Offer summary

Qualifications:

Registered professional nurse with a minimum of three years job-related experience in data registries, cardiology, or performance improvement preferred., Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field with a minimum of three years job-related experience in data registries, cardiology, or performance improvement preferred., Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office software including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint., Strong organizational, prioritization, observational, decision-making, and critical thinking skills. .

Key responsabilities:

Collect clinical data for cardiovascular data registries and ensure accurate documentation.

Provide education and collaborate with medical staff to support optimal documentation for quality metrics.

Analyze data for clinical outcomes and prepare reports for internal and external customers.

Conduct internal quality audits and facilitate improvements in performance and documentation based on data analysis.

Job description

Description

Position at Danbury Hospital

Title: Cardiovascular Quality Data Specialist - DH Quality Data - Full time/40 hours per week, 8 hour shifts. Remote

Summary: Works in all aspects of Cardiovascular Registry Functions in the Quality Data Department to include facilitating improvement in medical record documentation through extensive interaction with physicians, medical staff and nursing staff to ensure the documentation supports the quality and performance metrics of the HVI and the Clinical Data Registries. Supports the daily operations of the quality Data Department utilizing clinical knowledge and understanding of the Registry Products and Services.

Responsibilities:

1. Collect Clinical Data for Cardiovascular Data Registries.

2. Applies clinical knowledge and subject matter expertise to accurately collect a wide variety of clinical data from medical records with the designated time frames.

3. Concurrently provides education and collaborates with medical staff and hospital staff to ensure optimal documentation that will support the goals of the HVI.

4. Conducts follow-up reviews of clinical documentation to ensure that the issues discussed and clarified with medical and hospital staff have been recorded in the patient’s medical record.

5. Independently, accurately and completely perform validation of data prior to any data submissions.

6. Analyzes data for HVI and provides reports of Clinical Outcomes and Quality Metrics.

7. Accurately analyze aggregate reports of Clinical Registry Data.

8. Prepares & provides reports of clinical performance measures and statistics to the designated internal customers within the designated time frames.

9. Provides report of clinical performance measures to the designated external customers within the designated time frames.

10. Identifies and provides external comparisons for the Registry Quality and Performance metrics to HVI leaders as requested.

11. Performs internal quality audits to ensure integrity and accuracy of data.

12. Facilitates improvement in performance and medical record documentation as identified through the data registry analysis.

13. Identifies opportunities for Quality Improvement, and identifies trends through chart review and shares with internal customers.

14. Concurrently provides feedback to medical and hospital staff related to Registry specific requirements.

15.Provides education as appropriate when there are changes to the Data Registry elements or process changes.

16. Maintains positive, open communication with Physicians and Interdisciplinary care team members and provides physician specific feedback to designated members of medical staff.

17. Collaborates with IT, Physician experts and other staff to develop technology to streamline clinical data collection improving accuracy and optimizing automated processes.

18. Coordinates Meetings for the HVI specific to Data Registries and participates and collaborates to provide information for various cardiology meetings including M&M, Division of Cardiology, QPIC.

19. Prepares information for the Cardiology Service line meetings.

20. Organizes recurring meetings to review all adverse events, deaths, opportunities for improvement as identified through review of data.

21. Actively participates in HVI committee meetings to identify, share and develop action plans to improve patient care.

22. Maintains and tracks follow-up monitoring of action plans to improve patient care.

23. Other duties as assigned.

Other Information:

Required education/skills: Registered professional nurse with minimum of three years job-related experience in data registries, cardiology or performance improvement preferred; or Bachelor’s degree in Health related field with minimum of 3-years job-related experience in data registries, cardiology or performance improvement preferred.

Excellent Verbal and Written communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Software including Excel, Word & Power Point
Strong organizational and prioritization skills
Excellent observational, decision making and critical thinking skills

Critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and ability to work with minimal supervision

Credentials: Registered Nurse

Salary Range: $40.43 - $75.10 hourly (Pay per years of relative experience)

EOE, including disability/vets.

Nuvance Health has a network of convenient hospital and outpatient locations — Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, Norwalk Hospital and Sharon Hospital in Connecticut, and Northern Dutchess Hospital, Putnam Hospital Center and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in New York — plus multiple primary and specialty care physician practices locations, including The Heart Center, a leading provider of cardiology care. Non-acute care is offered through various affiliates.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or to participate in an interview, please contact Human Resources at 203-739-7330 (for reasonable accommodation requests only). Please provide all information requested to assure that you are considered for current or future opportunities.

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