QA Nurse

Advantage Home Care; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Home Care is seeking a registered nurse to lead quality improvement initiatives across hospice and home health services in Albuquerque, NM. You will oversee policy implementation, mentor staff, and collaborate with the Director of Clinical Operations to support patient care and regulatory compliance.

You will conduct and participate in regular quality improvement meetings, supervise documentation accuracy, and ensure service coordination while maintaining compassionate, family-centered

Qualifications

• A registered professional nurse with a current NM license.
• Knowledge of 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 terminal and home health care with crisis intervention and family counseling.
• Strong written and oral communication, supervision of staff, documentation requirements, and service coordination.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality improvement meetings and monitor initiatives.
• Review, revise, and improve quality initiatives and ongoing measurements.
• Mentor and role model for staff; collaborate with Director of Clinical Operations.
• Assist in staff meetings for information and staff support as indicated.
• Ensure compliance with agency policies and licensing regulations.
• Maintain accuracy and completeness of medical records and documentation.

Skills

Nursing

Quality Assurance

Staff supervision

Communication

Crisis intervention

Family counseling

Pain management

Documentation

Education

RN license in NM

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.