QA Nurse: Clinical Compliance & Quality Improvement

County of Tulare; Tulare (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation accrual

Sick leave accrual

Retirement plan

Loan repayment program

Job summary

Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) seeks a Quality Assurance Nurse to support the Public Health Nursing and Prevention Division. The role focuses on clinical and administrative nursing activities, evaluating records, preparing narrative reports, and summarizing quality‑assurance findings for management review with recommendations for policy/procedure changes.

The position may involve oversight of clinical compliance and documentation accuracy.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• A valid Registered Nurse License issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
• Three (3) years’ nursing experience including one (1) year in patient care and one (1) year in process improvement in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and track quality assurance policies and procedures to ensure quality care for patients.
• Identify through focused audits potential operational and/or regulatory issues related to quality assurance in health care, regulatory compliance, prevention, reporting, and monitoring.
• Evaluate records and prepare narrative reports summarizing quality assurance findings for review by management, and make recommendations for changes in policies and procedures.
• Provide technical guidance to physicians and other departmental staff in identifying and resolving issues or errors that do not conform to patient‑care standards, accuracy of documentation, procedures, and requirements.
• Identify training needs based on quality assurance findings, prepare training materials for electronic health records, and conduct training for physicians and support staff to improve compliance and performance improvement activities.

Education

Nursing degree / RN licensure

Job description

Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) seeks a Quality Assurance Nurse to support the Public Health Nursing and Prevention Division. The role focuses on clinical and administrative nursing activities, evaluating records, preparing narrative reports, and summarizing quality‑assurance findings for management review with recommendations for policy/procedure changes.

The position may involve oversight of clinical compliance and documentation accuracy.