Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager - Full Time - Days - Quality Outcomes - Corporate

Atlantic Health System•Newton, NJ

About The Position

The Quality & Patient Safety Project Manager supports evidence-based care and clinical excellence by applying system design, reengineering, project management, patient safety, quality improvement, outcomes measurement, and statistical analysis. The role works to increase compliance with nationally standardized benchmarks, definitions, and corporate requirements through project management, training, data management, and regulatory-compliance activities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing or a healthcare field.

Nice To Haves

Three years of quality-improvement or project-management experience in a healthcare environment.
Experience leading and facilitating project teams.
Three years of clinical experience in an acute-care hospital.
Current New Jersey Registered Nurse licensure.

Responsibilities

Facilitate or assist with quality-improvement projects for assigned teams and departments.
Identify potential patient-safety risks and support initiatives to improve patient safety.
Provide in-service training on patient-safety principles and practices, quality management, performance-improvement techniques, and organizational operating-procedure standards.
Participate in Shared Governance Councils and Hospital Quality/Patient Safety meetings, providing guidance and instruction in performance-improvement techniques.
Collect, compile, analyze, and report quality data.
Monitor the effectiveness of and adherence to corrective-action plans, and report findings to the Director of Quality and Patient Safety or designee.
Participate in activities to monitor and ensure ongoing compliance with quality and regulatory standards, including those of The Joint Commission, State Department of Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, payers, and other agencies.
Provide support during accreditation and regulatory surveys.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage for team members working 22.5 hours per week or above.
Life and AD&D insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage, with options to supplement.
403(b) retirement plan with employer match and an additional non-elective contribution.
PTO and paid sick leave.
Tuition assistance, advancement, and academic advising.
Parental, adoption, and surrogacy leave.
Backup and on-site childcare.
Well-being rewards.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Fertility benefits and a healthy pregnancy program.
Flexible spending and commuter accounts.
Pet, home and auto, identity theft, and legal insurance.