Registered Nurse; RN – Quality Outcomes Specialist – Fairfield Hospital
Listed on 2026-07-02
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Nursing
Quality Outcomes Specialist
The Quality Outcomes Specialist ensures the delivery of high quality, excellent care that meets or exceeds regulatory standards and requirements and payor expectations, as well as assisting the organization to successfully achieve organizational objectives for quality and patient safety. This role participates in quality reviews, reporting and performance improvement.
Essential Job Functions
- Participates in the evaluation, monitoring and compliance with internal and external requirements. Supports regulatory, accreditation, and certification surveys in successful completion.
- Prepares and submits quality reports as required by external agencies and payors. Facilitates and supports the quality, patient safety, and performance improvement committee infrastructure.
- Provides support for organizational quality, patient safety, and performance improvement committees and projects as needed.
- Supports Medical Staff Quality and Peer Review.
- Promotes practices that detect, mitigate or prevent harm using highly reliable tools to improve patient safety and provide a just culture to include event reporting, participating in root cause analyses, and collaboration with leadership to identify high risk areas
- Participates in performance/process improvement activities utilizing data analytics to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
- Supports compliance with voluntary, mandatory, and contractual reporting obligations using data analytics and analysis
- Facilitates provider performance review activities through the peer review, ongoing and focused professional practice processes
- Utilizes change management principles to guide performance and process improvement.
This document is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties as required by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation.
Licensing/Certification
- Current RN License in the state in which they are working or covered by compact (required)
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CHPQ) - National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) or other related Quality certification (preferred)
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) or other healthcare related field (preferred)
- 2 years of clinical experience (required)
- Competitive pay, incentives, referral bonuses and 403(b) with employer contributions (when eligible)
- Medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, HAS/FSA options, life insurance, mental health resources and discounts
- Paid time off, parental and FMLA leave, short- and long-term disability, backup care for children and elders
- Tuition assistance, professional development and continuing education support
Work Experience
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