Full Time

40 Hours/Week

Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Onsite, 5 days/week

Summary:

The Sr. Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Nurse is responsible for collecting, processing, and coordinating information and activities pertaining to quality and performance improvement for all clinical departments reporting to the Home Care Director. Responsible for achieving, reporting, and maintaining all regulatory and accreditation requirements in Home Care and other areas of responsibility as assigned. The Sr. Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Nurse will be responsible for monitoring, auditing, and educating on compliance standards as well as developing and maintaining action plans for any needed compliance correction. The Sr. Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Nurse is responsible for the surveillance, identification, prevention, control, and investigation of infectious and communicable diseases under the Home Health Care umbrella.

Responsibilities:

1. Coordinates quality and performance improvement processes for the clinical departments in coordination with leadership, using evidence-based improvement science practices, including compliance with applicable regulatory and accreditation bodies.
2. Collaborates with Analytics to analyze and evaluate data and clinical information and compares to data from external sources. Uses data to identify, trend, prioritize and implement improvement projects and ensure all assigned departments meet key performance metrics.
3. Assists in the development, evaluation and implementation of the Quality Assurance and Assessment Program, QAPI Program and projects, Department of Health Plans of Corrections and restorative nursing programs.
4. Develops and leads interdisciplinary teams to implement Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs).
5. Assists in providing in-service training and continuing educational programs to nursing staff in accordance with federal, state and local regulations and HomeHealth policies and procedures.
6. Effectively interacts with staff, residents, their significant others and the ancillary health care team members in accordance with Akron Children’s Home Care.
7. Serves as the electronic medical records point person for facilitating training of nursing staff, providing training when new computer procedures are developed and resolving issues that arise from the Medical Records software use at Akron Children’s Home Care.
8. Provides annual continuing educational programs for staff as required by the state, federal and local agencies to maintain compliance with licensure.
9. Participates and assists in ensuring compliance with surveyor pathways used by State and Federal surveyors to prevent various being cited.
10. Participates in Care Plan Meetings as needed depending on the specific issue of concern.
11. Leads interdisciplinary quality and performance improvement teams, reporting out to various department, organization, and contracted entities.
12. Monitors clinical, operational, and organizational performance to ensure safety and promote quality outcomes for the patient, family, and staff.
13. Mentors and collaborates with department staff to implement evidence-based performance improvement practices.
14. Acts as a change agent to promote a culture of continuous improvement, putting patients/families at the center of all activities.
15. Understands, adheres to and educates the department in regulatory standards, as they apply to performance improvement, regulatory and accreditation requirements, and departmental key performance metrics.
16. Assists in the development, evaluation and implementation of the Quality Assurance and Assessment Program, QAPI Program and projects, Department of Health Plans of Corrections, and restorative nursing programs.
17. Provides in-service training, governmental required annual continuing educational programs, and continuing educational programs to staff in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations as well as hospital and departmental policies and standards of care.
18. Other duties, as required.