Employment Type:Full time
Shift:Day Shift
Description:RN required
Work is on site
Position Purpose The Performance Improvement Specialist implements and maintains a compliant, comprehensive, organization-wide, Safety, Quality and Performance Improvement Program.
What you will do- Perform audits and gap analysis in response to patient and family concerns, department specific events or trends, and other authorized parties
- Communicate serious adverse events occur and follow through on submission of required documentation
- Analyze monthly data, create, and drive performance improvement activities, and help implement change
- Assist in training safety curriculum for all staff
- Conduct root cause investigations in surgery
- Perform chart reviews and audits to support investigations
Minimum Qualifications - CT RN license required
- Master's Degree in Nursing, Healthcare, or related field preferred
- At least five (5) years hospital experience preferred
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements, patient quality of care and safety initiatives; RCA or Lean Management skills preferred
- Leadership experience with regulatory requirements for reporting and subsequent response criteria
Position Highlights and Benefits- Full time 40hrs M-F days
- Excellent benefits - starting day 1!
Ministry/Facility Information Saint Mary's Hospital is a Catholic, not-for-profit, acute care, community teaching hospital that has served Greater Waterbury since 1909. Licensed for 347 beds, Saint Mary's is designated as a Level II Trauma Center, offers award-winning cardiac and stroke care. We house the region's only pediatric emergency care unit and was the first to introduce the daVinci® Robotic Surgery System.
