Registered Nurse-Quality Management

Registered Nurse - Quality Management

The Veterans Health Administration was seeking a Registered Nurse Quality Management Consultant for the Marion, IN facility within the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System. This role demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improving quality-of-care outcomes, supporting quality management program activities across the Medical Center and off-site locations, collecting data, monitoring compliance, reporting trends, supporting staff, and participating in facility councils, committees, and workgroups.

Location: Marion, IN

Vacancies: 1

Salary: $68,976 - $141,844 per year

Salary Note: Candidate education, scope, and length of nursing practice experience are considered in determining grade and salary. Selected salary may be at any point within the listed range.

Pay Scale & Grade: VN-00

Promotion Potential: None

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday - Friday

Appointment Type: Permanent

Telework: Not available

Remote/Virtual: Not available

Travel Required: Not required

Relocation Expenses: Not reimbursed

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

PCS: Not authorized

Drug Test: Required

Security Clearance: Not required

Position Sensitivity/Risk: Non-sensitive / Low Risk

Background Check: Credentialing and suitability/fitness required

Financial Disclosure: Not required

Union Representation: Yes

Supervisory Status: No

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to improving quality-of-care outcomes.
• Improve care for groups of patients through quality management program activities.
• Support documented outcomes at the program or service level.
• Manage assigned quality management program area activities for the Medical Center and off-site locations.
• Collect data and monitor staff compliance with relevant policies, directives, and standards.
• Prepare reports detailing quality trends.
• Provide direct staff support to all services in planning, designing, integrating, implementing, modifying, and administering a comprehensive quality management program area.
• Participate in facility councils, committees, and workgroups.
• Perform duties contributing to the administrative management of a health care delivery system.
• Apply specialized principles and practices of health care management in supporting the health care delivery system.

Basic Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen. Non-citizens may only be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Must be proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Must be a graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency.
• Nursing education must have been accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education at the time the program was completed, unless otherwise covered by VA policy.
• Must have a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Graduate Nurse Technician candidates may be appointed temporarily while actively pursuing licensure if they meet education requirements, subject to VA policy.
• Must be subject to a background/security investigation.
• Must pass a pre-employment physical examination.
• Must pass pre-employment drug testing and remain subject to testing requirements for this testing designated position.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Must complete all application requirements and online onboarding requirements.
• Must provide acceptable identification for employment eligibility verification.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as required for Department of Veterans Affairs health care personnel.
• Selected applicant may be required to serve a probationary period.

Eligibility:

• This announcement was open to the public and current federal employees of the hiring agency.
• First area of consideration was given to current permanent employees of the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System.
• Current permanent employees seeking first area of consideration were required to submit a current 2026 SF-50.
• The two-page resume requirement did not apply to this position.
• This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
• This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

Education and Licensure Requirements:

• Must meet professional nursing education requirements under the VA Nurse qualification standard.
• Foreign nursing education above the associate degree or entry-level nursing education requires formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized evaluation agency accepted by VA.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration is required unless appointed under the Graduate Nurse Technician exception.
• Transcripts may be required if using education to qualify or support grade determination.

Nurse Grade Determination:

• Nurse I Level I: ADN or diploma in nursing with no additional professional nursing experience required.
• Nurse I Level II: ADN or diploma in nursing plus one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I Level I, or BSN with no additional professional nursing experience required.
• Nurse I Level III: ADN or diploma in nursing plus two years of professional nursing experience with one year equivalent to Nurse I Level II; or BSN plus one year of professional nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I Level II; or MSN with no additional professional nursing experience; or related master's degree with BSN and no additional professional nursing experience.
• Nurse II: BSN plus two years of professional nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I Level III; or MSN plus one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I Level III; or related master's degree with BSN plus one year of specialized experience; or doctoral degree in nursing or related field with BSN and no additional professional nursing experience.
• Nurse III: MSN plus two years of specialized nursing experience including one year equivalent to Nurse II; or related master's degree with BSN plus two years of specialized nursing experience including one year equivalent to Nurse II; or doctoral degree in nursing plus one year of specialized experience equivalent to Nurse II; or related doctoral degree with BSN plus one year of specialized experience equivalent to Nurse II.
• Grade and salary are determined by education, scope, length, and quality of nursing practice experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity.
• May require long periods of walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing.
• Requires ability to work effectively in stressful situations and shift priorities based on organizational needs.
• Off-site training may require occasional travel.

Required Documents:

• RN License
• Resume
• Standard Clinical Resume Document uploaded into the restricted resume field
• Full resume or CV may be uploaded separately into the other document upload field without page limitation
• Current 2026 SF-50 / Notification of Personnel Action, required for first area of consideration
• Transcript, if using education to qualify
• Professional certification, if applicable
• Performance appraisal, if applicable
• Cover letter, DD-214 / Statement of Service, disability letter, separation notice, SF-15, and other supporting documents, if applicable

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with regular salary increases and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year, including 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Federal retirement benefits, including a traditional pension and 401(k)-style plan with up to 5% VA contributions.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance options.
• One full and unrestricted license from any U.S. State or Territory is accepted for VA practice.
• Comprehensive federal benefits package with eligibility depending on appointment type and work schedule.

Application Deadline: June 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET

Status: Closed; reviewing applications

This announcement for a Registered Nurse - Quality Management position at the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System closed on June 30, 2026. Applications are currently listed as being reviewed.

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