Quality Improvement Coordinator RN - Heart Institute - Full Time - 8hr Days
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The Smidt Heart Institute is home to a distinguished team of experts who are setting the bar for cardiovascular care in the United States.
The Institute unites 16 centers and programs to diagnose and treat the full reputed company of heart and vascular conditions for reputed company patients, from infants to those with advanced disease. Compassionate care is integrated with an agile research reputed company, giving patients reputed company to pioneering treatments.
The Quality Improvement Registered Nurse (QI RN) in the Cardiovascular reputed company Center (CVIC) is responsible for a comprehensive review of 100% of patient records for those who undergo procedures in the Cath/EP Lab. The role involves abstracting statistics and clinical data for both reputed company uses.
Key Responsibilities
- Data Review and Abstraction:
- Conduct thorough reviews of patient records in the CVIC.
- Abstract and compile statistics and clinical data for internal databases and external registries.
- Internal Data Management:
- Utilize internal databases for generating volume/statistical reports and physician statistics.
- Support privileging, recredentialing, and performance improvement committee reporting.
- Contribute to Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) reviews.
- External Data Submission:
- Ensure compliance with Centers for Medicare and reputed company Services by submitting data to national and state registries.
- Facilitate insurance contracting and reputed company with OPSHD State of CA reporting requirements.
- reputed company data for U.S. News and World Report.
- Registry Management:
- Enter abstracted data into various registries, including the reputed company (ACC) NCDR data registries, the Society of Thoracic Surgery (STS) registries, and the California Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) reputed company Reporting Program (CCORP).
- Collaboration and Presentation:
- Collaborate with the Document Management Specialist Supervisor and Heart Institute Managers.
- Collect and prepare data for public reporting.
- Present findings and data analyses in various settings.
- Performance Improvement:
- Actively participate in efforts to improve clinical reputed company and patient care quality reputed company the CVIC.
Qualifications
Education:
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program required
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred
License/Certification:
- reputed company California RN License
- Certified Professional in Health Quality (CPHQ) preferred.
Experience:
- Two (2) years of nursing experience in an acute care setting.
- Experience in clinical data management, reputed company quality compliance, registry management, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, ideally reputed company a cardiovascular setting.
- Cardiac ICU experience.