Job Description
Serves as clinical expert liaison for System Hospitals on activities related to core measures including data abstraction and entry, identification of opportunities for improvement, education, and development of related tools. Acts as a resource to sites by providing information and facilitating services.
Job Responsibility
- Abstracts pertinent information from medical records and enters it into the appropriate databases (Premier, Midas, GWTG, etc.).
- Notifies Quality Improvement Specialist when abstraction is completed.
- Follows-up to ensure correction of identified problems/issues.
- Assists in the development and revision of all measure related tools.
- Educates hospital staff in all aspects of core measures.
- Advises others on how best to meet requirements.
- Shares best practices with the hospitals.
- Identifies and reports possible performance improvement, patient safety, and complications.
- Maintains current knowledge of CMS, Joint Commission, Department of Health and GWTG requirements and supporting information system applications as it relates to the various measures.
- Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
Job Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN) required.
Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
- 2-5 years of technical experience, required.
- One-three (1-3) years clinical experience including general knowledge of QM principles, NYPORTS and JCAHO requirements, preferred.
- 3+ years of OB experience, highly preferred
*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)
- Current License to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State
- 2-5 years of technical experience
- 1-3 years clinical experience
- 3+ years of OB experience
What We Do
Northwell Health is New York’s largest private employer and health care provider, with 23 hospitals and nearly 800 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 74,000+ employees – 18,500+ nurses and 14,200+ credentialed physicians, including about 4,500 employed doctors and nearly 3,300 members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better. We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu. Interested in a career at Northwell Health?
