Registered Nurse-Quality and Patient Safety, Chief

Veterans Health Administration

Leavenworth (KS)

Remote

USD 147,000 - 196,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, seeks a Registered Nurse, Quality and Patient Safety, Chief in Leavenworth, KS. This senior leader provides oversight of the Quality Management program and partners with VISN and medical center staff to advance patient-centered care and safety across services.

Responsibilities include advising and mentoring, establishing standards and policies, and driving organizational quality initiatives with a system-wide impact.

Qualifications

Leads and advises across nursing, administration, and quality improvement.
Establishes relationships with VISN and medical center staff to advance safety and care quality.
Champions a culture of safety and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

Serves as advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor with broad leadership experience.
Provides senior leadership and oversight for daily clinical and administrative operations within the QM Program.
Collaborates with clinicians, physicians, and admin counterparts to achieve patient-centered goals and organizational excellence.

Job description

Registered Nurse-Quality and Patient Safety, Chief

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Registered Nurse Quality and Patient Safety, Chief 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

Key Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse Quality and Patient Safety, Chief functions as an advisor, administrator, educator, consultant, and mentor who possesses a wide range of experience and leadership ability.

The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief must establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) and medical center personnel and relate effectively with customers, families, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the local and network levels. Key leadership with staff is needed to assist the team to carry out functions and activities expected of them.

The Chief contributes ideas and recommendations for the establishment of standards of care, policies, and objectives for the enhancement of quality management organization wide. Assist in policy-making activities as related to quality care, customer service and the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs. Provides senior leadership and oversight for daily clinical and administrative operations within the Quality Management (QM) Program.

The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief supports the integration and collaboration of nursing with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of patientcentered and organizational goals. They actively manage and develop collaborative partnerships with clinicians, physicians, and administrative counterparts to achieve common goals.

They champion a High Reliability Organization (HRO) with a culture of safety founded on a systems approach to developing evidence-based health care solutions in an environment of clinical excellence. The Quality and Patient Safety, Chief relates effectively with customers, families, and the community as well as program and service leaders at the local and VISN levels to continuously improve the quality of care and resolve staff and/or patient care issues.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards 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) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: To be discussed during interview.

Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $147357 – $195977/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-19.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.