Overview

The Quality Outcomes RN supports Flagstaff Medical Center and Verde Valley Medical Center to provide safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient and equitable care through continuous monitoring of key metrics and interdisciplinary collaboration. Responsibilities of the role include chart abstraction, data submission for external reporting, concurrent and retrospective review of assigned metrics, maintaining registry databases, clinical case review of harm events, supporting daily triage of reported safety events, and conducting performance improvement activities. The Quality Outcomes RN leads and/or participates in committees as assigned and conducts rounding on nursing units to support key patient safety or compliance initiatives. The Quality Outcomes RN possesses the ability to interpret and convey clinical data to multidisciplinary care teams and clinical leadership in a manner that creates a sense of urgency to improve processes and enact meaningful, evidence-based change. Responsibilities

Professional Engagement * Integrate ethical standards into healthcare quality practice.

* Engage in activities that enhance competence as a healthcare quality professional such as attending webinars, reading journals, list-serve participation, and ensuring that knowledge of nursing practice remains up-to-date.

* Protect confidentiality of privileged information in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Quality Leadership and Integration * Advance healthcare quality throughout the organization through collaboration, learning opportunities, and communication.

* Participate in processes that engage stakeholders and promote interprofessional teamwork.

* Assist with learning opportunities that advance healthcare quality throughout the organization such as preparing presentations for department level meetings and rounding on nursing units to provide just-in-time education.

* Communicate effectively with nursing staff, providers, patients, and leadership to achieve quality goals. Quality Review and Accountability * Promote compliance with voluntary, mandatory, and contractual reporting requirements for data acquisition, analysis, reporting, and improvement.

* Provide support to peer-protected processes such as Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE), Mortality and Morbidity (M&M) committees, Clinical Outcomes Review Committee (CORC) review, and Infection Prevention (IP) review.

* Implement processes to facilitate practitioner performance review activities.

* Assemble informational resources that will most appropriately and accurately reflect the intent of the quality review outcomes.

* Communicate accountability reporting requirements and criteria (., measures, benchmarks, thresholds) to stakeholders.

* Manage performance improvement opportunities from accountability reports and ensure follow-through.

* Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of healthcare payment models as they