Medical Legal Risk Management Nurse Coordinator

The New Mexico VA Health Care System is looking for a Medical Legal Risk Management Nurse Coordinator for our Quality and Patient Safety Service!

The Quality Management (QM) Consultant Registered Nurse (RN) serving as the Medical Legal Risk Management (MLRM) Nurse Coordinator (NC), demonstrates advanced clinical leadership, expert judgment, and independent, innovative practice. The NC exercises a broad scope of authority and accountability for the coordination, implementation, and evaluation of complex medical-legal risk management programs at the facility, VISN, and national levels, directly supporting the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) mission and strategic priorities. Major Duties and Responsibilities: Executive Leadership and Expert Practice: Provides independent, expert oversight of MLRM program components, including Peer Review, Medical Advisory Opinions (MAO), Tort Claims Processing, Adverse Disclosure Events, and National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) reporting. Functions as a recognized authority, consultant, and mentor for clinical, legal, and administrative matters involving patient care, risk management, and quality improvement. Develops, implements, and evaluates innovative strategies for risk mitigation, quality assurance, and continuous process improvement, utilizing advanced systems thinking and evidence-based approaches. System-Level Integration and Policy Development: Leads the integration of medical-legal risk management with key organizational functions, collaborating with executive leadership, Office of General Counsel, Quality Management/Performance Improvement, Patient Safety, and other VA and external stakeholders. Directs the design of clinical audits, QA assessments, and comprehensive reviews of peer review cases, facility requested reviews, contract reviews, MAOs, and tort claims, synthesizing national, VISN, and facility data to inform executive decision-making. Champions the development, revision, and implementation of policies, protocols, and strategic initiatives that advance patient safety, high reliability, and VHA quality management objectives. Strategic Consultation and Organizational Transformation: Facilitates sustained culture change, fostering environments of integrity, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning that drive high-reliability care and performance excellence. Represents MLRM in high-level forums, councils, and specialty workgroups. Advanced Program Management and Outcome Measurement: Manages and evaluates program outcomes for all clinical risk management activities, identifying system-wide trends, root causes, and opportunities for transformational improvement. Independently organizes, delegates, and prioritizes work, ensuring completion of complex projects and deliverables within evolving program scopes and organizational timelines. Upholds and advances VA standards for safe, veteran-centered care by ensuring timely, accurate, and effective communication of review findings, recommendations, and action plans to all levels of the organization. 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: 8:00am to 4:30pm M-F Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with 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. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation. 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.