Pediatric Quality Nurse Spec. - Neonatal ICU

The Pediatric Quality Nurse Specialist for Muma Children's Hospital (MCH) is responsible for leading and supporting quality assurance and improvement and patient safety initiatives across neonatal and pediatric services. This role partners with interdisciplinary teams to analyze data, identify trends, and facilitate evidence-based improvements that promote high-quality, safe, and efficient care for neonatal and pediatric patients. The Quality Nurse Specialist serves as a clinical resource and change agent, supporting compliance with internal policies, external regulations, and accreditation standards. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital.

Essential Functions:

• Lead and facilitate quality improvement, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives across pediatric and neonatal service lines to enhance clinical outcomes, operational effectiveness, and regulatory compliance.
• Apply evidence-based quality improvement methodologies, patient safety principles, root cause analysis, and risk reduction strategies to identify opportunities for improvement and implement sustainable solutions.
• Monitor compliance with federal, state, regulatory, and accreditation standards, ensuring organizational practices align with current quality and patient safety requirements.
• Assess, analyze, and improve pediatric and neonatal clinical workflows, care processes, and system interdependencies to optimize care delivery and patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing leaders, clinicians, and operational stakeholders to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based policies, procedures, clinical guidelines, and best practices.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and project workgroups in the planning, execution, and evaluation of complex quality, safety, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Collect, validate, analyze, benchmark, and interpret quality, safety, patient experience, and performance data to identify trends, measure outcomes, and support decision-making.
• Develop and present data-driven reports, dashboards, scorecards, and executive summaries to leaders, committees, and regulatory bodies to communicate performance and improvement opportunities.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, establish priorities, allocate resources effectively, and ensure initiatives are completed within established timelines and objectives.
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with clinical, operational, and executive stakeholders to align efforts, achieve shared objectives, and drive organizational change.
• Utilize change management principles to facilitate practice transformation, address barriers to adoption, manage resistance, and sustain improvements across the organization.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an Accredited school of Nursing: Master's required
• Licensure to practice as Registered Nurse in the State of Florida
• National Pediatric RN or Neonatal RN certification
• RNC-NIC or C-ELBW certification preferred
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience in Pediatric or Neonatal care
• Level 3 or Level 4 Neonatal ICU experience preferred