Area Quality Specialist - RN

Find your purpose giving patient care teams the knowledge and tools they need to better care for patients as an Area Quality Specialist Registered Nurse!

This is a rare opening on a well-established team. It's open after more than a decade only because of retirement and gives you flexibility to work from home, plan your travel schedule, and travel regularly to all three west-coast states!

Airfare, mileage, per diem allowance and hotel stays are all included in this unique role.

You won't supervise anybody in this role, but you will lead!

Pay: 95,000 to $115,000 per year, depending on experience

Remote/Travel: Work from home a little more than half the time. The other 50% or so is site visits, spending 3-4 days at each location listed below.

Locations: Lynwood, WA; Renton, WA; Tacoma, WA; Medford, OR; Grants Pass, OR Petaluma, CA; San Ramon, CA; Sacramento, CA; Redding, CA

The person we hire can live near any of these nine locations.

In this role, you'll help our teams improve how they care for patients, through these responsibilities:

• Analyze CMS, Press Ganey and AccentCare data to monitor trends and suggest ways to improve metrics
• Serve as the primary Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement resource for the region
• Provide expertise and preparation planning for triannual surveys to maintain our CHAP accreditation
• Help plan for planned external surveys
• Provide remote consultation during unplanned state surveys
• Perform annual quality audits for each location

To be considered, you'll need to meet these minimum qualifications

• Active RN license in any US state
• At least five years of healthcare experience
• At least two years of experience in home health nursing
• Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint for data analysis and reporting

These qualities, skills and abilities will help you thrive in this role

• Experience in a home health leadership/supervisory role (you won't supervise anyone in this role but the insights gained from that experience are valuable here)
• Effective communication skills via multiple media: report writing, presentations, email, in-person and video (we use MS Teams)
• Effective critical thinking skills that lead to sound judgement
• Ability to authentically earn and maintain trust among staff, leaders and executives
• Wherewithal to follow established quality processes and procedures
• Knowledge of regulatory standards for the home health, PCS, Hospice and or Medical Home Care industry
• Knowledge of Quality Improvement, Utilization Review and Risk Management principles

You can find success and joy in this role if you have experience in these roles: Quality Nurse, Nurse Educator, Area Quality Specialist, Regional Quality Specialist, Regional Clinical Quality Manager, Regional Clinical Quality Specialist, Regional Director of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI), Clinical Quality & Compliance Specialist, Director of Nursing (DON), Assistant director of Nursing (ADON), Patient Care Manager, Regional Healthcare Compliance Auditor

At AccentCare, you're part of a community that cares - for patients and each other. You can rest assured we offer equal employment opportunities regardless of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age or disability.