The Veterans Affairs Surgery Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) Quality Consultant RN position is located in the Quality and Patient Safety Service at the Nashville, TN VAMC.
Functions as an advanced clinician and executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of complex surgical patient care. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for surgical patients. They demonstrate sound decision-making and judgment and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of surgical care based on specific quality components. They 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.
Follows procedures per established policies, guidelines, and the National Surgery Office (NSO). The Veterans Affairs Surgery Quality Improvement Program (VASQIP) Quality Consultant Registered Nurse (RN) demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in quality-of-care outcomes.
Effectively utilizes all aspects of the nursing process to provide optimal quality review of surgical care provided to patients undergoing operative procedures using defined metrics established by the NSO through VASQIP. Identifies surgical cases for inclusion into the NSO database based on appropriate selection criteria.
Based on established NSO detailed definitions of each preoperative, operative, and outcome measures, the VASQIP Consultant will collect and enter data into the NSO database within the required times. 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.
The clinically derived data is validated, formatted, and analyzed to characterize prevailing mortality and morbidity rates, both unadjusted and risk adjusted. 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.
Maintains effective communication skills, serves as a consultant for VASQIP and quality-related matters. The VASQIP Consultant 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. Provides a basis for change in practice through findings from research and quality assessment studies.
NY67 RN Pay Scale 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: M-F 7:00am - 3:30pm Telework: May be eligible for ad-hoc telework.
JENNIFER.MATZEK@VA.GOV · 615-295-8474
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $82230 – $144401/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-11-03 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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