Nursing Quality Specialist - Perioperative/Procedural
About The Position
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is hiring a Nursing Quality Specialist for perioperative and procedural services. The role supports the Department of Nursing’s quality and safety programs by facilitating quality improvement initiatives for nursing staff and multidisciplinary teams. The specialist assists the Director of Nursing Quality in assessing nursing staff learning needs and providing education and mentoring in continuous quality improvement methods. The position monitors regulatory compliance, identifies improvement opportunities, and helps patient care units develop and implement improvement strategies. It also supports benchmarking with the National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), University Healthsystem Consortium (UHC), and other organizations. The specialist contributes to nursing quality and performance improvement planning, evidence-based practice, Magnet Recognition efforts, and the review and follow-up of nursing-care occurrences and corrective actions.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
- Master’s degree in nursing.
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and/or Certified Professional Patient Safety (CPPS) upon eligibility.
- Ability to apply the nursing process in an organized manner to achieve specific outcomes addressing patient/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.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Support the Department of Nursing’s quality and safety programs.
- Facilitate and support quality improvement initiatives undertaken by nursing staff and multidisciplinary teams.
- Assist the Director of Nursing Quality with assessing staff learning needs and providing education and mentoring in quality and continuous improvement methods.
- Monitor regulatory compliance, identify opportunities for improvement, and help patient care units develop and implement improvement strategies.
- Assist with benchmarking activities involving NDNQI, UHC, and other organizations as appropriate.
- Promote a culture aligned with NYU Langone Health’s mission to care, teach, and discover.
- Collaborate with interprofessional teams to advance quality, patient experience, efficiency, and shared goals.
- Contribute to the annual evaluation of the Nursing quality and performance improvement plan; analyze data, evaluate outcomes, and maintain clinical and functional expertise.
- Support evidence-based practice by helping nursing staff develop process standards aligned with evidence, regulatory requirements, and professional nursing standards.
- Collaborate with the Director of Nursing Quality to educate nursing staff at various levels in performance improvement methodologies.
- Work with nursing leadership to develop presentations, reports, and publications on quality and safety outcomes.
- Support quality improvement teams by arranging meetings, preparing minutes and reports, and managing project timelines.
- Support the organization’s Magnet Recognition efforts by leading quality improvement initiatives, collecting and analyzing data, and collaborating with nursing leadership on required empirical outcomes and standards.
- Develop unit-level tools to monitor outcomes and support specialty-specific, evidence-based quality initiatives.
- Review nursing-care occurrences reported through the electronic occurrence system.
- Assist nursing leadership with 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.
- Identify and participate in programs that promote satisfaction among patients, families, and other disciplines; stay current on nursing work environment trends and the Department of Nursing’s strategic plan.
- Establish productive relationships with nursing staff, leadership, medical staff, and administrative staff.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
- Financial security benefits.
- Generous time-off program.
- Employee resource groups for peer support.
- Employee wellness program focused on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
