Description du poste
The Greenville VA Clinic is seeking (2) highly skilled/experienced Registered Nurses to serve within Quality & Patient Safety. Demonstrates leadership, experience/ingenious approaches to management of complex patient care. Accountable for the management of patient care, human, fiscal/material resources, & the total environment of the unit. Responsible to ensure that the highest possible quality of care is achieved & a safe therapeutic environment.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
The Clinical Consultant for Quality at Greenville HCC is directly responsible to the Chief, Quality and Patient Safety. The Clinical Consultant for Quality promotes a culture of quality and safety within the facility. Evaluates the impact of QPS programs on the overall safety of services provided to and for Veterans Affairs patients in all health care settings, including the medical center in Durham and the outpatient facilities in Durham, Raleigh, Greenville, Morehead City, NC, occasionally serving, Cherry Point and Havelock Clinics. The Clinical Consultant for Quality makes judgments and decisions that reflect the distinct and fundamental role of nursing in the quality and safety of patient care. The incumbent regularly applies and adapts guidelines to resolve Medical Center issues. Duties include, but not limited to: Uses clinical knowledge and judgment to improve the quality of care at Durham VA Medical Center. Integrates and maintains a comprehensive Performance Improvement Program to improve the safety of patients, visitors, and staff. Key members of the survey readiness and process improvement team within the Quality and Patient Safety Service (QPS). Manages core Quality Management programs such as Survey Readiness and External Peer Review Program. Works closely and collaboratively with other staff within and outside QPS service. Identifies organizational vulnerabilities and opportunities to improve. Utilizes quality improvement and management science practices and tools (Six Sigma, Lean, and others) to guide and monitor the effectiveness of improvement work. Uses data to identify and measure performance and opportunities to improve, establish accountability, and monitor progress. Leads programs, teams, and committees and is instrumental in driving improvement and change. Demonstrates professionalism and accountability in all aspects of his/her functioning. Performs a variety of duties requiring in-depth knowledge of JCAHO and OIG CHIP survey programs. Serves as a consultant and resource for conducting rounds with the Clean Sweep tools, auditing clinical areas for readiness indicators such as infection control practices, proper documentation, medication storage, and environment of care standards, and any concerns identified are promptly resolved. Ensure proper documentation and data entry of clean sweep checklists into the AMP Software. Continuous responsibility of the changes in the accreditation process, i.e. JCAHO and OIG CAP. He/ She keeps abreast of such publications to ensure Medical Center compliance. Leads, directs, and assists medical center staff in understanding performance measures requirements. Develops action plans and facilitates processes that lead to successful performance and develops practices to improve outcomes. Identifies and analyzes performance data to identify adverse trends or conditions and develops corrective action plans. Proactively identifies and communicates any significant performance measure concerns that could have a potential negative impact on the health care system. Collects, organizes and regularly communicates performance measure information such as EQM and HEDIS to appropriate individuals across sites. Coordinates External Peer Review Program staff visits, ensures that clinical information is available to the reviewer. Ensures that all External Peer Review Program (EPRP) information is captured correctly, validated and correctly reported on exit reports. Maintains program requirements/validation criteria for perf