<p>The W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center located in Salisbury, North Carolina, is currently seeking one highly qualified Registered Nurse to fill the Deputy Chief Nurse vacancy with Quality and Patient Safety Service.</p> <p>The Nurse IV Deputy Chief of Quality & Patient Safety (QPS) executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross services and/or discipline lines and, influence the organizational healthcare mission. The Nurse IV Deputy Chief of QPS functions as an advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor who possesses a wide range of experience and leadership ability. Demonstrates performance that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients.</p> <p>VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards</p> <p>The Duties of the Nurse IV Quality and Patient Safety Deputy Chief include but are not limited to the following:</p> <ul> <li>The Deputy Chief of QPS ensures that services have systems and processes in place to provide safe, quality care that is consistent with external benchmarks. </li><li>Leads performance improvement initiatives by identifying quality metrics, trending data, maintaining the quality metric dashboard, and acts as a subject matter expert in data analysis and data display. Consults and acts as a resource to leadership and staff in standards interpretation implementation, patient safety, infection control, risk management, and re-design of processes and structures to improve care outcomes. </li><li>Develops and implements policy and procedures, collaborates with service departments, and works toward meeting the strategic plan of the organization. </li><li>The Deputy Chief of QPS oversees monitoring of corrective actions from survey findings and assists services who are performance outliers. </li><li>Provides oversight for programs such as the Joint Patient Safety Reporting (JPSR), Tort Claims, and Peer Review. </li><li>Responsible for completing clinical quality reviews, clinical data analysis, and identifying opportunities for improvement. </li><li>The Deputy Chief of QPS collaborates with the Survey Coordinator for the coordination of accreditation readiness activities focused on standards compliance, education of staff on standards, VHA requirements, and customer satisfaction for internal and external stakeholders. </li></ul> <p>Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards</p> <p>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)</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory</p> <p>Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm</p> <p>Telework: This position is only approved for AD-Hoc Telework</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p>