Coord Cardiovascular

Description

Metropolitan Methodist Hospital

Coordinator Cardiovascular

Clinical Outcomes Department

Full Time - Exempt

Day Shift

Do you have a passion for healthcare and helping others? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment? Jump-start your career in our Clinical Outcomes Department. Submit your application today!

Benefits:

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program, and student loan repayment. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.

Seeking a Coordinator Cardiovascular to join our team, responsible for coordinating performance improvement activities in concert with the hospital(s) Mission, Vision and Values, Code of Conduct and Strategic Plan based on their specific service line(s).

In this role, the Coordinator Cardiovascular will:

• Measure, analyzes, generates and presents reports on healthcare processes and patient outcomes to identify and prioritize areas for improvement.
• Coordinates performance improvement activities focused on specific patient service lines or nursing/medical and/or organizational quality initiatives through the use of specific benchmarks and evidence-based practices. Participates in the evaluation of the impact of improvement activities.
• Facilitates sentinel event investigations and root cause analysis activities to reduce risk and increase patient safety. Facilitates the peer review process as indicated.
• Coordinates the review of, and collaborates with Risk Management on, correspondence related to quality of care issues from outside the organization
• Participates in efforts to establish and maintain organizational readiness to meet regulatory requirements based on service line specialty.
• Educates staff and physicians regarding performance improvement processes/initiatives and patient safety.

Minimum Education & Experience:

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or accredited medical school.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum three years of clinical experience.
• Quality Management, regulatory compliance, TQM/CQI training and experience is preferred.
• Experience in utilizing word processing, spreadsheets, clinical systems and databases.

Preferred:

• Cardiovascular Coordinator- experience in the cardiology service line, data and registry management
• Pediatric Cardiovascular Coordinator- experience in the pediatric critical care service line, data and registry management
• Chest pain/Stroke/Heart Failure Coordinator- experience in both service lines specific to stroke and cardiology with data and registry management

With over 370 beds Methodist Hospital Metropolitan offers outstanding heart and cancer care, general surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, obstetrics and gynecology services, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services, sleep disorder evaluation and the largest emergency room in downtown San Antonio. Our women’s pavilion is the only stand-alone center city facility dedicated to the health of women and their newborn babies, welcoming nearly 4,000 newborns into the world each year. Methodist Hospital Metropolitan is home to the Methodist Weight Loss Center and has been designated an American Society for Metabolic Surgery Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence®.

Our hospital has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as a Best Place to Work in Healthcare, and for the fourth consecutive year as a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. It is the first hospital in San Antonio to achieve Pathway to Excellence designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Methodist Hospital Metropolitan has been nationally recognized by Leapfrog for focus on safety and quality, receiving a Grade A Hospital Safety Score for 8 consecutive rating periods. We are also proud to be an Accredited Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology and Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission, as well as the first Texas hospital to earn a Gold Seal of Approval for Sepsis Certification. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital Metropolitan under Locations.

Be a part of an organization that invests in you. We are actively reviewing applications. Qualified candidates will be promptly contacted by our hiring managers for interviews. Submit your application today and help us raise the bar in patient care!