Hospital Readiness Systems Coordinator

Interview Type
:
Either Webcam Interview or In Person

Work Arrangement
:
Hybrid

Engagement Type
:
Contract

Short

Description:

BS in Nursing (BSN), or other similar cert. combined with Hospital experience, prefer Bachelors 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.

Complete

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

Bachelors 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 states/jurisdictions 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.

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'/jurisdictions 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

hospitals and stakeholders.

Work with the states/jurisdiction's hospitals to collect

necessary information for dashboard development and

implementation.

Provide a common framework of data elements to include on

the dashboard and in the data feed.

Facilitate the gathering and engagement of hospitals technical

staff to work on automated and secured data feeds per

specifications supported by the web-based application.

Assist the state/jurisdiction to advise on shared governance

model(s) for discussions and decision-making to support this

work.

Testing and validation of data feeds; and draft progress

milestone for inclusion in progress report/lessons learned.

Manages the participation and permission process/clearances

(to send data to NHSN) of participating hospitals. Also

provides permission to allow for use of states/jurisdictions

data in conjunction with other participating entities for

research and emergency planning by the state and federal

health partners.

Obtain signed commitment from acute care hospitals in the

state/jurisdiction to participate in the project through an

Provide ongoing instructions and serve as key resource to

assist with the scaling of the CDC NHSN Connectivity Initiative

to other states/jurisdictions; and help to ensure that all terms

of the CDC funding agreement are met.

Facilitates efforts to improve clinical and service outcomes

throughout the state as related to pediatric emergency care,

utilizing federal/national guidance (including but not limited to

the American Academy of Pediatrics, Assistant Secretary for

Preparedness & Response, Centers for Disease Control,

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