RN Program Specialist - Patient Safety Quality - Full-Time DAYS
LCMC Health•Metairie, LA
•Onsite
About The Position
The RN Program Specialist is Stroke Program Coordinator, responsible for managing the Comprehensive Stroke Center program. The candidate needs to have experience with program management, performance improvement, and nursing experience from a neuro unit.
Requirements
- 3 years of experience clinical nursing
- Associate's degree in nursing
- Basic Life Support Health Care Provider
- Registered Nursing License
Nice To Haves
- program management
- performance improvement
- nursing experience from a neuro unit
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with leadership in assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating and evaluating the designated Program.
- Assists in program, center, and/or service line development, managing the accreditation process and ensuring continuous compliance with state and national standards.
- Maintains relevant policies and procedures, patient education, outcomes data collection, quality improvement efforts, and education of relevant staff and patients in the various aspects of the specific patient population with a focus on patient safety.
- Administers appropriate required Committee(s) and must attend required meetings for program compliance.
- Supports the development of written protocols and education of nursing staff detailing the rapid communication and basic response to critical patient findings that are specifically required to minimize delays in the diagnosis of treatment of serious adverse events.
- Coordinates and maintains ongoing patient tracking, abstracting, and data entry into necessary Registries.
- Works closely with team members to ensure timely submission of outcomes data to the Registries.
- Responsible for quality and performance improvement activities that comply with state and national guidelines to include the American College of Surgeons, the Joint Commission, and CMS criteria.
- Supports the operational needs of the Program.
- Oversees the monitoring of the effectiveness of existing processes toward improving quality outcomes.
- Anticipates future requirements for maintaining expertise in area.
- Responsible for the Program assessment and collaboration of business the development.
- Stays current with industry trends and innovations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
