RN Analyst- Patient Safety & Quality

LCMC Health•New Orleans, LA

70d

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. Why a Great Place to Work At LCMC Health we help you to lean into your calling by leaning in with you, ensuring you have the resources to do your job as only you can. And that begins with receiving the support you need to thrive and grow, which looks different for each person. Living out our commitment to inclusion requires providing benefits that are as diverse and unique as our workforce. It's a responsibility we take seriously. Because we don't just serve the New Orleans community-we're at the beating heart of it. Whether by offering community health services or making medical innovations more accessible, LCMC Health is bringing a culture of wellness to the communities that matter to you. When you know you're making an authentic impact, you give a little extra to every day-as a person, with your team, in your community-and that's one of the reasons why you'll be a perfect fit at LCMC Health, where giving a little something extra is at the heart of everything we do. The RN Nurse Analyst identifies opportunities to improve patient related processes and outcomes. Responsible for coordination and implementation of performance improvement, quality initiatives and ensuring regulatory compliance. Engages in systematic chart review/analysis, abstraction of data from multiple sources/systems and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams. Job Description This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this department. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, and LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. GENERAL DUTIES Patient Safety: Facilitates the reduction of preventable harm by facilitating safety and quality teams. Trains and educates leaders, managers and frontline staff on patient safety. Implements evidenced based practices to reduce harm in coordination with clinical teams. Reviews incident reports and follows-up as needed. Quality Improvement: Develops performance improvement project charters, timelines, PDSAs and key deliverables. Assists with development of performance improvement indicators and serves as a resource for plans to improve compliance of the identified indicators. Acts as an education resource to healthcare workers and medical staff. Facilitates multidisciplinary teams to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired conditions. Quality/Safety reviews: Performs data abstraction for quality, drug review, adverse drug reactions, mortality, HACs, outpatient medical record review(as assigned) and all other approved indicators. Prepares summaries for presentation to physician reviewer, enters data into computer for statistical compilation, information retrieval and tracking. Clinical Resources: Assists in developing/revision of clinical policies and serves as a resource in ongoing development of job descriptions and competencies. Works with the EPIC Team to ensure standard compliance and complete medical records. Risk Management: Assists with risk assessments by obtaining witness statements, chart review, investigation and action plans. Regulatory Standard Compliance: Coordinates compliance with all hospital departments for the regulatory agencies such as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), The State of Louisiana, etc. Performs ongoing review of regulatory standards and provides education related to standards. Communicates pertinent information on current requirements of the Joint Commission and other accrediting, licensing and reviewing bodies to facilitate preparation for surveys performed by external regulatory agencies. The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Requirements

2 years of experience in Healthcare, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Medical Records, Clinical Care, Revenue Integrity or Data Analysis required
Licensed Registered Nurse through the Louisiana State Board of Nursing

Responsibilities

Facilitates the reduction of preventable harm by facilitating safety and quality teams.
Trains and educates leaders, managers and frontline staff on patient safety.
Implements evidenced based practices to reduce harm in coordination with clinical teams.
Reviews incident reports and follows-up as needed.
Develops performance improvement project charters, timelines, PDSAs and key deliverables.
Assists with development of performance improvement indicators and serves as a resource for plans to improve compliance of the identified indicators.
Acts as an education resource to healthcare workers and medical staff.
Facilitates multidisciplinary teams to reduce the incidence of hospital acquired conditions.
Performs data abstraction for quality, drug review, adverse drug reactions, mortality, HACs, outpatient medical record review(as assigned) and all other approved indicators.
Prepares summaries for presentation to physician reviewer, enters data into computer for statistical compilation, information retrieval and tracking.
Assists in developing/revision of clinical policies and serves as a resource in ongoing development of job descriptions and competencies.
Works with the EPIC Team to ensure standard compliance and complete medical records.
Assists with risk assessments by obtaining witness statements, chart review, investigation and action plans.
Coordinates compliance with all hospital departments for the regulatory agencies such as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC), Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH), The State of Louisiana, etc.
Performs ongoing review of regulatory standards and provides education related to standards.
Communicates pertinent information on current requirements of the Joint Commission and other accrediting, licensing and reviewing bodies to facilitate preparation for surveys performed by external regulatory agencies.