RN Patient Safety & Quality

100 LCMC Health; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health seeks a qualified Registered Nurse to lead quality initiatives within a service line, promoting patient safety and adherence to standards. The role includes mentoring staff, developing educational offerings, and collaborating with leadership to monitor outcomes.

Requirements include a BSN/BS/MS in a healthcare-related field or ASN and a current RN license with BLS. Proficiency with Cerner, MS Office tools, and strong communication skills are preferred.

Qualifications

• 2 years of nursing experience in service line required.
• Demonstrated knowledge of patient safety and regulatory guidelines.
• Experience with performance improvement techniques and staff education.

Responsibilities

• Promote service line reliability and patient safety.
• Develop and deliver unit-specific educational offerings.
• Collaborate with leaders to communicate performance metrics and improvements.
• Create tools, reports and presentations to ensure line compliance with standards.
• Mentor team members on professional practice and certification.

Skills

Nursing experience

Patient safety

Education/mentorship

Education

BSN/BS in nursing or MSN/ASN

Tools

Cerner

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

General Duties – Quality

• Promotes service line high reliability through promotion of patient safety, collegial interaction, case presentations, emergency simulation and standardization of key clinical practices.
• Establishes a service line performance improvement plan incorporating metrics to monitor structure, process and outcomes.
• Monitors metrics and implements actions to proactively promote evidence based best practice and resolve deficiencies.
• Incorporates national professional standards and guidelines into service line practice, order sets and policies/procedures.
• Incorporates routine audits to evaluate service line and individual competence in various aspects of clinical care and regulatory compliance, into the service line performance improvement plan.
• Develops tools and educational programs to improve clinical expertise, quality, patient safety and regulatory compliance.
• Maintains a focus on patient safety for all unit operations and clinical practices.

General Duties – People

• Ensures all service line care providers and unit practices adhere to national professional standards, principles of patient safety and regulatory guidelines.
• Designs, coordinates, facilitates and educates staff on interdisciplinary activities to continually improve quality, safety and regulatory compliance across the service line.

General Duties – Service

• Serves as a mentor for team members regarding professional practice, clinical growth and certification.
• Serves as a subject matter expert in clinical practice and professional guidelines.
• Develops and presents unit-specific educational offerings.
• Responsible for formulation of tools, reports and presentations to ensure service line compliance with professional standards, quality and patient safety and regulatory compliance as well as developmental plans for staff identified needs.
• Works in collaboration with leaders to identify priorities and to communicate status updates regarding service line performance metrics and resolve deficiencies.
• Collaborates with leaders to assure successful integration of performance improvement tools and team facilitation in achieving service line excellence.

Experience Qualifications

• 2 years of nursing experience in service line required.
• 2 years of education and/or accreditation experience preferred.

Education Qualifications

Employees or candidates must have either one of these: Bachelor's in nursing (BSN) or Master's Degree in healthcare-related field, or Associate Degree in Nursing.

Licenses and Certifications

• Required: Current license to practice as a registered nurse
• Basic Life Support (BLS)

Skills and Abilities

Robust knowledge of performance improvement techniques to facilitate outcomes management and service line excellence. Demonstrates effective teaching skills, utilizes principles of adult learning and is committed to mentorship within the service line. Experience in performing oversight activities or quality assurance required. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to pay close attention to detail required. Must have a track record of producing work that is highly accurate, demonstrates attention to detail and reflects well on the organization. Computer experience should include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook at the intermediate level, at a minimum. Must be flexible and able to adapt to frequently changing standards and priorities. High degree of independence, flexibility, initiative and commitment. Must demonstrate strong customer service orientation. Experience with e-learning, Cerner and Simulation preferred.

Work Shift

Days (United States of America)

About LCMC Health

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary

Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here. LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference.

About LCMC Health – Additional

LCMC Health One-of-a-kind care comes from one-of-a-kind people. At LCMC Health, our people are the magic ingredient that makes our care so extra-extraordinary. We are compassionate, driven, and dedicated to bringing a little something extra to healthcare and to the people of New Orleans and beyond. If you’re the kind of person who believes that our community deserves the best and that healthcare needs a little more heart, we want you to be a part of our family. From medical roles to administrative positions, every person on our team plays a part in our mission: to provide health, care, and education beyond extraordinary. Let’s make every day extraordinary, together.