Registered Nurse - Wilmington, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

Description

Summary

This position is at the Wilmington VAMC. The RN will support Mental Health Services and Social Work Services.

Duties

The duties are but not limited too:
Performance Improvement (PI)

Coordinator:

Responsible for providing leadership for Patient Care Service in the aspects of assessment, measurement, and process improvement with regards to patient care and organizational functions.

Will develop and coordinate Patient Care Service Performance Improvement Plan. Will provide active support at the unit level, the service level, and the organizational level.

Responds on site in real time as incidents occur to investigate and prepare follow-up reports during administrative hours; follows-up next administrative day on occurrences during non-administrative tours.

Tracks, analyzes, and trends process activities in patient care and organizational functions.

Manages processes related to root cause analysis actions, peer review actions, process actions, LEAN actions, EPRP monitors, and employee surveys.

Works in collaboration with the Accreditation Coordinator for tracers and chart reviews. Extracts and trends VANOD data on HAPU. Rounds daily to monitor restraint usage and falls; investigates each incident.

Works with staff at the unit-level on PI issues and creates and maintains the quarterly and annual dashboards for the units.

Serves as the PCS Service Recovery Contact. Prepares the annual Nursing Outcomes report.

Other roles, such as Infection Control Nurse, MRSA Coordinator, Patient Safety Coordinator, etc. Practice is based on the nursing process and evidence-based research. Core competencies and role expectations will depend upon the role and competency checklist, as directed by the immediate supervisor.


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: 8:00am- 4:30pm


Telework: At supervisors approval


Financial Disclosure Report: Not required