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Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Spclst, Pt Safety & Qual Assur.
In this role, the successful candidate The nursing quality specialist supports the department in promoting nursing quality and patient safety. Participates in the patient safety programs and organizations quality improvement activities. Facilitates and interacts with front line staff and with multidisciplinary team in the new initiatives. Identifies and escalates the learning needs associated with nursing quality and performance improvement to the Director of Nursing Quality. Supports and provides education with and serves as a mentor with continuous quality improvement and utilizing the tools for quality improvement. Engages in monitoring of compliance with regulatory compliance and assists the units in identifying the quality improvement projects and the process in developing and implementing the quality improvement projects. Assists in the audits, chart reviews, investigations, RCAs, ACAs, and in FMEA and also takes part in developing corrective actions and in monitoring the compliance. Takes part in data entry and helps NDNQI bench marking as required. Will collaborate in all activities in the organizations magnet journey.
Job Responsibilities:
* Engages and promotes initiates/programs to improve staff, patient, family satisfaction.
* Verbalizes and demonstrates the nursing process, quality improvement, performance improvement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and assists in establishing healthy work environments.
* Demonstrates the ability to navigate the medical records and runs reports.
* Understands and validates the standards of nursing and patient care that supports the professional practice in the organization.
* Exhibits knowledge and understands the values of professional nursing and the frame work of practice.
* Participates in the organization’s nurse recruitment and retention activities.
* Understands and articulates the importance of nurse sensitive quality metrics and other indicators of patient safety and regulatory standards
* Participates and collaborates in developing policies, procedures, and setting up unit specific standards activities with nurse leaders.
* Assists in the audits, chart reviews, investigations, RCAs, ACAs, and in FMEA and also takes part in developing corrective actions and in monitoring the compliance.
* Ability to analyze data and creates reports for dissemination which assists in driving excellence.
* Demonstrates ability to assist and review the incident reports pertaining to nursing care.
* Facilitates and participates in the unit based quality improvement initiates and supports with evidence based practices.
* Demonstrates ability in creating auditing checklists and monitoring tools
* Supports the Director and the colleagues of the nursing quality department and participates in the council that nursing quality participates.
* Participates and promotes the regulatory requirement compliance activities.
* Assists in setting up meetings, taking minutes and sharing with the team, and create reports.
* Supports the Director of Nursing Quality and other nurse leaders in creating presentations and assists publication of the quality improvement initiatives of the organization
* Demonstrates strong interdisciplinary relationships with nursing, other disciplines and also with all levels of management personnel.
* Exhibits enthusiasm and takes part in various nursing council and committees as requires.
* Actively participates in all the educational activities of the nursing quality department and able to educate front line staff.
* Stays updated with the best practices, regulatory requirements, issues, and trends in nursing profession and also related to nursing quality and patient safety.
* Maintains clinical expertise.
* Assists in takes part in the leadership developing programs pertinent to quality and patient safety.
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Current NYS Nurse License required. MS preferred.
Previous relevant experience may be substituted for advanced degree.
Must have a minimum 2 - 5 years experience in a hospital clinical setting demonstrating leadership
Demonstrates ability to work independently, uses good judgement in decision making and accesses resources effectively
Demonstrates ability to collect and analyze data and to prepare effective, accurate reports.
Demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively (oral and written) to all audiences. All communication is assertive, influential and credible which contributes to establishing trusting professional relationships.
Demonstrates ability to successfully adapt to constant change.
Demonstrates the ability to set priorities, organize workload, meet timelines and achieve productivity requirements.
Demonstrates good customer relations and adherence to the Hospital's Core Cultural Values.
Possesses above average documentation skills including computer literacy (Microsoft Office, electronic medical record and specialized software)
Maintains current knowledge of CQI processes.
Maintains privacy of employee and patient information .
Required Licenses: Registered Nurse License-NYS
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's in nursing or related field preferred. Certification in specialty area desirable. Membership in relevant professional organizations
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
Long Island Community Hospital provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.
Long Island Community Hospital is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Work performed in a store environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment, such as computers, phones, photocopies and fax machines. Use of personal cell phone for customer contact and follow up and personal computer tablet for room sketching. Regularly required to view, see, manipulate and handle product to demonstrate to customers. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee continuously walks or stands on the store’s showroom floor. Stands for extended periods of time. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and required to lift and carry small items up to 30 pounds, such as lamps, etc