Job: Hospital Readiness Systems Coordinator (748204)

Location: 2 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, IN 46204

Consultant pay rate: $55 /hr on W2 (All Inclusive)

BS in Nursing (BSN), or other similar cert. combined with Hospital experience, prefer Bachelor’s degree, supplemented with 3-5 years of previous hospital and quality improvement job-related exp. Ideal candidate also has either CPHQ or Lean Six Sigma.

Job description

Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist

Job Summary : This position serves in a dual role involving direct in person coordination with hospital facilities to enhance both National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) automated hospital reporting along with pediatric readiness capabilities within hospital networks and facilities located in Indiana. This position promotes best practices and quality improvement processes in both hospital reporting importance for the automation transition and pediatric preparedness programs/initiatives. The position serves in coordinating the development of statewide guidelines, aiding hospitals into an automated platform for hospital reporting, educational modules, and quality improvement resources/tools utilizing federal and national recommendations/guidance, evidence-based guidelines and best practices specific to the delivery of hospital facility key elements reporting along with pediatric emergency care. The position also serves as a resource and technical advisor to, pre-hospital agencies, hospitals, other healthcare practitioners as well as non-health care entities within our state to ensure hospital facility needs are adequately addressed.

Education and/or Work Experience

Registered Nurse (RN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or other similar certification combined with Hospital experience, preferred

Bachelor’s degree, supplemented with 3-5 years of previous hospital and quality improvement job-related experience. Ideal candidate also has either CPHQ or Lean Six Sigma

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist with development and launching of a state/jurisdiction capacity system that includes near-time bed capacity counts for the state’s/jurisdiction’s acute care hospitals, including critical access hospitals.

• Must be able to manage user account and security parameters for access to the web-based dashboard to coordinate daily, surge, and crisis needs.

• Help coordinate emergency department data, organized per NHSN definitions to Hospital Capacity Data Store at least twice per day on an ongoing basis. Data would include emergency department (ED) census, ED Admitted census (boarding) and ED pressure indicator by count of all patients in the ED that have a physician assigned.

• Create possible items listed below to support the states'/jurisdiction’s ongoing participation in the NHSN

Connectivity Initiative, such as:

• Develop communications and training materials for onboarding identified stakeholders and hospital users.

• Provide training and onboarding services to participating

Qualifications

? Ability to maintain accuracy and consistency

? Ability to finish tasks in a timely manner

? Ability to function independently, manage own time/work tasks

? Ability to maintain confidentiality

? Ability to interact with internal and external constituents

? Ability to work as an effective team member

? Ability to organize workflow

? Ability to plan, coordinate, and develop multiple projects

? Ability to analyze and interpret data

? Ability to compile complex reports and develop presentations

? Ability to compose letters and memorandums

? Ability to negotiate, persuade and establish direction

? Skilled job requiring high level of adaptability and interpersonal

Bachelor’s degree, supplemented with 3-5 years of previous hospital and quality improvement job-related experience Required 3 Years

Prior clinical quality improvement experience preferably in an acute care hospital setting or critical access hospital setting. Required 2 Years

Experience w/Microsoft Office Suite to include PowerPoint. Required

Prior experience with REDCap with strong aptitude to learn new software and other database programs. Required

Prior experience facilitating and managing meetings within program agency and local partners. Required

Prior experience reporting hospital data including bed capacity, ED census, ICU census, peds census, vent status etc. Required 1 Years

Prior experience creating training materials and delivering presentations for stakeholders, hospitals and State or Federal Agencies. Required 2 Years

Registered Nurse (RN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or other similar certification combined with Hospital experience, preferred Highly desired

CPHQ or Lean Six Sigma experience. Highly desired

Prior experience with National Healthcare Safety Network automated hospital reporting. Highly desired 2 Years

Prior experience working with the Indiana Hospital Association (IHA). Highly desired 2 Years

Prior experience working with hospital technical staff in areas of automated and secured data feeds. Highly desired

Project management experience/certification.