Quality Improvement & Outcomes Coordinator
About The Position
Under general supervision, oversees and coordinates quality reporting and outcomes management of acute and chronic inpatient rehabilitation patients. Responsible for coordinating departmental quality improvement activities to ensure consistency with organization policies, procedures and philosophy, and to maintain and improve the quality of care given to the patient. Develops, implements, and documents activities relating to the Quality Assurance Program. Collects, and analyzes data, conducts presentations, provides consultation, and staffs hospital-wide committees. Assumes the primary role for coordination of data and data integrity of the IRF-PAI in Uniform Data System (UDS). The coordinator collects, reviews and monitors the information contained in the IRF-PAI to ensure accuracy to clearly reflect the status of the patient and their care needs as documented in the medical record. Provides ongoing monitoring of program and patient outcomes as compared to state, regional and national benchmarking. Performs ongoing monitoring of trends or changes within our own facility outcomes data, working closely with the clinical program leadership
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or in Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Language Pathology or an equivalent combination of education and experience, is required.
- Current healthcare licensure in the State of Maryland is required.
- Knowledge about IRF-PAI required
- Knowledge about The Joint Commission and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
Nice To Haves
- For nursing CRRN preferred
Responsibilities
- oversees and coordinates quality reporting and outcomes management of acute and chronic inpatient rehabilitation patients
- coordinating departmental quality improvement activities to ensure consistency with organization policies, procedures and philosophy
- maintain and improve the quality of care given to the patient
- Develops, implements, and documents activities relating to the Quality Assurance Program
- Collects, and analyzes data, conducts presentations, provides consultation, and staffs hospital-wide committees
- coordination of data and data integrity of the IRF-PAI in Uniform Data System (UDS)
- collects, reviews and monitors the information contained in the IRF-PAI to ensure accuracy to clearly reflect the status of the patient and their care needs as documented in the medical record
- Provides ongoing monitoring of program and patient outcomes as compared to state, regional and national benchmarking
- Performs ongoing monitoring of trends or changes within our own facility outcomes data, working closely with the clinical program leadership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
