Quality Improvement Nurse

Job description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Quality and Performance Improvement: - Monitor, analyze, and report daily clinical performance data, trends, and outcomes. - Performs daily rounding on the units to identify performance gaps and recommend evidence-based interventions as appropriate. - Assist with developing, implementing, and evaluating quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and safety. - Assist with ongoing quality improvement initiatives to improve resident care outcomes, reduce hospitalizations, and support five-star quality measures. - Conduct data analysis on incidents, falls, infections, pressure injuries, medication errors, and other quality indicators. - Facilitate root cause analysis and develop corrective action plans. - Maintain accurate documentation of QI activities, results, and action plans. - Utilize Electronic Health Records (EHR), other systems, and quality databases, to track and trend performance outcomes. - Assist with the facilities Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program, document meeting minutes of QAPI projects, and present findings to the Quality Assurance (QA) committee. Compliance/Risk and Safety: - Conduct regu...