Registered Nurse Quality Coordinator

As a Registered Nurse Quality Coordinator, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn –whether through open, collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives. You'll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.

Job Summary and Qualifications

In this position, you will coordinate quality initiatives and clinical performance improvement. These initiatives and programs may be disease specific and may include Core Measures, physician peer review, national data registries, and special projects.

 

· You will ensure compliance with regulatory bodies and evidence-based standards

· You will evaluate hospital performance in comparison to standards/requirements (i.e. Core Measures, Stroke, STS, and CathPCI)

· You will perform daily concurrent review and retrospective reviews as needed to ensure compliance with evidence-based measures

· You will collaborate with and education physicians and multidisciplinary hospital staff to achieve compliance

· You will utilize quality improvement methodologies to facilitate improvement initiatives

· You will organize and conduct interdisciplinary team meetings and serve as a resource to physicians, nurses, educators, and leaders on evidence-based measures You will coordinate with nursing staff and hospital leaders to establish and implement standardized, evidence-based processes/protocols

· Analyze complications, mortalities, and investigate case referrals for potential quality of care issues 

· Conduct special clinical or focused studies and reviews at the request of the medical staff, administration, Quality Director, Risk Manager, Patient Relations Liaison, etc.

 

What qualifications you will need:

· Minimum of three years relevant acute clinical experience (Med/Surg, Neuro, ICU or ED experience)

· Proficiency with Microsoft Office

· Graduate of accredited nursing school with Nursing Diploma, associate’s degree or higher level education

· Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing – strongly preferred

· Registered Nurse (RN) license in Texas. If Compact License, Texas license must be obtained within 90 days of hire

 

Benefits

St. David's Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

St. David’s Medical Center, part of St. David’s HealthCare, is a comprehensive medical facility with three locations: St. David’s Medical Center, Heart Hospital of Austin, and St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. Located in Central Austin, St. David’s Medical Center features a 371-bed acute care hospital and a 64-bed rehabilitation hospital, offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services.

The hospital provides a full spectrum of women's services, including a renowned Level IV maternity unit, maternal-fetal medicine, and a high-risk maternal and neonatal transport team. It also boasts the region’s largest Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and offers outpatient breast imaging services through Solis Mammography, which is situated on-site. Additionally, the facility includes a 24-hour emergency department and a comprehensive stroke center.

St. David’s Medical Center specializes in treating high-acuity surgical patients, offering complex procedures such as spine surgeries, total joint replacements, advanced surgical oncology, bariatric surgery, and general surgery. It is also home to the esteemed Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute. The hospital has earned accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet® hospital, the highest and most prestigious distinction a healthcare organization can achieve for nursing practice and quality patient care.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses. 

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Quality Coordinator opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.