Performance Improvement Nurse

About the role

As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada’s highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients. UMC is home to Nevada's ONLY Nonprofit Level I Trauma Center, home of the ONLY Verified Burn Center, and Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care. *FULL-TIME OPENING* THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE ONCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED.

Responsibilities

• Reviews patient admissions, discharges, procedures, care and treatment for appropriateness, efficiency of resource utilization, and compliance with regulatory/accreditation requirements including UMC and Medical Staff approved quality safety programs goals, performance indicators, bylaws, rules/regulations, policy/procedures, protocols, and guidelines.
• Supports physician professional peer review processes and Professional Improvement Committee (PIC).

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing and three (3) years of clinical nursing experience.
• Valid license by the State of Nevada to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Qualifications

• BSN
• Recent documented minimum of three years of in Critical Care Nursing; Critical Care or Emergency Department preferred.
• Prefer certification / membership in one or more of the following boards: National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) or American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.
• Documented Peer Review Program Experience, including indicator development; case review; pattern/trend analysis and tracking.
• Documented recent experience in coordination of process improvement activities, including concurrent collaboration with physicians and nurses.
• Documented recent experience with regulatory/accreditation standards; Hospital Inpatient/Outpatient Quality Reporting Program; Patient Safety and Hospital Acquired Indicators.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Skills

• Knowledge Of: Hospital policies and procedures; The Joint Commission standards, State statutes governing hospital services and health care, Medicare/M