LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse - Quality Data Specialist

Location:

Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

No

Job Summary:

We strive to be the best in all we do. As a nationally recognized leader in healthcare, we continuously work to deliver excellent care and to excel across our organization.

With a commitment to quality, safety and excellence, we’re guided by our priorities to ensure a leading standard of care.

Join a team dedicated to quality healthcare here at Geisinger.

Job Duties:

You'll make a system-wide impact on patient care by identifying opportunities for improvement and supporting clinical excellence across Geisinger.

• At least three (3) years of LPN work experience is required.

• Experience with Core Measure and Get with the Guidelines® Stroke abstraction is highly preferred.

• The successful candidate will have familiarity with CMS, Joint Commission, and other quality reporting programs and performance measures.

• A typical schedule is full-time, 40-hours weekly, Monday through Friday, days.

Benefits of working at Geisinger: 

• Full benefits (health, dental and vision) starting on day one 

• Three medical plan choices, including an expanded network for out-of-area employees and dependents  

• Pre-tax savings plans with healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSA) and a health savings account (HSA)  

• Company-paid life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage  

• 401(k) plan that includes automatic Geisinger contributions  

• Generous paid time off (PTO) plan that allows you to accrue time quickly  

• Up to $5,000 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year  

• MyHealth Rewards wellness program to improve your health while earning a financial incentive  

• Family-friendly support including adoption and fertility assistance, parental leave pay, military leave pay and a free Care.com membership with discounted backup care for your loved ones  

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Referrals for childcare, eldercare, & pet care. Access free legal guidance, mental health visits, work-life support, digital self-help tools and more.  

• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft protection, universal life and pet and legal insurance  

Position Details:

Evaluates the quality of health care services ordered or performed by Geisinger's professional health care providers including medical audits, ambulatory care reviews and the compliance of Geisinger with standards set by associations of health care providers and with applicable laws, rules and regulations. Evaluates the quality of health care rendered requested by external agencies with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

• Performs medical record audits.
• Collects, organizes and analyzes data and provides findings to the appropriate.
• Conducts ongoing medical record review audits in compliance with regulatory and department policy.
• Conducts focused open and closed medical record review audits.
• Conducts medical record electronic health record audits in compliance with regulatory standards.
• Enters data into database, audits and generates reports from the database.
• Performs internal studies and projects as assigned within established time frame.
• Complies with regulations and recommendations of outside regulatory bodies pertaining to Performance Improvement.
• Interacts appropriately with physicians, provides information, suggests alternatives, and assists in assuring data integrity.
• Actively participates in patient safety improvement and management program.
• Assumes responsibility for identifying processes or systems that could potentially lead to errors and adverse events.
• Knows and follows organizational and departmental policies and procedures applicable to assigned duties.
• Promptly reports serious events and incidents in accordance with established hospital policy and procedure.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Education:

Graduate from Specialty Training Program-Nursing (Required)

Experience:

Minimum of 3 years-Nursing (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s):

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Skills:

Communication, Critical Thinking, Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. 

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.