<p>This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (1 to 5 years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply</p> <p>VA Careers - Psychologist: https://youtube.com/embed/77qHlLw9Xck</p> <p>Total Rewards: Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional</p> <p>Serves as an advanced practice specialist within the Quality, Safety and Value (QSV) Service at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center.</p> <p>The incumbent collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, including physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, researchers, and quality management staff, to identify and mitigate patient safety risks, such as suicide prevention, behavioral health crises, and communication breakdowns. The Psychologist participates in facility-wide safety initiatives, including the Joint Patient Safety Reporting (JPSR) system, Root Cause Analyses (RCA), Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA), and National Performance Goals (NPGs), with a focus on behavioral health safety, psychological resilience, and system-level learning. The incumbent also supports the National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) Patient Safety Assessment Tool (PSAT) and NCPS Salesforce Alerts/Advisories/Recalls, contributing to data-driven improvements.</p> <p>DUTIES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:</p> <ul> <li>Responsible for strategic implementation and maintenance of the facility-wide Patient Safety Program throughout RLR VAMC with primary focus on the comprehensive identification, awareness, utilization, analysis, and performance improvement associated with Joint Patient Safety Reporting (JPSR). This task requires promotion of HRO principles and psychological safety in reporting, education on proper entry of incident reports, gathering and analysis of reports, development of trends and feedback presentations to facility leaders and Services, and implementation of system improvements. </li><li>Appropriately scores JPSR events based on an established severity and frequency index tool and determines actual and potential resulting harm. Those events scored as major or catastrophic are scrutinized formally with RCA projects. </li><li>Develops clinical reviews and audits to analyze problems in depth, including identification of risks requiring review, identification of data required to define the problem, establishing data collection methodologies, analyzing the data, recommending corrective actions, and assessing effectiveness of the actions. </li><li>Provides direct management of team selection and chartering of RCAs, orientation and facilitation of multidisciplinary teams, development of strong and measurable actions and outcomes, and leads briefings provided to executive leadership summarizing events and presenting team recommendations for implementation and improvement. </li><li>Ensures the collection, input, interpretation and analyses, action planning, and outcome sustainment relevant to facility-wide projects required within the NCPS Patient Safety Assessment Tool (PSAT) including annual </li><li>Maintains facility-wide administrative controls aimed to ensure implementation and sustainment of approved Actions and Outcome Measures resulting from completed RCA projects. This includes tracking and trending of items, provision of status reports to leadership, and collation of data for use in external review processes demonstrating compliance </li><li>Development and monitoring of patient safety-related elements within various performance measures including SAIL Patient Safety Indicators and VISN High Reliability Operational Plans. Patient Safety Indicators monitored include pressure ulcers, deaths among surgical inpatients, inpatient falls with serious fracture, and postoperative complications including hemorrhage, kidney injury, respiratory failure, pulmonary embolism, sepsis, and wounds. </li></ul> <p>Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm Monday - Friday</p> <p>Compressed/Flexible:Not Eligible</p> <p>Telework: Not Eligible</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Functional Statement #:92966-0</p> <p>Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized</p> <p>EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.Contact , the EDRP Coordinator vhaedrpprogramsupport@va.gov for questions/assistance. Learn more</p>