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CHILDRENS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OF AKRON Senior Quality Assurance Performance Improvement Nurse - Home Care in Akron, Ohio
About Akron Children's Hospital Akron Children's Hospital has been caring for children since 1890, and our pediatric specialties are ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report. With two hospital campuses, regional health centers and more than 50 primary and specialty care locations throughout Ohio, we're making it easier for today's busy families to find the high-quality care they need. In 2020, our health care system provided more than 1.1 million patient encounters. We also operate neonatal and pediatric units in the hospitals of our regional health care partners. Every year, our Children's Home Care Group nurses provide thousands of in-home visits, and our School Health nurses manage clinic visits for students from preschool through high school. With our Quick Care Online virtual visits and Akron Children's Anywhere app, we're here for families whenever and wherever they need us. Learn more at . OUR PROMISES To treat every child as we would our own To treat others as they would like to be treated To turn no child away for any reason We are seeking people who are committed to fostering a diverse environment in which patients, family and staff from a variety of backgrounds, cultures, and personal experiences are welcomed, included and can thrive. 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: 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. 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. 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. Develops and leads interdisciplinary teams to implement Performance Improvement Projects (PIPs). 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. Effectively interacts with staff, residents, their significant others and the ancillary health care team members in accordance with Akron Children's Home Care. 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. Provides annual continuing educational programs for staff as required by the state, federal and local agencies to maintain compliance with licensure. Participates and assists in ensuring compli