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Job Description
Summit Health is seeking a Clinical Quality Coordinator, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to join the Internal Medicine department.
Overview:
Coordinates compliance with Clinical Quality Requirements required for ACO/PCMH at Summit Health in conjunction with the Director of Clinical Operations. Actively participates in concurrent and retrospective case review to assure that evidence-based best practices are implemented timely for patients.
Essential Functions and Job Responsibilities:
Based on Dashboard Metrics, reviews each patients plan of care to ensure that all quality metrics are being met, including those related to Preventive Measures, Disease Management, Gaps in care, medications, diagnostic testing, education, and other areas.
Routinely coordinates interdisciplinary care rounds with physicians, mid-level providers, support staff, case managers, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, dietitians, and other appropriate Summit Health personnel.
Serves as liaison to physician: Serves as the "point person" who communicates and assists with understanding of dashboard metrics and opportunities to improve patient care, internal processes and work flows to the physician and also rounds with physicians to discuss the patients clinical status and ensure that critical information is shared.
Facilitate quality improvement, including identification and dissemination of best practices: Reviews data and trends from reports generated by Summit Health to determine system performance related to patient outcomes and then suggest areas for improvement.
Identifies education, workflow, process or documentation/template enhancements. The coordinator meets with RN Clinical Manager, and/or Director of Clinical Operations to discuss individual nurse performance issues and/or determine whether a system-wide performance improvement initiative is warranted.
Clinical Coordinator also identifies best practices for implementation.
Mentor and coach support staff: Clinical coordinator orients all new clinical staff to ACO, PCMH requirements, provides ongoing mentoring, coaching, and education to all clinical support staff members. They also conduct site-wide training and education related to topics such as Medicare Wellness, Disease Specific Competencies, Emmi, peak flow, Asthma Action plans and all other department-wide performance improvement initiatives.
Communicate with patient/family: to review outlier metrics and assist the facilitation of scheduling follow-up as appropriate, convey any patient and family concerns to physicians.
Office Visit - Provides routine office visit care, follow up, charting, desktop management, clerical support, care coordination and patient satisfaction as needed in order to maintain optimal patient care and throughput.
Other - duties as assigned.
GENERAL QUALIFICATION STANDARDS & JOB REQUIREMENTS:
LPN NYS license
BLS certified upon hire
Strong computer skills
Strong organizational skills, able to multitask in fast-paced environment
Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal
Excellent time management skills
Able to identify knowledge deficits of staff/physicians regarding Dashboards and Metrics
Ability to prioritize, organize and manage multiple activities with limited supervision
Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
Ability to think critically, motivate staff to meet department quality goals, and work with minimal supervision in a stressful environment
Experience with EMR preferred
Pay Range: $33.99 - $42.50 Hourly
The provided compensation range is based on industry standards and salary determinations will be made based on numerous factors including but not limited to years of experience and location of position.
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