Clinical Excellence Specialist

Salinas Valley Health•Salinas, CA

14d•$72 - $91

About The Position

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Department: Magnet Program Under direction of the Magnet Program Director, the Magnet Clinical Excellence Specialist oversees and manages data processes and initiatives that support maintaining Magnet designation. These include, but are not limited to maintaining and improving nursing quality dashboards, management of nurse sensitive quality and patient experience indicators, nurse satisfaction data, and nursing workforce data. The Magnet Clinical Excellence Specialist will serve as the database administrator for the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) for Magnet-related indicators. Other duties include supporting and mentoring for the Professional Governance Councils, including regularly rounding on councils, supporting their evidence-based practice and quality improvement activities, leading the Magnet Champions group, and compiling information for and writing Magnet narratives. Clinical Excellence Provide effective support and influence in maintaining ANCC Magnet designation in alignment with organizational and nursing strategic goals. Provide expert guidance to clinical nurses and other clinical and medical staff through consultation and education in order to promote expert and ethical clinical practice. Serve on applicable professional governance councils, committees and taskforces to promote quality care. Mentor and/or precept nurse students in quality and safety specifically related to NSIs. Quality Structures and Processes Develop and maintain structure and processes for national benchmarking of Nurse Sensitive Indicators (NSIs) at the unit and organizational level. Provide leadership to quality improvement and evidence-based practice efforts by mentoring individuals or councils/committees in their quality improvement activities. Identify and promote use of evidence-based practice. Actively participate in and encourage others to utilize creative and innovative approaches to accomplish tasks. Communication Tools and Processes Prepares presentations, written reports, materials and documents disseminating and showcasing quality improvement findings and NSI data and outcomes of nursing activities. Use skilled communication strategies and tools with nurses, physicians, healthcare providers, ancillary departments, and administration to foster collaboration and improved patient outcomes. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Salinas Valley Health, formerly Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, founded in 1953, is the cornerstone of what would eventually become Salinas Valley Health. Today, we serve thousands of individuals and families just like you throughout the Salinas Valley, Monterey Peninsula and the surrounding region. Each year, our highly trained team of healthcare professionals takes our renowned quality of patient care to the next level. Our team actively utilizes the latest medical techniques with our state-of-the-art technology to improve your health and well-being. In many cases this provides you and your family the opportunity to receive specialized care right here in your own community, without the need for travel. Our 263-bed acute care medical center employs more than 2,036 people and has a medical staff of more than 300 board-certified physicians across a broad spectrum of specialties, all dedicated to your care. Please apply internally via Job Hub.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.
Current California Registered Nurse (RN) license required.
Board certification required.
Five (5) years clinical experience in a healthcare profession and/or dealing with clinical healthcare providers across a healthcare organization required.
Two (2) years’ experience with process improvement and evidence-based practice, and use of facilitation tools/techniques such as agenda planning, group facilitation and decision-making, reaching consensus, and prioritizing required.
Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional clinical teams required.
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) required within 2 years of hire or transfer.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in nursing preferred.
Experience leading in professional governance preferred.
Lean Management/Six Sigma Greenbelt or higher preferred.

Responsibilities

Oversees and manages data processes and initiatives that support maintaining Magnet designation.
Maintains and improves nursing quality dashboards.
Manages nurse sensitive quality and patient experience indicators, nurse satisfaction data, and nursing workforce data.
Serves as the database administrator for the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) for Magnet-related indicators.
Supports and mentors for the Professional Governance Councils, including regularly rounding on councils, supporting their evidence-based practice and quality improvement activities, leading the Magnet Champions group, and compiling information for and writing Magnet narratives.
Provide effective support and influence in maintaining ANCC Magnet designation in alignment with organizational and nursing strategic goals.
Provide expert guidance to clinical nurses and other clinical and medical staff through consultation and education in order to promote expert and ethical clinical practice.
Serve on applicable professional governance councils, committees and taskforces to promote quality care.
Mentor and/or precept nurse students in quality and safety specifically related to NSIs.
Develop and maintain structure and processes for national benchmarking of Nurse Sensitive Indicators (NSIs) at the unit and organizational level.
Provide leadership to quality improvement and evidence-based practice efforts by mentoring individuals or councils/committees in their quality improvement activities.
Identify and promote use of evidence-based practice.
Actively participate in and encourage others to utilize creative and innovative approaches to accomplish tasks.
Prepares presentations, written reports, materials and documents disseminating and showcasing quality improvement findings and NSI data and outcomes of nursing activities.
Use skilled communication strategies and tools with nurses, physicians, healthcare providers, ancillary departments, and administration to foster collaboration and improved patient outcomes.