(3 Days Left) NICU Quality Improvement and Safety Specialist (Hiring Immediately) Position Available In Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Job Description:

NICU Quality & Safety Nurse Patient Safety About the

Job:

TheNICU Quality & Safety Nurse will lead patient safety and quality ofcare efforts while striving to create and maintain a culture ofsafety within the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Utilizing theprinciples of process improvement and change management, the NICUQuality & Safety Nurse will partner with department leaders tofacilitate the implementation of evidence-based and regulatorystandards of nursing and clinical practice, leading various largeand small-scale quality improvement and health system projects withend-to-end ownership.

What Youll Do:

• Facilitate and organize theNICU team to ensure the highest level of care is delivered topatients and families within the NICU.
• Responsible for supportingthe department and the organization in attainment of goalsincluding improvement of quality outcomes for all patients,creation of efficient systems of care, and delivering anexceptional patient experience.
• Continuously improve quality bymonitoring Policy Manager and ensuring content is up to date.
• Serve as patient safety clinical consultant to committees. Providedata analysis, trending and review of events or indicators, tosupport monitoring and improving patient safety and care whenapplicable.
• Support clinical workgroups and quality improvementteams utilizing evidence-based practice.
• Provide support to staffand serve as an internal resource for questions related to patientsafety and quality.
• Conduct investigations and root causeanalyses and develop corrective action plans to improve the overallquality and safety of patient care. Collaborate with riskmanagement to determine reporting requirements to regulatoryagencies.
• Track occurrences and other indicators appropriately inEZ-Track. Complete these tasks in a timely manner.
• Provideclinical guidance to data analysts.
• Maintain up to date knowledgeof regulatory requirements and standards.
• Work closely with theanalytic team to prepare and present reports to the appropriatework teams and committees.
• Serve as an innovative leader, rolemodel, researcher, and change agent.
• Serve as a subject matterexpert on the regulatory, risk management, process improvement andpatient safety requirements related to clinical nursing care asprocesses are improved or changed.
• Support Culture of Safetyinitiatives.
• Facilitate team building and problem solving whenidentifies changes are needed.

Who You Are:

• Graduate of anaccredited school of nursing with a BSN required. MSN or Mastersdegree in Healthcare or closely related field required within two(2) years of hire.
• License to practice as a Registered Nurse inthe State of New Hampshire required. Certified Professional inHealthcare Quality (CPHQ) or Certified Professional in PatientSafety (CPPS) preferred.
• A minimum of five (5) years of clinicalexperience as an RN is required, with a special emphasis on NewbornIntensive Care nursing preferred. An additional two (2) years ofexperience in risk/or quality management and performanceimprovement activities preferred.
• Current knowledge of regulatorystandards related to patient safety, regulatory survey, DNV andprocess improvement techniques.
• Project management skillsrequired.
• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels andfacilitate multi-disciplinary project teams; Ability to workindependently and take initiative; Ability to search for, interpretand utilize evidence; Ability to model skilled communication, truecollaboration, effective decision making, meaningful recognition,and authentic leadership, as described in Establishing andSustaining Healthy Work Environments, ACCN, 2005.

Why Youll LoveUs:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits starting the 1stof the monthfollowing start date
• Accrued Earned Time
• 403b with matching(fully vested) and discretionary annual core contributions
• Tuition Reimbursement up to $4,000/year for full time codedemployees over 30 hours/week
• Nursing Student Loan Paydown Programup to $20,000
• Sign on Bonus Eligible
• Miscellaneous Benefits PetInsurance, Legal Services, Vendor Discounts