CLINICAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT COORDINATOR - REGISTERED NURSE

MULTIPLE OPENINGS! We are looking to employ well-qualified and professional Registered Nurses for permanent positions to provide across multiple hospital departments. Unit openings are available in the ED, Telemetry/Med Surge, ICU, Behavioral Health, and more! You should possess a nurturing and kind personality and display excellent communication skills with all role players. Strong pay, and full medical benefits, PTO, 401k (4% employer match) - smooth & efficient hiring process! Full and part-time positions available. Must be an RN able to practice in the State of Illinois. WE ARE INSIGHT: At Insight Hospital and Medical Center- Chicago, we believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents, to build a full-service community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering world-class service to everyone we meet, it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate, loving, expert, and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of the Insight Chicago team that provides PATIENT CARE SECOND TO NONE! If you would like to be a part of our future team, please apply now! These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, following the mission, values, and behaviors of Insight Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers, and guests. The Quality Coordinator is responsible for providing leadership in planning, educating, and coordinating quality assessment and performance improvement activities in clinical practice and hospital operational areas. This position is also responsible for the data collection in a variety of performance improvement functions and comparative benchmarking projects, including timely and accurate abstraction of CORE Measures. The Quality Improvement Coordinator also provides support to medical staff peer review activities. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers and guests. DESCRIPTION: Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accurately abstracts charts for data related to the CORE Measures, other regulatory requirements and other initiatives that result in public reporting.
• Facilitates efforts of the multi-disciplines in establishing performance measures and techniques consistent with the overall strategic quality assessment and performance improvement plan of Insight Hospital and Medical Center and best practices. Promotes the use of external benchmarking, best practice and comparative data.
• Actively participates in various multi-disciplinary committees and task forces.
• Review and revision of administrative and patient care policies, procedures, and guidelines in patient care and healthcare related manners.
• Coordinates and facilitates medical staff Peer Review activities and physician review of cases involving potential quality issues.
• Evaluates current and ongoing quality and safety initiatives and presents consultative recommendations for improvement consistent with Insight’s philosophy, behaviors, and strategic plan.

• Participates with members of service lines and departments to identify the most effective methods of collecting data. 

• Facilitates the development and adaptation of clinical guidelines and pathways, shares information on available sources of clinical (best practices), financial, and operating data.
• Assists with the analysis of findings and development of improvement plans/strategies.
• Assists with the documentation and reporting of performance improvement results using appropriate channels of communication, promotes interactive exchange of information. 
• Provides staff support to the various hospital committees.
• Serves as resource to service line, department, committee; maintaining current knowledge of performance improvement, clinical guidelines, benchmarks, and outcomes literature in assigned areas.
• Focuses on the integrity of the medical record documentation through appropriate interactions with physicians, nursing staff, and staff throughout the facility. 
• Performs research as required by the various initiative/ committee/ task forces.
• Assist in maintaining Stroke certification and accreditation.
• Produces reports for use in the Medical Staff credentialing process.

• Participates in RCAs and FMAs in various capacities including facilitator, scribe, etc.
• Participates in activities to ensure that the organization is in a state of constant readiness for accreditation and other regulatory processes.
• Communicates (verbally, non-verbally and in written format) timely and effectively with administration, physicians, visitors, co-workers and other hospital personnel.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS: Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Knowledge:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• BSN preferred.

Skills:

• Strong communication skills: excellent organizational skills required.
• Experience in acute care setting overseeing and/or performing data abstraction, analysis, and process improvement.
• Proficiency in basic computer applications such as Word, and Excel preferred.

Abilities:

• Demonstrates ability in the establishment of effective work relationships with co-workers and other members of the health care team to achieve results.
• Excellent problem solving and inductive reasoning skills that manifest themselves in creative and forward thinking solutions in data management.
• Commitment to teamwork, service excellence, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Excellent ability in data analysis and reporting.
• Knowledge of health care quality improvement tools and techniques; knowledge and experience with the medical staff peer review process preferred.
• Effective working relationships with physicians and other members of the health care delivery team preferred.

Benefits:

• Paid Sick Time - effective 90 days after employment
• Paid Vacation Time - effective 90 days after employment
• Health, vision & dental benefits - eligible at 30 days, following the 1st of the following month
• Short and long-term disability and basic life insurance - after 30 days of employment

Insight Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs. Insight is an equal opportunity employer and values workplace diversity!