Registered Nurse-Risk Manager

Summary

Robley Rex VA Healthcare System, Louisville, Kentucky is currently recruiting for a Registered Nurse-Risk Manager Louisville, Kentucky 603.

Duties

• The main duties of the Risk Manager, Activations Team are as follows:
• The Activations Team Risk
• Manager (RM) is a registered professional nurse in the
• Consultant career path, qualified by education and experience to execute position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to provide an effective Risk Management
• Program and to the delivery of quality patient care. This includes responsibility for the daily management and/or oversight of Risk
• Management activities including interpreting
• VA handbooks and directives related to risk management; day-to-day coordination and implementation of Occurrence
• Screen processes, case management of Peer
• Reviews and mortality data tracking; Institutional
• Disclosure process oversight; processes relating to Tort Claims, State Licensure, and National Practitioner Data
• Bank reporting, including tracking and trending; process management and oversight for Administrative Boards of
• Investigation, and formal fact findings The
• RM Nurse reviews all risk management issues that relate to the facility; maintains necessary records; and ensures that issues are handled in an appropriate, accurate, and timely manner. The
• RM Nurse serves as a liaison to District
• Counsel for technical-legal clinical and administrative issues, and consultant for policies and procedures involving risk management related issues. The
• RM Nurse provides direct staff support to service chiefs, and others in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and evaluating the effectiveness of program components and/ or services to improve the quality of patient care and the appropriateness and timeliness of services provided. The
• RM Nurse collaborates with the Risk Manager and Patient Safety
• Managers to trend and analyze patient incidents thus ensuring the integration of the Patient Safety and Risk Management Programs
• Delivers safe care to assigned patients, while developing technical competencies
• Formulates a plan of care based on nursing assessments, using the nursing process, based on the
• ANA Standards of Nursing Practice
• Documents the nursing process
• Demonstrates grade-appropriate and consistent critical thinking skills
• Treats all patients and families with dignity and respect
• Maintains professional boundaries with patients, families, and employees
• Demonstrates compliance with infection control practices, such as hand washing and wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment
• Conserves resources effectively by using supplies and equipment in a responsible manner
• Applies recently acquired knowledge to the care of patients
• Participates in unit based educational activities
• Practices and fosters in staff that access to understandable health information can empower individuals to participate in their health
• Encourages and supports patients and families to participate in care and decision-making at the level they choose
• Communicates the plan of care with the patient and discusses the patient's progress with other health care providers
• Makes changes in own practice in response to performance improvement findings
• Preferred experience: The ideal candidate will demonstrate advanced clinical experience and leadership in risk management within an acute care or complex healthcare setting. Experience should include implementing and evaluating risk management programs, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, and ensuring compliance with national standards (e.g., The Joint
• Commission, VHA Directives). Preferred candidates will have proven ability to identify, analyze, and mitigate clinical and organizational risks, and will be familiar with the regulatory, ethical, and legal aspects of healthcare risk management. 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, 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment
• Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of
• Station (PCS): Not authorized Financial Disclosure
• Report: Not required Pay Schedule: NF45

Requirements

• 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 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.

Required Documents

• To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
• You must submit a CV or
• Resume (To verify that you meet the qualifications for the position).
• Your resume must contain identifiable information (such as name, address, email and phone number).
• It must also contain the month and year for the beginning and ending for each employer as well as the name, city and state of all the schools that you attended, the month/year you graduated and the type
• Of degree you were awarded.
• You must also list the information regarding your license to include: state, license number and expiration.
• For additional information see: What to include in your resume (https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/faq/application/documents/resume/what-to-include/).
• Special Note for
• Applications: To complete your application, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx to download the standard Clinical Resume
• This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field.
• Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limitation into the 'Other' document upload field.
• The following documents are accepted and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position.
• DD-214/ Statement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Performance Appraisal Professional Certification Resume Separation Notice (RIF)
• SF-15 SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans' Preference
• Preference eligible candidates and other
• Veterans will be given preference when qualification of candidates are approximately equal for
• Title 38 positions in
• VHA. When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible
• Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor
• Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your
• DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.).
• If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable,
• General, etc.), and dates of impending separation.
• Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible
• Veterans) must also submit an
• SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran
• Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on
• Veterans' Preference, please visit Feds Hire Vets