Total 6 Manager level Health / Beauty / Fitness job vacancies in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

The Program Manager (PM) Risk Management is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care. Assumes responsibility for the coordination of care within the program focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.

The Registered Nurse (RN) Program Manager executes position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to the management of program aspects. The PM demonstrates performance and leadership that is broad enough to impact the standard of care and safety of staff while caring for all patients throughout the continuum of care. Accountable for planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating the program and the staff who support it. The PM is responsible for leading a facility wide program for all services within the organization that meets the requirements of National Directives. They will oversee the provision of staff education, orientation, competencies and providing quality improvement consultation related to the program.

RN PM participates in quality improvement activities for nursing and develops performance measures to ensure programmatic outcomes are successful. Ensures the organization's strategic plan, mission, vision, and values are understood by the team and integrated into the program's strategies, goals, objectives, work plans and products, and services.

Preferred Experience:

• VA Risk Management experience; preferred.
• BSN; preferred.
• MSN; highly desired.
• Yellow Belt Certified; preferred.
• VA Change Practitioner

The incumbent serves as the Director for the Division of Education and Integrity within ORI.

Responsibilities:

• Reviews programs/projects to determine how they can be accomplished with the least disruption to employee and mission operations and that directions and schedules are accomplished in a timely manner.

• Establishes program objectives and units of measure for determining when objectives have been met.

• Provides leadership to the DEI including the development, implementation, revision, and evaluation of strategic plan for the division.

• Takes actions necessary to correct any identified problem areas.

• Coordinate the dissemination of research integrity policies, procedures, and regulations

• Analyzes, coordinates, integrates, and communicates long-range strategies to support the DHHS worldwide and nationwide mission.

• Represents ORI and gives high level presentations, keynotes, public addresses, and other similar offerings to promote the ORI/DEI mission and the public's awareness.

• Provides sound and efficient management and authoritative information and analysis for the development and implementation of policies having national significance.

• Provides technical and/or administrative supervision to organizational staff, through subordinate leaders.

The Nurse Manager of Fort Meade VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic is a Registered Nurse with 24/7 accountability for nursing care by licensed and unlicensed staff. S/he is responsible for the day-to-day operations ensuring patient and staff safety in compliance with VHA, VISN, and VAMHCS policies/procedures/nursing protocols, accepted best practices, and professional standards of care. S/he evaluates performance, provides annual competency training, and continuing education for direct reports. The Nurse Manager performs timecard certification, verifying staff schedules and hours worked. S/he practices fiscal responsibility within the budgetary guidelines. S/he is responsible for the implementation of the organization's Vision, Mission, and Values. The Nurse Manager consults with and reports to the Chief Nurse of Ambulatory and Emergency Care Clinical Center. The Nurse Manager is an essential leader in the clinic overseeing the clinic operations as well as ensuring safe and quality patient care and excellent customer service. S/he manages and evaluates the nursing staff who directly impact the multiple quality metrics.

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 hour shifts
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

As a GS-13, Safety and Occupational Health Manager your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

• Overseeing the Environment of Care accreditation program and ensuring continuous survey readiness, for which the Clinical Center has received high marks from the Joint Commission: the hospital ranks among the best surveyed.
• Establishing and maintaining necessary compliance mechanisms, training, inspections, hospital policy alignment, documentation, and activities, in conjunction with the NIH CC Office of Patient Safety and Clinical Quality.
• Supporting facility specific management and department managers on safety, emergency management issues as well as the
  institution compliance with federal, state, and local standards and The Joint Commission Standards.
• Managing and serving as the Chair of the Hospital Environmental Safety Committee, a subcommittee of the Medical Executive Committed (MEC) and keeps the MEC apprised of projects and performance data in areas including emergency management, fire
  safety and management of medical equipment, safety, security, utilities and hazardous materials and wastes.
• Serving as an advisor and lead of the NIH Life Safety Code Team, responsible for reviewing, planning, monitoring, and documenting compliance with all applicable regulations for fire/life safety.
• Coordinating and collaborating with various NIH and other officials regarding disaster preparedness and disaster response.
• Supporting clinical care and clinical research at the NIH, serving the patients and their caregivers, collaborating with health care providers, ensuring compliance with federal and state laws and the standards of accrediting organizations for the Clinical Center and innovating best practices in hospital safety management.

The Patient Safety Program Manger (PSM) Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for trending and analyzing incidents across the facility; participating in the Patient Safety Committee; interpreting VA handbooks and directives regarding Patient Safety; and monitoring of the quality and progress of root cause analyses and follow-up actions to ensure implementation of system changes. The Patient Safety Program Nurse develops strategies to disseminate "lessons learned" and will be the content expert for the VA Maryland Health Care System. He/she participates in the development of innovative approaches to the establishment, enhancement, modification, and /or improvement of care with a focus on Patient Safety.

The PSM coordinates and implements patient safety policies and activities developed by the National Center for Patient Safety (NCPS) and is the facility's key person to help build and implement patient safety systems and promote the culture of safety within Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities and for Veteran patients in all healthcare settings.

The PSM has primary responsibility for training clinicians, management, and all relevant support personnel within their facilities, about the patient safety program and patient safety analyses processes. They are responsible for maintaining clear communication between the facility and the Veterans Integrated Systems Network (VISN), to communicate relevant patient safety information and promote organizational learning and directly supports facility leadership in areas of planning, organization, development, direction and evaluation of the patient safety program within the facility.

Preferred Experience:

• VA Patient Safety Experience Preferred

It’s inspiring to work with a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!

When you become part of the Chapters Health Team, you’ll realize it’s more than a job. It’s a mission. We’re committed to providing outstanding patient care and a high level of customer service in our communities every day. Our employees make all the difference in our success!

Supervisory Responsibilities

The RN Case Manager is responsible for supervising LPNs, CNAs, and Patient Care Volunteers.
 

Experience Requirements

The RN Case Manager must have at least one year of staff nurse experience in a comparable 
setting/unit. Hospice and/or palliative care experience is strongly preferred.

Education Requirements

The RN Case Manager must have a degree in Nursing from an accredited nursing program. A BSN 
degree is preferred. 

Required Certifications and/or Licenses

The RN must have licensure from the governing body for practice for the District of 
Columbia, State of Maryland, and/or the Commonwealth of Virginia, based on the 
state/jurisdiction of practice; or licensure from compact state. Healthcare Provider BLS (CPR) 
is required to practice in the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. A CHPN 
certification is a plus.

Overall Skills

The ability to demonstrate superlative oral and written communication skills as well as ability to 
organize and manage projects within defined timeframe and budget; work both independently and as 
part of a team; demonstrate excellent interpersonal and collaborative; demonstrate organizational skills with ability to delegate and follow up; manage multiple tasks and stressful situations with a positive attitude; demonstrate a strong work ethic and attention to detail; perform a thorough (telephonic) nursing assessment; recognize stress caused by working with dying patients and their families and seek to reduce stress through available support and personal resources; professionally manage highly confidential information.

Physical/Mental/Emotional Skills

The ability to possess exceptional skills, including a faculty for conceptual thinking, peer motivation, 
problem solving, and who can demonstrate initiative, follow-up and follow-through; work in a fast 
paced environment utilizing tact, patience, and diplomacy; work independently; resolve conflict and be comfortable with conflict resolution and management; facilitate the development of trusting 
relationships and partnerships with physicians, payers, patients and co-workers; maintain a positive 
public image for Capital Caring Health by dealing with patients and employees; communicate 
respectfully, openly, honestly and directly; display comfortably with possible blood, bodily fluid, 
communicable diseases, and etc. exposure; push and pull heavy objects; display a full range of body 
motion including handling and lifting patients; serve as coach, mentor and a positive role model; drive
long distances, on a tight schedule, sometimes in heavy traffic; provide physical care to patients.

Technological Skills

The ability to input and manage data in patient health information systems and demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office and internet browsers.

Reasoning Ability

The ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear. The employee is required to stand; walk; bend, stoop, and reach; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; demonstrate manual dexterity to operate medical devices/equipment and perform procedures, also to operate keyboards, laptops, and phones, should be able to taste or smell; and push, pull, lift/carry 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee would normally 
encounter while performing the essential functions of this job in an office. Reasonable 
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Works in a business office with computers, printers, copy/fax machines and telephones. The noise level in the work environment is usually light to moderate. The environmental conditions are that of what is to be expected in a temperature-controlled building. 

This position requires consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer of employment is made, as well as on-going compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy.