Psych Clinical Quality Coordinator, Administrative Nurse Practitioner – Psychiatry – Manhattan

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Position Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Psych Clinical Quality Coordinator, Administrative Nurse Practitioner  at Bellevue in Manhattan. 

The Clinical Quality Coordinator organizes and performs high-impact quality assurance, risk management, and performance improvement activities for the Department of Adult Psychiatry and other treatment programs for adult patients with chronic severe mental illness. He/She also has clinical responsibilities as a Nurse Practitioner on all Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Units. This position works closely with the Bellevue Quality Management Department under the direction of the Director of Quality, Department of Psychiatry (“Director.”)

Please note, this role is 80% administrative quality directives and 20% clinical. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for clinical quality assurance and improvement in the Department of Psychiatry.
• Works collaboratively with the Department of Psychiatry Quality Team.
• Collaborates with the Hospital’s Quality Management Department to design and implement quality improvement, patient safety, and regulatory compliance programming for the Department of Psychiatry.
• At the direction of the Director, assists department leadership in preparing Quality Improvement reports and presentations as needed, including reports and presentations for the Quality Assurance Committee of the NYC H+H Board of Directors.
• Responds to Department and Division inquiries on questions of best practice and clinical inquiries that arise of Psychiatry units.

Improvement/Patient Safety Activities:

• Under the direction of the Director, directs and coordinates Departmental performance improvement activities.
•Ensures Departmental compliance with Bellevue Hospital and NYC H+H quality improvement and patient safety goals and initiatives.
• Provides guidance to Division Directors in the Department of Psychiatry on the Divisional PI process, including selecting and designing performance improvement projects and patient safety initiatives, gathering and analyzing data, and making quarterly and monthly reports to departmental meetings.
•Structures and coordinates monthly reports and meetings, as assigned by the director, to facilitate relevant performance improvement and patient safety activities on the Departmental and Divisional levels.
•Serves as a resource for all departmental leadership and clinical staff regarding issues of quality, performance improvement and patient safety.

Incident Review Activities:

• Serves on the Incident Review and Special Review Committee of the Department of Psychiatry.
• Together with the Director and Department Data and Business Analytics, tracks and trends incident data and organizes Special Incident Review Committee quarterly meetings to present and discuss findings.
• Together with the Director and the Associate Director of Regulatory at Bellevue, tracks compliance with Plans of Correction from Special Reviews and Root Cause Analyses, and communicates findings to leadership in the Department of Psychiatry.
• Together with Director and Department Leadership, reviews and analyzes externally collected data including HBIPS Core Measures, IPFQR measures, and NYC H+H Behavioral Health Key Indicators to identify areas for improvement.

Clinical Responsibilities:

•Performs complete health history, physical examination and psychosocial assessment of patients within the designated practice or clinical unit.
•Orders customary laboratory, radiological and diagnostic studies per practice protocols, differentiates between normal/abnormal findings and follows protocols for abnormal findings, which may include referral to consulting physicians per customary pattern of the attending MD or with the collaborating physician.
•Formulates the plan of care, along with the attending physician, patient and family, based on expected goals of care and length of stay.
•Works collaboratively with the attending physician, consulting physician(s), and other disciplines to identify, develop, and implement an appropriate plan of care that maximizes individual patient/family preference and enhances quality, access, and cost-effective outcomes.
•Prescribes in-patient and discharge medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization.
•Prescribes medical equipment, devices, physical and occupational therapy, and home health services per practice protocol.
•Practices as a member of the allied health staff according to the rules and regulations of the Medical Staff and bylaws as outlined in the delineation of privileges.
•Evaluates treatment and health care plans for effectiveness and modifies per clinical standards and practice protocols.
•Educates patient and family to facilitate and promote healthy adjustment to new or changed health patterns.
•Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care.

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify you must have:

• Licensure: Current registration as Professional Nurse in New York and Registration as Nurse Practitioner in New York.
• Education: Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• Certification required (as soon as feasible following graduation from NP graduate program) by ANCC or Board Certification from other specialty organization that certifies Nurse Practitioners in a clinical area of practice.
• ACLS, PALS, NRP Provider; (Neonatal Resuscitation Program), NALS per delineation of privileges
• 5 years of experience as an advanced practice nurse.
• Evidence of ability to manage data and use of computer applications;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Demonstrated ability to interface effectively with other disciplines and outside agencies to achieve improvement in patient outcomes, lower length of stay and efficient resource utilization.
• Ability to develop, implement, and sustain clinical programs; Ability to adapt to change(s); previously demonstrated ability to facilitate group processes as well as work cohesively and collaboratively as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Membership in related professional associations. Physical stamina, manual dexterity, visual and aural acuity necessary to perform all duties.. 

  Required Licenses: Registered Nurse License-NYS, Nurse Practitioner-NYS

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

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