Nursing Quality Specialist | Nursing Administration |Full-Time Day Shift (25550)
About The Position
Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is seeking a Nursing Quality Specialist to support nursing quality, patient safety, performance improvement, and Magnet Recognition efforts. The role collaborates with interprofessional teams and nursing leadership to advance quality, patient experience, efficiency, evidence-based practice, and shared organizational goals. It supports the Nursing Quality and Performance Improvement Plan through data analysis, outcome evaluation, education, reporting, and quality improvement initiatives. The specialist assists nursing staff in developing process standards aligned with evidence-based literature, regulatory requirements, and professional nursing standards. The role also supports quality improvement teams, unit-based leadership, and nursing leadership through project coordination, development of monitoring tools, review of nursing-care occurrences, and participation in root cause analyses, failure mode and effects analyses, and corrective action planning.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New Jersey.
- Master’s degree in nursing, or currently pursuing one with completion within two years of hire.
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and/or Certified Professional Patient Safety (CPPS), obtained within two years of hire.
- Ability to apply the nursing process in an organized manner to achieve specific outcomes addressing patient and family satisfaction and quality indicators.
- Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, organizational, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
- Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association.
- Three to five years of clinical experience in a specialty area, or a combination of staff nurse and leadership experience in the specialty area.
Responsibilities
- Foster a culture aligned with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center’s mission and vision.
- Collaborate with interprofessional teams to support quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
- Build productive relationships across disciplines to establish partnerships and achieve shared goals.
- Apply and communicate knowledge of the nursing process, interdisciplinary collaboration, quality and performance management, patient safety, continuum of care, customer service, and healthy work environments.
- Identify factors and participate in programs that promote satisfaction among patients, families, and other disciplines.
- Stay informed about trends and issues related to nursing work environments and the Department of Nursing strategic plan.
- Coordinate the annual evaluation of the Nursing Quality and Performance Improvement Plan.
- Analyze data, evaluate outcomes, and support improvement using sound methodology.
- Maintain clinical and functional expertise.
- Support evidence-based practice by helping nursing staff develop process standards consistent with evidence-based literature, regulatory requirements, and professional nursing standards.
- Collaborate with and support the Director of Nursing Quality in educating nursing staff on performance improvement methodologies applicable to nursing quality.
- Establish collaborative relationships with nursing staff, leadership, medical staff, and administrative staff.
- Collaborate with nursing leadership to develop presentations, reports, and publications of quality and safety program outcomes.
- Support quality improvement teams by arranging meetings, preparing minutes and reports, and managing project timelines.
- Support the organization’s efforts to achieve and maintain Magnet Recognition, including leading quality improvement initiatives, collecting and analyzing data, and collaborating with nursing leadership on Magnet framework outcomes and standards.
- Support unit-based leadership by developing tools to monitor unit-level outcomes and quality initiatives reflecting specialty areas and evidence-based practice.
- Review and evaluate nursing-care occurrences reported through the electronic occurrence system.
- Assist nursing leadership in reviewing and developing interdisciplinary and interdepartmental structure, process, and outcome standards.
- Participate in RCAs, FMEAs, and ACAs, and assist with implementing and monitoring corrective action plans.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Generous time-off policy, including vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Continuing education programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
