RN Quality Coordinator - Organ Transplant Clinic - Green Hospital

This is an Exempt Mon-Fri position located in Torrey Pines, La Jolla.

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Invest, Empower & Belong. At Scripps Health, your potential is limitless. We're more than a healthcare provider, at Scripps you will join a community where your views, beliefs and values are celebrated. Grow through industry-leading development programs and empower yourself to deliver innovative care. Be a part of an extraordinary team, impacting health in beautiful San Diego.

Why join Scripps Health?

AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered, and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

For more than 20 years, the medical team at Scripps Green Hospital has delivered expert, life-saving care to patients in need of organ transplantation, earning recognition as one of Southern California's premier transplant centers. Our program is led by nationally recognized transplant surgeons, hepatologists, and nephrologists specializing in liver, kidney, and pancreas transplantation, supported by a highly skilled team dedicated to the complex needs of solid organ transplant patients.

Scripps Green Hospital also serves as the Dedicated Recovery Center for the local Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), underscoring our commitment to excellence in transplant care. In this role, you'll join a collaborative, multidisciplinary transplant team that values professional growth, teamwork, and shared accountability for outstanding patient outcomes. Located in La Jolla, San Diego, this opportunity offers a rare combination of meaningful work and an exceptional quality of life.

What you will do:

O As Quality Coordinator RN, you will manage publicly reported and other significant quality measures and performance improvement activities in collaboration with administrative, clinical and physician leadership for their assigned service line.

O Perform concurrent review of medical records for core measures and other clinical indicators based on established definitions and provides real time feedback and intervention with clinical staff and physicians to ensure optimal quality patient care.

O Abstract records based on established indicators of the medical staff for peer review for assigned populations; facilitates the peer review process, ongoing physician performance review and decision support for medical staff reappointment.

Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years direct patient care experience within the last 10 years or currently holding a coordinator/leadership level role within an acute care setting.
• Requires attention to detail, analytical skills, excellent communication skills and intermediate computer skills.
• Previous experience in quality improvement methods and tools required.
• Knowledge of Core Measures or other publicly reported quality metrics required.
• Familiarity with Joint Commission standards as they relate to Performance Improvement and/or Medical Staff Quality/Peer review strongly preferred.

Required Certification/Registration:

• CA RN required.

Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:

• Training and application of MIDAS or like-data based strongly preferred.
• Bachelors degree strongly preferred.