We at M Health Fairview is looking for a Quality Improvement Consultant. The Quality Improvement Consultant, at all levels, examines sophisticated organizational issues in order to identify, develop, and execute on projects that will impact the strategic priorities for quality improvement. This individual is primarily responsible for:

1. Partnering with operational leaders and their teams to drive breakthrough clinical improvement aligned with strategic priorities by developing process/performance improvement (PPI) plans by scoping projects and establishing charters, advising/managing implementation teams, and bringing projects to completion
2. Driving a continuous improvement mindset and educating leaders and teams on various improvement methodologies

This position is eligible for full benefits such as: medical, HSA, vision, dental, health & well being resources, tuition reimbursement, PTO, 403b, and many more!

Hiring Process

You might be asked to complete a video interview with us. This is a phenomenal way to showcase who you are and why you want to work for us, plus we can share it with the leaders directly!

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead investigations of sophisticated quality and safety issues in order to prevent recurrence, maximizing learning, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes.
• Facilitate multifaceted quality, safety and performance improvement projects, working with local teams to develop robust and sustainable improvements, implement changes, and supervise outcomes.
• Use industry tools and methods to identify and initiate analysis of systems to prevent future errors; collaborate with facility leaders and system experts to implement corrective actions
• Apply principles of reliable design to ensure delivery of evidence-based care and reduction in preventable harm
• Investigate/explore sophisticated patient safety, quality, and organizational issues in order to identify and develop strategic priorities for improvement.
• Identify and Initiate evaluation and redesign of systems to improve quality measures; identifying vital resources to fully implement quality and performance improvement; partnering with leaders to act on any resource barriers; focusing on reliability and applying the principles of reliable design to improve the consistent delivery of quality clinical care
• Assists leaders and teams in establishing performance standards and metrics as well as identifying goals while ensuring that partnerships exist with other areas of the business to develop, implement, or refine workflows or data collection and management methods to ensure accurate measurement and tracking of process and improvement results
• Strong solid understanding of regulatory requirements affecting the development of implementation strategies (e.g., CMS, JCAHO, HIPPA, etc.).
• Provide coaching to less expert consultants as well as be involved with department training efforts as assigned.
• Anticipate and identify barriers to change and develop countermeasures in conjunction with leadership to overcome barriers
• Promote and utilize health equity principles when reviewing data and developing improvement opportunities using a holistic approach
• Ensure optimal performance in ambulatory regulatory quality reporting through coordination and validation of required data submissions.
• Support design, implementation, and proactive monitoring of standardized quality reporting tools to support ambulatory quality patient care outcomes and regulatory requirements
• Collaborates with leadership to help collect data through use of standardized quality reporting in order to analyze, forecast, plan, and direct system operations and payer partnerships

Required:

Bachelors degree

One Lean Certification and/or Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

4-6 years of Quality/Performance Improvement Experience

Preferred:

Six Sigma Black Belt

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality

Masters Degree

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.