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. 

This position performs all duties in a manner that promotes team concepts and reflects the Providence Health & Services mission, philosophy, and core values of respect, compassion, justice, excellence, and stewardship.

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing    
• Washington Registered Nurse License upon hire -OR-
• Alaska Registered Nurse License upon hire -OR-
• California Registered Nurse License upon hire -OR-
• Montana Registered Nurse License upon hire -OR-
• Oregon Registered Nurse License upon hire -OR-
• Texas Registered Nurse License upon hire -OR-
• New Mexico Registered Nurse License upon hire

Preferred Qualifications:

• Recent RN experience in an inpatient acute care hospital setting
• 1 year 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 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 experience with service excellence and patient advocacy models
• 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.