RN-Quality Specialist

The Quality Specialist

Department/Unit: Stroke Center
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
Salary Range: $84,783.00 - $131,414.00

Responsibilities

• Guidance to department managers, teams and staff in the analysis, management and improvement processes and systems of the organization using continuous quality improvement (CQI) and Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) principles.
• Helping teams ensure a quality program is maintained throughout the organization insofar as the program requires analysis, collection, reporting and use of performance improvement material and techniques.
• Training in and applying performance improvement tools and techniques.
• Researching and presenting evidence-based practice/literature.
• Providing benchmarking, collection or analysis support.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Supporting regulatory requirements.
• Directly managing authoritative clinical registries.
• Participating in performance improvement initiatives.
• Patient list management and validation.
• Cumulative chart reviews and feedback.
• TNK/MER reviews and dissemination.
• Auditing for regulatory purposes (we have backed off on cleviprex audits).
• Exception reporting/abstraction management.
• M&M/Datix reviews.
• Quality improvement pulling measures identifying fallouts, researching fallouts data correction in registry, coding repulling measures.
• Preparing presentation stroke mimic case entry i67 cases entry.
• Managing issues/concerns that come out of QIT Slicer dicer data pull for all of the aneurysm procedure codes and identification of any other aneurysm repair patients that don’t fall into the list.
• Quality committee preparation (scorecard).
• DNV preparedness and survey response/work.
• AHA updates/webinars.
• Assistance with staff education.
• TNK Workgroup preparation.
• Stroke team discussions and planning.
• Community events (Blood pressure tables, community education).

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare quality improvement.
• Strong understanding of continuous quality improvement (CQI) and Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA) principles.
• Ability to analyze, collect, report and use performance improvement material and techniques.
• Knowledge of performance improvement tools and techniques.
• Research skills and ability to present evidence-based practice/literature.
• Experience with benchmarking, collection or analysis support.
• Experience with auditing for regulatory purposes.
• Experience with exception reporting/abstraction management.
• Experience with M&M/Datix reviews.
• Experience with quality improvement pulling measures identifying fallouts, researching fallouts data correction in registry, coding repulling measures.
• Experience with preparing presentations and managing issues/concerns that come out of QIT Slicer dicer data pull for all of the aneurysm procedure codes and identification of any other aneurysm repair patients that don’t fall into the list.
• Experience with quality committee preparation (scorecard).
• Experience with DNV preparedness and survey response/work.
• Experience with AHA updates/webinars.
• Experience with assistance with staff education.
• Experience with TNK Workgroup preparation.
• Experience with stroke team discussions and planning.
• Experience with community events (Blood pressure tables, community education).

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Employee assistance program.
• Retirement savings plan.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR).
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Attention to detail.

Pay

$84,783.00 - $131,414.00

Schedule

Day Shift

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.