HRO Lead Registered Nurse

Quick Facts

• Role: HRO Lead Registered Nurse

• Focus: High reliability, patient safety, and quality improvement

Description

The HRO Lead Registered Nurse leads high-reliability, patient safety, and quality improvement initiatives across the organization. This role delivers evidence-based nursing care, supports licensed nursing staff, and drives program-level outcomes through interdisciplinary collaboration and process improvements. The position fosters development of a High Reliability Organization (HRO) using Patient Safety, Systems Redesign (Lean), and Quality Improvement methods.

Responsibilities

• Provide competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients and oversee licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants as appropriate

• Direct nursing education, orientation, competencies, and provide quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation

• Demonstrate leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies

• Contribute the professional nursing perspective in interdisciplinary team discussions

• Manage assigned area activities for the medical center and off-site locations

• Collect data, monitor staff compliance with policies/directives/standards, provide trend reports, and support staff directly

• Participate in facility councils, committees, and workgroups that contribute to health care delivery system management

• Serve as the instigator of strong, safe clinical processes across the medical center

• Maintain facility-wide program responsibilities aligned with national directives for all services

• Use Patient Safety, Systems Redesign (Lean), and Quality Improvement skills to develop an HRO at unit/service/medical center level

• Engage in clinical areas to work with staff and teams to improve safety, quality, and efficiency of care

• Maintain schedule/assignment flexibility as needed

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required (non-citizens only when compliant with VA policy)

• English language proficiency for direct patient care

• Graduate of an approved professional nursing program (ACEN or CCNE) OR qualify through an approved education/licensure pathway

• Current, full, active, unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth or DC

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination

• Complete onboarding and pre-employment requirements (including acceptable I-9 identification)

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Comply with seasonal influenza vaccination requirement for VA Health Care Personnel

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

• Urinalysis/drug screening requirement for testing-designated positions

• May be required to serve a probationary period

Benefits

A comprehensive total rewards package is offered, including competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards, 50 days of paid time off per year, a traditional federal pension and a federal 401K with up to 5% contributions, and federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care coverage. The work schedule is Monday–Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm; telework and virtual work are not available, and relocation/recruitment incentives are not authorized.