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: POSITION ADJUSTMENT REQUEST No. Y �
Date: 9/15/87
Dept. No./ Copers _
Department Health Svc/Hosp. & Clini.csiudget Unit No. 0540 'Org. No. 6350 Agency No. 54
Action Requested: Establish the management class of Quality Assurance Coordinator, allocate it
to salary level C5-1928 ($3122-3795) and reallocate in iSupervising Nurse pose on V54-0 14
Proposed Effective Date.
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Explain why adjustment i-, needed: To establish an appropriate class to coordinate spita�QA
issues and to properly classify L Vetro.
Classification Questionnaire attached: Yes ® No ❑
Estimated cost of adjustment: $ (same salary
Cost is within department's budget: Yes ® No ❑ eve
If not within budget, use reverse side to explain how costs are to. be funded.
Department must initiate necessary appropriation adjustment. web Beadle,
Use additional sheets for further explanations or comments. Department Personnel- Officer
for Department Head
3ersonnel Department Recommendation
.Date: /n- t 7
Establish the management class of Quality Assurance Coordinator, allocate it to salary
level C5 1928 (3122-3795) and reallocate into it Supervising Nurse position #54-614,
Salary Level C3 1928 (3442-3795).
This class is exempt from overtime.
,mend Resolution 71/17 establishing positions and resolutions allocating classes to the
;asic/Exempt Salary Schedule, as described above. n
ffective: day following Board action. r/ A Cn
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Date for Director e . onnel
-ounty Adminis;+r-ator Recommendation
✓� Date: /d. s'�7
Approve Recommendation of Director of Personnel
Disapprove Recommendation of Director of Personnel .
Other:
for0bune4 nistrator
oard of Supervisors Action OCT 27 1987 Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
djustment APPROVEMNEEMORM on Supervi rs nd unty Administrator
ate: OCT 2 7 1987, By:
'PROVAL OF THIS ADJUSTMENT CONSTITUTES A PERSONNEL/SALARY RESOLUTION AMENDMENT.
300 M 5
RP: 9/15/87 PROPOSED SALARY LEVEL #C5-1928 ($3122-3795)
(pre-7/1/87 level)
QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR
DEFINITION:
Under direction, coordinates non-physician quality assurance acti-
vities for Merrithew Memorial Hospital and Clinics; facilitates the integration
of hospital ancillary service quality assurance activities with those of the
medical staff; provides administrative staff assistance to the Medical Quality
Assurance Committee; performs related work as required.
DISTINQUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:
This single position management class is located in the Hospital and
Clinics Division of the Health Services Department and is identified as an admi-
nistrative staff position assigned to monitor and coordinate hospital quality
assurance activities. This class is distinguished fram Utilization Review
Coordinator in that positions in the latter class perform clinically oriented
chart reviews and assist in the collection of physician quality assurance data.
This class'reports to the Associate Hospital 7xecutive Director -
Patient Care.
TYPICAL TASKS:
Receives and reviews incident reports and other information for 'the
purpose of•monitoring quality assurance (QA) activities in the hospital
ancillary services; makes referrals for action; maintains a tracking system of
activities to insure hospital accreditation standards are met; recommends what
information, to wham, and how often QA data is reported; prepares schedules and
reports on QA problems and solutions for Hospital Administration and the Medical
Staff; attends meetings of the Medical Quality Assurance Cammittee, collects
data and prepares reports for then, and protects the confidentiality of commit-
tee proceedings; reviews the minutes of ancillary department QA activities- to
monitor the resolution of QA issues; assists physician and deparmental QA can-
mittees develop criteria for QA studies and appropriate QA monitors/screens;
reccmmends methodology and assists in the collection, analysis and presentation
of data for QA studies; serves as a resource person for other staff members
relative to QA issues; participates in the National Association .of QA
Professionals and the local Patient Care Assessment Council for the purpose of
staying informed on new developments; prepares a variety of reports and
correspondence.
MINTMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
License Required: Possession of a valid license as a Registered Nurse in the
State of California.
Experience: Three years of full time experience, or it's equivilent, as a
Registered Nurse in an acute care hospital
Substitution: Possession of a baccalaureate degree in nursing frau an accre-
diated college or university may be substituted for 6 months of the required
experience.
KNO14LEDGF, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of quality assurance principles and practices appli-
cable to -hospitals and clinics; knowledge of acute care hospital organization
and the interelationships of various clinical and diagnostics services;
knowledge of medical staff organization including the roles and respon-
sibilities of physician cammittees; knowledge of medical terminology, hospital
routine and cammonly used medical equipment; knowledge of fundamental sta-
tistics and. methods of graphic presentation; ability to organize and conduct
medically ' oriented quality assurance studies; ability to gather, analyze and
present data; ability to camunicate effectively verbally and in writing; abi-
lity to get along with physicians, nurses and other health care professionals.