Quality and Practice Advisor, Transport and CCRT
About The Position
Quality and Practice Advisor (QPA) are Registered Nurses who utilize evidence informed practice to facilitate and lead improvements in patient care and in the work environment. The QPA is a facilitator of improvement work evaluating data trends, developing clinical practice changes ground by evidence-based practice, clinical specialty consultant to the nursing staff and inter-professional teams at LPCHS. QPA works collaboratively with inter-professional teams to enact implementation of evidence-based practice and specialty standards, lead improvement and change initiatives, utilize data and standard processes to assess and improve patient outcomes. Major responsibilities include but are not limited to nursing leadership, represents clinical practice in a subspecialty practice area, education of team members, facilitating and conducting evidence-based practice including dissemination, and professional development of the inter-professional team.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Nursing
- Three (3) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
- CA Registered Nurse (RN)
- BLS for healthcare providers
- Advanced life support for area of specialty (NRP/PALS/ACLS)
- Must have a certification in their field of specialty
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to conduct research, document results, draw conclusions and make recommendations.
- Ability to develop and perform patient assessment and plan of care.
- Ability to identify competency-based education needs of and implement educational programs for staff.
- Ability to perform patient assessment and triage.
- Ability to provide consultation to physicians, nurses and other health care providers in meeting care needs of patients.
- Ability to provide direct evaluation and consultation to patients.
- Knowledge of advanced clinical practice education, consultation, research, and administration.
- Knowledge of clinical operations, workflow and procedures.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices and objectives as well as issues and developments in the field of nursing, especially as applied to the area of nursing specialty.
- Advanced nursing skills in area of specialty.
Nice To Haves
- Proof of enrollment in an accredited Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) program
Responsibilities
- Establishes and monitors care standards and makes recommendations for changes in area of clinical practice based on professional standards and evidence.
- Demonstrates a minimum of proficient level understanding of daily patient care, providing collaboration, direction, and instruction to the staff in the application and utilization of the nursing process.
- Maintains and teaches others the specialized knowledge and skill necessary to perform techniques and routines in the specialty service area.
- Consults within nursing services and interprofessional teams in planning, development, execution and evaluation of in the delivery of care to improve quality outcomes and practice compliance.
- Basic understanding of quality improvement cycles and change management.
- Participates in the hospital's quality improvement program and monitors indicators of quality and safety trends.
Benefits
- Student Loan Assistance Program
- continuing education
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
