Registered Nurse - Performance Improvement Coordinator

This position is located at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center, in the Quality, Safety, and Value Division (QSV). The Performance Improvement (Pl) Coordinator Registered Nurse (RN) functions as an advanced clinician and executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care. The primary roles and duties for this position are responsible for auditing and investigating that affect the internal security of the agency.

This position is directly responsible for protecting the internal security of the agency through investigations/audits of patient care records for several purposes such as fact finding, sentinel events, surveillance, performance improvement, root cause analyses, Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (HFMEA), and regulatory agency requests (i.e. Office of Inspector General, The Joint Commission, Office of Medical Inspector, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, etc.) which affect the security of Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Administration Health Care System by ensuring that the duties are discharged with honesty and integrity and the activities are imperative to the functional operation of the agency in carrying out its mission. Assigned responsibility for their assigned quality management program area activities for the Medical Center and all off-site locations. Collect data, monitor staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards, provide reports detailing trends, and provide direct staff support to all services in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and administering, a comprehensive quality management program area. Have the ability the apply specialized principles and practices to ensure a systems approach to healthcare delivery. Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. 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: 0800-1630 Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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. 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.