Quality Coordinator

Silver Cross Hospital•New Lenox, IL

2d•$36 - $46•Onsite

About The Position

Supports the organization’s quality, regulatory, and performance improvement activities. This position is responsible for coordinating quality and regulatory data collection, validation, reporting, and follow-up; supporting compliance with CMS, Joint Commission, and other regulatory requirements; and collaborating with clinical and operational leaders to identify opportunities for improvement and sustain compliance.

Requirements

Registered Nurse, BSN required
Minimum 2 years clinical quality experience

Nice To Haves

MSN preferred
ancillary clinician with equivalent degree in area of expertise
Experience with Cerner EMR preferred
CPHQ Certification preferred

Responsibilities

Collaborates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical services and quality initiatives.
Supports key strategies to drive quality improvement to meet strategic and clinical excellence objectives.
Gathers, analyzes and reports data related to performance and achievement of project objectives and timelines. Tracks issues and works to improve processes, efficiency and compliance of best practice standards including electronic documentation standards.
Supports organization-wide quality improvement initiatives, including data collection, measurement, monitoring, and reporting.
Assists departments and leaders with identifying performance gaps and developing improvement strategies to facilitate the standardization of best practices that promote high reliability.
Monitors quality metrics and trends and escalates significant variances or areas of concern to appropriate leadership.
Responsible for accurate and timely quality data abstraction and validation through detailed chart reviews required for submission for regulatory, accreditation, CMS and benchmarking reporting.
Collects, analyzes and validates quality and performance improvement data.
Monitors quality metrics and trends and escalates significant variances or areas of concern to appropriate leadership.
Generate performance improvement reports from quality databases, including monthly reports for distribution/analysis of findings as well as ad hoc reports.
Summarize, analyze, and present key data findings to organizational leaders and key stake holders to drive improvement in quality priorities.
Supports preparation of quality reports, dashboards, scorecards, and presentation for leadership and committees.
Serves on specialty and/or unit committees, councils, and teams, as well as professional organizations.
Maintain current knowledge of industry standards by proactively assessing changes in healthcare regulation, accreditation standards and operational best practices through available resources and professional development opportunities to serve as educational resource to the organization.
Monitors workflow to ensure strict deadlines for submission are met.
Handles sensitive, confidential information responsibly.
Exhibits effective verbal and written communication skills.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.