Job Description
Nurse (Quality Management) Department of Defense Military Trement Facilities under DHA Defense Health Network Pacific Rim, Office of Pient Safety/Risk Management. Summary About the
Position:
This position is loced in the Pient Safety/Risk Management Office Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicition utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candides to positions in the competitive service. Learn more about this agency Summary About the Position:
This position is loced in the Pient Safety/Risk Management Office Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California. This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicition utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candides to positions in the competitive service. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/22/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 22, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $132,462 - $168,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0610 Nurse Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number HSJG-26-12977794-DHA
Control number 872380100 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help Conduct reviews and provide analysis of pient reled adverse event reports. Colle, display and perform trend analysis and other stistical compution. Serve as facilitor and guide pient safety review teams in the identificion of the causes of adverse events as well as identify and implement practical, measurable and sustainable corrective actions. Utilize a combinion of pient safety tools and evidence-based practices to improve measures of quality and pient safety. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determinion, as determined by a completed background investigion. This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determinion of eligibility for a Secret security clearance or access for the durion of employment. A background investigion and credit check are required. This position has a mandory seasonal influenza vaccinion requirement and is subject to annual vaccinion unless exempt by medical personnel. Employees assigned to a medical trement facility are required to be screened for applicable immunizions or pre-existing immunity unless exempt by medical personnel. Applicants must be able to fulfill credentialing requirements and obtain and maintain approprie/relevant clinical privileges. This position is a Testing Designed Position subject to pre-employment screening and random drug testing. Selectees required to consent to participion in random drug urinalysis testing. Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probionary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315. This position has been designed "Mission Essential". This position has a TDY or business travel requirement of 10% of the time to various locions. Qualificions Who May Apply:
US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the educion and/or requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. Additional informion about transcripts is in this document . Basic Requirement for Nurse (Quality Management): Degree:
A gradue or higher level degree, bachelor's degree, associe degree, or diploma from an accredited professional nursing educional program is required. This educion must have been accredited by the Commission on Collegie Nursing Educion, Council on Accredition of Nurse Anesthesia Educional Programs, Accredition Commission for Midwifery Educion, or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion the time the degree was obtained. (Note:
You must tach a copy of your transcripts.) Licensure:
A current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registrion as a professional nurse from a Ste, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United Stes; and you must have passed the Nional Council Licensure Examinion. Foreign Degree:
A degree from a Foreign Nursing School. Official certificion from the Commission on Gradues of Foreign Nursing Schools is required for individuals who gradued from foreign nursing schools. Exemption:
You are exempt from the basic requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupional series and have been continuously employed in this occupional series since September 27, 2017 or before. Applicants claiming this exemption must meet the requirement below. Note:
You required to provide approprie documention to the respective Human Resources Office to valide your stus. Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designed Ste accrediting agency the time the program was completed by the applicant. Active, current registrion as a professional nurse in a Ste, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United Stes. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualificion requirements listed below: Educion/Experience:
A diploma, associe degree, or bachelor's degree in Nursing from a professional nursing program and possession of least one full year of professional nursing experience (equivalent to the GS-9 grade level or above) which includes conducting pient safety reviews, performing risk assessments and assisting with process improvement. OR Educion:
A PhD or equivalent doctoral degree from a professional nursing educional program or reled medical science field including but not limited to nursing. EXEMPTION
You are exempt from the qualificion requirements above if you are a current federal employee occupying a position in the 0610 occupional series and have been continuously employed in this occupional series since September 27, 2017 or before. Applicants claiming this exemption must meet one of the requirement below. Note:
You required to provide approprie documention to the respective Human Resources Office to valide your stus. Completion of all requirements for a doctoral degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) from a professional nursing program OR 3 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion from a professional nursing program. Educion See Qualificions section for educion requirements. Additional informion Male applicants born after December 31, 1959 must complete a Pre-Employment Certificion Stement for Selective Service Registrion. You required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. This position requires a 1 year probionary period during which the agency evalues your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determinion, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizional or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certificion th it advances the public interest. Direct Deposit of Pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. Recruitment or relocion incentives MAY be authorized for highly qualified candides. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the informion in the Reemployed Annuitant informion sheet. Payment of Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determinion th a PCS move is not in the Government interest. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Veterans and Military Spouses considered along with all other candides. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1. Your resume:
Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents:
Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. If you meet this requirement based on educion you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See:
Transcripts and Licenses . License/Certificion:
This position requires a job-reled license or certificion. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See:
Transcripts and Licenses . NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/22/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12977794 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address JT-DD83DZ PAC RIM DHN - SAN DIEGO DO NOT USE
San Diego, CA 92134 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The documents you are required to submit vary based on whether or not you are eligible for preference in federal employment. A complete description of preference cegories and the associed required documents is in the Applicant Checklist for Public Announcements . As described above, your complete applicion includes your resume, your responses to the online questionnaire, and documents which prove your eligibility to apply. If you fail to provide these documents, you marked as having an incomplete applicion package and you will not be considered any further. 1. Your resume:
Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For each relevant work experience, make sure you include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (include month and year), for qualificions purposes, the number of hours worked per week, and a brief description th show you can perform the tasks the required level listed in the job announcement. If your resume does not contain this informion, your applicion may be marked as incomplete, and you may not receive considerion for this position. Use plain language. Avoid using acronyms and terms th are not easily understood. The hiring agency will not make assumptions about wh's in your resume. If your resume includes a photograph or other inapproprie merial or content, it will not be used to make eligibility and qualificion determinions, and you may not be considered for this vacancy. For additional informion, to include formting tips, see: Wh to include in your resume . 2. Other supporting documents:
Cover Letter, optional Most recent Performance Appraisal, if applicable This position has an individual occupional requirement and/or allows for substitution of educion for experience. If you meet this requirement based on educion you MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See:
Transcripts and Licenses . License/Certificion:
This position requires a job-reled license or certificion. You MUST submit a copy of your license or certificion with your applicion package or you red ineligible. See:
Transcripts and Licenses . NOTE:
Documents submitted as part of the applicion package, to include supplemental documents, may be shared beyond the Human Resources Office. Some supplemental documents such as military orders and marriage certifices may contain personal informion for someone other than you. You may sanitize these documents to remove another person's personal informion before you submit your applicion. You may be asked to provide an un-sanitized version of the documents if you are selected to confirm your eligibility. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/22/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion ( https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12977794 ). Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. As a reminder, your resume must be two pages or less and must support the specialized experience described in this announcement. Resumes exceeding two pages removed from considerion. For additional informion, refer to the 'Required Documents' section. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. Your resume selected in USAJOBS included, but you must re-select other documents from your USAJOBS account or your applicion may be incomplete. It is your responsibility to verify th your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the USA Staffing Applicant Resource Center . To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://www.usajobs.gov/applicant/profile/dashboard/ ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://help.usajobs.gov/how-to/applicion/stus . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Army Applicant Help Desk Website https://portal.chra.army.mil/hr_public?id=app_inq Address JT-DD83DZ PAC RIM DHN - SAN DIEGO DO NOT USE
San Diego, CA 92134 US Next steps If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Your applicion package used to determine your eligibility, qualificions, and quality ranking for this position. If you are determined to be ineligible or not qualified, your applicion will receive no further considerion. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 06/22/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 22, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $132,462 - $168,243 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union Yes Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number HSJG-26-12977794-DHA
Control number 872380100
