Nursing Quality Specialist - F​/T Days

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives - and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning.

It'salso about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Nursing Quality Specialist is a highly visible, hands-on role focused on translating quality and safety data into direct, 'at-the-elbow' support for our bedside nursing teams. The primary goal is to elevate clinical practice and improve patient outcomes and experience by implementing and sustaining evidence-based strategies to prevent pressure ulcers, hospital-acquired infections (HAIs), falls, falls with injury, and other hospital-acquired conditions.

The Nursing Quality Specialist champions a culture of safety and continuous improvement by analyzing nurse-sensitive indicator data to identify trends and opportunities. Working shoulder-to-shoulder with nurses the specialist will use this data to model, teach, and embed best practices into daily work. Through this focus on standardizing processes and collaborative problem-solving, the specialist will help nurses strengthen their critical thinking and clinical skills related to proactive harm prevention.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a focus on Nursing Education, Clinical Nurse Specialist, or Healthcare Quality.
• Minimum of five (5) years of recent clinical experience in an acute care hospital setting, with a reputation for clinical excellence.
• Previous experience in quality/performance improvement project management.
• Demonstrated experience in a formal or informal teaching/mentoring role (e.g., preceptor, clinical instructor, charge nurse).
• Proven ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships with peers and physicians.
• Expert-level clinical knowledge of prevention strategies for pressure ulcers, HAIs (especially CLABSI and CAUTI), and falls.
• Understanding of NDNQI & NHSN data and ability to navigate for data access and download.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills that include but are not limited to Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office platforms.

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.

• Certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse or Critical Care Registered Nurse (Adult, Neonatal, and Pediatric Acute) Certification or Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse.