Clinical Performance Improvement (RN Required) - Quality & Patient Safety - FT - Days

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Job Summary: The Clinical Performance Improvement Nurse (CPIN) is a member of the Quality and Patient Safety team who is responsible for supporting the improvement of core processes designed to improve quality and efficiency in the care of hospitalized patients in alignment with regulatory standards. The CPIN works closely with physicians and department leadership to engage and educate the care team, optimize performance on defined key metrics, and ensure collaboration with the care team. This position may require direct patient care.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Participates in the development of site-specific workflows to achieve program goals and performance targets that are aligned with hospital priorities. Partners with the department leadership to implement core processes and lead process optimization.
• Identifies cohorts of patients eligible for specific initiatives, participates in daily workflows, advocates for patient goals in the care plan, and ensures communication throughout the care team as the patient moves through their hospital stay.
• Acts to improve patient outcomes and experience of care, as well as improve utilization of resources.
• Understands, clearly articulates, and promotes the adoption of hospital and clinical performance objectives with the multidisciplinary team. Continually evaluates processes, tools, and workflows to identify opportunities for improvement. Provides timely status of implementations, barrier resolutions, and action plans.
• Participates in data collection, trending, and analysis of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of quality, initiates additional investigation of drivers when targets are not achieved.
• Collaborates with department leadership to share performance data with the clinical teams to drive continuous improvement. Engages and educates clinical team(s) related to clinical performance initiatives, goals, and measurement. Coordinates educational forums as needed.
• Serves as a point of contact for hospital staff for quality related projects and programs.
• Facilitates coordination between hospital departments (e.g., including but not limited to nursing, quality, case management, clinical documentation, pharmacy, and hospitalists) to ensure the delivery of workflows related to quality measure performance, readmission prevention, the annual culture of safety survey, and custom initiatives as defined by the department.
• Maintains an up-to-date library of quality performance metrics and an understanding of quality regulatory requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program required; BSN preferred.
• Valid RN License from Virginia in good standing required.
• Experience with electronic medical systems and Microsoft Office suite required.
• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience, with at least 2 years in an inpatient acute care or hospital setting preferred.

As an EOE/AA employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.