Quality Assurance Nurse
Corporate-CO, Miami, Florida, 33166, United States
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensures adherence to Department of Public Health and ACHC standards by remaining up to date on relevant standards, conducting staff training in conjunction with clinical leadership, performing intermittent chart reviews and audits at clinical sites
- Trains staff as needed on quality assurance and regulatory related issues.
- Works with Director of Nursing and Compliance Officer to ensure regular clinical competency verification of nursing staff.
- Conducts Root Cause Analyses for clinical adverse events and near miss events; develops action plans to reduce risk of recurrence; follows the progress of these action plans; and reported to Compliance Officer.
- Identifies areas of potential risk and develops systems within the organization to minimize risk of adverse events or negative quality outcomes and reported to Compliance Officer.
- Works with Director of Nursing and Compliance Officer on high priority clinical quality improvement projects.
- Works collaboratively with medical, nursing, and administrative leadership across clinical departments.
- Performs other duties as requested by leadership team.
The Quality Assurance Nurse (QA Nurse) optimizes quality of care across Leon at Home and sites by undertaking efforts to review clinical competency, ensure regulatory adherence, prevent adverse events, and promote infection prevention. The QA Nurse must be a registered nurse in the state of Florida and have at least one years of experience in regulatory readiness, adverse event review, and quality improvement. The QA Nurse should have a track record of using a collaborative team-oriented approach to lead others through change.