Patient Safety Manager (Registered Nurse)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse – Patient Safety Manager (Quality Improvement Team)

• Schedule: Full-time, Administrative days (8:00 AM–4:30 PM)

• Telework/Virtual: Not authorized

Description

As a Patient Safety Manager, you will lead the development, implementation, and sustainability of patient safety systems across all care settings. You will coordinate and execute national patient safety policies and activities, foster a culture of safety, and translate safety strategies into action within complex care environments. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care delivery to produce documented, program/service-level outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement VA patient safety policies and activities developed by the National Center for Patient Safety

• Support and operate the VHA patient safety process at the facility level, including Root Cause Analysis (RCA) teams and staff across the organization

• Promote safety as the foundation for safe operations

• Collaborate with, train, and direct patient safety activities of personnel (e.g., infection control, risk management, quality)

• Apply healthcare management principles to administrative management and improvement of care delivery systems

• Lead innovative process improvement initiatives and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to influence care outcomes

• Demonstrate sound judgment, interpersonal skills, and self-directed leadership

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• English language proficiency for written and spoken communication

• Graduate of an approved professional nursing program (ACEN/CCNE) or other VA-accepted pathways

• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN licensure

• Complete VA onboarding and required pre-employment documentation; pass pre-employment physical evaluation

• Subject to background/security investigation (and urinalysis drug testing where required)

• Comply with Selective Service registration (if applicable)

• Seasonal influenza vaccination program participation

• Meet physical requirements (including movement demands and potential exposure to infectious/combative situations)

• Complete annual Employee Health requirements (e.g., TB screening/testing)

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards

• 50 days paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, and paid federal holidays)

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

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options

• License requirement: one full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory