Quality Coordinator RN – Green Hospital
Facility: Scripps Green Hospital
Location: La Jolla, CA
Career Area: Quality
Employment Type: Full Time
Shift: Day
Job ID: 262005945
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Located on the Torrey Pines Mesa near I-5 and Genesee Avenue in La Jolla, Scripps Green Hospital has served the greater San Diego community since 1977. We provide some of the region’s best care, including several nationally ranked specialty programs.
Scripps Green Hospital is attached to Scripps Clinic Torrey Pines. Together we offer dozens of medical and surgical services, including cancer care, orthopedic surgery and organ transplantation.
Job Description
This is a Full-Time (64 hours per pay period) position working 4 8-hour shifts during the week. Position does not require weekends or holidays.
Located at Scripps Green Hospital in Torrey Pines, La Jolla.
Invest, Empower & Belong. At Scripps Health, your potential is limitless. We’re more than a healthcare provider, at Scripps you will join a community where your views, beliefs and values are celebrated. Grow through industry-leading development programs and empower yourself to deliver innovative care. Be a part of an extraordinary team, impacting health in beautiful San Diego.
Why join Scripps Health?
AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE:
At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered, and your abilities are appreciated:
- Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
- Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2026.
- Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
- Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
- We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
- Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.
We invite you to join our highly collaborative team of Quality Coordinator Nurses who take a multidisciplinary approach to our patient care working alongside our case managers, inpatient managers, and physicians.
The Quality Coordinator, RN manages publicly reported and other significant quality measures and performance improvement in collaboration with administrative, clinical and physician leadership for their assigned service line. In addition, you will be responsible for:
- Conducts review and trend analysis of adverse events using tools such as root cause analysis and other quality improvement methodologies.
- Performs concurrent review of medical records for clinical indicators based on established definitions and provides real time feedback and intervention with clinical staff and physicians to ensure optimal quality patient care.
· Additionally, this RN position abstracts records based on established indicators of the medical staff for peer review for assigned populations; facilitates the peer review process, ongoing physician performance review and decision support for medical staff reappointment.
Required Education/Experience/Specialized Skills:
· Minimum of 5 years direct patient care experience within the last 10 years OR currently holding a coordinator/leadership level role within an acute care setting.
· Requires attention to detail, analytical skills, excellent communication skills and intermediate computer skills.
· Previous experience in quality improvement methods and tools required.
· Knowledge of Core Measures or other publicly reported quality metrics required.
Required Certification/Registration:
· CA RN License.
Preferred Education/Experience/Specialized Skills/Certification:
· Training and application of MIDAS or like-data based strongly preferred.
· Bachelor’s degree is strongly preferred.
· Familiarity with Joint Commission standards as they relate to Performance Improvement and/or Medical Staff Quality/Peer review strongly preferred.
- Experience with Scripps’ management system and/or lean management preferred.
- Experience in quality/risk management/regulatory in a healthcare setting preferred.
- Experience with data analysis preferred.
- CPHQ preferred.
- CPHRM preferred.
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