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Summary The Registered Nurse (RN) reports to the Chief of the Office of Performance and Quality (OPQ) and is responsible for coordinating and managing all aspects of the Multi-Drug Resistant Organism (MDRO) Prevention Initiative to include managing Community Living Center (CLC) quality improvement initiatives at the Erie VA Medical Center in Erie, PA. Responsibilities 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 Major Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for coordinating and managing all aspects of the Multi-Drug Resistant Organism (MDRO) Prevention Initiative to include managing Community Living Center (CLC) quality improvement initiatives. Demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in the CLCs with documented quality-of-care outcomes. Serves as an expert consultant in MDRO infection prevention and control for staff, students, patients, families, and visitors based on nationally established infection control guidelines and standards. Duties require the ability to apply the specialized principles and practices of health care management in directing or supporting a health care delivery system. Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care. Responsible for collecting and analyzing data on Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) swab completion rates, prevalence rates, infection rates, transmission rates, and colonization rates of MRSA and other MDROs and reporting that data to key stakeholders including the VHA National Data Base, VA Inpatient Evaluation Center (IPEC). Collects, tracks and trends data relevant to quality improvement efforts in infection control and uses the data effectively to evaluate outcomes. Reviews and reports infectious laboratory results, contaminations, reportable diseases, Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections (CLABSIs), Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs), and associated data as required by VHA. Participates in the development, review, and revision of infection control guidelines, policies, and procedures consistent with national standards for infection prevention. Ensures the practices of healthcare employees, visitors, and students are consistent with internal and external MDRO infection prevention standards through data collection, interpretation, reporting of findings with an appropriate action plan, implementation of plan with appropriate collaborations, and evaluation. Collaborates with the Infection Control Coordinator and multidisciplinary teams to evaluate the environment of patients and related areas and patient care equipment and products to ensure they meet the internal and external standards of infection control and prevention and recommends or enforces changes in practices or products to reduce the risk of infection to patients, staff, students, patients, and visitors. Assesses the infection prevention educational needs of healthcare staff, patients, and visitors, and implements an educational plan to meet those needs and meet the requirements of external accrediting bodies. Collaborates closely with the Infection Control Coordinator, the MDRO Program Office, and service lines within the medical center as well as community infection preventionists to exchange knowledge and share clinical expertise in infection control and prevention to improve the quality of patient care outcomes throughout the medical center. Participates on department, medical center committees and task forces, and VISN committees and task forces to improve patient care outcomes and safety. Actively leads initiatives and projects for unit shared governance and/or participates in organizational professional shared governance initiatives. Supports and actively participates in initiatives such as High Reliability Organization (HRO), Patient Centered Care, Just Culture, and I CARE. Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Available Telework: Available - 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 Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. 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). Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U. S. C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools o
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