RN Clinical Integration Specialist

Description

The purpose of the Clinical Integration Specialist is to assist and support the Director in quality and safety strategies, plans, and regulatory requirements that improve outcomes and reduce harm to patients. The specialist works closely with ministry colleagues, providers, and leaders in implementing, monitoring, and evaluating quality and safety programs, structures and requirements that culminate in high reliability.

Full time

Day Shift

The purpose of the Clinical Integration Specialist is to assist and support the Director in quality and safety strategies, plans, and regulatory requirements that improve outcomes and reduce harm to patients. The specialist works closely with ministry colleagues, providers, and leaders in implementing, monitoring, and evaluating quality and safety programs, structures and requirements that culminate in high reliability. The specialist, under the direction of the Director, assists in achieving excellence in quality and safety work related to patient outcomes (process and outcome measures), performance improvement strategies and methodologies, culture of safety (Together Safe) initiatives, and patient safety organization (PSO) collaboration with risk management that ensures high quality and safe care.

The specialist reports directly to the Regional Director of Quality, Access and Growth for the Medical Group.

• Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Mercy One (Trinity Health) Mission, Vision, Core Values, Actions and Promise in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
• Assists the manager in areas of oversight of quality, patient safety (inclusive of the culture of safety (Together Safe) work) and infection prevention across the ministry.
• Supports the work of quality and safety related to the quality assurance and performance improvement plan, local/region/system strategies, regulatory and accrediting body requirements (i.e., Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (IDIA), The Joint Commission (TJC), etc.), in conjunction with the hospital’s leaders, colleagues and providers.
• Identifies problem areas in need of focused attention and supports the manager to implement actions to drive improved outcomes.
• Assists the manager in achieving the best outcomes aligned to CMS, pay for performance programs (including those aligned to commercial carriers) and TJC in areas of quality measures and regulatory requirements.
• Promotes continuous improvement toward achieving excellent outcomes and recognition in regards to outside “rating” organizations, including (not all inclusive) CMS, Leapfrog, Health grades, and Blue Distinction etc.
• Collaborates with Medical Group executive leadership, providers, and leaders in meeting/exceeding standards of excellence and achieving national designations, certifications, and awards.
• Collaborates with colleagues in areas of accreditation, risk management, patient experience, clinical practice and performance excellence to provide identified and needed support for improvement.
• Serves as a resource for Clinic Operations and Clinical Leaders in the development, implementation, and evaluation of patient care programs and clinic practice standards, including policies, guidelines, procedures and professional practice models.
• Facilitates and supports the local market Medical Practice Committees.
• Assists with implementation of quality excellence systems that integrate LEAN and other methodologies as appropriate to create a data-driven quality improvement programming.
• Provides appropriate support, and/or consultative services (project design, selection of data required, development of documentation tools, etc.) to quality improvement teams.
• Works closely with colleagues in improving the organization's culture of safety - including the concept of a “Just Culture” and “Together Safe”. Supports opportunities for improvement on Cause Analyses (apparent cause, root cause, common cause), Healthcare Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (HFMEA), and Patient Safety Organization (PSO) initiatives.
• Assists the manager in ensuring accuracy of data in regulatory and…