The clinical quality specialist serves as a member of the quality team coordinating and support quality activities and projects
• Coordinates and supports quality and safety activities and process improvement assigned by the Chief Quality Officer oradministrative designee.• Responsible for facilitating activities towards board quality goals by developing strategies, improvement plans and presentationsconsistent with improvement in board quality and safety goals.• Collaborates with leadership, clinical leaders and staff to plan and support a robust quality and safety program.• Works in cooperation with other members of the quality team including risk management, infection prevention, regulatory, dataanalytics, education and operational effectiveness to achieve improved outcomes.• Establishes and maintains an open and positive working relationship with physicians, nurses and allied leaders and team members.• Participates and or leads interdisciplinary teams, related to quality and patient safety as appropriate.• Works in the practice environment to identify process and practice opportunities for improvement.• Works with the leadership team to develop a culture and practice environment that embraces quality and patient safety and is incompliance with the requirements of the various regulatory agencies.• Works collaboratively with the executive team to implement quality and safety initiatives for the staff.• Assists in the development of appropriate policies and procedures related to quality and patient safety.• Participates in the planning and implementation of new technologies and procedures that support or enhance quality and patientsafety activities.
Education/TrainingBachelor’s degree.
Licensure/CertificationRegistered Nurse, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy with the Florida Department of Health or degree in health, life sciences or healthcareadministration.Certification as a Professional in Healthcare Quality Certification (CPHQ), Patient Safety (CPPS), or as a Nurse Executive (NE-BC) within1 year of hire.
ExperienceFive (5) years’ experience in acute care.
Situated in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital has served the residents of area communities for more than 110 years. Orlando Health, a not-for-profit healthcare organization headquartered in Central Florida, officially acquired Bayfront Hospital on October 1, 2020. Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital is a 480-bed comprehensive emergency, medical and surgical acute care facility – and home to the only state-accredited Level Two Adult Trauma Center in the St. Petersburg region. As a regional leader in emergency care, our 3 conveniently located emergency rooms are staffed with board-certified physicians and specialty-trained clinical teams who are ready to provide expert emergency care for all ages- 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
With advanced technology and expertise in numerous specialties including heart and vascular, neurosciences, digestive health, maternity care, emergency and trauma care, acute rehabilitation and surgical services, Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital provides a complete continuum of care. The hospital has a 38-bed neurosciences unit with a dedicated neurology team consisting of board-certified neuroscience specialists and physicians with subspecialty expertise in stroke, epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease, and includes a Level IV Epilepsy Center. In partnership with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Bayfront Health Baby Place offers full obstetrical services and is a Level III Regional Perinatal Intensive Care Center, one of only 13 in Florida. The Bayfront Health Cardiac Cath Lab, offers more cardiac testing and treatment space than any other provider in the St. Petersburg/Pinellas County area, with ease of access to the cardiac surgical program. The hospital is also home to three residency programs and one fellowship program, providing an exceptional teaching and learning environment to train the healthcare leaders of the future.
