RN Quality Registry Specialist
About The Position
The RN Quality Registry Specialist supports clinical excellence, patient safety, and continuous quality improvement for the Health Center through accurate clinical data abstraction, registry reporting, and performance evaluation. Using professional nursing knowledge, critical thinking, and clinical judgment, the specialist ensures the integrity, completeness, and timely submission of data to designated cardiac, vascular, and other clinical registries. The role contributes to regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, clinical benchmarking, and identification of opportunities to improve patient outcomes and organizational performance. The specialist collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, participates in quality improvement initiatives, and supports educational activities for clinical staff, physicians, and leadership. The position also supports broader Quality Management activities and takes on additional responsibilities as departmental and organizational needs evolve. The position is hybrid, with a shared space on campus, and has hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Estimated compensation is $35.43–$54.92, based on experience.
Requirements
- Associate degree in nursing (ADN) required.
- BLS or CPR certification required within 90 days of hire.
- Registered Nurse license from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Responsibilities
- Apply clinical knowledge, professional nursing judgment, and critical thinking to interpret documentation, analyze clinical data and patient outcomes, and identify discrepancies, documentation gaps, performance trends, quality concerns, and opportunities for improvement.
- Assist in developing and delivering education, reports, presentations, and performance summaries related to clinical registries, quality measures, patient outcomes, and improvement initiatives for staff, leadership, physicians, and committees.
- Collaborate and communicate with physicians, nursing staff, clinical leaders, and interdisciplinary teams to support organizational quality objectives.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, registry specifications, organizational policies, and departmental procedures.
- Enter, maintain, and submit accurate and complete clinical data in designated registries, databases, and quality reporting systems, meeting applicable specifications and deadlines.
- Manage and prioritize assigned responsibilities, demonstrating accountability, attention to detail, timely communication, adaptability, deadline adherence, patient confidentiality, and professional standards.
- Participate in developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating quality improvement initiatives, performance improvement projects, and evidence-based practices that promote patient safety and improved clinical outcomes.
- Perform comprehensive clinical chart reviews and abstract, interpret, and validate patient information from the electronic medical record for clinical registries, quality measures, and departmental reporting.
- Perform data validation and quality reviews, maintain supporting documentation, evaluate performance against benchmarks, and assist with internal and external audits to ensure data integrity, accuracy, and reporting readiness.
- Support Quality Management Department objectives through additional clinical reviews, data abstraction and validation, regulatory reporting, quality improvement projects, committee activities, and other assigned responsibilities.
- Support management of cardiac, vascular, and other assigned clinical registries, quality reporting programs, and departmental initiatives, including implementation of new or expanded programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
