RN Assistant Director of Quality & Safety Job Listing at MedStar Medical Group in Clinton, MD (Job ID req48636)

Description

General Summary of Position

MedStar Health is searching for an Assistant Director of Nursing for our Quality and Safety Department.  This position is primarily a day shift but may require some evenings and weekends for regulatory readiness.  

The Assistant Director of Quality & Safety is responsible for assisting the Director of Quality, HIM in planning, organizing and managing the coordination of the organization's performance improvement activities related to Quality and Safety. The Assistant Director will function as the hospital's Quality and Patient Safety officer and assist in the areas of risk management communicating routinely with Physician Leadership and Medical Staffing.

Requirements

* Active MD or Compact State RN License required

* BSN required; MSN preferred

* Minimum of 3 years in safety and risk management required

* Minimum of 2 years clinical experience in critical care nursing required

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications
Education

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required or
• Master's degree in nursing preferred

Experience

• 3-4 years Quality & patient safety, & risk experience (willing to supplement quality & patient safety experience with clinical experience in the areas of critical care, emergency, or perioperative service lines). preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Current Maryland RN License required and
• CPPS - Certified Professional in Patient Safety Nationally Accredited Certification in Quality, Patient Safety, or Risk Management preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to demonstrate ethical behavior that supports the hospital's mission, values and commitment to compliance with all federal, state and regulatory laws. Inspires trust and exhibits honesty and integrity within the scope of daily activities.
• Ability to work effectively with people from a variety of culturally diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
• Ability to coordinate quality data review from the hospital's EMR.
• Ability to create and interpret data information in Excel, CSV, Crimson, and HPM.

This position has a hiring range of $118,331 - $230,172