Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Leader/Accreditation Coordinator

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)/Accreditation Coordinator works in the Quality and Patient Safety Service Line at the Kansas City VA Medical Center. The RN-CNL applies evidence-based practice, complexity science, and improvement strategies to enhance care within diverse populations. The incumbent leads interprofessional teams, advances health equity, evaluates outcomes, and promotes holistic, patient-centered care across the microsystem. Major duties: Duties include but are not limited too: Integrates principles of complexity science into healthcare management for adaptive approaches. Applies improvement science to enhance performance measurement and quality improvement. Utilizes data sources to evaluate care outcomes and benchmark against standards. Plans and delivers evidence-based interventions at the microsystems level to optimize care delivery and patient outcomes. Assess care outcomes using improvement science and systems theory within complex healthcare environments. Coordinates organizational readiness activities/process for survey by Joint Commission (TJC), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and other external reviews. Completes annual reports and data submissions, coordinators document submissions, and tracks external review recommendations to completion. Evaluates previously closed actions for sustained compliance. Consults with staff and management on ideas for standards/regulatory compliance. Educates staff across the medical center on standards and regulations relevant to care provided and change sin standards and regulations. 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: 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday Telework: Eligible Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized Requirements: 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.