Registered Nurse - Chief Quality and Patient Safety

Summary The Registered Nurse Chief Quality and Patient Safety position is located at the Veterans Health Administration in Lebanon, PA. This position is authorized for a Relocation/Recruitment Incentive. Responsibilities General Description of Assigned Duties: The Nurse V Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is an advanced healthcare executive who executes responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and innovative approaches in the guidance and direction of a variety of complex patient care programs and services. They function as a leader, administrator, and consultant with a wide range of experience and authority that is broad enough to improve care for Veterans through their influence over policy development and decisions. Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The Nurse V Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is of an executive nature, comprised of complex leadership and administrative components associated with significant health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, health care, and national policy VA. They are accountable to the Medical Center leadership and are an integral part of the facility executive leadership team. The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is a member of the Medical Center's Executive Leadership Team (ELT). The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is a catalyst for the integration and collaboration of with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of optimal Veteran-driven organizational goals at the Medical Center level. The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief is a key leader in strategic planning, organizational assessment, and development of facility program development. The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief participates with the ELT and strategic thought leaders in Medical Center to initiate and execute planning and decision-making processes for their program. They have the authority and responsibility for establishing standards of quality across all levels of the health care system ensuring quality of care across the Medical Center. The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief exercises authority and approval for Medical Center policy, practices, and the standards to measure, assess, and improve patient outcomes. Appropriately delegates activities to those staff within the Quality Management (QM) Program under their purview. The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief champions a High Reliability Organization (HRO) within their area of responsibility founded on a collective mindfulness approach to develop evidence-based health care solutions that promote prevention and safety and a healthy work environment through the implementation of shared decision-making, a spirit of inquiry and an academic environment supportive of education and research. Reports to the Medical Center Director and is responsible to the Associate Director Patient Care Services (ADPCS). 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: 7:30 am-4:00 pm Telework: Ad-hoc as determined by the agency policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the

Created: 2026-02-02