Quality Coordinator RN – Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

Scripps Health; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

Scripps Health in San Diego recruits a Quality Coordinator RN to lead performance improvement initiatives for their service line. You will review adverse events, perform real time feedback with staff and physicians, and drive data-driven improvements to patient care.

Join a multidisciplinary team with a strong focus on publicly reported quality measures, peer review and physician performance reviews, and collaborate with administrative and clinical leadership to enhance care quality.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years direct patient care experience within the last 10 years or currently holding a coordinator/leadership level role within an acute care setting.
• Requires attention to detail, analytical skills, excellent communication skills and intermediate computer skills.
• Previous experience in quality improvement methods and tools required.
• Knowledge of Core Measures or other publicly reported quality metrics required.

Responsibilities

• Conducts review and trend analysis of adverse events using tools such as root cause analysis and other quality improvement methodologies.
• Performs concurrent review of medical records for clinical indicators based on established definitions and provides real time feedback and intervention with clinical staff and physicians to ensure optimal quality patient care.
• Additionally, this RN position abstracts records based on established indicators of the medical staff for peer review for assigned populations; facilitates the peer review process, ongoing physician performance review and decision support for medical staff reappointment.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Computer skills

Quality improvement methods

Public quality metrics

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Scripps Health in San Diego recruits a Quality Coordinator RN to lead performance improvement initiatives for their service line. You will review adverse events, perform real time feedback with staff and physicians, and drive data-driven improvements to patient care.

Join a multidisciplinary team with a strong focus on publicly reported quality measures, peer review and physician performance reviews, and collaborate with administrative and clinical leadership to enhance care quality.