Nurse Education & Quality Improvement Leader

Atlantic Health System; Morristown (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlantic Health System is seeking a leadership role to guide orientation and competency assessment for non-physician clinical staff, advancing standardized workflows and patient care. The role includes mentoring, program development, and staff development in collaboration with IP and EOC teams.

The position emphasizes evaluating performance, providing feedback, updating policies, and driving quality improvement across clinical education and environment of care.

Qualifications

• Identify nursing staff development needs and plan education.
• Develop educational programs and conferences.
• Plan and implement quality improvement for clinical education and EOC.
• Review data to measure patient care effectiveness.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align programs with system.
• Promote a productive, supportive work environment.
• Maintain and update policies and procedures.
• Develop infection-control policies and procedures.
• Communicate with care teams and problem-solve.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Identifies the clinical and professional development needs of nursing staff, plans and provides education in area of expertise. Develops and provides educational programs and conferences for staff, other departments, and community.
• Plans, and implements quality improvement programs for both clinical education and environment of care. Works with staff to identify interventions needed to successfully implement workflow changes.
• Reviews patient and staff data to measure the effectiveness of patient care.
• Works with senior leadership, interdisciplinary teams and other stakeholders in order to develop, implement and evaluate programs and services in align with the system.
• Addresses issues to promote a productive and supportive work environment.
• Maintains clinical and non-clinical guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures.
• Promotes and maintains safe and clean working environment by designing and implementing procedures, rules, and regulations. Provides assistance from other health care professionals within the system and from regulatory agencies.
• Protects patients and employees by developing and interpreting infection-control policies and protocols; enforcing medication administration, storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.
• Maintains and works among the health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Orientation & competency assessment

Educational program development

Mentoring

Performance evaluation

Feedback provision

Infection prevention

Environment of Care oversight

Staff development

Job description

Atlantic Health System is seeking a leadership role to guide orientation and competency assessment for non-physician clinical staff, advancing standardized workflows and patient care. The role includes mentoring, program development, and staff development in collaboration with IP and EOC teams.

The position emphasizes evaluating performance, providing feedback, updating policies, and driving quality improvement across clinical education and environment of care.