Nursing Quality Assurance Coordinator

About the role

The Nursing Quality Assurance Coordinator is responsible for the overall quality assurance and performance improvement program for the agency/branch. This role works with nursing and pharmacy teams to assist with and manage various quality assurance responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Performs medical record audits, reviews nursing documentation, and collects QA data for the agency/branch.
• Assists with assessing the agency’s compliance to State Regulations for offices that are Licensed or Exempt from Licensure and ACHC accreditation.
• Coordinates quality improvement/PI teams and maintains documentation of all team activity.
• Serves as a resource to all staff regarding quality improvement and documentation.
• Aids in educational activities related to the quality assurance/performance improvement program for all employees.
• Monitors documentation submission by nursing staff and follows up on late documents.
• Uses EMR system reports to track POT recert needs and other reports.
• Works with Intake team to track and maintain Annual Consent logs using Excel spreadsheets or system generated reports as per office practices.
• Follows up with nursing staff and patients to obtain Annual Consents.
• Discharges patients in Computer System as needed and verifies census every week.
• Performs chart audits for active and discharges patients each quarter.
• Provides virtual or live initial patient education for new nursing patients either in hospital or at patient home.
• May perform nursing visits to patients in home as needed to assist with branch patient nursing assignments.
• Participates in the branch nursing on call rotation as needed.
• May perform nursing supervisory visits as needed for nursing competency.

Qualifications

• Minimum education of a registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse with active license in state of practice.
• Minimum of two years of experience in nursing required.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a position performing clinical record audits, developing plan of cares, or performing a QI audit function.
• Maintains a current CPR/BLS certification.
• Maintains a current driver’s license in good standing required.