RN Clinical Outcomes Coordinator

University of Mississippi Medical Center; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 64,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is seeking an RN Clinical Outcomes Coordinator to support and coordinate clinical quality improvement initiatives on the main campus in Jackson. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure evidence-based goals are developed and implemented to improve patient care and outcomes.

Responsibilities include coordinating ongoing initiatives, educating staff, integrating quality processes into daily operations, and mentoring outcome teams while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with two years of healthcare management, quality improvement, case management, performance improvement, or direct patient care experience.
• RN license required with strong knowledge of nursing care concepts and performance improvement.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates ongoing clinical quality improvement initiatives and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams.
• Ensures evidence-based clinical quality goals are developed and implemented to improve patient outcomes.
• Educates staff on clinical quality improvement initiatives and integrates them into daily operations.
• Provides feedback on outcomes of clinical improvement initiatives and on performance measures of clinical pathways.
• Mentors and facilitates clinical outcome improvement teams and helps develop standard templates.

Skills

Knowledge of nursing care concepts

Performance improvement concepts

Verbal and written communications

Leadership and team building

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Healthcare management experience

Job description

Job Title

RN Clinical Outcomes Coordinator

Location/s

Main Campus Jackson

Job Summary

To support and coordinate clinical quality improvement initiatives. To perform job duties in accordance with the medical center's purpose.

Education & Experience

Education and Experience Required: Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of experience in healthcare management, healthcare quality improvement, case management, performance improvement, or direct patient care.

Certifications, Licenses, or Registration required

Valid RN License Knowledge

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of current theoretical approaches to delivering nursing care and strategies for examining and applying relevant concepts.
• Knowledge of performance improvement concepts and the ability to participate in developing and implementing strategies to address opportunities for improving the care delivered to patients.
• Verbal and written communications skills.
• Leadership and team building skills.
• Presentation skills.
• Problem solving ability.
• Organizational skills.
• Analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates ongoing clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Coordinates and collaborates with multidisciplinary teams and committees to assure that evidence-based clinical quality goals and outcomes are developed and implemented using appropriate standards of care.
• Serves as liaison as appropriate Educates others on clinical quality improvement initiatives.
• Works to ensure integration of clinical quality improvement initiatives into the day-to-day operations.
• Provides feedback to medical staff and administration regarding outcomes from clinical improvement initiatives during and after implementation, and regarding outcomes of performance measures of clinical pathways.
• Serves as a mentor and facilitator to clinical outcome improvement teams.
• Creates templates for streamlining clinical outcomes improvement team development, pathway development and implementation.
• Serves on at least one nursing council, hospital, or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area demonstrates core standards of exceptional customer service.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive.
• Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands Requires occasional travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, occasional work produced subject to precise measures of quantity and quality (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more).

Time Type: Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt: Yes

Pay Class: Salary

FTE %: 100

Work Shift: Rotating

Benefits Eligibility: Grant Funded: No

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified): The University of Mississippi Medical Center is committed to educating the next generation of health professionals, discovering new cures and treatments and providing the highest quality health care.

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