Registered Nurse (RN) - ED - Emergency Department
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Quality Improvement Specialist - Emergency Room

We are searching for a Quality Improvement Specialist -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will partner with departmental leadership to achieve high-quality, reliable, and cost-effective health care. To facilitate departmental and cross-departmental strategic projects using methodologies including Root Cause Analysis, Intense Analysis, and Model for Improvement, and Six Sigma principles. Think you've got what it takes? Responsibilities: * Partners with the departmental leaders to facilitate/conduct performance improvement and safety activities. * Develops and produces reports for performance improvement/safety, guideline utilization, and outcomes for areas of responsibility. * Uses statistical techniques and knowledge to develop measures, sampling methods, and the appropriate representation of data. (Statistical consultation may be necessary until this expertise is developed). * Utilizes data from benchmark facilities and databases, financial databases, and other internal and external data repositories to identify improvement opportunities. * Collaborating with the Medical Director until leadership designs and presents the finding of quality improvement projects to appropriate departmental audiences. * Acts as a consultant for medical staff and departmental staff related to the development of measurements, statistical analysis, and appropriate data presentation to support initiatives intended to achieve a breakthrough or incremental process improvement in patient care, as measured by at least one improvement worthy of storyboard per year. * Utilizes the Model for Improvement, Lean Methodologies, and other tools adopted by the organization as the basis for performance improvement projects and serves as a resource to all staff on the methodologies. * Assists with the education and implementation of standards for The Joint Commission, American College of Surgeons, AAMI, and CMS regulation requirements about quality and safety. Participates in and coordinates committees/task forces/project meetings. Prepares agendas, reports, and minutes of performance improvement task force meetings/projects without errors. Acts as a facilitator and/or team leader for projects as requested. * Collaborates with the Quality and Outcomes department and Medical Staff Leadership on developing measures for Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE). * Meets ongoing requirements for education and development. * As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Requirements: * Bachelor's degree in nursing * Required RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nursing Licensure Compact and a BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support issued by the American Heart Association * Required 2 years of Professional clinical experience in area of clinical expertise (emergency medicine and/or critical care)