Nursing Quality Specialist - Full Time, Days
New York University Langone Medical Center
Nursing Quality Specialist – Full Time, Days
Job ID: 1136988_RR00099592
Facility: NYU Langone Hospital – Suffolk (LIC)
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Shift: Day
Department: Nursing, NSG-In Service (E6012)
NYU Langone Hospital – Suffolk (LIC)NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women’s imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices. For more information, go to NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk , 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, Full Time, Days – NSG-In Service – Full-Time – 08:00 AM – 04:00 pm.
The nursing quality specialist supports the department in promoting nursing quality and patient safety Participates in the patient safety programs and organizations quality improvement activities Facilitates and interacts with front line staff and with multidisciplinary team in the new initiatives Identifies and escalates the learning needs associated with nursing quality and performance improvement to the Director of Nursing Quality Supports and provides education with and serves as a mentor with continuous quality improvement and utilizing the tools for quality improvement Engages in monitoring of compliance with regulatory compliance and assists the units in identifying the quality improvement projects and the process in developing and implementing the quality improvement projects Assists in the audits chart reviews investigations RCAs ACAs and in FMEA and also takes part in developing corrective actions and in monitoring the compliance Takes part in data entry and helps NDNQI bench marking as required Will collaborate in all activities in the organizations magnet journey
Job Responsibilities:
- Engages and promotes initiates/programs to improve staff patient family satisfaction
- Verbalizes and demonstrates the nursing process quality improvement performance improvement interdisciplinary collaboration and assists in establishing healthy work environments
- Demonstrates the ability to navigate the medical records and runs reports
- Understands and validates the standards of nursing and patient care that supports the professional practice in the organization
- Exhibits knowledge and understands the values of professional nursing and the frame work of practice
- Participates in the organization’s nurse recruitment and retention activities
- Understands and articulates the importance of nurse sensitive quality metrics and other indicators of patient safety and regulatory standards
- Participates and collaborates in developing policies procedures and setting up unit specific standards activities with nurse leaders
- Assists in the audits chart reviews investigations RCAs ACAs and in FMEA and also takes part in developing corrective actions and in monitoring the compliance
- Ability to analyze data and creates reports for dissemination which assists in driving excellence
- Demonstrates ability to assist and review the incident reports pertaining to nursing care
- Facilitates and participates in the unit based quality improvement initiates and supports with evidence based practices
- Demonstrates ability in creating auditing checklists and monitoring tools
- Supports the Director and the colleagues of the nursing quality department and participates in the council that nursing quality participates
- Participates and promotes the regulatory requirement compliance activities
- Assists in setting up meetings taking minutes and sharing with the team and create reports
- Supports the Director of Nursing Quality and other nurse leaders in creating presentations and assists publication of the quality improvement initiatives of the organization
- Demonstrates strong interdisciplinary relationships with nursing other disciplines and also with all levels of management personnel
- Exhibits enthusiasm and takes part in various nursing council and committees as requires
- Actively participates in all the educational activities of the nursing quality department and able to educate front line staff
- Stays updated with the best practices regulatory requirements issues and trends in nursing profession and also related to nursing quality and patient safety
- Maintains clinical expertise
- Assists in takes part in the leadership developing programs pertinent to quality and patient safety
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Current NYS Nurse License required MS preferred Previous relevant experience may be substituted for advanced degree Must have a minimum 2 5 years experience in a hospital clinical setting demonstrating leadership Demonstrates ability to work independently uses good judgement in decision making and accesses resources effectively Demonstrates ability to collect and analyze data and to prepare effective accurate reports Demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively oral and written to all audiences All communication is assertive influential and credible which contributes to establishing trusting professional relationships Demonstrates ability to successfully adapt to constant change Demonstrates the ability to set priorities organize workload meet timelines and achieve productivity requirements Demonstrates good customer relations and adherence to the Hospital s Core Cultural Values Possesses above average documentation skills including computer literacy Microsoft Office electronic medical record and specialized software Maintains current knowledge of CQI processes Maintains privacy of employee and patient information.
Required Licenses: Registered Nurse License-NYS
Preferred Qualifications:
Masters in Nursing or related field preferred Certification in specialty area desirable Membership in relevant professional organizations Quality experience preferred
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk 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 Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.
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NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk 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 $79,310.00 – $134,157.50 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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