Nurse VISN Chief Quality Management Officer (QMO)

The new Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) 2 Chief Quality Management Officer (QMO) is an advanced healthcare executive who executes responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and innovative approaches in the guidance and direction of a variety of complex administrative and clinical services. The selected applicant must relocate within the Legacy VISN 6, 7 or 8 catchment areas. For more information, please see here: https://digital.va.gov/rise/#maps

The position can be filled either through a Nurse or Physician. If you would like to apply to the Physician vacancy, please click here: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/887768600 The Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN) Chief Quality Management Officer (QMO) is an advanced healthcare executive who executes responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and innovative approaches in the guidance and direction of a variety of complex administrative and clinical services. They function as an executive leader, administrator, and consultant with a wide range of experience and authority that is broad enough to improve care for Veterans through their influence in strategic planning, organizational assessment, quality and patient safety program development and evaluation, policy development, and execution. The VISN QMO is a member of the VISN's Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and a crucial member of the VISN Clinical Triad with the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). The QMO has the authority and responsibility for establishing quality and patient safety standards and ensuring these standards are met or exceeded and addressing expeditiously when they are not. The QMO is the executive leader for regional healthcare markets in the continuous and timely availability of safe, quality care Veteran services throughout the network. They are the principal executive for oversight of Quality and Patient Safety throughout the VISN and is the catalyst for the integration and collaboration of market quality/safety with other professional disciplines and functional areas in the mutual achievement of patient centered and enterprise goals. They are the executive leader responsible for ensuring a High Reliability Organization (HRO) of safety founded on a proactive systems oriented approach to developing health care solutions with collective mindfulness. Programmatic oversight for quality management and patient safety services and may include other programs based on the regional market organizational structure, such as Performance Improvement, Performance Measurement, Patient Safety, Accreditation, Risk Management, Internal and External Reviews, Utilization Management, Informatics, High Reliability, and Data Management. The QMO provides clinical and administrative leadership and expertise to committee, task force, and project assignments at the VISN and National level. The incumbent makes recommendations that may have a direct and substantial effect on network and healthcare facility operations. They are expected to assist and work with all facility Health Systems Center executive leaders and Chief/Director of Quality and Patient Safety throughout the network to provide guidance and direction. They actively participate at the senior executive management level within the VISN in overall planning and VISN management activities. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Work Schedule: To be determined. Telework: AD HOC available at supervisor discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May be Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized 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)

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

IMPORTANT: A transcript MUST be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. The Associate Degree Nursing (ADN), Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN), or Master of Science degree in Nursing (MSN) must be fully accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or the Commission On Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Verification of accreditation may be obtained from http://www.acenursing.us/accreditedprograms/programsearch.htm or https://directory.ccnecommunity.org/reports/accprog.asp. If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. If your school was accredited by ACEN or CCNE at the time of graduation, but is no longer listed on the websites, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.