Quality Nurse Consultant - Sepsis
Company: Kaiser
Location: El Sobrante
Posted on: April 17, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Summary: Coordinates quality, accreditation, regulatory and
licensing (AR&L), patient safety and risk management activities
for the medical center. Provides clinical, educational, consulting,
and coordinating support to assigned areas. Uses nurses licensure
as a substantial amount of scientific knowledge or technical skill
for indirect patient care services that ensure the safety, comfort,
personal hygiene, and protection of patients; and the performance
of disease prevention and restorative measures. Essential
Responsibilities: Acts as a consultant for quality, AR&L, risk,
patient safety, and infection prevention activities and programs.
Assists with quality management studies through data collection,
data input and report development. Analyzes, interprets and
provides recommendation based on quality principles. Organize and
coordinate project planning, group process facilitation, training,
and appropriate application of information technology. Reports all
occurrences which may lead to medical center liability and follows
up as necessary. Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration for
implementation of evidence based guidelines, criteria and other
clinical tools to reduce variation in clinical practice and to
optimize clinical outcomes. Educates physicians and staff regarding
regional projects or regulatory reviews, i.e. the interpretation of
regulatory requirements and the methods of compliance when
preparing for a review or the interpretation of project goals.
Analyzes risk management/patient safety principles and provides
recommendations for the incorporation of risk management principles
in each medical center. Provides support services to appropriate
medical center staff in implementing risk management principles
into credentialing processes. Participates in special projects as
assigned, such as statistical reports for state, federal, and local
agencies. Applies the appropriate performance improvement
methodology to address improvement opportunity (eg. MFI, Lean
DMAIC). May support infection prevention and control activities.
Supports maintenance of IC records and policy/procedure manual
reviews and revisions. Supports the medical centers continuous
survey readiness program to maintain compliance with regulatory
standards. Basic Qualifications: Experience Minimum three (3) years
of combined experience in quality, risk management, patient safety,
infection prevention, accreditation/regulation, licensing or
operational clinical leadership in a healthcare setting. Education
Bachelors degree in nursing, business administration, economics,
health care administration, operation research, public health
administration, or other related field. License, Certification,
Registration Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire
Additional Requirements: CIC certificate required within three (3)
years, if primary job focus is Infection Control.Must be able to
work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment. Preferred
Qualifications: Minimum of three (3) years experience working in
quality operations in an acute care setting.Quality/ Risk/Patient
Safety/Just Culture/Project Management/Lean/IP
certification.Masters degree preferred. PrimaryLocation :
California,Richmond,Richmond Hospital HoursPerWeek : 40 Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM Job Schedule : Full-time Job Type :
Standard Employee Status : Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation
: NUE-NCAL-09-NUE-Non Union Employee Job Level : Individual
Contributor Job Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners
Department : Oakland Hospital - Hosp Adm-Quality Improvement - 0201
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Keywords: Kaiser, San Francisco , Quality Nurse Consultant - Sepsis, Healthcare , El Sobrante, California
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