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Nursing Performance Improvement Specialist - Nursing Professional Practice @ PPMC - FT

• Job ID :95416

• Job Category: Nursing

• Specialty Area: Quality/Safety/Performance Improvement

• Primary Shift: Day

• Work Schedule: Days

• Penn Medicine Entity: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

• Location: Philadelphia, PA

• Address: 59 N 39th St

• Education Required: Per Position Description

• Experience Required: Per Position Description

• Employment Type: Full-Time Regular

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Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Position Description :

The Nursing Performance Improvement Specialist reports to the Director of Professional Practice and Nursing Outcomes and will provide leadership and consultation to the Department of Nursing in the assessment of nursing sensitive indicator performance, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and facilitating evidence-based, methodical data-driven improvement

efforts.

This position is responsible for the coordination and oversight of timely nursing sensitive indicator reporting and dissemination

of performance data and benchmarks. Accountabilities include maintaining accurate unit and hospital demographics for benchmarking and collaboration with stakeholders within Nursing and quality and safety partners to identify trends and

improvement opportunities. This role relies on strong organization and strategic planning skills to partner with subject matter experts and nursing leaders to take a proactive, systems-oriented approach to maintain performance in accordance with ANCC

Magnet® standards.

Additionally, the Nursing Performance Improvement Specialist partners with the following departments and specialty areas on a

regular basis: Quality and Patient Safety, Nursing Professional Development, Nursing Informatics and Patient Experience.

Minimum Requirements :

• Must have Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing, at time of hire.

• Master's Degree preferred

• Must have more than 15 months relevant professional nursing experience and completion of the Nurse Residency Program, if applicable, at time of hire.

• Must possess active Pennsylvania RN License, at time of hire.

• Must possess active BLS/CPR, as a healthcare provider as per the American Heart Association at time of hire.

• At least 1 year of performance improvement experience preferred.

Additional Information :

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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