Nurse Coordinator - Patient Safety & Service Excellence

Position Overview

The County of Riverside – Riverside University Health System (RUHS) is recruiting a Nurse Coordinator for the Performance & Service Excellence team. Ideal candidates possess at least four years of progressively responsible nursing experience.

The Nurse Coordinator supports a comprehensive program focused on patient safety, quality improvement, regulatory and accreditation readiness, patient experience, and Lean transformation within the inpatient hospital environment. Under the direction of the Director responsible for patient safety, the role assists in implementing and coordinating the inpatient patient safety program, managing day‑to‑day activities such as safety event reporting, follow‑up, adverse event review support, and monitoring corrective actions to reduce patient harm.

The coordinator serves as a clinical resource to leaders and staff, promotes patient safety practices, high‑reliability principles, and a strong safety culture. Responsibilities also include preparing and monitoring patient safety data, dashboards, and reports; identifying trends; supporting communication of findings to leadership and hospital committees; maintaining required documentation; and contributing to regulatory and accreditation readiness activities related to patient safety.

• Plan, organize, coordinate, and evaluate patient care within a specialized nursing or clinical program.
• Assess patients’ clinical needs and staffing requirements for specialty clinical care programs.
• Provide leadership in the development and implementation of policies, procedures, standards of care and practice, and objectives for specialized clinical programs.
• Lead the development, implementation, and delivery of safe, high‑quality, and evidence‑based patient care plans and interventions through research, education, and training of multi‑disciplinary staff.
• Utilize evaluation data in collaboration with other health disciplines to influence the revision of total patient care plans or clinical programs.
• Identify common recurrent patient problems, symptoms, or behavioral changes in relation to standards of care and individual patient needs; collaborate with physicians and other healthcare providers in assessing the physical, psycho‑social, and cultural needs of specific patient populations.
• Collaborate with medical center nursing and multi‑disciplinary staff in developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve positive health outcomes for specific or target patient populations.
• Monitor and ensure program and staff compliance with Joint Commission, state and federal standards and regulations, and RUHS policies regarding patient care.
• Identify learning needs and oversee the orientation and training of personnel; coordinate training of students on the patient care units, clinics, and programs; develop educational materials about the specialty area for staff, patients, families, and community members.
• Prepare, review, and assist in the development of the capital equipment budget plan; provide input into preparation of personnel and operating budgets and be accountable for budget variances for specialty and/or clinical program.
• Conduct educational/training activities for patients, families, and staff regarding recurrent health problems and health practices related to maintenance of wellness and prevention of diseases.
• Participate in quality improvement and clinical research activities related to patient care.
• May participate in the hiring, selection, and performance evaluation of staff members.
• Keep abreast of new developments in the nursing or clinical specialty field.

9/80;
Monday–Friday 7:00 am to 4:30 pm, off every other Friday. Alternate shift: 7 am to 3:30 pm.

– Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
– Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing. A Master’s degree in nursing is preferred. Additional qualifying experience may substitute for up to a maximum of two years of education on the basis of one year of full‑time…