Quality Coordinator RN - La Jolla - Days

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
La Jolla, California | Salaried Position

Join Scripps Health, where we deliver patient-centered care through teamwork and innovation. Build a fulfilling career with one of the nation's most respected healthcare systems and make a lasting impact on patient outcomes.

Award-Winning Workplace:

• Newsweek (2024): Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla ranked among the World's Best Hospitals.
• Healthgrades (2024): Recognized for Outstanding Patient Experience and included in America's Best Hospitals list.
• Newsweek (2024): Named one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity.
• Fortune Magazine: For the 16th time, Scripps was named a top employer in the nation.
• Nearly 25% of our team members have been with Scripps for over a decade.

Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has been a leader in healthcare for over 90 years and was the first hospital in San Diego to achieve Magnet status from the American Nursing Association, setting the standard for nursing excellence.

As the Quality Coordinator RN, you will play a vital role in advancing patient care quality across your assigned service line. Your responsibilities will include:

• Quality Management: Collaborate with administrative, clinical, and physician leaders to manage publicly reported quality measures and performance improvement initiatives.
• Real-Time Clinical Support: Conduct concurrent medical record reviews to ensure compliance with core measures and clinical indicators, providing immediate feedback to clinical teams and physicians.
• Peer Review & Performance Improvement: Abstract medical records for physician peer review, facilitate the peer review process, and support ongoing physician performance evaluations.

This is an exciting opportunity to influence and improve patient outcomes in a top-tier healthcare setting.

• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of direct patient care experience within the last 10 years, or currently in a coordinator/leadership role in an acute care setting.
• Skills: Strong attention to detail, analytical abilities, effective communication, and intermediate computer proficiency.
• Quality Improvement: Prior experience with quality improvement methods and tools is essential.
• Quality Metrics: In-depth knowledge of Core Measures and other publicly reported quality metrics is required.
• Standards & Compliance: Familiarity with Joint Commission standards related to Performance Improvement and/or Medical Staff Quality/Peer Review is strongly preferred.

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license required.

• Experience with data management systems like MIDAS (or similar) is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field is strongly preferred.