What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Quality Specialist position at NYULMC?
Job Description
NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children's hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go to nyulangone.org, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.
Position Summary :
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nursing Quality Specialist.
In this role, the successful candidate Supports Departments of Nursings quality and safety programs. Provides quality improvement facilitation and support for nursing staff and multidisciplinary teams undertaking improvement initiatives. Assists Director of Nursing Quality with assessment of the learning needs of nursing staff as they pertain to quality and performance improvement; assists with the provision of education and mentoring in the methods and tools of rapid cycle and continuous quality improvement. Participates in monitoring of regulatory compliance, identifies opportunities for improvement, and assists patient care units with development and implementation of improvement strategies. Participates in occurrence reviews, complaint investigations, RCAs, FMEAs and assists in facilitation of the corrective action plans with nursing leadership and staff. Assists with benchmarking activities with the National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), University Healthsystem Consortium (UHC) and other organizations as appropriate.
Job Responsibilities :
- Articulates understanding of nursing process, interdisciplinary collaboration, quality and performance
management, patient safety, continuum of care concepts, customer service and healthy work environments.
disciplines.
the Department.
strategic plan.
consistent with evidence based literature, regulatory requirements, and pertinent professional nursing standards.
performance improvement methodologies as applicable to nursing quality.
Participates as a member of various Nursing Councils and other hospital committees as appropriate. Functions as
a respectful member of the healthcare team.
project timelines, and preparing reports. Assists the Director of Nursing Quality and other nursing leadership in
development of presentations, reports and publication of quality and safety program outcomes.
Improvement Council. Coordinates activities to promote compliance with all regulatory requirements. Supports unit
based leadership by developing tools to monitor outcomes at the unit level.
based practice.
system and patient complaints related to nursing care.
outcome standards in conjunction with other nursing leadership.
practiced, and the features of an organization that attracts and retains nurses.
practice.
Minimum Qualifications :
To qualify you must have a Licensure : Registered Professional Nurse in the State of New York; Education : Bachelor's in Nursing, Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association, Minimum of 3 years of recent clinical experience in acute care nursing with demonstrated leadership skills.
Competencies : Excellent writing, editing, and graphic skills; excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills; attention to detail; possesses performance improvement methodology; self-directed, understanding of change management, professional practice, project management, and current issues and trends in nursing and health care; Computer expertise in Microsoft Office applications and expertise in analyzing, interpreting and presenting data using graphs, tables, etc. Certification in speciality area required.Membership in relevant professional organizations..
Required Licenses : Registered Nurse License-NYS
Preferred Qualifications :
Masters Degree In Nursing, Certification in Relevant Field
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.
NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.
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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $118,613.99 - $159,000.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses / incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
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Salary : $118,614 - $159,000
