Registered Nurse (RN) - Quality Outcomes Specialist – St. Vincent Medical Center

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• Preceptor Pay

• Rewarding Higher Differentials with working on the Weekend

Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center is a faith based Catholic Healthcare Ministry committed to serving the poor and underserved of our community since 1853. Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center is a Regional Tertiary care facility serving a 150 mile radius of Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. St. Vincent has been a well-established leader in quality healthcare as demonstrated by being verified as a Level I Adult and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, designated as a STEMI Center, as well as Comprehensive Stroke Center verified by the Joint Commission. Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center has also partnered with Nationwide Children’s Hospital of Columbus to create Nationwide Children’s Hospital of Toledo on the campus of Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center.

Primary Function/General Purpose of Position

The Quality Outcomes Specialist ensures the delivery of high quality, excellent care that meets or exceeds regulatory standards and requirements and payor expectations, as well as assisting the organization to successfully achieve organizational objectives for quality and patient safety.  This role participates in quality reviews, reporting and performance improvement.

Essential Job Functions

• Participates in the evaluation, monitoring and compliance with internal and external requirements. Supports regulatory, accreditation, and certification surveys in successful completion.

• Prepares and submits quality reports as required by external agencies and payors.  Facilitates and supports the quality, patient safety, and performance improvement committee infrastructure.

• Provides support for organizational quality, patient safety, and performance improvement committees and projects as needed.

• Supports Medical Staff Quality and Peer Review.

• Promotes practices that detect, mitigate or prevent harm using highly reliable tools to improve patient safety and provide a just culture to include event reporting, participating in root cause analyses, and collaboration with leadership to identify high risk areas

• Participates in performance/process improvement activities utilizing data analytics to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

• Supports compliance with voluntary, mandatory, and contractual reporting obligations using data analytics and analysis

• Facilitates provider performance review activities through the peer review, ongoing and focused professional practice processes

• Utilizes change management principles to guide performance and process improvement.

This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.

Licensing/Certification

• Current RN License in the state in which they are working or covered by compact (required)

• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CHPQ) - National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) or other related Quality certification (preferred)

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) or other healthcare related field (preferred)

Work Experience

• 2 years of clinical experience (required)

Working Conditions

• Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur.

• General office environment.

• May have periods of constant interruptions.

• Prolonged periods of working alone.

                                                                      

Skills

• Analyzing data and information

• Acquire data and information

• Use of privileged or confidential information

• Project management

• Process Improvement

• Healthcare Quality

• Professional Nursing

• Collaboration

• Problem Solving

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