Registered Nurse (RN) - Maternal Data & Grant Coordinator

American Addiction Centers•Macon, GA

7d•$38 - $57•Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time, 36-hour employee position (0.9 FTE) paid 100% by DPH contract funding through maternal outreach. The role involves tracking obstetrical patients, establishing high-risk criteria, managing grant applications and funds, and coordinating financial accounting procedures. The position is also responsible for collecting and submitting programmatic data to the Department of Public Health and the National Perinatal Information Center (NPIC), participating in audits, and serving as a liaison for Quality Improvement initiatives with the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative (GaPQC).

Requirements

Current license as Registered Nurse by the Georgia Board of Nursing
Certification in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing or related specialty.
Degree in Nursing

Responsibilities

Tracking of all obstetrical patients on a daily, monthly basis
Establish patient’s high risk criteria, verify medical eligibility.
Provide the grant applications to potential applicants and explain the purpose of the grant funds as identified by Grant criteria
Follow up and track the completion of the applications.
Verify financial eligibility in accordance to the Federal Poverty Level Guidelines.
Maintain grant files.
Responsible for approving allocation of grant funds to patient bills.
Responsible for coordinating and submitting all financial accounting procedures and financial audit requirements to organization’s financial department.
Responsible for updating grant letters annually to reflect changes to the Federal Poverty Level Guidelines and required documentation.
Responsible for updating Verification of Medical and Financial Eligibility Policy as needed.
Collects, prepares, and submits required quarterly programmatic data to the Department of Public Health in accordance to the Maternal and Infant Care Contract.
Responsible for coordinating collection and submission of required data for annual report to National Perinatal Information Center (NPIC).
Review quarterly NPIC reports with Maternal and Neonatal Outreach Coordinators and update appropriate parties, i.e., Women’s services leadership, OB/GYN physicians, QMS.
Attend weekly HROB Clinics and maintain monthly log of patients seen in HROB Clinic.
Develop and maintain a data base for annual information required under M & I Care contract with Georgia Department of Public Health.
Participates in the annual Georgia DPH annual audit
Serves as primary liaison and project lead on Quality Improvement initiatives as set forth by DPH and Georgia Perinatal Quality Collaborative (GaPQC).
Coordinate implementation of QI projects.
Responsible for coordinating GaPQC QI data collection and submission quarterly as requested by GaPQC.
Collaborate with Women’s Services leadership on implementation of QI initiatives.
Review and disseminate quarterly report information to appropriate parties.
Ongoing review of projects with Maternal Outreach Coordinator.
Assists with OB M&M committee case abstraction, review, and data collection.
Serves on assigned MESO committees related to Perinatal QI projects.