Nurse

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Registration Requirement: Applicants must have active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. AND Education requirement: Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant. AND Specialized experience for the GS-13 is one year of experience at the GS-12 level, or equivalent, that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position which includes: - Providing clinical healthcare services requiring interpretation of various medical regulation and directives; AND - Conducting healthcare audits, inspections, or program evaluations. AND - Identifying quality care issues and making recommendations in accordance with medical and nursing guidelines and regulations.

Duty locations are limited to Baltimore, MD; San Diego, CA; Aurora, CO; Washington, DC; Kansas City, MO; Las Vegas, NV; Dallas, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA; Trenton, NJ; Durham, NC; Frederick, MD, Chicago, IL(Hines); Bay Pines, FL; Manchester, MA; Austin, TX; Portland, OR, Cleveland, OH; Gainesville, FL. Remote work may be considered if a qualified candidate is not within the local commuting area of any duty station listed above. Current VA OIG employees will remain in current duty location. Candidates who applied from announcement 26-VAOIG-12922513-DH are not required to reapply to this announcement to be considered. Other locations TBD based on space availability at the time of close. As a Nurse, you will: Assist the project leader in a broad range of Quality Management (QM) and health care program inspections and evaluations. Plan, coordinate, and/or conduct extensive pre-inspection clinical research, and provide appropriate guidance to non-clinical team members where such is needed. Identify existing information sources from which to obtain a sufficient data base to facilitate the team's understanding of the clinical process or outcome to be inspected or evaluated and to identify possible clinical issues that require further development. Plans and schedule project briefings and training sessions for all project participants. He/she will provide comprehensive clinically-based briefings including pertinent legislative and regulatory information, the perceived or actual status of the review entity, the effectiveness of internal control systems, and the existence and magnitude of any QM/clinical program problems.