QI RN Coordinator-Emergency Services
Full Time
Columbus, OH 43205
Posted
Job description
Overview:
Office location is Main Campus but will have duties and responsibilities for both Main Campus and Lewis Center EDs.
The Quality Improvement RN Coordinator works with leadership to develop, implement and coordinate effective systems to evaluate and improve patient outcomes and quality of care. Conducts literature review and models evidenced based decision making. Utilizes clinical expertise to observe and assess patient care throughout quality improvement process to lead team through implementation of plans that mitigate barriers and adopt best practices. Provides leadership in the areas of quality improvement and supports the mission of Emergency Services by leading performance improvements linked to the strategic plan. Why Nationwide Children's Hospital?:
Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission.
Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children’s badge what they do for a living. They’ll tell you it’s More Than a Job. It’s a calling. It’s a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A Place to Be Proud.Responsibilities:
Note: Regular, reliable and consistent attendance is an essential job function. Employees are expected to perform work as scheduled. Please see the physical requirements for this position listed below. Qualifications:
The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individual so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet
**0.8 FTE, 32 hrs/week, primarily Mon-Fri based on unit needs with some on-unit obligation**
Office location is Main Campus but will have duties and responsibilities for both Main Campus and Lewis Center EDs.
The Quality Improvement RN Coordinator works with leadership to develop, implement and coordinate effective systems to evaluate and improve patient outcomes and quality of care. Conducts literature review and models evidenced based decision making. Utilizes clinical expertise to observe and assess patient care throughout quality improvement process to lead team through implementation of plans that mitigate barriers and adopt best practices. Provides leadership in the areas of quality improvement and supports the mission of Emergency Services by leading performance improvements linked to the strategic plan.
The moment you walk through our doors, you feel it. When you meet our patient families, you believe it. And when you talk with anyone who works here, you want to be part of it. Welcome to Nationwide Children’s Hospital,
Where Passion Meets Purpose.
Here, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are integrated into our core values and practices. We are passionate about building, sustaining and evolving an inclusive and equitable environment. We are seeking individuals who live these values and want to share their experiences and efforts in support of our collective mission.
We’re 14,000 strong. And it takes every one of us to improve the lives of the kids we care for, and the kids around the world we’ll never meet. Kids who live healthier, fuller lives because of the knowledge we share. We know it takes
a
Collaborative Culture to deliver on our promise to provide the very best, innovative care and to foster new discoveries, made possible by the most groundbreaking research. Anywhere.
Ask anyone with a Nationwide Children’s badge what they do for a living. They’ll tell you it’s More Than a Job. It’s a calling. It’s a chance to use and grow your talent to make an impact that truly matters. Because here, we exist simply to help children everywhere.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital. A Place to Be Proud.
- Engages in the “workplace community” by maintaining awareness of changes, participates in data collection or auditing, represents staff and leadership at relevant meetings, and reports/presents important information and updates back to leadership and staff
- Maintains safety and quality as priorities, providing auditing and education for safety and quality initiatives
- Works with leadership to design a quality improvement project portfolio to meet the hospital’s strategic plan, network performance goals and regulatory standards
- Demonstrates expertise in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) methodology as the basis for quality improvement work including KDD, control charts and PDSAs
- Uses QI expertise to lead QI efforts, evaluates the effectiveness of QI changes and makes recommendations
- Uses knowledge of data analysis and statistical process control charts to turn data into information that teams use to make decisions affecting patient outcomes
- Collaborates with all disciplines to improve patient care through facilitation, tracking, trending, follow up and communication of regulatory indicator results (i.e.-Sedation, Restraints, Code Blue, CSSTars Reports, isolation audits, etc.)
- Responsible for the review and assures timely follow up of CS STARS patient/visitor and customer feedback events
- Has working knowledge, interprets and assists in TJC standard compliance as they apply to Emergency Services (ES). Participates in EOC and Constant Readiness Program
- Collaborates with ES leadership as well as other disciplines/departments to ensure departmental policy revision and compliance
- Facilitates initiatives that assist with departmental readiness to obtain national accreditation
- Assures management and coordination of the ED Outreach program
- Collaborates with clinicians to present and publish quality improvement work
- Maintains an awareness of ongoing research projects within the emergency department and encourages nursing and other staff participation
- Actively participates on hospital-wide projects to eliminate preventable harm and in national collaboratives as applicable
Note: Regular, reliable and consistent attendance is an essential job function. Employees are expected to perform work as scheduled. Please see the physical requirements for this position listed below.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing with at least 3 years of Emergency Services experience required; MS preferred
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Ohio
- Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse preferred
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills necessary to effectively present and communicate important information to all levels of hospital staff and leaders
- Expertise in analyzing and interpreting statistical data
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Access and statistical software. Proficient in creating and manipulating data using pivot tables, formulas and graphs/charts
- Proficient in hospital Customer Feedback platform
The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individual so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet
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