Registered Nurse (Accreditation Coordinator)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse (Accreditation Coordinator)

Description

The Registered Nurse, Accreditation Coordinator, coordinates care with a focus on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction across the continuum of care. The role administers procedures per established policies and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to influence care outcomes. It supports evidence-based practice changes and documents program/service-level outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of policies, procedures, and/or guidelines.

• Serve in educator, administrator, researcher, consultant, leader, and advocate roles.

• Provide formal or informal constructive feedback to peers for improvement.

• Share knowledge to support safe, quality nursing care.

• Foster a safe and supportive environment conducive to professional development.

• Evaluate outcomes of evidence-based decisions and practice changes.

• Responsible for documented outcomes at the program or service level.

• Execute leadership to deliver and improve holistic care through collaborative strategies.

• Use group processes to solve problems and strategically plan long-term goals for the microsystem (unit/team/workgroup).

• Demonstrate critical thinking with efficiency and accuracy in assessing and managing situations.

• Other duties assigned.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited per VA policy)

• English language proficiency (basic written and spoken)

• Graduate of an approved professional nursing program accredited by ACEN or CCNE (or meet the VA alternative education/licensure pathways described in the posting)

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration

• Selective Service registration (for eligible males born after 12/31/1959)

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Complete required online onboarding and pre-employment requirements, including acceptable identification

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation

• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program (VA requirement)

• May be required to serve a probationary period

Preferred Experience

• 1 year accreditation/regulatory experience

• 1 year Quality Management experience

• Leadership and performance improvement work experience highly encouraged

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards

• 50 days of paid time off per year (26 annual leave, 13 sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays)

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% contributions

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many programs can be carried into retirement)

• Full-time schedule Monday–Friday 08:00am–04:30pm (subject to change based on agency need)

• Telework not available; not a virtual position