What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Improvement Coordinator (RN) position at NHC HomeCare - Clarksville?
Definition:
The Quality Improvement RN reviews OASIS and Plans of Care to assures accurate assessments, effective plans of care and positive patient outcomes in the home setting.
Line of Authority:
Director of HomeCare Services
Qualifications:
- Registered Nurse licensed in a provider state.
Performance Requirements:
- Ability to learn, absorb, and apply professional training and to impart that knowledge to others; follow physician’s orders and keep records in prescribed manner.
- Ability to organize work procedures, assume responsibility and tactfully communicate.
- Ability to speak in a clear, concise voice in order to communicate and to educate staff.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Is responsible for accurate reliable complete assessments as well as the development of effective plans of care by the RNs and therapists in the agency.
- Is responsible for correct and educated coding according to official guidelines and as approved by the assessing clinician.
- Aggregates and reports compliance monitors and aberrancies and assists with requests from legal department, insurances and intermediaries.
- Orients and educates staff to proper and legal documentation and the performance improvement process; reports aberrant and non-compliant occurrences.
- Assists leadership with internal surveys to ensure adherence to company policy, state and federal guidelines, and appropriateness of patient care.
- Performs other duties, as required to support agency operations, in a helpful and caring manner.