Registered Nurse (RN) - Quality Assurance
Physicians Regional - Pine Ridge
Naples, FL

Quality Coordinator, RN

Job Description Under the supervision of the Chief Quality Officer (System), the Quality Coordinator plays a vital role in our healthcare delivery system. Primary areas of accountability may include: * Creation and execution of hospital wide "Conversation Ready" Initiative * Point person for any ACP/EOL needs on patients without Palliative Care on board * Supportive role to all clinicians to ensure thorough ACP * Supportive role to all clinicians to provide the highest level of care to patients nearing EOL. * Ongoing training/involvement for designated "Conversation Champions" * Creation of educational and interactive resources for patients and their families to assist with EOL decision making * Identification of triggers to start palliative and hospice consultations earlier in the hospitalization * Ongoing clinician palliative concepts education * Conversation Ready educational classes * Skills Day Conversation Ready education * Development of Cerner documentation to capture ACP * Development of note templates to capture ACP conversations ? Continued process improvement/growth of the initiative * Data collection on impact of the initiative * Assist with goals of GIP hospice initiative * Nurse education * Nurse GIP conversion protocol * Hospice liaison * Supportive role to bedside nurses to provide highest level of care to patients under to hospice care