Date: 2 days ago
City: Downey, California
Salary:
$50
-
$60
per hour
Contract type: Full time

Job Details
Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Quality Assurance Registered Nurse is a professional and responsible for all the
quality activities of the organization. The Quality Assurance Registered Nurse has
accountabilities for the monitoring, implementation, and evaluation of processes and programs to
meet regulatory requirements, accreditation, and standards of practice.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
In addition to all components of the above position summary the following “Essential Duties and
Responsibilities” Are Essential To Successful Performance In This Position
development.
to trends identified.
organization is compliant with state, federal, and accreditation guidelines.
board.
participating in professional organizations or societies.
The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and
responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to
perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Education/Experience/Credentials
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
To perform this position successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty and
responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required
Pay scale : $50 -$60 per hour
Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Quality Assurance Registered Nurse is a professional and responsible for all the
quality activities of the organization. The Quality Assurance Registered Nurse has
accountabilities for the monitoring, implementation, and evaluation of processes and programs to
meet regulatory requirements, accreditation, and standards of practice.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
In addition to all components of the above position summary the following “Essential Duties and
Responsibilities” Are Essential To Successful Performance In This Position
- Responsible for the implementation and monitoring of the organization’s quality
- Ensures that there are processes in place to monitor and measure all activities related to
- Provides direction and coordination of quality improvement activities utilizing
- Coordinates activities related to clinical record review for data collection.
- Complies, trends, and reports quality data in the following areas: patient care, safety, risk
- Works collaboratively with nursing supervisors to ensure documentation is complete and
- As a member of the Patient Grievance Committee collaborates with management
- Establishes a process model for improvement and provides education and training to
development.
- Responsible for ensuring processes to monitor and evaluate safety, risk management, and
- Coordinates, educates and implements monitoring activities for safety, risk management,
- Coordinates mandatory in-service programs on OSHA regulations for safety and
- Acts as a resource to personnel in identifying safety and risk management issues for
- Review all incident reports for completeness, risk, standard of care determination, and
to trends identified.
- Maintains current knowledge related to home care safety and infection control standards.
- Collaborates with nursing supervisors to provide a process to promote and ensure
- Assists in the identification of skills for annual competence and provides in-service
- Maintains aggregate records of employee orientation and annual competency
- Monitor organization compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements.
- Maintains current knowledge related to Medicare Conditions of Participation and the
organization is compliant with state, federal, and accreditation guidelines.
- Responsible for ensuring policies and procedures reflect all related local, state, federal,
board.
- Acts as a resource to clinical supervisors regarding standards, policies, and regulations
- Acts as a clinical resource to personnel.
- Maintains updated nursing knowledge and skills.
- Assists with patient visits as needed.
- Assists with administrative calls on a rotational basis and clinical calls as needed.
- Helps the community education team in meeting community education needs.
- Make public speaking engagements as scheduled by the community education team.
- Maintains positive relationships with referral sources.
- Maintains a positive image in the community.
- Acts as a representative of the organization at community meetings, and civic and
- Promotes self-growth and collegial relations with others in the home care industry.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops,
participating in professional organizations or societies.
The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and
responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to
perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description.
Supervisory Responsibilities
- The incumbent in this position supervises Department Heads directly and all community
Education/Experience/Credentials
- Valid and active Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of California.
- Minimum of 3 years experience as a quality assurance Registered Nurse in a home health setting
- Possesses and maintains current CPR/First Aid certification and negative TB skin test or
- Must have a valid in-state driver’s license, provide current registration and insurance, and
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
To perform this position successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty and
responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required
- Strong understanding of medical terminology and proficiency in medical charting and
- Familiarity with electronic health record (EHR) systems and other relevant software
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with accuracy in a fast-paced
- Has excellent coordination and communication skills.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, to interact with team members
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with professionalism
Pay scale : $50 -$60 per hour
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