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Job: Hospital Readiness Systems Coordinator
Location : 2 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Position is anticipated to extend through calendar year 2027. Does candidate accept this requirement?
- Approximately 85% of in-state travel throughout Indiana will be required with approx. 1 day/week in the Indianapolis office. Does candidate accept this requirement?
- Candidates required to reside in District 5, Central Indiana - Counties in D5 include Boone, Hamilton, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson and Shelby. Please confirm which county candidate resides in.
- Position is anticipated to extend through calendar year 2027. Does candidate accept this requirement?
- Occasional out-of-state, overnight travel may be necessary. Does candidate accept this requirement?
- BS in Nursing (BSN), or other similar cert. combined with Hospital experience, prefer Bachelor's degree, supplemented with 3-5 years of previous hospital and quality improvement job-related exp. Ideal candidate also has either CPHQ or Lean Six Sigma.
Job description
- Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist
- Job Summary This position serves in a dual role involving direct in person
- coordination with hospital facilities to enhance both National
- Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) automated hospital reporting
- along with pediatric readiness capabilities within hospital networks and facilities located in Indiana. This position promotes best practices and quality improvement processes in both hospital reporting importance for the automation transition and pediatric preparedness
- programs/initiatives. The position serves in coordinating the development of statewide guidelines, aiding hospitals into an automated platform for hospital reporting, educational modules, and quality improvement resources/tools utilizing federal and national recommendations/guidance, evidence-based guidelines and best practices specific to the delivery of hospital facility key elements reporting along with pediatric emergency care. The position also serves as a resource and technical advisor to, pre-hospital agencies, hospitals, other healthcare practitioners as well as non-health care entities within our state to ensure hospital facility needs are adequately addressed.
Education and/or Work Experience
- Registered Nurse (RN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or other
- similar certification combined with Hospital experience, preferred
- Bachelor's degree, supplemented with 3-5 years of previous hospital and quality improvement job-related experience. Ideal candidate also has either CPHQ or Lean Six Sigma
Computer Skills
- Microsoft Teams, Power BI, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word,
- Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Basic Keyboarding Skills, Web[1]based meeting and learning management systems, REDCap
- Computation Ability
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Skills
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and adapt to changing priorities
- Travel
- In-state travel will be required as needed and out of state overnight may be necessary.
- Expect ~85% of work week traveling around state of Indiana
- Bachelor's degree, supplemented with 3-5 years of previous hospital and quality improvement job-related experience
- Required
- 3 Years
- Prior clinical quality improvement experience preferably in an acute care hospital setting or critical access hospital setting.
- Required
- 2 Years
- Experience w/Microsoft Office Suite to include PowerPoint.
- Required
- Prior experience with REDCap with strong aptitude to learn new software and other database programs.
- Desired
- Prior experience facilitating and managing meetings within program agency and local partners.
- Required
- Prior experience reporting hospital data including bed capacity, ED census, ICU census, peds census, vent status etc.
- Required
- 1 Years
- Prior experience creating training materials and delivering presentations for stakeholders, hospitals and State or Federal Agencies.
- Required
- 2 Years
- Registered Nurse (RN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or other similar certification combined with Hospital experience, preferred
- Highly desired
- CPHQ or Lean Six Sigma experience.
- Highly desired
- Prior experience with National Healthcare Safety Network automated hospital reporting.
- Highly desired
- 2 Years
- Prior experience working with the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA).
- Highly desired
- 2 Years
- Prior experience working with hospital technical staff in areas of automated and secured data feeds.
- Highly desired
- Project management experience/certification.