The Registered Nurse (RN) Safety Manager (PSM) ,Supervisor executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management program aspects. The Program Safety Manager, Supervisor demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to impact the standard of care and safety of staff while caring for all patients throughout the continuum of care. Accountable for planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating the program and the staff who support it. The PSM Supervisor will oversee the provision of staff education, orientation, competencies, and providing quality improvement and outcomes utilization consultation related to the program.
- Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others. Evaluates practice in an ongoing process, based on best evidence.
- Provides peers with informal constructive feedback for improvement. Fosters a safe and supportive environment conducive to the professional development of healthcare professionals.
- Contributes professional nursing perspective in discussions with the interdisciplinary team. Partners with others to effect change and produce optimal outcomes. Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers.
- Questions clinical practices for the purpose of providing evidence-based care. Participates in activities and strategies to sustain an evidence-based-practice culture.
- The PSM Supervisor continuously evaluates the program, collecting and submitting facility performance measures.
- Participates in quality improvement activities for nursing and develops performance measures to ensure programmatic outcomes are successful. Ensures the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are understood by the team and integrated into the program strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and products, and services.
- Communicates and evaluates assignments, projects, problems to be solved, actionable events, milestones, and/or program issues under review, and timeframes for completion.
- Demonstrates proficiency in leadership based on sound judgment, critical thinking, and deliberate planning. Leads discussions with facility leaders regarding program goals and requirements to meet the operational needs of the facility and program.
- Provides strategic advice and recommendations, while collectively collaborating with the program staff to develop solutions to complex issues and reporting actions to leadership. The PSM Supervisor is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program level and for supporting the program in all services within the organization.
- Program level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility, Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), or Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO).
General Description of Assigned Duties:
Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care within the program focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Executes supervisory position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex client care.
Preferred Experience: Two years of specialized nursing experience, one of which is equivalent to Nurse II and meets all requirements for Nurse III. Ability to demonstrate positive, effective communications skills, professional behaviors and leadership that promotes a commitment to excellence, improving nursing practice, and fostering collaboration among customers beyond the immediate practice setting.
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: 7:00 AM-3:30PM Telework: Available as determined by the agency policy
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $85,825 Per Year (VN 00)