Nursing Quality Specialist Part Time (RN) Board Certification Req - LOH

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

2d • $69 - $77 • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital at NYU Langone Health is a leading specialty hospital focused on musculoskeletal diseases, consistently ranked among the top orthopedic centers nationwide. We are seeking a Nursing Quality Specialist to support our quality and safety programs. This role involves facilitating quality improvement initiatives, assessing learning needs of nursing staff, providing education, monitoring regulatory compliance, and assisting with benchmarking activities. We are committed to equity, inclusion, and fostering a diverse environment where all employees can thrive.

Requirements

• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State
• Master's degree in nursing
• If an experienced NQS must be Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) or Professional Patient Safety (CPPS) or Specialty Nursing Board Certified.
• Ability to apply nursing process toward achievement of specific outcomes in an organized fashion to address patient/family satisfaction and quality indicators.
• Evidence of excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, organization, 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 combination of staff nurse/leadership experience in the specialty area.
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture embedded in NYULHs tripartite mission: to care, to teach, and to discover.
• Collaborates with interprofessional team to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency.
• Effectively articulates understanding of nursing process, interdisciplinary collaboration, quality and performance management, patient safety, continuum of care concepts, customer service and healthy work environments.
• Identifies factors and participates in programs to promote satisfaction of patients, families and other disciplines.
• Coordination in the annual evaluation of the Nursing quality and performance improvement plan.
• Supports evidence-based practice by assisting nursing staff in development of process standards that are consistent with evidence-based literature, regulatory requirements, and pertinent professional nursing standards.
• Collaborates and supports the Director of Nursing Quality in the provision of education to various levels of nursing staff in the use of performance improvement methodologies applicable to nursing quality.
• Collaborates with nursing leadership in development of presentations, reports and publication of quality and safety program outcomes.
• Supports the organizations journey toward achieving and maintaining Magnet Recognition.
• Supports unit-based leadership by developing tools to monitor outcomes at the unit level and develop quality initiatives that reflect their specialty that achieve evidence-based practice.
• Reviews and evaluates occurrences related to nursing care reported through the electronic occurrence system related to nursing care.
• Assists with review and development of interdisciplinary and interdepartmental structure standards, process and outcome standards in conjunction with other nursing leadership.
• Participates in RCAs, FMEAs, ACAs and assists in implementation and monitoring of corrective action plan.

Benefits

• Financial security benefits
• Generous time-off program
• Employee resources groups for peer support
• Holistic employee wellness program (physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level