Total 4 Quality Assurance / Control job vacancies in Washington, District of Columbia

• Plans and directs Quality Assurance (QA) Group operations.
• Plans the accomplishment of QA Group functions within the resources provided by and the policies and regulations established at higher levels.
• Utilizes risk based techniques to establish, adjust and maintain surveillance over contractors' operating procedures.
• Evaluates contractor performance for compliance with the contract, applicable quality assurance policies, and regulations.
• Conducts Personnel Management and provides Administrative Supervision over Personnel in specialized technical occupations.

• Responsible for packaging draft and final audit reports and analyzing the reports to ensure that these audit reports do not contain personally identifiable information (PII).
• Responsible for using Adobe Acrobat software to redact PII from audit reports. Responsible for distributing draft and final reports issued from OAS Headquarters to HHS OPDIVs and keeping OAS Headquarters and Regional management apprised of the status of the report distribution.
• Responsible for ensuring that audit reports posted to the HHS-OIG Internet are Section 508 compliant and accessible to persons with disabilities.
• Responsible for analyzing the report for section 508 compliance and if necessary, remediating the audit report using the appropriate software tools.
• Assists Regional Program Support Specialists in making their audit reports Section 508 compliant.
• Design, develop, and maintain the OAS Intranet site.
• Ensures that reports prepared for the internet are complete, accurate, and uploaded in a timely manner.
• Implements enhancements in response to OAS changing needs.
• Prepare final audit reports for posting to the OIG website, in accordance with OIG Public Affairs guidelines.
• Coordinate posting of final audit reports to the OIG website by the legislatively required timeframe with Office of Management and Policy (OMP) technology staff.
• Coordinate with OIG Executive Secretariat on the processing and distribution of OAS draft and final audit reports.
• Keep OAS management and program support specialists apprised of the status of final and draft audit reports and other OIG correspondence.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides HRO program management/administration to ensure that programs/initiatives align directly with the journey to high reliability.
• Serves as the subject matter expert on the HRO mission and objectives.
• HRO Baseline Training, Clinical Team Training facilitator. Facilitates, coaches and trains staff at all levels of the organization on high reliability principles/concepts.
• Manages a portfolio of projects and works independently while responding to requests for information and support from all levels of the organization, including senior level managers.
• Responsible for the identification of information and analysis needed to manage critical aspects of operations as well as for the design and development of information sources, reports, analytical studies, and data templates.
• Develops and implements systems to assist in providing oversight of critical informatics and analytics functions.
• Interfaces with the QSV and hospital leadership to evaluate and incorporate best practices to improve patient care and ensure that standards set are met.
• Responsible for the oversight of the use and management of data for the HCS, including collection, reporting and analysis in support of its high reliability journey.
• Conducts analytical studies on operational processes, issue topics, or related special projects.
• Monitors and develops milestones for assigned portion of the execution of organizational plans, particularly those requiring physical relocation of personnel, work, and equipment.
• Supports new programs/initiatives that align directly with the journey to high reliability, which puts Veterans at the center of all processes, innovations, improvements, and changes.
• Serves as the primary supporting consultant for the development and implementation of program operations related to new programs and/or initiatives that have a direct impact on data management, processing, problem resolution, and process improvement along the journey to high reliability.
• Stay current on all aspects of the initiatives, identify potential risks and issues, collaborate with staff both internal and external to ensure necessary requirements are appropriately documented and met, and effectively lead and socialize the changes necessary for successful implementation.
• Applies knowledge of health care system delivery, performance and quality improvement and health care accreditation to provide technically correct and pragmatic advice.
• Conducts innovative analysis and extends accepted standards to achieve high reliability organization (HRO) principles and an operating plan the Medical Center.
• Prepares and delivers written and verbal review of findings and recommendations to HCS, VISN, and VHACO leadership to determine applicable requirements and feasible problem resolution.
• The incumbent provides detailed reports to senior leadership on the schedule, measures, and key change management components.
• The incumbent works in partnership with the National Center for Patient Safety, Office of Systems Redesign and Improvement, Quality Manager, Patient Safety Managers, Systems Redesign (Improvement) Coordinator and Clinical leadership to ensure planning, coordinating, tracking, reporting and communicating objectives to the various stakeholders both external and internal to VA.
• Have a clear working expert knowledge of the HRO mission and objectives with excellent communication skills.
• Continuous improvement of services to stakeholders requires significant interaction with a wide range of professionals and results in the incumbent assuming a highly visible role in representing the Medical Center at the VISN and national level.
• Have the ability to communicate orally and in writing about complex clinical and non-clinical matters with individuals with varying levels of understanding and authority.
• Performs Other Duties as Assigned.

• Monitor contractual production. Identify and audit the processes used to comply with contract requirements.
• Monitoring Quality Control program. Ensure the contractor quality personnel understands the contractual requirements.
• Monitoring Performance. Analyze contractor performance, quality processes, and perform data analysis to ensure consistent contractor performance.
• Performs documentation to record contractor's performance. Perform duties as required by the Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) / Procuring Contracting Officer (PCO) I Support ACO (SACO) delegations.
• Support the Quality Assurance Director and Superintendent in Quality Assurance functions.