QA Nurse

HRAnswerLink; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HRAnswerLink seeks a Registered Nurse with leadership experience to oversee Quality Improvement initiatives for Hospice and Home Health in Albuquerque, NM. This role mentors staff, ensures compliance with regulations, and collaborates with leadership to guide staff meetings and information sharing.

The ideal candidate will have strong clinical knowledge, expertise in crisis intervention and family counseling, and a track record of developing inservice programs while maintaining documentation and

Qualifications

• A registered professional nurse with a current license to practice in the State of New Mexico.
• Demonstrates knowledge regarding Medicare/Medicaid Hospice and Home Health regulations.
• At least one year of nursing experience in a community health service setting within the past six years.
• At least one year experience in Quality Assurance.
• Demonstrated ability to manage all aspects of terminal care and home health care with expertise in crisis intervention, family counseling, pain and symptom control and bedside nursing.
• Demonstrated skill in administrative performance including communication, supervision of staff, documentation requirements, and service coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provides for regular Quality Improvement meetings for review, revision, and improvement and ongoing measurement of Hospice and Home Health quality initiatives.
• Implements and monitors compliance with agency policies and procedures.
• Serves as a mentor and role model.
• Collaborates with Director of Clinical Operations to provide staff meetings for information and staff support as indicated.
• Makes visits to patient/families as indicated by patient/family need and staff need for supervision and/or direct nursing care.
• Participates in the supervision of the maintenance of medical records, assuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with licensing regulations, certification standards, legal and ethical standards.
• Promotes the utilization of resources for the benefit of team members, patients and families consistent with agency procedures.
• Identifies need for staff education and assistance in the development of inservice programs for interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrates knowledge of nursing practice.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.
• Continuously assesses and improve the agencies performance.
• Maintain quality improvement programs, as appropriate.
• Supports agency's philosophy, goals, objectives, mission, vision and values.
• Participates in quality improvement to improve processes and patient care.
• Schedules support staff to participate in quality improvement initiatives.
• Implements actions, as appropriate, recommended by quality improvement initiatives.
• Accept other assignments as may be appropriate.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Clinical supervision

Policy development

Crisis intervention

Pain management

Family counseling

Documentation

Job description

Provides for regular Quality Improvement meetings for the review, revision, and improvement and ongoing measurement of Hospice and Home Health quality initiatives.

Implements and monitors compliance with agency policies and procedures.

Serves as a mentor and role model.

Collaborates with Director of Clinical Operations to provide staff meetings for information and staff support as indicated.

Makes visits to patient/families as indicated by patient/family need and staff need for the purpose of supervision and/or direct nursing care.

Participates in the supervision of the maintenance of medical records, assuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with licensing regulations, certification standards, legal and ethical standards.

Promotes the utilization of resources for the benefit of team members, patients and families consistent with agency procedures.

Identifies need for staff education and assistance in the development of inservice programs for interdisciplinary team.

Demonstrates knowledge of nursing practice.

Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.

Continuously assesses and improve the agencies performance.

Maintain quality improvement programs, as appropriate.

Supports agency's philosophy, goals, objectives, mission, vision and values.

Participates in quality improvement to improve processes and patient care.

Schedules support staff to participate in quality improvement initiatives.

Implements actions, as appropriate, recommended by quality improvement initiatives.

Accept other assignments as may be appropriate.

Requirements

A registered professional nurse with a current license to practice in the State of New Mexico.

Demonstrates knowledge regarding Medicare/Medicaid Hospice and Home Health regulations.

At least one year of nursing experience in a community health service setting within the past six years.

At least one year experience in Quality Assurance

Demonstrated ability to manage all aspects of terminal care and home health care with specific expertise in crisis intervention, family counseling, pain and symptom control and bedside nursing.

Demonstrated skill in administrative performance which includes expertise with communication, both written and oral, supervision of staff, documentation requirements, and service coordination.

Demonstrated ability to execute a supportive, sensitive approach to staff and patient/family needs.