Cardiac Quality and Safety Coordinator
Company: Nemours
Location: Wilmington
Posted on: May 15, 2022
Job Description:
The Nemours Cardiac Center is seeking a Quality and Safety
Coordinator, to support our Cardiac center in Wilmington
Delaware.The quality and safety coordinator will collaborate with
nursing and medical leaders at the unit or service line level to
coordinate and lead patient safety and quality improvement work,
leveraging CI principles. Cooperates with the Delaware Valley
Quality and Safety leadership, supporting and aligning with
institutional priorities and regulatory requirements that impact
patient outcomes.
Essential Functions -
- Acts as champion and content expert for patient safety and
quality improvement at the unit/service line level
- Rounds daily for purposes of communication, and identification
of safety issues
- Engages staff in proposals for improving patient safety and
quality of care
- Works with local leaders to prioritize improvement
initiatives
- Provides education of staff in patient safety concepts, general
and project-related training in Continuous Improvement
- Works in conjunction with Quality and Safety teams to support
or design data collection plans for patient safety, quality
improvement and regulatory requirements at the unit or service line
level
- Supports development of appropriate measures and designs data
collection methods
- Coordinates the collection of measurement data, including from
medical record reviews
- Constructs and populates appropriate data bases to support
analysis, trend and display data
- Provides regular reports of safety and quality metrics to local
leaders, clinicians and staff
- Independently or in concert with Quality and Safety teams ,
utilizes appropriate quality improvement and patient safety tools
and methods related to opportunities for improvement identified
within the unit or service line
- Applies patient safety and quality improvement experience and
knowledge in design of initiatives
- Leads or actively supports established processes such as cause
analysis or local continuous improvement initiatives
- Provides coaching and consultation to staff in making
behavioral changes
- Tracks and communicates progress on initiatives to all
stakeholders in a timely fashion
- In collaboration with the Quality and Safety teams and
unit/service line leaders supports compliance with organizational
accreditation and regulatory requirements
- Maintains knowledge of applicable standards
- Promotes survey readiness through education of staff and
appropriate record maintenance
- Assumes responsibility for scheduling and coordination of
patient safety and CI related meetings at the unit or service line
level
- Develops agendas in collaboration with other local leaders
- Notifies participants
- Keeps or delegates minutes and follows up on action items
Position Requirements
- Education, Training and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in health care field: nursing, respiratory
therapy, pharmacy
- Knowledge of patient safety and quality improvement concepts
and methods, including data collection and analysis preferred
and/or
- Minimum three years experience in pediatric inpatient setting.
Cardiac and/or ICU preferred
- High level of accountability and initiative
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Team leadership and presentation skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
- Licenses, Registrations or Certification
- Completion of National Patient Safety Foundation Online Patient
Safety curriculum within 1 year and attainment of Certification as
Certified Professional in Patient Safety within 2 years
- Current license in respective profession
Keywords: Nemours, Wilmington , Cardiac Quality and Safety Coordinator, Healthcare , Wilmington, Delaware
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