Nurse (Risk Manager)

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About the Position: This position is located within the Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Liberty, North Carolina.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Nurse (Risk Manager):Degree: A graduate or higher-level degree, bachelor's degree, associate degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educational program is required.

This education must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, Accreditation Commission for Midwifery Education, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S.

Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

(Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) Licensure: A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a professional nurse from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States; and you must have passed the National Council Licensure Examination.

Foreign Degree: A degree from a Foreign Nursing School.

Official certification from the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who graduated from foreign nursing schools.

Exemption: You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupational series and have been continuously employed in this occupational series since September 27, 2017 or before.

Applicants claiming this exemption must meet the requirement below. Note: You will be required to provide appropriate documentation to the respective Human Resources Office to validate your status.

Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant.

Active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Education/Experience: A diploma, associate degree, or bachelor's degree in Nursing from a professional nursing program and possession of at least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or above) which includes analyzing medical data and developing or implementing policies, programs, or procedures.

OR Education: A PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educational program or related medical science field, completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D.

or equivalent) from a professional nursing program, or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education from a professional nursing program. Major Duties:

• Independently investigate cases from multiple data sources, such as inpatient and outpatient records, incident reports, occurrences, infection control data, length of stay, or summaries of complications to identify problems.
• Advise the Patient Safety Manager and the Chief Quality Services Division and make recommendations on further action needed such as referral for external peer review and a Serious Medical Incident Report to the US Army Medical Command.
• In cases involving equipment, ensure the equipment is removed from service and inspected by a qualified employee to determine whether a malfunction or design flaw led to the incident and if an independent appraisal is necessary.
• Serve as clinical resource subject matter expert for patient representative, congressional inquiries, safety, and inspector general complaints in the identification and investigation of risk management problems.
• Perform delegated personnel management duties such as initiate personnel actions, interview candidates for vacant positions, resolve minor employee complaints, and counsel and train employees.
• Collaborate with other subject matter experts to plan, organize, and conduct training in quality improvement/risk management techniques, criteria development, data retrieval and display, data analysis, confidentiality of data, and more.