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Carle Foundation Hospital Root Cause Coordinator in Urbana, Illinois
Root Cause Coordinator
Department: Compliance - CMH
Entity: Peoria Service Area
Job Category: Nursing
Employment Type: Full - Time
Job ID: 41928
Experience Required: 5 - 7 Years
Education Required: Bachelors Degree
Shift: Day
Location: Peoria, IL
Usual Schedule: M-F 7:30-4
On Call Requirements: No
Work Location: Methodist Medical Center
Weekend Requirements: No
Holiday Requirements: No
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Position Summary:
The Root Cause Coordinator is responsible for the oversight of the RCA/ACA process. This position will have primary responsibility for coordinating death and adverse event collection, assessment, adjudication and analysis in collaboration with others. The RCA/ACA Coordinator will collect, investigate, and evaluate reported adverse events and close calls, analyze data from the reports to identify system and process issues. Work with staff to identify solutions for identified system and process issues. Utilizes tracers and other methodologies to evaluate deployment and sustainability of improvement actions.
Qualifications:
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS College Diploma in Nursing CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS Registered Professional Nurse (RN) License Illinois upon hire. EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Five years of clinical nursing SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE Microsoft Office - basic computer skills.Customer/patient focused. Critical thinking skills using independent judgment in making decisions. Advanced communication skills, both orally and in writingExpertise with medical terminology, acronyms, and ability to communicate effectively with medical personnelProficient computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)Good organizational and problem-solving skillsHigh attention to detail and degree of accuracyFamiliarity with electronic data capture (EDC) systemsWorks independently and in a team environmentExperience coordinating, prioritizing, setting timelines, and multi-taskingExpertise with medical device regulations and compliance guidelines for clinical studies including Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and other relevant Guidance documents (ICH, ISO, FDA, etc.)
Essential Functions:
Facilitate a thorough and credible Apparent Cause//Root Cause Analysis of events on identifying system weaknesses and ensures appropriate and timely follow-up is completed.
Demonstrates inclusive participation by the individuals most closely involved in the processes and systems under review. Accurately identified the people and other factors most directly associated with the evens and the process and systems related to occurrences.
Works closely and collaboratively with Compliance and Risk, Medical Affairs and Operations staff in the use of RL Solutions and collaborative event triaging processes to identify events requiring further analysis.
Appropriately identifies risk points and their potential contributions to events.
Provides thorough analysis of the underlying systems and processes through a series of 'why' questions to determine where redesign might reduce risks.
Facilitates potential improvement processes in systems that would tend to decrease the likelihood of future events.
Attempts to provide an explanation for all findings.
Collaborates with various resources to facilitate supportive personal counseling when necessary.
Actively monitors the deployment and progress of action plans.
Monitors the sustainment of action plans.
Shares knowledge learned to effect behavioral practice changes across departments and the region.
Develops data collection plans: conducts measurement system analysis and analyzing, interpreting and summarizing data sets to support root cause analysis and to demonstrate improvement. Establishes appropriate control plans: analysis of existing policies, procedures and practices. Explores possible alternatives or solutions.
Demonstrates data management abilities and assessment of organizational problems. Researches best practices, trends and historical and current data, including but not limited to related laws, policies, procedures, methods and practices. Develops the collected and relevant data into meaningful formats to facilitate data analysts and review.
Develops proposals and recommendations based on research and analysis; determines the impact of proposed changes or recommendations and the effects to the service line or department. Presents findings and recommendations to management staff, provides analysis of budget implications for proposed recommendations.
Establishes, monitors and reports on achievement of measurable goals of the project.
Prepares written reports that summarize research, analysis, recommendations, and implementation strategies as needed.
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