General Summary

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including physicians, nurses and administrative staff to ensure high-quality care for vascular patients. This position focuses on maintaining compliance with established standards, monitoring clinical outcomes, and implementing best practices to enhance patient safety and treatment effectiveness.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

In collaboration with the medical and nursing leadership, assumes responsibility for the development, implementation and coordination of the disease specific Vascular Verification Center(s). Serves as a clinical expert on all aspects of vascular care to health care professionals, hospital personnel, patients, families and the community. Provides leadership in development, maintenance, implementation, and evaluation of written care protocols including physician's standing orders based on established guidelines from the American College of Surgeons and the Society for Vascular Surgery, clinical pathways, clinical practice guidelines and procedures for patients receiving vascular surgical and interventional care and treatment. Develops and facilitates ongoing professional education programs for hospital medical staff and nursing, including the ambulatory team. Develops and implements the patient education process for all hospitalized vascular patients with emphasis on evidence-driven pathways. Routinely communicates with other program coordinators and directors to adopt best practices and share ideas across the system. Ensures data is collected, reviewed and analyzed following the recommended protocols. Develops and implements action plans based on outcomes data. Assists the Vascular Surgery Site Director with identification, review and presentation of morbidity and mortality. Presents outcome data within relevant quality forums. As the primary point of contact for verification bodies and surveyors, will interpret verification standards and translate them into operational practice, policies, and workflows. Develops, maintains, and updates all required documentation for Vascular Verification Program disease-specific certification. In conjunction with the Heart and Vascular Service Line and nursing leadership, develops a strategic plan that includes an assessment of the service population's need for acute and ongoing care, along with the Center's capacity to market services to those needs. Utilizes patient experience data to address issues that require attention to improve patient perception of care. Collects, analyses, and disseminates data and information relevant to Vascular Quality Initiatives (VQI) as well as any other data elements regarding Vascular Surgery (partnership with other SL's as well). Supports the medical record abstraction process in collaboration with the Clinical Quality Department. Support clinical staff within the Emergency Department, inpatient and procedural areas of care when patients experiencing vascular needs and evaluate opportunities for improvement.

Common Expectations:

Serves as a co-chair to the quarterly Vascular Surgery Program Committee and is an active member of hospital and ambulatory committees that are related to vascular patient care. Serves as a liaison between the various service lines who care for vascular patients to ensure compliance with VQI standards. Demonstrates motivation for learning through independent reading, professional networking and attending relevant conferences and seminars. Provides outstanding service to all customers; fosters teamwork; and practices fiscal responsibility through improvement and innovation.

Required for All Jobs:

Performs other related duties as identified. WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpan's values and standards for professionalism, integrity, and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program. WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Physical Demands:

Standing - Occasionally Walking - Occasionally Sitting - Frequently Reaching - Rarely Talking - Frequently Hearing - Frequently Repetitive Motions - Occasionally Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Occasionally

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

Bachelors Degree Nursing Required Masters Degree Nursing Preferred

Work Experience:

3 years Clinical experience in Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Care, Critical Care or related specialty. Required Experience in quality improvement, clinical program coordination or accreditation process. Preferred Experience with SVS Vascular Verification Program, Stroke Program Oversight, Trauma, Chest Pain or similar accreditation pathways. Preferred Experience with data abstraction, outcomes registries (i.e. VQI) and performance improvement methodologies Preferred

Licenses:

Licensed Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required or Registered Nurse Multi State License Upon Hire Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Strong analytic, project-management, and process improvement skills preferred. You’re unique and you belong here.

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