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COVID VACCINE POLICY

All Workforce Members are required to have or obtain a COVID 19 vaccination and booster as a term and condition of employment to work in a UConn Health facility, unless an exemption deferral has been approved. All new Workforce Members shall be required to provide proof of their vaccine status prior to the start of their employment. All records of vaccinations and approved exemptions will be maintained by Employee Health Services. Additional information regarding this policy may be found at https://health.uconn.edu/covid-provider/mandatory-vaccination/

UConn Health is searching for a Quality Assurance Specialist- Registered Nurse to join our team! This position is located in the department of Epidemiology

COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS OFFERED:

• Industry-leading health insurance options and affordability

• Multi-channel retirement options (pension and match options)

• Tuition waiver and reimbursement for employees and qualified family members

• Quick commute access from I-84, Rte 9 and surrounding areas

• State of the art facility and campus

SCHEDULE: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. (occasional weekend days and holidays) 30 minute unpaid meal break

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Establishes and maintains effective, up-to-date data management and filing systems for quality assurance records.

• Designs, compiles designated reports to reflect unit based and department wide activities.

• Chairs meetings.

• Abstracts infection prevention concurrent to care and retrospectively for JCAHO/CMS

• Abstracts and analyzes data to identify trends and issues and takes appropriate action.

• Promulgates standards for unit quality assurance activities and reporting.

• Provides clinically based concurrent and retrospective review of inpatient medical records to evaluate documentation for compliance with external and internal performance and quality measurement requirements.

• Assesses effectiveness of plans and activities.

• Makes recommendations for change.

• Coordinates responses to regulatory agencies.

• Interfaces with other disciplines to manage selected issues and develop efficient reporting systems to increase compliance with core measure.

• Maintains awareness of current JCAHO and new trends in infection prevention.

• Communicates with physicians to adherence to infection prevention protocols.

• Serves as a consultant regarding infection prevention issues.

• Educates staff and physicians to infection prevention measurement criteria.

• Documentation and best practice goals.

• Identifies opportunities for research and performance improvement indicated by infection prevention findings.

• Participates in designing and/or conducting relevant research and infection prevention related performance.

• Performs related duties as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the general supervision of an employee of a higher grade

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIRED

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY:

• Knowledge of infection prevention methods, trends and issues

• Considerable knowledge of the principles, practices and current trends in the relevant infection prevention area.

• Knowledge of, and ability to apply relevant State and Federal infection prevention and control professional association’s regulations.

• Strong, interpersonal skills, oral, and written communication skills.

• Ability to analyze, develop implement infection prevention

• Proficient with data analysis, and use of Excel and Microsoft Word.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

General Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing and four (4) years Registered Nurse experience.

SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED:

A Master's degree may be substituted for the Bachelor's degree and one (1) year of experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been gained through experience in Medical/Surgical Nursing.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Critical care nursing experience

FULL TIME EQUIVALENT MINIMUM SALARY: $82,992

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.