Quality Initiative Specialist

Full Time

M-F Days

Hybrid (In-Office and Remote) For Quality Services

Area of Focus includes Peri-Operative Services

Summary

The Quality Initiative Specialist facilitates, coordinates and provides quality advisor support to teams at all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Supports use of quality improvement (QI) methodology and tools to improve process measures and outcome measures for and with QI teams across the Hospital system
• Responsible for supporting the collection, coordination and analysis of data that measures clinical processes and patient outcomes
• Using quality improvement methodology, coaches/consults departments and interdisciplinary teams in identifying, prioritizing and implementing improvement strategies that enhances overall Hospital quality efforts
• Assists departments in implementing evidence-based practice
• Educates staff on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) Model for Improvement methodology
• Serve as Quality Advisors for hospital teams and committees
• Maintains ongoing knowledge of current Quality literature, resources, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS), The Joint Commission (TJC) and other regulatory agency standards
• Other duties as required.
  
  

Technical Expertise

• Experience in Quality Improvement Methodology
• Experience in data collection and simple analysis
• Experience developing and leading teams
• Experience working with all levels within an organization
• Experience in healthcare is preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required
  
  

Education And Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree is required. Master's degree is preferred.
• Certification: Performance Improvement (PI) certification is preferred.
• Years of relevant experience: 3 to 5 years is preferred.
• Years of experience supervising: None.
  
  

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000

Status: Fixed Hybrid