What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nursing Quality Improvement Specialist position at Parkland Medical Center?
Join Parkland Medical Center
We are seeking a highly skilled Registered Nurse to lead our quality improvement initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated professional to make a meaningful impact on patient care and outcomes.
About the Role
The Clinical Quality Leader will oversee quality and clinical outcomes throughout the organization, focusing primarily on stroke and sepsis. This role requires effective leadership, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal relationships with members of the care delivery team.
- Maintain accountability for patient care outcomes through the assimilation and application of evidence-based information to design, implement, and evaluate patient-care processes and models of care delivery.
- Apply quality improvement methodologies and tools to improve and sustain improvements.
- Interpret patterns and trends in quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate population-based priorities, outcomes of care and compare to other relevant benchmarks, data or outcome sources (e.g. national, regional, state, or institutional).
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- A Master's prepared Registered Nurse with an active license to practice in New Hampshire.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing or other health care related field required.
- Nursing certifications including CNL and/or CNS preferred.
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) required or must obtain within 18 months of hire.
- Working knowledge of Performance Improvement Tools and data abstraction, analysis and reporting.
Why Work at Parkland Medical Center?
Parkland Medical Center is a regional acute-care hospital offering 86 beds and a Level III Trauma Center. We are committed to providing high-quality patient care and strive to create a positive work environment for our colleagues.