TH UR/QA SENIOR COORDINATOR/Dept.of Quality Regulatory Risk & Safety (QRRS)
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
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TH UR/QA SENIOR COORDINATOR/Dept.of Quality Regulatory Risk & Safety (QRRS)

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

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Posted:
September 4, 2020
Location:
Brooklyn, New York
Salary:
Open
Type:
Full-time
DUTIES: Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors. The Quality Regulatory Risk & Safety (QRRS) Department at SUNY Downstate is seeking a full time TH UR/QA Senior Coordinator. The successful candidate will: - Report to the Director of Performance Improvement (PI), and is responsible for developing and leading PI initiatives to improve patient safety, quality, efficiency and satisfaction - Maintains a NYS professional health care license, and will use his/her clinical experience to set standards for continuous performance improvement. - Responsible for a range of projects including but not limited to: conducting event investigations and focused medical record reviews and collecting and assembling results and data - Presenting findings in narrative, statistical and graphic formats - Leading workgroups on performance improvement initiatives - Coordinating departmental PI and other meetings - Provide clinical expertise for hospital and departmental performance improvement projects - Collect, analyze and present data in narrative, statistical and graphic formats; analyze sentinel events by investigating, producing write-ups for root cause analysis and identifying, implementing and monitoring risk reduction strategies - Perform medical record reviews for quality measures, sepsis, patient complaints and regulatory investigations and identify and investigate process variation - Develop corrective actions and improvement strategies - Monitor and follow up on findings and present them orally and in writing - Assist clinical departments to conduct PI meetings (agendas, minutes, statistical data, research and follow-up) - Analyze sentinel events by investigating, producing write-ups for root cause analysis and identifying, implementing and monitoring risk reduction strategies (DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE ABOVE POSITION DESCRIPTION) QUALIFICATIONS: REQUIRED: - NYS RN, MD or health care-related license - Certification in CQl (CPHO) within 18 months of hire - 3 years clinical experience and knowledge of and experience in health care quality improvement, including metric-driven quality and safety culture and knowledge of QAPI, and safety and health care regulations. - Excellent computer skills, including word, excel, PowerPoint, graphs and tables - Excellent communication skills and interpersonal and team building abilities - Ability to manage several projects at once - Ability to work independently - Careful attention to detail. PREFERRED: - Master's degree - Green/ Black belt or Lean training - Prior full-time experience in health care quality improvement. Additional Info: * Represents Location Pay for full-time appointees.Hours of work: 9AM - 5PM; Days of Week: Monday - Friday; Hours per week: 37.5. * Please include the 5 digit line number and job title in the subject line and body of your email submission.Closing Date: Open Until Filled STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY / AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER

Internal Number: 53244
About SUNY Downstate Medical Center
SUNY Downstate's College of Medicine, Health Related Professions, Nursing and its School of Graduate Studies offer students a broad professional education that will prepare them for practice or careers in any location and community. This education provides exceptional opportunities for those students with a commitment to promoting health in urban communities and addressing the complex challenges of investigating and preventing diseases that confront clinicians, educators, and researchers in such an environment. This special aspect of Downstate's unique mission is reflected in the students it attracts and selects, the vast majority of whom are drawn from the New York City Metropolitan area. Many of these students are members of minority and cultural groups underrepresented in the health professions, and/or come from families of first-generation immigrants or from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.
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