Quality Specialist RN

Overview

Description Introduction Are you looking for a place to deliver excellent care patients deserve? At Research Medical Center we support our colleagues in their positions. Join our Team as a Quality Specialist RN and access programs to assist with every stage of your career.

Research Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free Air Med medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
• Colleague recognition program
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note:
Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Are you a continuous learner? With more than 94,000 nurses throughout HCA Healthcare, we are one of the largest employers of nurses in the United States. Education is key to excellence! As a majority owner of Galen College of Nursing, which joins Research College of Nursing and Mercy School of Nursing as educational facilities within the HCA Healthcare family, we make it easier and more affordable to gain certifications and job skills.

Apply today for our Quality Specialist RN opening and continue to learn!

What you will do in this role:

• Performs prospective, concurrent and retrospective review of various types of patient medical records from multiple settings.
• Promotes culture of continual survey readiness, acting as a resource for staff and partner in performance improvements.
• Provides ongoing coaching, training, and/or guidance in documentation to support appropriate severity of illness, expected risk of mortality, and complexity of care for the patient.
• Supports TJC Chapter Leaders in assessing performance for continuous survey readiness.
• Coordinates mortality reviews completion by initially reviewing chart then forwarding to appropriate provider for review, then aggregating all results for tracking/trending for performance improvement.
• Supports Pathways to Excellence and improvements to nursing sensitive indicators through the NDNQI database and subsequent reporting.
• Supports certification programs data collection, as assigned
• Supports nursing in providing daily log for review of restraints to assure appropriate regulatory compliance.
• Timely generation of ad hoc and routine reporting.
• Provides education, facilitation, and support for unit based councils.

What qualifications you will need:

• Registered Nurse
• Associate Degree, Bachelors Degree Preferred
• Knowledge of spreadsheets including pivot tables, graphing and basic statistics; knowledge of PowerPoint; knowledge of Quality Improvement methodology and team facilitation.
• Administrative
  
  Skills:
  
  Must be able to type correspondence using excellent communication and grammar. Must be able to understand and present data in a usable format.
• Equipment/Machine
  
  Skills:
  
  Computer software to include database management

Research Medical Center is a 585+ bed hospital. Our hospital offers an array of medical and health clinic services. This includes women s services offering obstetrics and fertility, an emergency room, and a trauma center. We offer a Stroke Center, a walk-in clinic, and orthopedics across three Kansas City locations. Our specialty care areas include a Chest Pain Center, Level I Trauma Center, Breast Care Center, Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Programs, and Primary Stroke Center.

We are one of 10 HCA Midwest Health hospitals in Kansas City and surrounding areas

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