RN-Quality Clinical Excellence Specialist

Overview and responsibilities:

• Coordinates efforts to obtain and maintain certifications of excellence including Heart Failure and Stroke. Coordinates QI efforts, either within a department or withing a larger QA team, related to data collection and reporting for Disease Specific Certifications/Accreditations.
• Concurrently coordinates all activities / metrics / standard compliance related to disease specific care for HF, Stroke
• Collects, enters, analyzes, and presents QI data and activities. This includes Core measure data; hospital and medical staff quality data, required measure data, complaint and occurrence data and peer review data as related to Disease Specific care.
• Facilitates hospital-wide compliance with certification specific accreditation standards.
• Champions performance improvement teams for disease specific care
• Provides staff education and serves and a disease specific resource for hospital leaders and staff
• Lead accreditation survey activities
• Provides Quality orientation for new employees
• Participates in interdisciplinary team rounds
• Demonstrates problem-solving skills and implements processes to improve patient care delivery
• Lead community outreach efforts related to disease specific care

Qualifications:

• RN licensure is required
• Bachelor's degree is required
• 2-3 years clinical hospital experience
• Chart review and ability to extract information and speak to the information

Nice-to-have Qualifications:

• Certification Heart Failure Nurse
• SME on clinical practice guidelines and evidenced based practice for treating patients with stroke, heart failure and chest pain.

Benefits: 

• Competitive Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) Insurance and 401K + Match
• Generous Personal and Sick Leave package
• Annual Director Bonus Eligibility
• FREE Employee Assistance Program mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance
• Company Paid Life Insurance, plus FSA, STD, and other insurance opportunities
• Opportunities for education and training through partnership with Duke LifePoint Healthcare
• And much more