Children's National Hospital · 11 hours ago
Quality and Safety Manager Perioperative Services
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$98K/yr - $163K/yr
7+ years expChildren's National Hospital is seeking a Quality and Safety Manager for their Perioperative Services. The role involves managing the Nursing Quality Program, leading quality improvement initiatives, and collaborating with nursing leadership to enhance nursing outcomes and practices.
AssociationChild CareHealth CareNon Profit
Responsibilities
Oversee implementation, measurement, and monitoring of all nursing quality indicators and nurse sensitive indicators; coordinate data collection, aggregation, and analysis for all nursing quality indicators and nurse sensitive indicators
Serve as a leader and resource for Nursing Quality Committee
Create and interpret the monthly Quality Report to Clinical Improvement and Nursing Research Council; participate on other nursing committees as appropriate
Ensure outcomes and practice improvements are shared with nursing at all levels and in multiple ways; monitor care outcomes in an effort to ensure gains are maintained
Actively participate in conferences and professional organizations related to Nursing Quality and Nursing Research; attend conferences/seminars as appropriate; communicate new information from such events to appropriate staff
Assist with the dissemination of Nursing Quality, EBP and/or Research with all professional RN’s through new hire orientation, unit inservices and other forums
Facilitate teams to utilize performance improvement methodology including: Process redesign, PDCA, PDSA and rapid cycle approach, FMEA, RCA and others
Design, develop, implement and evaluate performance improvement initiatives; use Excel, PowerPoint, Visio or similar software packages to present data, interventions and outcomes
Track and trend data to evaluate effectiveness of interventions; disseminate data internally through reports, rounds, and scorecards to facilitate decision-making and externally to national databases, such as NDNQI
Provide education on PI methods, benchmarking, and nurse sensitive measures; mentor staff in research and quality proposal development
Lead the translation of information obtained through Quality Improvement activities into Research studies as a method to formulate new knowledge
Collaborate with nursing and organizational leadership to implement Fiscal Year goals and other identified initiatives
Collaborate with members of the Regulatory Department and the Hospital’s Performance Improvement Department
Serve as a liaison between Children’s National and the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators
Act as NDNQI Site Coordinator ensures all NSI
Maintain and share current knowledge of ANCC Magnet Recognitions NSI requirements and Empirical Outcome expectations
Maintain and facilitate periodic updates and dissemination of Manget NSI clinical outcome, RN satisfaction and patient satisfaction scorecards
Facilitate process improvement for key areas of data deficiencies (in collaboration with organization QI and and Service Excellence staff)
Maintain a current knowledge of: 1) Trends and issues in health care, nursing practice, nursing education, nursing research, JCAHO standards 2) Organizational policies and procedures related to clinical practice and the legal implications for practice, education and research 3) Structure and hierarchy of the organization
Maintain collegial, trust-based relationships with RN’s and patient care services staff to assess organizational and interdepartmental project reactions periodically , and as assigned
Contribute and advance scholarly nursing publication and promote opportunities for direct care staff to strategically engage in academic and scholarly opportunities to advance EBP , quality , Nursing Research, and clinical standards
Contribute to development and monitoring of operating and capital budgets
Implement actions to facilitate budget requirement
In collaboration with the Director of Nursing Research and Quality Outcomes, hire, train, develop and direct assigned staff to meet departmental objectives
Provide timely coaching and performance feedback
Deploy staff appropriately to meet business objectives
Partner in the mission and upholds the core principles of the organization
Committed to diversity and recognizes value of cultural ethnic differences
Demonstrate personal and professional integrity
Maintain confidentiality at all times
Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met
Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
Partner with all team members to achieve goals
Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions
Contribute to a positive work environment
Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
Use resources efficiently
Search for less costly ways of doing things
Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance
Qualification
Required
Master of Nursing (Required)
7 years (Required)
Comfort with use of computers, computerized technology and applications
Open to learning new software and web-based applications
Registered Nurse District of Columbia (Required)
Company
Children's National Hospital
Children’s National Hospital, based in Washington, D.C., was established in 1870 to help every child grow up stronger.
Founded in 1870Washington, District of Columbia, USA
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$19.4MKey Investors
Gilbert Family FoundationAdvanced Research Projects Agency for HealthUnited Health Foundation
2025-10-09Grant· $8M
2024-10-23Grant· $8M
2021-11-09Grant· $3.4M
Leadership Team
Kurt Newman
President and CEO
Michelle Riley-Brown, MHA, FACHE
President and CEO
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