Quality Professional - Full Time - Days

Mohawk Valley Health System•City of Utica, NY

2d•$74,000 - $119,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Quality Professional is a Registered Nurse with clinical experience in Med/Surg, Critical Care and other acute care services that functions as a reviewer, data abstracts, supports Medical Staff committees and various departments of the organization in quality improvement efforts.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Nursing or health-related field (will consider candidates actively pursuing this degree on an individual basis).
Minimum of three (3) years clinical experience, with knowledge of pathophysiology, treatment of disease and patient management.
Registered Nurse licensed in State of New York

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Quality Management, Performance Improvement and Utilization Management requirements and methodologies; including data abstraction and analysis

Responsibilities

Identification and reporting of NYPORTS events to the Department of Health, and conducting Root Cause Analysis including interviewing involved person(s), literature searches and completing the Framework.
Data abstraction, analysis and reporting of information to the appropriate departments/meetings.
Assisting physicians, managers, nursing and Administration in decision-making based on the data and information.
Analyzing and interpreting data and assisting physicians, hospital directors, Administration and others in decision-making based on that data.
Recognizing trends and trackable events, and reporting identified information to the appropriate leaders.
Concurrently and retrospectively monitoring and assessing the quality of care delivered by physicians, nurses and ancillary support services using specific approved criteria.
Recognizing potential variances in care and coordinating peer reviews.
Conducting, coordinating and facilitating Root Cause Analysis and Failure Modes Effect Analysis.
Functioning as a team member and supporting Performance Improvement activities throughout the organization.
Maintaining a high degree of accuracy, recognizing patterns and trends in events and reporting identified information to the appropriate leaders.
Participation as an Internal Auditor monitoring processes throughout the organization.
Participation in Clinical Quality Value Analysis process as directed, for example, product/service introduction (internal/external), investigation, analysis, education, conversion and issues.