Quality Nurse Consultant - Peri-Op Services

• Reports all occurrences which may lead to medical center liability and follows up as necessary.
• Supports maintenance of IC records and policy/procedure manual reviews and revisions.
• Assists with quality management studies through data collection, data input and report development.
• Provides support services to appropriate medical center staff in implementing risk management principles into credentialing processes.
• Analyzes, interprets and provides recommendation based on quality principles.
• Organize and coordinate project planning, group process facilitation, training, and appropriate application of information technology.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration for implementation of evidence based guidelines, criteria and other clinical tools to reduce variation in clinical practice and to optimize clinical outcomes.
• Participates in special projects as assigned, such as statistical reports for state, federal, and local agencies.
• Analyzes risk management/patient safety principles and provides recommendations for the incorporation of risk management principles in each medical center.
• Educates physicians and staff regarding regional projects or regulatory reviews, i.e. the interpretation of regulatory requirements and the methods of compliance when preparing for a review or the interpretation of project goals.
• Applies the appropriate performance improvement methodology to address improvement opportunity (eg. MFI, Lean DMAIC).
• Supports the medical centers continuous survey readiness program to maintain compliance with regulatory standards.
• Acts as a consultant for quality, AR&L, risk, patient safety, and infection prevention activities and programs.
• May support infection prevention and control activities.

• Minimum three (3) years of combined experience in quality, risk management, patient safety, infection prevention, accreditation/regulation, licensing or operational clinical leadership in a healthcare setting.

• Bachelors degree in nursing, business administration, economics, health care administration, operation research, public health administration, or other related field.

• Registered Nurse License (California) required at hire

• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
• CIC certificate required within three (3) years, if primary job focus is Infection Control.

• Minimum of three (3) years experience working in quality operations in an acute care setting.
• Masters degree preferred.
• Quality/ Risk/Patient Safety/Just Culture/Project Management/Lean/IP certification.

PrimaryLocation : California,Sacramento,S. Sacramento Hospital
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon-Fri
WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 04:30 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Job Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners
Department : So Sacramento Hospital North - Hosp Adm-Quality Improvement - 0201
Travel : No
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.