OB/GYN Quality Improvement Nurse Specialist

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

63d

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.Job Summary: The BIDMC Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art & science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities. Supports the organizations Code of Excellence and Values by exhibiting the following behaviors:Integrity, Respect, Compassion, Excellence, Stewardship and Community. Ensures ongoing participation in and compliance with departmental quality initiatives, provides education for staff and collects and maintains data for reporting purposes. This is accomplished through high quality clinical data screening, data compilation, documentation and presentation and teamwork.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
License Registered Nurse required.
1-3 years related work experience required.
Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications.
May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Nice To Haves

Work requires verbal, analytical and interpersonal skills with at least three years of progressive related experience in a health care setting.
Must be able to work in a fast-pasted environment with demonstrated ability to juggle and prioritize multiple, competing tasks and demands and to seek supervisory assistance as appropriate.

Responsibilities

Ensure data collection, presentation and ongoing analysis of all technical and clinical performance metrics as defined in the annual operating plan i.e. critical test, patient safety events, employee safety events etc.
Prepares data quarterly for department's Committee.
Resource and staff for the department, including meeting management, agenda and minutes in conjunction with Physician Director.
Orients new staff/trainees and educates current staff regarding current and annual revised policies and processes, and set up systems for monitoring and managing compliance with goals.
Assists with content management of Portal page and bidwiki as a reference for staff.
Manages the online Quality Improvement reporting system: Ensures timely and satisfactory review of cases, data trending, and coordinates root case analysis of all sentinel events (along with the Department of Health Care Quality).
Work with others to ensure ongoing training and compliance with requirements and preparedness for TJC and quality certification site visits.
Partners with Physician Director to help prepare QA grand rounds, and works on departmental QA projects.
Coordinates submissions for annual Silverman Day posters.
Monitor and document follow up of cases communicated via online critical results reporting system
Represents the department and interfaces with other departments inside and outside the hospital around patient safety issues as they arise.