Quality and Education Coordinator

Main Function

Contributes to the fulfillment of the organization’s mission and philosophy by assisting in the analysis, implementation, and evaluation of the facility’s quality and education needs. Responsible coordinating required quality and education items per the facility’s accrediting body and state/federal guidelines.

1. Philosophy

· Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and objectives

· Performs in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures

· Follows the facility’s standards for ethical business conduct

· Conducts self as a positive role model and team member

· Recognizes patients’ rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties

2. General

· Participates in facility committees, meetings, in-services, and activities

· Punctual and comply with attendance guidelines

· Gets along well with all employees and respects the rights of other employees

· Demonstrates resourcefulness, independent thinking and seeks additional challenges and opportunities. Seeks to create new methods, techniques and processes.

3. Communication

· Communicates effectively and professionally with vendors, physicians, coworkers, patients and visitors

· Interacts with others in a positive, professional, respectful, and considerate manner

· Checks and responds to emails in a timely and efficient manner

4. Financial practices

· Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices

· Reports wasteful practices

· Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements

5. Compliance program

· Assists in the implementation and maintenance of the organization’s adopted compliance program

· Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures

6. Safety/risk-management program

· Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities

· Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance to the safety officer or other designated person

· Complete annual education requirements

7. Professional competence

· Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences

· Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff

· Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations as designated

· Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities

· Welcomes suggestions and recommendations

8. Regulatory

· Remains current on all applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations, professional

· standards and accreditation standards

· Submits required reports on a timely basis

· Develops, interprets and recommends implementation of policies, procedures, regulations, programs and recommended practices to ensure requirements are met

· Assists with completion of facility’s AAAHC application and/or state applications

9. CQI/Performance-improvement program

· Assists in the development and implementation of the organization's adopted performance-improvement program/Quality

· Submit data to patient satisfaction survey vendor

· Review trends in patient satisfaction data with Quality Manager and Director of Nursing

· Monitor patient satisfaction reports

· Assist with maintaining and updating organization-wide performance-improvement programs, policies, and procedures

· Performs monthly chart audits

· Assists with completion of monthly and quarterly quality reports

· Contributes to the performance-improvement process and identifies his or her role and contributions upon supervisor's request

· Contributes to the evaluation of the performance-improvement program and recommends appropriate revisions, if applicable

· Assists with data collection, organization, and evaluation systems for monitoring the quality of patient care

· Summarizes collected data and reports findings and recommendations in a timely manner to the Quality Manager and performance-improvement committee

· Coordinates performance-improvement activities and communicates outcomes to appropriate committees and individuals

· Assists in the evaluation of patient, and medical staff grievances to identify ways to improve patient care and performance standards

· Assists in identifying important indicators, establishing thresholds, and setting timeframe for evaluation

· Serves as an educational resource for performance improvement and keeps facility current on state and federal rules and regulations and accrediting-body requirements

· Maintains performance-improvement records in a confidential and organized manner

· Assists with facility quality studies as needed

10. Education

· Serve as a HealthStream administrator for managing required facility education

· Ensure all employees are up to date with the required education

· Stay up to date on education requirements from accrediting bodies, state, and federal

· Complete monthly Education and Certification Review

· Ensure HealthStream shows current license and employee certifications

· Assists with facility drills

11. Infection Control

· Be familiar with facility policies and procedures

· Surveillance, prevention, and control of infection

· Identify and reduce risk of acquiring and transmitting infections among patient, employees, physicians and other independent practitioners, contract workers, students and visitors

· Coordinate infection control programs and educates staff

· Assist with annual evaluation of TB on all employees

· Assist with 30 and 90 day infection reports

· Maintain record of exposures, infections tracking and trending, quarterly documentation and reporting to quality Committee and the Governing Board

· Continual monitoring of high risk and problem prone areas.

· Work with staff/employees to analyze the patterns and trends to identify and determine whether a problem or opportunity for improvement exists

Responsibility for Assets

1. Responsible for performance-improvement program reference materials

2. Responsible for all performance-improvement program records/documentation

Required

1. RN degree

2. BLS/ACLS/PALS

6. Strong ethical and moral character references

7. Language skills adequate for high-level written and interpersonal communication

Preferred

1. Bachelor’s Degree

2. ASC Experience

3. OR Experience

**ANDREWS IS A TOBACCO FREE WORKPLACE**

The Andrews Institute ASC (AIASC) is committed to promoting health, wellness, and disease prevention and to providing a safe, clean and healthy environment to Workforce Members, patients, and visitors. The use of tobacco and tobacco products is a known and established hazard to the health and well-being of tobacco users and can also directly impact nonusers. In addition, the use of tobacco and tobacco products has been shown to decrease employee productivity and efficiency and increase absenteeism. In recognition of these factors, the Andrews Institute ASC will no longer hire tobacco users.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $75,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Gulf Breeze, FL 32561: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $75,000