Nurse (Patient Safety Manager)

About the Position: Serve as a Patient Safety Manager at Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA and is responsible for implementing patient safety policies and activities. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Serve as the facility expert on patient safety and trains and consults with personnel within the facility, including, but not limited to leadership staff, directors, department chiefs, physicians, nurses, and other direct patient caregivers.

Receive and centrally manage all Patient Safety Reports from Medical Treatment Facility staff and/or patients, or visitors.

Prepare aggregate data reports and trend analyses, identifies trends, and makes recommendations for improvement., and brings to supervisor’s attention, those areas where possible discrepancies or improvement opportunities exist.

Supervise Patient Safety Specialists to establish work plans, priorities, and schedules for completion of work.

Coordinate and manage compliance of Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals Elements of Performance and other Elements of Performance related to Patient Safety.

Conduct periodic Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) for high-risk processes needing prospective analysis.

Provide expertise and guidance to staff members in the areas of risk assessment, proactive risk analysis, aggregate analysis, root cause analysis, and development and evaluation of action plans.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.