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- Industry-leading health insurance options and affordability
- 13 paid holidays per year
- Multi-channel retirement options (pension and match options)
- Tuition waiver and reimbursement for employees and qualified family members
- Quick commute access from I-84, Rte 9 and surrounding areas
- State of the art facility and campus
- Develops and maintains various databases and measurement mechanisms for the collection, analysis and reporting of quality improvement and patient safety initiatives and activities.
- Provides clinically based concurrent and retrospective review of inpatient medical records to evaluate documentation for compliance with external and internal performance and quality measurement requirements.
- Concurrent and retrospective abstraction of The Joint Commission (TJC) and Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) core/quality measures.
- Interfaces with other disciplines to manage selected issues and develop efficient reporting systems to increase compliance with core/quality measures.
- Maintains awareness of current regulatory requirements, new trends in quality, high reliability, and patient safety.
- Designs and compiles designated reports to reflect unit based and department wide activities.
- Investigate and follow up of patient safety events.
- Facilitates apparent cause analysis (ACA) and root cause analysis (RCA).
- Makes recommendations for change.
- Coordinates responses to regulatory agencies.
- Serves as a quality and patient safety consultant.
- Educate staff and physicians to core/quality measurement criteria, documentation requirements and best practice goals.
- Performs related duties as required.
- Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and tools, such as PDSA cycles, and LEAN.
- Prior work or knowledge with trend analysis, outcome measures and quality improvement
processes. - Demonstrated ability to manage various data collection methodologies, information analyses and produce clear report presentations.
- Proficient with data analysis and use of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
- Must be able to analyze patient safety and quality trends and issues.
- Knowledge of high reliability principles and practices.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and current trends in Quality Assurance.
- Knowledge of, and ability to apply relevant State and Federal regulations.
- Ability to work well independently and in collaboration with other staff members to meet reporting deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Bachelor's degree in nursing, with four (4) or more years of inpatient clinical experience.
- Two (2) years of the general experience must have been gained through active participation in Quality Assurance and Patient Safety activities.