RN Clinical Quality Patient Safety Specialist

Description

Introduction Are you looking for a place to deliver excellent care patients deserve? At Portsmouth Regional Hospital we support our colleagues in their positions. Join our Team as a Sr. Clinical Quality Specialist and access programs to assist with every stage of your career.

Benefits Portsmouth Regional Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include :

Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.

Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.

Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing

401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock

Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.

Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more

Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts

Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships

Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)

Colleague recognition program

Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)

Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note : Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Are you a continuous learner? With more than 94,000 nurses throughout HCA Healthcare, we are one of the largest employers of nurses in the United States. Education is key to excellence! As a majority owner of Galen College of Nursing, which joins Research College of Nursing and Mercy School of Nursing as educational facilities within the HCA Healthcare family, we make it easier and more affordable to gain certifications and job skills. Apply today for our Sr Clinical Quality Specialist opening and continue to learn!

Job Summary and Qualifications POSITION SUMMARY : The Sr. Clinical Quality / Patient Safety Specialist is responsible to lead, coordinate and carry out an assigned portfolio of clinical quality and patient safety functions to support the hospital’s quality and patient safety plan and programs. The Sr. Specialist will use a broad and deep knowledge of practice and systems in the assigned responsibilities within the quality measurement, quality improvement, regulatory readiness, physician performance improvement and patient safety functions. The Sr. Quality / Patient Safety Specialist will be involved in supporting the department’s quality and safety work through such activities as concurrent and retrospective abstraction of records to evaluation compliance with national standards of care, and data reporting, collaboration with organizational leaders to lead and / or support clinical quality improvement committees, teams, organizational regulatory readiness and certification. The Specialists works as a member of a team of quality and patient safety staff, who develop areas of expertise and cross cover each other’s functions to assure that the department meets its internal and external reporting requirements. The Specialists is accountable to develop expertise in use of a variety of quality software programs and data reporting systems to achieve the goals of case review, data abstraction, management and reporting. The Sr. Specialist will actively provide support and carry out assigned functions within the Patient Safety Program, participating in incident reviews, and case analysis as assigned.

Essential Functions :

• Participates in, takes lead, and / or supports a wide range of quality and patient safety initiatives to further organization quality and patient safety priorities and improvement of clinical processes and outcomes to address hospital needs and priorities
• Communicates and promotes understanding of Joint Commission, National Patient Safety Goals, CSIP Program and Leapfrog Group Safety Initiatives to hospital department representatives and utilizes data collection and analysis to monitor compliance and drive improvement
• Provides leadership for organizational readiness and support for Joint Commission and QRS preparation, standards interpretation, surveys and response
• Provides concurrent and retrospective reviews and abstraction to assess compliance with standards and works with department leaders, clinical and provider staff to improve achievement of evidenced based care reflected in quality measures
• Performs focused chart reviews to identify unexpected mortality, complications, provide comparative data through various software programs, peer review cases
• Performs basic data analysis and create graphs and charts to display data in support of improvement initiatives
• Contributes to the physician performance improvement program including Peer Review processes and committees, including OPPE and FPPE, in collaboration with the CMO and VPQ.
• Abstracts data, contributes to interrater reliability and validation studies for Core Measure and others data sets as needed, uses QNET and serves as a QNet administrator
• Assists with orientation of new staff and physicians with respect to Joint Commission, CMS Core Measures, HCAHPS, and other quality initiatives
• Collaborates with department leaders and quality staff to conduct regular unit and department tracers, rounding and auditing to assure compliance with TJC and CMS regulations
• Collaborates with Nursing Leaders to develop and implement strategies to improve Nursing Sensitive Indicators of Quality, including the development of unit based quality and patient safety champions.
• Serves on and or leads quality related committees such as Falls Prevention, Blood Product utilization, etc
• Serves as Quality representative for assigned Service Lines
• Develops and presents reports and presentations related to areas of responsibility within the Quality & Patient Safety team
• Facilitates identification, reporting, and investigation of reported Incidents and Serious Preventable Adverse Events and Hospital Acquired Conditions and collaborates with Director of Safety to further the safety agenda of the organization.
• Promotes internal and external customer satisfaction
• Builds and promotes a culture of safety, service excellence and continuous improvement
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Bachelors Degree required

1-3 years related experience

New Hampshire Registered Nurse license or valid compact RN license preferred, not required

At Portsmouth Regional Hospital , you're not just joining a hospital—you’re becoming part of a mission-driven team that’s redefining healthcare excellence across the Seacoast region. As a 240-bed acute care facility in Portsmouth, NH, we proudly serve communities throughout New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. We’re the only hospital in the area to be recognized as an ACS Verified Level II Trauma Center and a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and we offer a robust heart and vascular program—giving our team the opportunity to work at the forefront of life-saving care.

As part of the HCA Healthcare family, you’ll be supported by one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems, with a strong presence in New Hampshire that includes four hospitals, three freestanding emergency rooms, and over 70 care sites. Here, nearly 5,000 colleagues—including 1,500 nurses and 1,000 affiliated physicians—collaborate to deliver exceptional care and innovation every day. Whether you're at Portsmouth, Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Parkland Medical Center in Derry, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, or one of our emergency facilities in Seabrook, Dover, or Plaistow, you’ll find a culture that values your expertise, supports your growth, and empowers you to make a real difference.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Good people beget good people."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder If growth and continued learning is important to you, we encourage you to apply for our Sr Clinical Quality Specialist opening. Our team will promptly review your application. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.