Safety & Quality Program Coordinator | Full-Time
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Summary
Registered-nurse coordinator role at a Minnesota regional health system: leads infection prevention, patient safety, quality improvement, and regulatory compliance programs — collecting and analyzing safety data, facilitating causal analysis, and driving improvement initiatives. Tools include the EPIC/Excellian EMR and Microsoft Office; on-site, Mon–Fri day shift.
Position: Safety & Quality Program Coordinator
Department: Quality
Location: Glencoe, MN
Remote Work: No
Position Type: Full-Time
Hours Per 2-week Pay Period: 80
Shift: Days
Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm
Weekend Rotation: N/A
Holiday Rotation: N/A
Glencoe Regional Health (GRH) fosters a culture that cares. Our mission is to improve every life by offering high-quality, safe, and accessible healthcare. We stive to be both the provider of choice and the employer of choice. Our family of care includes a critical access hospital, skilled nursing facility, independent senior apartment complex, and three primary care clinics.
We see every day that engaged employees provide the best care. Our people set us apart, and we recognize our employees through gratitude programs and events throughout the year. Like our staff, our engagement scores go above and beyond, scoring higher than the national average for healthcare employers. We provide compassionate care for all by hiring people who align with our values. At GRH, we care for you like family.
Position Summary:
The Safety & Quality Program Coordinator serves as a subject matter expert and organizational resource for quality improvement, patient safety, Infection Prevention, regulatory compliance, and high reliability. The position partners with leaders to identify safety and quality trends, evaluate events and outcomes, facilitate improvement initiatives, monitor organizational performance, and support compliance with applicable standards.
The Coordinator serves as the primary operational lead for the Infection Prevention and Control and Organizational Safety Program and works collaboratively with the Employee Health & Safety Program Coordinator to provide shared Employee Health services, with particular emphasis on communicable-disease surveillance, occupational infectious-disease exposures, employee screening and immunization, and illness-related work restrictions.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing required.
- Current Minnesota RN License required.
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in infection prevention, patient safety, quality, or other related clinical experience.
- Certification in Infection Control (CIC), Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS), or Certified Professional in
- Healthcare Quality (CPHQ) preferred.
- Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) certification preferred.
Required Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of quality improvement, patient safety, Infection Prevention, and regulatory compliance principles.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, time-management, and presentation skills.
- Ability to collect, analyze, trend, and communicate quality and safety data.
- Knowledge of performance/process-improvement methodologies.
- Ability to facilitate causal analysis and interdisciplinary improvement activities.
- Ability to work independently and lead projects from inception through completion.
- Ability to influence improvement across departments without direct operational authority.
- Strong interpersonal, collaboration, teaching, and communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion.
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
- Knowledge of or experience with EPIC/Excellian electronic medical record preferred.
Compensation and Benefits:
Compensation decisions are made based off of several factors including relevant work experience, education, certification and licensure as well as internal equity. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of their hourly range.
Wages are just one part of our employee compensation package. To review our Employee Benefits, visit Employee Benefits | Glencoe Regional Health
Glencoe Regional Health is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to any protected characteristics under applicable law.