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Day - 10 Hour (United States of America)

Why join Stanford Health Care?

As a member of the Center for Professional Practice Nursing Quality team, you will partner with leaders from all levels--C-suite to frontlines including executives, directors, managers--from around the organization to ensure our system supports nursing staff in providing the highest quality care possible. Each team member analyzes available data to define, prioritize, and achieve goals and objectives with a focus on building and defining processes that create long-lasting, positive changes to clinical outcomes.

Change the Future of Nursing Clinical Quality:

Actively support our front-line teams to be the best at getting better.

Lead and coordinate innovative quality improvement projects that directly impact patient care outcomes.

Collaborate and consult with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement clinical protocols that enhance patient safety and ensure continuity of care.

Support site visits and activities to ensure nursing care delivery aligns with federal and state regulations and accreditation requirements such as CA Title 22, CMS Conditions of Participation, and The Joint Commission Standards.

Engage in meaningful data analysis that drives decision-making and nurtures a culture of excellence.

Our Stanford Nursing departments are a tight-knit, collaborative, and supportive community. The Nursing Quality Department, in particular, allows nurses to be creative, independent, and innovative in and outside of their role. This is a chance to really use your CPHQ - establish your expertise in identifying internal issues and related needs, work with operational leadership and management to troubleshoot problems, plan and implement improvement programs and procedures. Nursing Quality team members have been instrumental in improving patient outcomes by collaborating and consulting with multidisciplinary teams to reduce hospital acquired conditions and infections like falls with injury, implement protocols and EMR tools to reduce risk of patient harm like extravasation prevention, uphold patient rights through de-escalation of restraint use, and prevent medication errors through mindful design and implementation of technology.

Professional Development and Growth:

$2,000 a year in continued education funds that can be used to go to the top conference in your field, to attain advanced certifications, or to further your education.

Training in data analytics and quality improvement methodologies, as well as mentorship opportunities with experienced leaders in the field.

Support for opportunities to present and publish quality improvement work internally and externally including at quality-focused venues such as NAHQ, Next, IHI Forum, AONL Annual Meeting, and Sigma.

Local chapters of several large nursing organizations including Sigma Alpha Alpha Lambda, SMNBNA, NAHN, PNANC-SHC, BAINA

Our core benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, an employee assistance program, savings and spending accounts, disability, life and accident insurance, and COBRA. For medical insurance, you have the choice of three generous health plans through Stanford Health Care Alliance, Aetna, or Kaiser Permanente. Each plan includes 100% coverage for preventive care, telemedicine through Teledoc, prescription drug coverage, and behavioral health coverage. Additional incentives exist for healthy choices. And so much more – generous leave & time off, Wellness Program, special programs, educational assistance, and adoption assistance!

This is an onsite Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview

The Quality Management Coordinator facilitates the planning, development, implementation and assessment of clinical quality assurance and quality improvement in the Department of Patient Care Services (PCS).

Locations

Stanford Health Care (Palo Alto, CA; onsite)

What you will do

• Acts as liaison to other departments for the purpose of identifying and resolving quality improvement activities. Facilitates inter and intradepartmental communication about quality improvement.

• Acts as PCS resource on regulatory requirements and on quality improvement processes.

• Assists PCS management in identifying opportunities and interventions for improvement based on the needs of internal and external customers.

• Assumes responsibility for professional self development. Quality of work reflects high professional and ethical standards.

• Communicates effectively to maintain positive working relationships and achieve desired outcomes.

• Demonstrates the ability to consider age-appropriate issues when dealing with quality improvement.

• Develops, implements, and/or evaluates quality assurance and quality improvement projects/processes in order to continually monitor and improve patient care.

• Participates in or leads work groups in special projects as assigned.

• Works collaboratively to guide and influence the course of change.

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited college or university.

Experience Qualifications

• Three (3) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience

Licenses and Certifications

• Nursing / RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure

These principles apply to ALL employees:

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care

• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health

• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $72.55 - $96.15 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.

At Stanford Health Care, we seek to provide patients with the very best in diagnosis and treatment, with outstanding quality, compassion and coordination. With an unmatched track record of scientific discovery, technological innovation and translational medicine, Stanford Medicine physicians are pioneering leading edge therapies today that will change the way health care is delivered tomorrow.

As part of our spirit of discovery, we also leverage our deep relationships with luminary Silicon Valley companies to develop new ways to deliver preeminent patient care.

Learn about our awards (https://stanfordhealthcare.org/about-us/awards.html) and significant events (https://stanfordhealthcare.org/about-us/our-history.html) .