RN - Quality Pulmonary Coordinator

RN - Quality Pulmonary Coordinator

Full-time / 40 hours per week

Akron City campus

Summa Health System is recognized as one of the region's top employers by a number of third party organizations, including NorthCoast 99. Exceptional candidates gravitate to Summa because of its culture, passion for delivering excellent service to our patients and families commitment to our philosophy of servant leadership, collegial working relationships at every level of the organization and competitive pay and benefits.

Summary of Position:

Responsible for coordinating, monitoring, and improving the quality of care for patients with pulmonary conditions across the continuum of care. Serves as a clinical quality expert, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, evidence-based guidelines, and organizational quality initiatives related to pulmonary care. Partners with physicians, advanced practice providers, respiratory therapy, nursing staff, transitional care coordinators and leadership to drive performance improvement, data integrity, and positive patient outcomes.

Serve as a patient/family advocate ensuring the patient receives optimal care and services throughout the transition from inpatient to outpatient, within the health care system. Will assist in alleviating barriers to care, decrease hospital length of stay, improve adherence to treatment regimen, reduce readmissions, improve patient access to care for the promotion of quality and cost-effective outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Formal Education Required:

a. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

b. Current license to practice in the State of Ohio (Registered Nurse license)

c. CCRN (Critical Care Registered Nurse), CPHQ (Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality), or pulmonary-related certification (or willingness to obtain) preferred.

2. Experience and Training Required:

a. Three (3) years of clinical nursing experience.

i. Within pulmonary, critical care, or medical-surgical preferred.

b. Experience in quality, performance improvement, or care coordination roles.

c. Experience with regulatory readiness, accreditation surveys, quality registries and CMS reporting.

3. Other Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:

a. Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies (e.g., PDSA, Lean, Six Sigma concepts).

b. Strong analytical, organizational, interdisciplinary collaboration and communication skills.

c. Proficiency with electronic health records and data reporting tools.

d. Ability to work well within a team environment by accepting and offering honest and constructive feedback.

e. Organize and manage time to accurately complete tasks within designated time frames in fast paced environment

f. Ability to analyze, use clinical research outcomes, and aggregate data effectively

g. Ability to be open-minded, objective and self-directed in executing responsibilities within a team structure. Proactive approach to problem solving.

4. Level of Physical Demands:

a. Sedentary: Exerts up to ten pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently.

b. Ability to walk long distances within the hospital campus.

c. Ability to sit and/or stand for long periods.

d. Manual dexterity to operate computer, phone, and standard office machines.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

$37.40/hr - $56.11/hr

The salary range on this job posting/advertising is base salary exclusive of any bonuses or differentials. Many factors, such as years of relevant experience and geographical location are considered when determining the starting rate of pay. We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members when determining offers. Please keep in mind that the range that is listed is the full base salary range. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical.

Summa Health offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program to include medical, dental, vision, life, paid time off as well as many other benefits.

• Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D)
• Supplemental Life and AD&D
• Dependent Life Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Accident Insurance, Hospital Indemnity, and Critical Illness
• Retirement Savings Plan
• Flexible Spending Accounts - Healthcare and Dependent Care
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Education Assistance
• Daily Pay