Quality Assurance Coordinator at Stony Brook

Job Description

The Long Island State Veterans Home, located on the campus of Stony Brook University, is a 350-bed skilled nursing facility with a 40-slot adult day health care program dedicated to the care of honorably discharged veterans of the United States Armed Forces, their spouses and Gold Star parents. Join an organization whose people make a difference every day and where commitment, compassion, initiative, and leadership are recognized and rewarded. We care for Americas Heroes everyday.

The Long Island State Veterans Home, located on the campus of Stony Brook University, is a 350-bed skilled nursing facility with a 40-slot adult day health care program dedicated to the care of honorably discharged veterans of the United States Armed Forces, their spouses and Gold Star parents. Join an organization whose people make a difference every day and where commitment, compassion, initiative, and leadership are recognized and rewarded. We care for Americas Heroes everyday.

Descriptive Title: Quality Assurance Coordinator

REF#: VH-3385-13-10-S
Budget Title: TH Staff Associate

State Professional Position
Department: Nursing

State Line#: TBD
Grade: SL-4

Campus: Long Island State Veterans Home

Salary: Commensurate with Experience

Required Qualifications:
RN NYS Licensure, at least one year relevant experience in required field using QA & PI principles to improve performance. Bachelors degree in Nursing. Knowledge and experience in the application of performance improvement methodologies. Must be able to effectively interact and communicate with department heads/supervisors on a house wide basis. Good computer skills and knowledge of Electronic Medical Records a must. Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:
Masters degree in health care administration and certification in QA/PI. Training experience and demonstration of good presentation skills.

Brief Description of Duties:
Serve as CQI representative in various forms.
Train staff and provides education to staff and performance improvement teams on the principles and tools employed in performance improvement activities.
Assist in the coordination of VA and DOH activities related to the performance improvement standards.
Assist in the development of service level dashboards and, analyze and aggregate data, and facilitate improvement initiatives.
Facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) groups and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA )groups.
Create templates to report data for key groups/individuals to ultimately be utilized to improve organizational performance.
Functions as a coordinator of quality monitoring and improvement activities for specific indicators and QI Projects.
Collaborates with Nursing Staff and Nursing Leadership to identify unit/service indicators to be monitored and develops action plans, as indicated.
Participates in determining the frequency, volume and focus of monitoring.
Analyzes data from many sources and turns that data into information for presentation and analysis to the Nursing Staff, and Nursing Leadership.
Identifies practice issues and collaborated with direct care givers, nurse managers, clinicians, unit educators and the Department of Clinical Education to initiate action plans.

Special Notes:
This is a Full Time day position. M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure:
Those interested in this position should submit a State employment application, cover letter and resume to:

Kim Marhsall
Personnel Assistant
Long Island State Veterans Home
100 Patriots Road
Stony Brook, NY 11790
Fax: 631 444-8517

Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 11/23/2013, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND EDUCATOR.

IF YOU NEED A DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATION, PLEASE CALL THE UNIVERSITY HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT (631) 632-6161 OR THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AT (631) 444-4700.

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TITLE II CRIME AWARENESS AND SECURITY ACT, A COPY OF OUR CRIME STATISTICS IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST BY CALLING (631) 632-6350. IT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ON-LINE AT THE UNIVERSITY POLICE WEBSITE AT www.stonybrook.edu/police

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Country: USA, State: New York, City: Stony Brook, Company: Stony Brook University.