Nurse (RMD Coordinator)

Department of Veterans Affairs

The Reusable Medical Device Coordinator (RMD) is an experienced nurse responsible for coordinating and overseeing the development, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of critical and semi-critical medical devices at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System (VAPAHCS). Through collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, the RMD coordinator influences care outcomes and demonstrates leadership and innovative approaches in managing complex situations.

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards The duties listed below are at the Full Performance VN-0610-III; they include, but are not limited to: The Registered Medical Device Coordinator is an expert nurse who demonstrates leadership, experience, and innovative approaches to managing complex RMD situations. The incumbent provides clinical knowledge, ensuring that all critical, semi-critical, and non-critical RMDs are used according to manufacturers' instructions across the facility. This role encompasses overseeing quality management and reprocessing activities, including staff training, competency assessments, SOP development, and succession planning. The RMD Coordinator ensures the clinical and administrative appropriateness of services, acts as a liaison between clinical and non-clinical services, disseminates vital information, and serves as an educational resource based on evidence-based research. PRACTICE: Demonstrates expertise in professional practice using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) with improved evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. Expectations: Leads and organizes delivery of care to ensure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice in alignment with the ANA Standards of Nursing Practice. VETERAN/PATIENT DRIVEN CARE: Leads initiatives to improve Veteran/patient experience, satisfaction and/or safety beyond the immediate practice setting. Expectations: Leads initiatives to improve the Veteran experience, i.e., care coordination, timeliness to resolve issues, negative trends, or environment of care concerns, beyond the immediate practice setting. LEADERSHIP: Communicates and collaborates as an effective leader of the interprofessional team, at the expert level, with improved evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. Expectations: Demonstrates positive, effective communication skills, professional behaviors, and leadership that promotes a commitment to excellence, improving nursing practice, and fostering collaboration among customers beyond the immediate practice setting. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Enhances knowledge base and practice evaluation, at the expert level, with improved outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. Expectations: Leads educational initiatives that expand knowledge to improve outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE/RESEARCH: Leads the identification and integration of evidence-based practice/research with clinical expertise to improve quality of care and resource utilization at the expert level with improved outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. Expectations: Demonstrates expertise in evidence-based practice/research resulting in improved outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. Other duties as assigned Preferred Experience: SPS certification from either Health Care Sterile Processing Association (HSPA), or Certification Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution ( CBSPD), or VA Central Office SPS/OSP Level 2. Regulatory and compliance knowledge2 Understanding of critical and semi-critical medical device handling, sterilization, and regulatory requirements (e.g., FDA, OSHA, or VA-specific protocols) is essential. Sterile processing experience2 Familiarity with the development, implementation, coordination, maintenance, and evaluation of surgical instrument and device programs is a key expectation. 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-year 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 U.S. state or territory Work Schedule: Variable shifts or as determined by the supervisor. Compressed/Flexible: This may be authorized at the supervisor's discretion. Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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