Quality Coordinator - Pediatric Transplant

City/State: Saint Louis, Missouri

Categories: Legal and Audit

Job Status: PRN

Req ID : 97346

Pay Range: $81,452.80 - $126,339.20 / year (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)

Additional Information About the Role

St. Louis Children's Hospital has been at the forefront of pediatric organ transplantation, thanks in part to our close association with Washington University School of Medicine and our neighboring adult transplant center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. The success St. Louis Children's Hospital has experienced in pediatric transplantation has been recognized with national certification by major insurance providers.

Job Details:

• FT, salaried position

• Monday-Friday, daytime hours

• Location will on onsite at St. Louis Children's Hospital

Additional Preferred Requirements

• Transplant experience

• Strong proficieny in PowerPoint and Excel

Overview

St. Louis Children's Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children's hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children's provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to "do what's right for kids."

Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children's commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.

St. Louis Children's consistently ranks among America's Best Children's Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children's was one of eight children's hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital's academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children's has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Responsible and accountable for coordinating, planning and maintaining all quality management aspects of the transplant program. Also responsible for improving key processes, policies and procedures as they relate to regulatory compliance with all applicable agencies. The position will complete audits of clinical and program workflow processes as well as documentation of processes to ensure all regulatory requirements are met. Expected to develop and maintain professional affiliations to keep abreast of the regulatory requirements for transplants in both the outpatient and inpatient hospital settings.

Responsibilities

• Performs analysis of quality and performance improvement including responsibilities for coordination and collection of data, analysis and trending of required regulatory indicators (internal and external), process measures and clinical outcomes measures.

• Educates staff and physicians on regulatory /accrediting requirements to promote readiness and ongoing compliance.

• Coordinates all quality management activities for the Transplant Program. Ensures program's compliance with all applicable regulatory agency quality requirements.

• Completes audits of clinical program activities and workflow to ensure compliance with regulations and written standard operating procedures. Identify gaps using audit results and implement changes as needed.

• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to identify and resolve patient care management concerns (including related stem cell donors). Audits patient/donor care processes throughout transplant experience to ensure patient safety concerns and/or issues are identified and changes implemented as needed.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

Experience

• 5-10 years

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree - Nursing

• Master's Degree - Healthcare related field

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we're committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC

• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution

• 401(k) plan with BJC match

• Tuition Assistance available on first day

• BJC Institute for Learning and Development

• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time

• Adoption assistance

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