Assistant Chief Clinical Officer - Quality Nurse (RN)

Covington•Covington, LA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

AMG Physical Rehabilitation Hospital - Covington is seeking a Full Time Assistant Chief Clinical Officer - Quality Nurse. The Assistant Chief Clinical Officer (ACCO) - Quality Nurse is a member of the company administrative team and participates in decision-making, policy determination, and planning and operations of the healthcare company. She/he has the responsibility for the management of all nursing and clinical practices. The ACCO - Quality Nurse must have knowledge of current theoretical approaches to delivering nursing care and strategies for examining and applying relevant concepts and current leadership, management, and performance improvement concepts and the ability to participate in developing and implementing strategies to address opportunities for improving nursing care. This position requires responsibility for planning and implementing the performance improvement program to meet the needs of the healthcare company and hospital. It also provides education to medical staff, hospital staff and the Governing Body, as well as facilitates performance improvement activities and CQI activities throughout the healthcare company and hospital. This department is also to be used as a resource person to the administrative team, department managers and medical staff. Responsible for all regulatory body surveys including State Licensing Review and CMS Validation surveys. Responsible for risk evaluation and coordination of corrective action implementation related to risk issues. Provide intervention and education related to risk management issues to promote safe work practices and quality care and services in an environment that is beneficial to the safety, health and well being of all patients, visitors, healthcare company and hospital staff. Coordinates risk programs with all hospital departments, administration and the legal risk manager. Report real and potential risk situations to the Governing Body, medical staff, administration, healthcare company and hospital departments and committees, as appropriate. Responsible for establishing and monitoring methods to avoid, eliminate and/or reduce risk situations associated with the provision of patient care and services. The ACCO - Quality Nurse is a qualified individual with knowledge of CDC guidelines and definitions of healthcare associated infections (HAIs), federal and state regulations. He/She is responsible for the identification, investigation, reporting, prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) among patients and personnel. By authority of the healthcare company and hospital Infection Control Committee, she/he may institute collection of cultures and initiate appropriate isolation precautions. She/He is responsible for assisting with in-service programs related to infection prevention and control. Concerning Employee Health, he/she is responsible for attending to all employee work related injuries and recommending appropriate action, as well as communicating with the risk manager any trends in the workplace.

Requirements

Current RN Louisiana clinical licensure in good standing
Demonstrated leadership and management ability with a minimum of three to five years experience in nursing administration.
1-3 years experience in Quality Improvement or Risk Management
Minimum three (3) year experience in a supervisory position in healthcare or one (1) to three (3) years in infection control.
3 or more years experience in acute care setting.
Member of the Association of Practitioners of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
Working knowledge of microbiology, Epidemiology, infectious diseases, aseptic techniques and current practices.
Current BLS Certification.
A minimum of one-year experience in utilization review.
Able to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

Management of all nursing and clinical practices.
Planning and implementing the performance improvement program.
Providing education to medical staff, hospital staff and the Governing Body.
Facilitating performance improvement activities and CQI activities.
Serving as a resource person to the administrative team, department managers and medical staff.
Responsibility for all regulatory body surveys including State Licensing Review and CMS Validation surveys.
Responsibility for risk evaluation and coordination of corrective action implementation related to risk issues.
Providing intervention and education related to risk management issues.
Coordinating risk programs with all hospital departments, administration and the legal risk manager.
Reporting real and potential risk situations to the Governing Body, medical staff, administration, healthcare company and hospital departments and committees.
Establishing and monitoring methods to avoid, eliminate and/or reduce risk situations associated with the provision of patient care and services.
Identification, investigation, reporting, prevention and control of healthcare associated infections (HAIs) among patients and personnel.
Collection of cultures and initiation of appropriate isolation precautions.
Assisting with in-service programs related to infection prevention and control.
Attending to all employee work related injuries and recommending appropriate action.
Communicating with the risk manager any trends in the workplace.