The position is located at the Seattle VA Medical Center in Seattle, Washington serving as a Veterans Affairs Surgery Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) Quality Consultant Registered Nurse (RN).
Duties include but are not limited to: Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of surgical care based on specific quality components. Collaborate with members of the interdisciplinary team, leading to process improvement initiatives related to surgical quality. Collects eligible surgical data in accordance with standardized data definitions for designated surgical procedure types based upon probability of postoperative mortality and morbidity.
Identifies surgical cases for inclusion into the National Surgery Office (NSO) database based on appropriate selection criteria. Analyzes the data and reports information to identify the need for change in surgical service that may include the need to minimize risk and ensure effectiveness of clinical quality improvement.
Communicates and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on any findings to analyze care trends and identify opportunities for improved quality of care. Participates in other quality-related initiatives within the Surgery Service and throughout the medical center.
Comprehends and effectively analyzes the clinical contents of medical records and associated documents in terms of quality and appropriateness of care issues such as adherence to or deviation from accepted diagnostic and treatment protocols, including drug therapies, and the presence or absence of expected outcomes.
Possesses clinical knowledge of medical care processes and the analytical ability to correlate clinical diagnosis and symptoms with established diagnostic and treatment modalities. Maintains current knowledge of research and incorporates the findings into the measurement and evaluation of clinical practice. Performs duties directly contributing to the administrative management of the surgical health care delivery system.
Provides clinical expertise and perspective necessary to integrate the NSO and Veterans Health Administration (VHA) directives and regulations into the local surgical department and surgical quality review process.
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 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not approved Telework: Not Approved Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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. Note: The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission/NLNAC changed its name to ACEN in May 2013.
ACEN's website may be utilized to verify accredited programs using automated inquiry processes; however, for verification of any nursing program's accreditation prior to 1998, an automated inquiry cannot be used and ACEN must be contacted directly via their email contact information on the ACEN website to verify.) Note: In order to grant credit towards an appointment based on foreign nursing education higher than the associate degree level, formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized degree equivalency evaluation agency accepted by VA such as the International Consultants of Delaware (ICD) must be obtained.
Rachael.Seath@va.gov · 253-582-8440 X75638
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $87285 – $161201/yr.
Applications close on 2026-10-23.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
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