Director of Transition Services – RN

Job title: Director of Transition Services - RN

Job Summary:

The Director of Transition Services is responsible for the overall management of the transition of care for patient services from an inpatient to outpatient setting. This includes developing, setting, and monitoring benchmark outcomes, designing care roadmaps, and collaboration and education with healthcare personnel of all levels to achieve desired clinical outcomes. This role is responsible for quality, patient safety, and outcome initiatives. It ensures that transition initiatives are efficient, aligned with evidence-based practices, and updated to reflect regulatory changes.

A primary focus of this role is the implementation of a systematic, coordinated measurement and evaluation process for the purpose of improving transition care, systems processes, and patient outcomes. Will develop and perform continuous quality improvement program activities to assure safe, efficient, and cost-effective, high quality patient care. Assumes a leadership role in the development, monitoring, reporting, and improvement of activities related to clinical pathways and guidelines.

Responsibilities include:

• implementing a data management system involving the identification of quality, safety, and outcome metrics;
• presenting reports of transition initiatives and outcome monitoring to senior management;
• developing strategic plans in transitional care in collaboration with management and clinical leaders.
• The scope of this role includes a variety of tasks and relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish

Knowledge, Education, & Skills required:

• Graduate of an NLN/AACN accredited program in nursing
• Master’s degree in nursing
• Minimum of seven years of oncology nursing experience
• Knowledge of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) or Total Quality Management (TQM) and minimum of five years of performance improvement experience
• Strong leadership skills and excellent analytical, group dynamics, organizational, and planning skills
• Excellent written and oral skills

Knowledge, Education, & Skills Preferred:

• Ten or more years of oncology nursing experience
• Eight or more years of performance improvement experience
• Oncology Nursing Society certification
• Quality Management certification

Required Certification/Licensing:

• Current valid NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license
• Maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support HCP Certification