What are the responsibilities and job description for the EGS PI Specialist - Days position at jpshealthnet?
Job Summary: The EGS PI Specialist must possess a background in both general surgical care and surgical performance improvement and patient safety. This position assists the surgical quality program to promote delivery of optimal and efficient services from pre-hospital to rehabilitation. The EGS PI Specialist requires knowledge and skill in nursing practice, evidence based practices, acute care surgical centers, processes, principles of teaching, and quality improvement.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities:
- Assists the EGS quality program with coordination, investigation, analysis and response to quality/patient safety issues, events, significant care issues and trends. Assists with assessing root cause analysis, failure modes and effects analysis, and process improvement, working with multidisciplinary teams.
- Supports the EGS Performance Improvements and Patient Safety Program (PIPS) through assisting with identification of complications, comorbidities and compliance with EGS guidelines.
- Participates in surgical case reviews, escalation of events through quality committees, and linking performance improvement data to action plans, educational programs, and/or outreach.
- Works with an interprofessional team to facilitate implementation of evidence based practice to optimize patient outcomes.
- Monitors and reports completed actions for sustainment of success or need for continued action.
- Collaborates with EGS leadership team to validate accuracy of data elements used for PI dashboards and benchmarking.
- Participates in the delivery of education to members of the interprofessional team involved in the care of emergent surgical patients.
- Demonstrates customer service behavior to all health care providers, pre-hospital providers, outside hospitals, clients, families, and peers/coworkers.
- Maintains safe and clean working environment ensuring compliance with procedure rules and regulations.
- Job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and may be subject to change with or without notice. Staff are expected to perform other duties as assigned.