Quality Improvement Cardiovascular Coordinator - Full Time - Days

Jupiter Medical Center

About The Position

Ranked #1 for Safety, Quality and Patient Satisfaction, Jupiter Medical Center is the leading destination for world-class health care in Palm Beach County and the greater Treasure Coast. Outstanding physicians, state-of-the-art facilities, innovative techniques and a commitment to serving the community enables Jupiter Medical Center to meet a broad range of patient needs. Jupiter Medical Center is the only hospital in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties to receive a 4-star quality and safety rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The Quality Improvement Coordinator reports to the Executive Director of Quality. The Quality Improvement Coordinator is responsible to support the Quality Improvement department in facilitation of Quality Review Committees. Additional responsibilities include but not limited to review and abstraction of cardiovascular and thoracic data registries to ensure compliance as well as coordination of The Joint Commission Chest Pain accreditation. The QI Coordinator, along with the Quality Improvement department and Executive Director of Quality Improvement coordinate and facilitate Review Committees, maintaining agendas, minutes, and follow up for each Committee. Responsible for sending timely meeting invites, reminders, and copies of documents for committee meeting review. Case Reviews Assists with Department functions as needed. responsible for the accurate, complete, and timely review and abstraction of various cardiovascular and thoracic data registries from our client’s medical records. This position requires attention to detail and the ability to function well under timeline commitments based on registry deadlines. Responsible for client communications as well general gratification with our services. Position will include TJC Chest Pain accreditation and abstraction, various cardiac registries such as Cath PCI Registry, STS Registry, and ICD Registries along with any additional registries the organization chooses to participate in. Devises and monitors reports to identify trends and issues and works with appropriate parties to develop effective solutions. Coordinate QI meetings and present data. Performs other duties as assigned. Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current RN licensure in the state of Florida
Electronic Health Record experience.
CPHQ certification required or obtained within 1 year of hire date.
BLS certification through the American Heart Association for Healthcare Providers.
Abstract crucial medical data for reporting key quality measures.
Knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Must be reliable, responsible and dependable with fulfilling obligations.
Ability to work autonomously.
Commitment and reliability, superb communication and responsiveness, computer literacy, experience with Excel, web-browsers and web-based applications, email, electronic health records and current with abstraction/coding rules, manuals and guidelines.
Maintaining competency of data definitions and reporting guidelines.
Knowledge of Cardiac anatomy and disease processes.
Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.
Ability to sit and stand for long periods of time.
Be flexible enough to twist, bend and lift files from one location to another.
Able to work under a fast paced environment, work independently, capable of making sound decisions, be detailed oriented, alert and self-motivated.
Annual Joint Commission mandatory education requirements, in-service and health requirements including attendance at new employee orientation.
TB/PPD Surveillance Program.
Maintenance of required professional licensing and/or certification(s).

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Credential or training related to abstraction or coding preferred.
Previous work with National Cardiovascular Data Registry(NCDR), Society of Thoracic Surgeons Registry(STS) strongly preferred.
Experience with The Joint Commission Chest pain accreditation and other regulatory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the Quality Improvement department in facilitation of Quality Review Committees.
Review and abstraction of cardiovascular and thoracic data registries to ensure compliance
Coordination of The Joint Commission Chest Pain accreditation.
Coordinate and facilitate Review Committees, maintaining agendas, minutes, and follow up for each Committee.
Sending timely meeting invites, reminders, and copies of documents for committee meeting review.
Assists with Department functions as needed.
Accurate, complete, and timely review and abstraction of various cardiovascular and thoracic data registries from our client’s medical records.
Client communications
TJC Chest Pain accreditation and abstraction, various cardiac registries such as Cath PCI Registry, STS Registry, and ICD Registries along with any additional registries the organization chooses to participate in.
Devises and monitors reports to identify trends and issues and works with appropriate parties to develop effective solutions.
Coordinate QI meetings and present data.
Performs other duties as assigned.