Registered Nurse - Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Program Manager

This Registered Nurse - Safe Patient Handling and Mobility Program Manager is within Patient Care Services at the West Roxbury location. This is a full-time position at 40 hours per week.

The RN SPHM PM delivers fundamental knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical skills. assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care based on age-specific components. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. The RN SPHM PM must demonstrate strong professional and leadership qualities and a commitment to promoting a safe environment for both patients and staff. Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for regular/weekly travel to off campus sites (to 3 major campuses and 4 CBOC's). Responsible for the development and conducting in person and/or virtual training about safe patient handling and mobility. Responsible for root cause analysis of employee injuries, patient falls, and patient injuries. Performs unit-based ergonomic assessments and provides reports to the Nure Managers and Nursing Leadership. Assists in developing plans to address needs. Recruits and works directly with SPHM Unit Peer Leaders(UPL) and manages the UPL program. Participates in hospital wide committees including Accident Review Board, Patient Falls Committee Clinical Product Review Committee and the Environmental of Care Committee. Ensures that appropriate SPHM equipment is included in hospital construction projects. Assists with SPHM asset procurement, deployment, and life cycle equipment replacement. Consults with services throughout the enterprise to follow HRO principles and practice safety and safe lifting to support the enterprise being a minimal lift facility. Manages expendable SPHM inventory and reorders supplies as necessary. Conducts daily walkthroughs on inpatient, outpatient and surgical areas to evaluate SPHM equipment, expendables, training opportunities, new equipment demonstration requests, and compliance with use of equipment Provides clinical consultation for challenging patient handling and mobility situations. Guides teams of employees in the process of safely using SPHM equipment during mock codes and drills using available specialized SPHM equipment 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: Monday - Friday, hours TBD by supervisor Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Notifications: Current employees must submit copies of their most recent Sf-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is in the Excepted Service. Veterans preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.

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.