EDUCATION AND/OR WORK EXPERIENCE

Registered Nurse (RN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), or other
similar certification combined with Hospital experience, preferred
Bachelor’s degree, supplemented with 3-5 years of previous hospital
and quality improvement job-related experience. Ideal candidate also
has either CPHQ or Lean Six Sigma

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Teams, Power BI, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word,
Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, Basic Keyboarding Skills, Web[1]based meeting and learning management systems, REDCap

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to maintain accuracy and consistency
• Ability to finish tasks in a timely manner
• Ability to function independently, manage own time/work tasks
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to interact with internal and external constituents
• Ability to work as an effective team member
• Ability to organize workflow
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and develop multiple projects
• Ability to analyze and interpret data
• Ability to compile complex reports and develop presentations
• Ability to compose letters and memorandums
• Ability to negotiate, persuade and establish direction
• Skilled job requiring high level of adaptability and interpersonal

skills

• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, and

adapt to changing priorities

• Assist with development and launching of a state/jurisdiction
  capacity system that includes near-time bed capacity counts
  for the state’s/jurisdiction’s acute care hospitals, including

critical access hospitals.

• Must be able to manage user account and security parameters

for access to the web-based dashboard to coordinate daily,

surge, and crisis needs.

• Help coordinate emergency department data, organized per

NHSN definitions to Hospital Capacity Data Store at least twice
per day on an ongoing basis. Data would include emergency
department (ED) census, ED Admitted census (boarding) and
ED pressure indicator by count of all patients in the ED that

have a physician assigned.

• Create possible items listed below to support the

states’/jurisdiction’s ongoing participation in the NHSN

Connectivity Initiative, such as:

• Develop communications and training materials for

onboarding identified stakeholders and hospital users.

• Provide training and onboarding services to participating

hospitals and stakeholders.

• Work with the state’s/jurisdiction’s hospitals to collect

necessary information for dashboard development and

implementation.

• Provide a common framework of data elements to include on

the dashboard and in the data feed.

• Facilitate the gathering and engagement of hospitals’ technical

staff to work on automated and secured data feeds per

specifications supported by the web-based application.

• Assist the state/jurisdiction to advise on shared governance

model(s) for discussions and decision-making to support this

work.

• Testing and validation of data feeds; and draft progress

milestone for inclusion in progress report/lessons learned.

• Manages the participation and permission process/clearances

(to send data to NHSN) of participating hospitals. Also
provides permission to allow for use of state’s/jurisdiction’s
data in conjunction with other participating entities for
research and emergency planning by the state and federal

health partners.

• Obtain signed commitment from acute care hospitals in the

state/jurisdiction to participate in the project through an

established participation agreement.

• Provide ongoing instructions and serve as key resource to

assist with the scaling of the CDC NHSN Connectivity Initiative
to other states/jurisdictions; and help to ensure that all terms

of the CDC funding agreement are met.

• Facilitates efforts to improve clinical and service outcomes

throughout the state as related to pediatric emergency care,
utilizing federal/national guidance (including but not limited to
the American Academy of Pediatrics, Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness & Response, Centers for Disease Control,
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Institute of Medicine, Joint Commission).

• Works with Indiana Emergency Departments to assess areas of

need, conduct gap analyses, communicate pediatric standards

and disseminate resources as appropriate.

• Develops and facilitates bi-monthly State Pediatric Emergency

Care Workgroup meetings and actively assumes project
leadership responsibilities through planning, coordination of
workgroup activities and development of tools, educational

modules, and resources for workgroup review.

• Participates as a team member on hospital site visits conducted

throughout the state, to assess compliance with pediatric
emergency care requirements and regulations using defined
checklists; provides verbal and written assessment of hospital
strengths/weaknesses; outlines recommendations and other
key subject matter expertise as appropriate; shares applicable

resources and technical guidance with hospitals as needed.

• Develops documents annually to promote quality improvement

practices as related to pediatric emergency care documents,

and development of a quality improvement plan.

• Engages in and demonstrates self-development in clinical and

professional knowledge base in the areas of pediatric
emergency management, quality improvement processes,
communication, and awareness of trends in the healthcare

environment.

• Utilizes data to identify trends, draw appropriate conclusions

and make recommendations; develops data reports for
decision-makers to support conclusions and
recommendations; reports should communicate any limitations

of the analyses.

• Facilitates efforts to improve clinical and service outcomes

throughout the state as related to pediatric emergency care,
utilizing federal/national guidance (including but not limited to
the American Academy of Pediatrics, Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness & Response, Centers for Disease Control,
Emergency Medical Services for Children, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Institute of Medicine, Joint Commission).

• Works with Indiana Emergency Departments to assess areas of

need, conduct gap analyses, communicate pediatric standards

and disseminate resources as appropriate.

• Develops and facilitates bi-monthly State Pediatric Emergency

Care Workgroup meetings and actively assumes project
leadership responsibilities through planning, coordination of
workgroup activities and development of tools, educational

modules, and resources for workgroup review.

• Participates as a team member on hospital site visits conducted

throughout the state, to assess compliance with pediatric
emergency care requirements and regulations using defined
checklists; provides verbal and written assessment of hospital
strengths/weaknesses; outlines recommendations and other
key subject matter expertise as appropriate; shares applicable

resources and technical guidance with hospitals as needed.

• Develops documents annually to promote quality improvement

practices as related to pediatric emergency care documents,

and development of a quality improvement plan.

• Engages in and demonstrates self-development in clinical and

professional knowledge base in the areas of pediatric
emergency management, quality improvement processes,
communication, and awareness of trends in the healthcare

environment.

• Utilizes data to identify trends, draw appropriate conclusions,

and make recommendations; develops data reports for
decision-makers to support conclusions and recommendations;

reports should communicate any limitations of the analyses.

• Other duties as required.