Registered Nurse Quality Management Consultant

Registered Nurse Quality Management Consultant

Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Health Administration

Amarillo Veteran Affairs Health Care System

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Summary

Functions as an advanced clinician and executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of care based on age specific components. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. They demonstrate sound decision-making and judgment and possess excellent interpersonal skills.

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Summary

Functions as an advanced clinician and executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates delivery of care based on age specific components. Demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients. They demonstrate sound decision-making and judgment and possess excellent interpersonal skills.

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Open date: 07/31/2026 Closed date: 08/10/2026

This job will close when we have received 50 applications which may be sooner than the closing date. Learn more

Location

1 vacancy in the following location

Amarillo, TX

1 vacancy

No matching locations found.

Work site options

• Telework eligibleYes—Adhoc EligibleRemote jobNoRelocation expenses reimbursed
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• Salary
• $82,778 - $153,671 per year
• Pay scale & grade

VN 00

Promotion potential None

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Work scheduleFull-timeTravel Required25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment typePermanent

Occupations and job series

• 0610 Nurse

Supervisory statusNoFederal service typeThis job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a unionNo

Drug testYesSecurity clearanceOtherPosition sensitivity and riskNon-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk

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• Credentialing
• Suitability/Fitness

Financial disclosure requiredNo

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Announcement numberCAZM-13025005-26-FLSControl number878865800

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US Citizens NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

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Duties

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Duties

• Demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improvement in quality-of-care outcomes
• Demonstrates performance that is broad enough to improve the care for a group of patients
• Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level
• Incumbent collects data, monitors staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards, provides reports detailing trends, and provides direct staff support to all services in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and administering, a comprehensive quality management program area
• Participates in several facility councils, committees, and workgroups
• Performs duties directly contributing to the administrative management of a health care delivery system
• Duties require the ability to apply the specialized principles and practices of health care management in directing or supporting a health care delivery system
• Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility
• Program is defined as a substantial coordinated group of activities impacting patients and/or employees
• Responsible for their assigned quality management program area activities for the Medical Center and all off-site locations
• Executes the position responsibilities that demonstrate effective leadership, detailed planning, professional communication, creative and innovative approaches to the improvement of safety/healthcare program development and possess an ability to organize priorities
• The QM Consultant works in concert with leaders and others to sustain a culture of safety, modeling High Reliability Organization (HRO) practices
• Performs duties directly contributing to high quality and safe patient care within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
• The QM Consultant directly supports facility leadership in areas of planning, organization, development, direction, and evaluation of the quality program within the facility

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: Adhoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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Conditions of employment

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U. S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance to 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.
• 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.

A pre-placement examination will be required to be able to determine if the incumbent is able to safely operate a government vehicle.

The following requirements must be met

• distant vision 20/40 in one eye with or without correction
• field of vision 70 degrees
• ability to distinguish red, green and amber
• whispered voice at five feet, or average hearing loss of not greater than 40 dbs. at 500, 1000 and 2,000 Hz.

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 of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware ( ICD).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted…