I, Level 1 Provides fundamental conducting occurrence screen reviews to monitor and evaluate the quality of health care; evaluating episodes of care to determine opportunities for improvement in readmissions and return to surgery during the same episode of care; identifying significant deviations from morbidity/mortality data; identifying negative outcomes that merit peer review; coordinating record review findings with STX Suicide Prevention team.
Uses clinical knowledge to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of clinical performance within the facility, using data collected by internal/external monitoring processes and relays this information to clinical leadership and senior leaders.
Nurse I, Level 2 The Risk Manager is responsible for ensuring the implementation of a successful risk management program that minimizes the probability of adverse risk to patients, personnel, and visitors, and protecting the assets of the facility by proactively, accurately identifying, reporting, trending, reviewing, and correcting problems leading to incidents through risk identification and analysis.
The nurse will assist in directing the provision of professional practice using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) with general supervision. Facilitates recommendations for systems and/or resource changes that will serve to improve the work force and resource utilization.
Nurse I, Level 3 Independently plans and delivers technically competent care, possesses a thorough working knowledge of the directives, policies, and performance standards of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) arm of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Serving as subject matter experts (SME) to the Chief of Staff and all levels of leadership in the PR process.
Plays a critical support role in developing and coordinating internal review systems to assure that both clinical and administrative activities follow agency accrediting and regulatory requirements. Nurse II Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
Leads professional practice using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to improve evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes for an identified patient population and/or specialized areas within immediate practice setting. Leads the provision of nursing care to patients with complex care needs utilizing the nursing process in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice.
Applies nursing expertise to lead improvement, with demonstrated outcomes, beyond the immediate practice setting.
Nurse III The Risk Manager is responsible for ensuring the implementation of a successful risk management program that minimizes the probability of adverse risk to patients, personnel, and visitors, and protecting the assets of the facility by proactively, accurately identifying, reporting, trending, reviewing, and correcting problems leading to incidents through risk identification and analysis.
Serves as a subject matter expert (SME) on clinical, educational, administrative issues and provides leadership across a range of contexts that contribute to organizational outcomes.comprehensive. Partners with QSV staff and functions to integrate readiness activities (Accreditation, Patient Safety, EPRP, OPPE, System Redesign).
Uses clinical knowledge to evaluate the quality and effectiveness of clinical performance within the facility, using data collected by internal/external monitoring processes and relays this information to clinical leadership and senior leaders. Leads educational initiatives that expand knowledge to improve outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting.
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: Telework: Ad hoc and as determined by the agency only Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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 https://www.acenursing.org/ 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.
Renee.Wilkosz@va.gov · 214-742-8387 X77325
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $85610 – $173974/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-10-30.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
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