Nursing Quality Specialist - Perioperative/Procedural

NYU Langone Hospitals; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is seeking a Nursing Quality Specialist for perioperative and procedural areas. This role supports nursing quality programs, facilitates improvement initiatives, and mentors staff on performance improvement methods across multidisciplinary teams.

Key responsibilities include monitoring regulatory compliance, benchmarking with national databases, and aiding in education aligned with evidence-based practice and Magnet standards.

Qualifications

• Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
• Master's degree in nursing.
• CPHQ and/or CPPS certification upon eligibility.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organization, critical thinking and leadership skills.
• BLS Certification by the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture aligned with NYULHs mission: care, teach, discover.
• Collaborates with interprofessional teams to ensure quality, patient experience and efficiency.
• Articulates nursing process, patient safety and care continuum concepts.
• Identifies factors to improve patient satisfaction and care environments.
• Assists in evaluating nursing quality and performance improvement plans.
• Supports education of nursing staff in performance improvement methodologies.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Interprofessional collaboration

Communication

Quality improvement

Education

Master's degree in nursing

CPHQ/CPPS eligibility

Tools

RCAs

FMEAs

ACAs

Job description

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island

is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center, which offers sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, offering a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge.

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Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Nursing Quality Specialist - Perioperative/Procedural. In this role, the successful candidate Supports Departments of Nursings quality and safety programs. Provides quality improvement facilitation and support for nursing staff and multidisciplinary teams undertaking improvement initiatives. Assists Director of Nursing Quality with assessment of the learning needs of nursing staff as they pertain to quality and performance improvement; assists with the provision of education and mentoring in the methods and continuous quality improvement. Participates in monitoring regulatory compliance, identifies opportunities for improvement, and assists patient care units with development and implementation of improvement strategies. Assists with benchmarking activities with the National Database for Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI), University Healthsystem Consortium (UHC) and other organizations as appropriate.

Job Responsibilities

• Fosters a culture embedded in NYULHs tripartite mission: to care, to teach, and to discover. (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Collaborates with interprofessional team to ensure excellence in quality, patient experience, and efficiency. Develops positive and productive relationships across disciplines to establish strategic partnerships to achieve shared goals (AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
• Effectively articulates understanding of nursing process, interdisciplinary collaboration, quality and performance management, patient safety, continuum of care concepts, customer service and healthy work environments (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Identifies factors and participates in programs to promote satisfaction of patients, families and other disciplines. Stays abreast of trends and issues pertaining to nursing work environments and the Departments of Nursing strategic plan (AONL-Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Coordination in the annual evaluation of the Nursing quality and performance improvement plan. Uses sound methodology in analyzing data, evaluating outcomes and driving excellence. Maintains clinical and functional expertise (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Supports evidence-based practice by assisting nursing staff in development of process standards that are consistent with evidence-based literature, regulatory requirements, and pertinent professional nursing standards (AONL-Leader Within)
• Collaborates and supports the Director of Nursing Quality in the provision of education to various levels of nursing staff in the use of performance improvement methodologies applicable to nursing quality. Establishes collaborative relationships with nursing staff, leadership, medical staff, and other administrative staff (AONL-Communication & Relationship Management)
• Collaborates with nursing leadership in development of presentations, reports and publication of quality and safety program outcomes. Provides support for quality improvement teams including arranging meetings, providing minutes, managing project timelines, and preparing reports (AONL-Business Skills & Principles)
• Supports the organizations journey toward achieving and maintaining Magnet Recognition. Leading quality improvement initiatives, collecting and analyzing data, collaborating with nursing leadership to meet the empirical outcomes and standards required by the Magnet framework (AONL-Leader Within)
• Supports unit-based leadership by developing tools to monitor outcomes at the unit level and develop quality initiatives that reflect their specialty that achieve evidence-based practice (AONL-Professionalism, Knowledge of the Health Care Environment)
• Reviews and evaluates occurrences related to nursing care reported through the electronic occurrence system related to nursing care. Assists with review and development of interdisciplinary and interdepartmental structure standards, process and outcome standards in conjunction with other nursing leadership. Participates in RCAs, FMEAs, ACAs and assists in implementation and monitoring of corrective action plan (AONL-Leader Within)

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify you must have a Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State
Master's degree in nursing
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) and/or Certified Professional Patient Safety (CPPS) upon eligibility
Ability to apply nursing process toward achievement of specific outcomes in an organized fashion to address patient/family satisfaction and quality indicators.
Evidence of excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, organization, critical thinking, problem solving, and leadership skills.
Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association
Three to five years of clinical experience in a specialty area, or combination of staff nurse/leadership experience in the specialty area..

Required Licenses

Registered Nurse License-NYS, Basic Life Support Cert

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

At NYU Langone Health, we are committed to supporting our workforce and their loved ones with a comprehensive benefits and wellness package. Our offerings provide a robust support system for any stage of life, whether it's developing your career, starting a family, or saving for retirement. The support employees receive goes beyond a standard benefit offering, where employees have access to financial security benefits, a generous time-off program and employee resources groups for peer support. Additionally, all employees have access to our holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care. The benefits and wellness package is designed to allow you to focus on what truly matters. Join us and experience the extensive resources and services designed to enhance your overall quality of life for you and your family.

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $128,440.00 - $157,972.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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