Summary
Job Description:
Quality Coordinator, Registered Nurse- Full Time, Days
Status: Full Time
Shift: First
Job Summary:
Coordinates/collects data and measures outcomes while ensuring compliance with Federal, State, Local and licensing regulations. Assists in providing direction in facilitating change, participates in the plan for change, monitors change process, conceptualizes, and applies ideas to resolve issues and approaches.
Responsibilities:
Coordinates, implements, and evaluates data on quality/patient safety indicators to maintain quality/patient safety standards and encourage performance improvement activities.
Assists in providing direction in facilitating change, participates in the plan for change, monitors change process, conceptualizes and applies ideas to resolve issues and approaches.
Maintains knowledge of current trends and advancements in quality/patient safety by reviewing current literature, attendance at conferences, and collaboration among professionals within the community.
Maintains current knowledge of accreditation and CMS standards and supports hospital wide initiatives.
Accurately performs data entry into the appropriate software.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing; or must obtain degree within five years of hire.
- Active Kentucky RN License.
- Medical surgical, critical care, quality, case management or research experience within the last two years.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) within 90 days.
- Knowledge of computers and word processing software with strong analytical and attention to detail skills.