VISN Chief Quality Management Officer (QMO) RN

Department of Veterans Affairs

This VISN Chief Quality Management Officer (QMO) RN position is in VISN Director office at VISN 1, located at the Bedford VA Medical Center location. This position is a full-time at 40 hours per week.

• The Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) Chief Quality Management Officer (QMO) 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 administrative and clinical services. They function as an executive leader, administrator, and consultant with a wide range of experience and authority that is broad enough to improve care for Veterans through their influence in strategic planning, organizational assessment, quality and patient safety program development and evaluation, policy development, and execution. The VISN QMO is a member of the VISN's Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and a crucial member of the VISN Clinical Triad with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). The QMO has the authority and responsibility for establishing quality and patient safety standards and ensuring these standards are met or exceeded and addressing expeditiously when they are not. The QMO is the executive leader for regional healthcare markets in the continuous and timely availability of safe, quality care Veteran services throughout the network. They are the principal executive for oversight of Quality and Patient Safety throughout the VISN and is the catalyst for the integration and collaboration of market quality/safety with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of patient centered and enterprise goals. They are the executive leader responsible for ensuring a High Reliability Organization (HRO) of safety founded on a proactive systems oriented approach to developing health care solutions with collective mindfulness. Programmatic oversight for quality management and patient safety services and may include other programs based on the regional market organizational structure, such as Performance Improvement, Performance Measurement, Patient Safety, Accreditation, Risk Management, Internal and External Reviews, Utilization Management, Informatics, High Reliability, and Data Management. The QMO provides clinical and administrative leadership and expertise to committee, task force, and project assignments at the VISN and National level. The incumbent makes recommendations that may have a direct and substantial effect on network and healthcare facility operations. They are expected to assist and work with all facility Health Systems Center executive leaders and Chief/Director of Quality and Patient Safety throughout the network to provide guidance and direction. They actively participate at the senior executive management level within the VISN in overall planning and VISN management activities. 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: TBD Telework: AD HOC at supervisor discretion Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Notifications: This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. Veterans preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees. May be subject to satisfactory completion of our credentialing process. The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.

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