What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Quality Nurse Specialist position at HOPEWEST?
Clinical Quality Nurse Specialist
40hrs/week
If you are longing to put everything you’ve learned as a nurse into practice, we hope you will consider joining us as a Clinical Quality Nurse Specialist. If you want something “more than a job” --- more like a calling – you will find it at HopeWest. If you want to connect with the reasons you became a nurse, use the experience and education you have gained, you will love clinical quality nursing.
Summary of Job Responsibilities:
The Clinical Quality Nurse is responsible for ongoing in-depth chart reviews for compliance, eligibility, and overall integrity of clinical documentation.
- Prepares documentation as required for response to external medical review requests such as Additional Development Requests and their associated appeals.
- Takes direction from the Vice President of Nursing Practice and Education and other clinical leadership in developing plans, working tools, and assessments for quality improvement.
- Facilitates the preparation of reports that demonstrates areas of trending and assists in the development of action plans for improvement of quality documentation or process.
- Assists in the development, monitoring, and revision of EMR forms and processes.
- Provides appropriate feedback to the clinical management regarding clinician documentation, risk management, and compliance audit findings.
- Provides ongoing insight base on clinical experiences, nursing expertise, and best practice research to the quality department, the education department, clinical leadership, and all clinicians.
- Assists in clinical education and mentorship in collaboration with the Education Department.
- Contributes to and manages other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Current RN license in Colorado. BSN preferred.
- Prefer prior nursing work experience with Hospice.
- Prior quality review experience preferred, either as a part of another job or as the sole focus of a job.
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills.
- Prior job experience that demonstrates excellent organizational skills.
- Colorado driver’s license and insurance as position may require driving to different HopeWest office locations.
Relevant Experience:
- Auditing medical records
- Utilizing EMR as a clinician
- Data Analysis
- Preparing reports and data display
Requirements, Pay and Benefits:
- Must have unrestricted RN license in the State of Colorado
- Hourly pay: $35.00 - 38.50
- Premium pay for BSN, bilingual fluency and CHPN
- Tuition Assistance program for advancing your nursing career
- Cigna Health, Dental, and Vision insurance effective the first of the month following start date
- Immediate accrual of PTO and medical leave
- Employer paid life insurance
- EAP & Disability
- 403b Retirement plan with up to 3% employer match
- 15% discount at Spoons Bistro & Bakery, and Heirlooms locations
At HopeWest, we hold strong core values that are followed internally with staff as well as in the daily care of our patients & their loved ones. Employees of HopeWest are ambassadors that help continue our strong reputation in the communities we serve. If you want to feel honor and pride in the work that you do, while supporting a meaningful mission, come join our HopeWest Team!
Together, through creativity, volunteerism, and philanthropy we change the experiences of aging, illness, and grief – one family at a time.
HopeWest honors our service members and encourages veterans to apply.
This position will remain open until filled.
Salary : $35 - $39
