Job Requisition ID:

R00047721

Job Category:

Nursing

Organization:

Dialysis-Outpatient

Location/s:

Jackson Medical Mall

Job Title:

Manager-RN Quality/Patient Safety

Job Summary:

Oversees the development and ongoing maintenance of a comprehensive nursing quality and patient safety improvement program, incorporating robust data analysis and trend monitoring. Leads and fosters a strong organizational culture of safety. Collaborates closely with the CMO and CQO to design and implement process improvements aimed at eliminating medical and health-care errors and reducing factors that contribute to unintended adverse patient outcomes.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required:

 

Four (4) years of RN experience including one (1) year of leadership experience in nursing, process improvement, or quality improvement.

 

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required:

 

Valid RN license.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

 

Knowledge of clinical nursing care procedures and protocols. Strong knowledge of local, state, federal, & accrediting agencies. Verbal and written communication skills.  Interpersonal skills. Knowledge and understanding of computer systems, tools and programs. Ability to work in a team environment.

 

Responsibilities

 

Manages the resources necessary to implement and sustain the nursing quality and patient safety program in alignment with organizational goals.

Partners with leaders in the CMO office, including Risk Management, Performance Improvement, and Quality, to drive patient safety priorities, standardize care practices, and prevent harm events.

Deploys nursing quality and patient safety science principles, theories, methods, standards, and regulatory requirements to build and maintain safe processes and systems.

Promotes quality and patient safety accountability by educating, engaging, and training staff in related initiatives. Applies change management principles to ensure successful implementation of new processes and improvements.

Measures performance and clinical outcomes by identifying trends, analyzing dashboards and data, and tracking progress against national and organizational goals and benchmarks. Develops strategies for achieving and sustaining quality and patient safety objectives.

Serves as a leading advocate for nursing quality and patient safety.

Supports and sustains a transparent and just environment that promotes learning, safe systems, and accountability.

Identifies opportunities to enhance patient- and family-centered care by staying current with relevant literature and applying consumer patient safety tools as appropriate.

The duties listed are general in nature and include managing the patient experience through strategic analysis of survey results and developing targeted solutions for improvement.

The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

 

Requires occasional handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment, occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations, frequent working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional crouching/stooping, occasional driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, occasional reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and frequent walking. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

 

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

Yes

Pay Class:

Salary

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day