Quality Partner-Quality Improvement
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Overview:

This position partners with physicians and staff to evaluate the quality of clinical care and identify improvement opportunities. This position assists in the resolution of quality issues by facilitating root cause analysis and action planning to prevent reoccurrence of identified system issues. This position assists in the monitoring, measurement and analysis of quality indicators and other data to identify clinical risk management issues and initiates/facilitates changes to reduce institutional risk.

Why UnityPoint Health?

• Commitment to our Team For the third consecutive year, we're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare for our commitment to our team members.
• Culture At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
• Benefits Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage youre in.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment Were committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
• Development We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
• Community Involvement Be an essential part of our core purposeto improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

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Responsibilities:

• Coordinates the submission of quality data and peer review outcomes for medical staff and allied health credentialing

• Conducts ISO process audits to evaluate new, high risk and problem prone processes.

• Coordinates medical provider and nursing staff peer review processes

• Coordinates the Mortality & Morbidity review process with medical committees/sections

• Coordinates clinical leadership review of cases for patient outcome and safety concerns

• Coordinates root cause analysis and action plan tracking for sentinel events and major quality concerns

• Acts as the local administrator for the occurrence reporting system; troubleshooting, acting as the liaison with corporate system administrators, granting local security and report writing

• Submits mandatory & voluntary reports to FDA through MedSun as appropriate

• Provides Maude database information on product/equipment failures as requested

• Acts as resource to committees/workgroups regarding clinical quality and safety

• Facilitates quality improvement initiatives/projects as requested

• Coordinates the monitoring and measurement for CMS CoP required elements

• Coordinates NDNQI database submissions for nursing

Qualifications:

Education: BSN or graduation from an accredited Nursing program with a Bachelors degree in a related field. Master's degree in related field preferred.

Experience: 5 years work experience as an RN.

License/Certification(s): RN license in Iowa. Certification in Heatlhcare Quality or Healthcare Risk Management preferred.