Perinatal Quality & Safety Coordinator

Job Description Patient and Staff Safety

• Recognizes the importance of patient/staff safety precautions as it relates to Maternal Child Health and brings safety and quality of care concerns to appropriate clinical forums.
• Identifies and reports potentially dangerous situations to managers to prevent medical error or harm and collaborates with staff to identify adverse events and near‑miss occurrences.
• Participates in Root Cause Analysis and other efforts to reduce the risk of medical error and/or patient or staff harm and maintains a database of issues identified at RCAs.

• Actively assists in improving performance based on results obtained from customer satisfaction and performance improvement activities.

• Serves as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in designated areas.
• Develops strong, positive relationships with all team members.
• Integrates patient safety principles into current and future practice and assists with policy development to support this.
• Facilitates briefings and debriefings of safety events and promotes clear communication among all team members.
• Stays current with national standards of practice and safety issues and disseminates pertinent patient safety information.
• Collaborates on team training, educational sessions, and simulations.
• Observes processes and practices in the designated areas.
• Collects, collaborates, and reports project metrics and fetal monitoring standardization as required.
• Assesses documentation of all charts reviewed and collaborates with leadership on plans for improvement; facilitates system readiness for accreditation survey.
• Participates in and leads quality improvement projects identified by organization, DOH, CMS, Joint Commission, and others.

• Participates in the development of hospital/system objectives and implements programs that aid in reaching long‑term strategic and short‑range operational objectives.
• Evaluates changing demographic, legal, and technical developments in the field and develops new programs to ensure compliance with laws and continual improvement of services.

• Regularly reviews monthly indicator reports and other management reports to identify negative trends and initiate corrective action.
• Develops or contributes to a dashboard that includes all key department metrics.
• Reports outcomes to the Senior Leadership Team on a regular basis.

• Promotes an environment of respect and dignity with peers, within the department, and across the organization.
• Supports all operational excellence initiatives, ensuring full participation in all in‑services, training programs, and follow‑up to ascertain consistent application of standards of practice.

• Ensures department compliance with evidence‑based clinical standards.
• Maintains current and updated policies and procedures for areas of oversight.
• Provides written reports to staff members and committees regarding performance improvement initiatives.
• Maintains a safe, orderly working environment and complies with OSHA regulations as it pertains to physical space and staff allocation.

• Proactively monitors the department’s compliance with the Stamford Health Corporate Compliance Policy.
• Develops and implements policies to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies, providing direction and support for superior standardized performance.

Perform other duties as assigned.

• Current Connecticut state RN licensure required.
• Bachelor’s degree required;
  Master’s degree preferred.
• Computer literacy with Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint.
• BLS, Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) required.
• Inpatient Obstetrics Certification preferred.

• Entry level

• Part‑time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Hospitals and Health Care