Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist (RN)

Northwell Health • Staten Island, NY

5d

About The Position

Responsible for promoting and supporting a culture of safety and continuous quality improvement within the hospital. This role focuses on enhancing patient outcomes, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving data-driven initiatives to improve healthcare delivery.

Requirements

• BSN nursing degree, required.
• Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed
• Current license to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse OR as a Nurse Practitioner in New York State OR current Licensed Registered Physician Assistant by New York State Department of Education, required.
• One-three (1-3) years clinical experience including general knowledge of QM principles, NYPORTS and JCAHO requirements.

Responsibilities

• Knowledgeable of Performance Improvement methodology used within the organization.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in Nursing Informatics, as well as new developments in hardware and software technology; uses this knowledge in supporting users and process teams.
• Participates in preparation of Performance Improvement reports for care services presentation at committee meeting; reports to Hospital Quality Management for external benchmarking as needed.
• Assists in conducting focus studies to measure and assess patient care services’ process stability and the achievement of patient outcomes and organizational goals.
• Assists in coordinating investigations of state reportable incidents/complaints, sentinel events, citations and data collection for corrective actions.
• Participates in special projects related to quality issues; assists in recommendations and coordinating implementation of plan of corrective action; assists in preparing monthly variance reports for the leadership, physicians, and other hospital personnel as needed
• Presents patient specific issues and other concerns to appropriate leadership and Performance Improvement Committees for resolution of conflicts.
• Uses office technology and data base systems to perform functions of the job; creates documents for formal presentations and storyboards.
• Performs related duties as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees