RN Sepsis Coordinator

Description

The Quality & Performance Improvement team at UNC Rex is seeking a Sepsis Coordinator to lead efforts related to sepsis care and to collaborate with healthcare teams to implement best practices for optimal patient outcomes. This hospital-based role will lead quality improvement initiatives, serve as an advocate for sepsis awareness and prevention, and participate in both local hospital and healthcare system initiatives. This person will inform organizational strategy for mortality reduction through improving sepsis care. The preferred candidate is a nurse with a strong clinical background and previous leadership and project management experience. This candidate will be comfortable with data analysis and excited by the opportunity to coordinate complex programs to improve the safety and quality of care for our patients.

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Summary: The Sepsis Coordinator demonstrates advanced knowledge of clinical practice in sepsis management, focusing on the oversight and coordination of interdisciplinary team efforts regarding sepsis. Demonstrates knowledge of sepsis care across the continuum, influences leaders and leads complex improvement projects for the specialized patient population. Duties include overseeing the sepsis program, management of sepsis protocols and guidelines, data analysis and performance metrics, and staff education.

Responsibilities:
1. Collaborates with hospital-based health care team to provide information and resources to facilitate patient care. Provides inservices and formal presentations to nursing, medical and ancillary staff on topics related to the specialized patient population. Responsible for leading committees related to specialized patient population.
2. Interprets Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regulations, monitors compliance of quality reporting, queries CMS, and abstracts cases of specialized patient population.
3. Collects data related to specialized patient population and analyzes for trends. Enters data or coordinates its entry into databases and registries for benchmarking purposes. Participates in performance improvement activities to promote quality patient care. Analyzes data for trends and makes revisions to patient care protocols for the specialized patient population assigned. Monitors outcomes of care for patient population and collaborates with the interdisciplinary health care team on evaluation of outcomes.
4. Translates intricate data insights into clear, actionable recommendations for clinical teams, ensuring that data-driven decisions enhance patient care and operational efficiency. The ability to communicate complex information in an understandable and impactful manner is essential for supporting the clinical teams in their mission to provide exceptional healthcare services.
5. Reports the status of CMS and organizational goal compliance to leaders.
6. Promotes own professional development through attending inservices and presentations. Keeps current in practice through conferences, reading current literature and research. Role models professional nursing practice to others through use of the nursing process and professional behaviors.

Other information:
Education Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
Licensure/Certification Requirements:
* Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina. Critical Care or Emergency Department experience preferred. Lean Six Sigma or Kaizen Coach training preferred.
Professional Experience Requirements:
* Five (5) years of professional nursing experience. Experience with project management, process improvement or quality data analysis preferred.
* Clinical Experience associated with leading quality improvement efforts may be assessed as equivalent to direct quality improvement experience.
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:
* Strong leadership skills, ability to influence leaders and lead complex projects.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective team collaboration and education.
* Facilitation skills and presentation skills.

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Accreditation

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $33.04 - $47.50 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.