RN - Quality Assurance

The Quality Assurance RN is responsible for facilitating and leading clinical improvement strategies and initiatives to achieve clinical excellence. The role skillfully combines a primary focus on clinical knowledge with an emphasis on performance improvement. This position requires knowledge and experience related to clinical practice with the ability to coach/teach colleagues toward success. Responsible for utilizing data sets and information to identify opportunity and successfully mobilize clinical and other resources to achieve improvements. Directs multi-disciplinary workgroups, using proven performance improvement, change acceleration and facilitation methodologies to ensure clinical and/or operational effectiveness and excellence, quality outcomes, patient safety, and positively impact patient/family satisfaction. Directs and coordinates auditing activity required to support clinical quality.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence Health Care Region and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

 

Required Qualifications:

• Coursework/Training sufficient for RN
• Washington Registered Nurse License upon hire
• 3 years of recent clinical RN experience in an inpatient acute care setting

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 years of progressive participation in, and responsibility for, process improvement or healthcare quality management efforts
• 1 year of experience with statistical analysis
• 1 year of experience in leading multi-disciplinary work groups
• 1 year of experience with root cause analysis and safety event review processes
• 1 year of experience with clinical effectiveness and quality
• 1 year of project management experience

 

Why Join Providence? 

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position.  The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
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