About this role
Join our team as a day shift, full time, Quality & Patient Safety Registered Nurse in Albuquerque, NM.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
- Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
- People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
- Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- Lovelace Women’s Hospital is a 53-bed advanced neonatal intensive care unit, family care unit, an award-winning breast care center and the first robotic surgery program in the state recognized as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by Surgical Review Corporation.
Responsibilities
- The position of Quality and Patient Safety Coordinator at Lovelace Health System is accountable for assisting the organization to improve quality, safety, and reduce operational risk exposure through performance improvement processes and meeting regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- This position supports a culture of high reliability and the measurement of care quality, identifying opportunities and executing on strategies for performance improvement in the following areas of the organization:
- Outcomes - highly reliable processes, delivering exceptional outcomes and/or optimal health
- Safety – Deliver the safest care to patients driven through leadership and a culture of high reliability, high value, high performance
- Experience of Care - relationship-centered care grounded in empathy, dignity, respect, and collaboration.
SCOPE: This is a local hospital or Lovelace Medical Group quality-based role with key organizational relationships with hospital or clinic leaders and staff, driving safe and effective care across the organization. The position will participate in key committees and quality and patient safety initiatives to support the hospital and division's quality and patient safety plan
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree, Clinical Discipline (RN, RT, PT, other) preferred. Will consider a degree in Healthcare Administration of Public Health
- Experience leading successful Quality Improvement projects.
- Experience with change management with the ability to provide leadership in the adaptation and implementation of new processes and /or technology that enhance Quality and Patient Safety.
- Experience supporting patient safety and high-reliability programs.
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines.
- Experience working in a complex health system (hospitals, ambulatory clinics, post-acute care, etc.)
Preferred Job Requirements:
- 3-5 years of clinical experience
- Certification in Patient Safety or Quality is highly
Other facts
About Lovelace Health System
For nearly 100 years, Lovelace Health System has set new standards of care in New Mexico through revolutionary advances in medicine and surgery. Today, that legacy of accomplishment continues in our commitment to advanced technology and sensitive care. At Lovelace, we believe that each encounter with a patient or health care consumer offers an opportunity to make a difference in their health and well-being – and in our reputation for caring, customer service and positive outcomes. We've made investments in technology and programs to meet Albuquerque's evolving needs. With a network of acute care hospitals and Lovelace Medical Group clinics, we serve patients throughout the greater Albuquerque and Rio Rancho metropolitan area, as well as Roswell. We not only strive to be the provider of choice for patients, but employer of choice for health care professionals in New Mexico.
What you'll do
- The Quality and Patient Safety Coordinator is responsible for improving quality and safety while reducing operational risk through performance improvement processes. This role supports a culture of high reliability and measures care quality across the organization.
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