Clinical Quality and Safety Specialist Parkview

Description

Summary

Participates in activities related to patient safety and quality programming. Measures, analyzes, and facilitates improvement in clinical performance and outcomes. Investigates occurrence reports and analyzes safety and quality trends.

Responsibilities

• Understands key clinical quality and patient safety measures.
• Promotes the use of appropriate measures for clinical and operational services.
• Facilitates components of patient safety programs, incorporating industry best practices, and ensuring regulatory requirements are met.
• Helps identify priorities for implementation of performance improvement plans related to quality metrics and patient safety opportunities.
• Provides support to clinical and operational teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree relevant clinical field.
• State licensure as Registered Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Respiratory Therapist, Pharmacist, Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner.
• 2 years of relevant clinical experience.

Preferred

• Quality improvement or patient safety experience.

Pay

Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Pay range: $36.19 - $54.28 / hour.

Schedule

This position is an onsite role and does not offer a hybrid or remote option. Work Schedule: Full Time, 80.00 hours per pay period (2 weeks).

Benefits

Employees are our number one asset. UCHealth promotes a culture that invests in professional success and personal well-being through a comprehensive total rewards program.

• Recognition Performance bonus: UCHealth offers a 3-Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals and tenure. The bonus accumulates annually each October and is paid out in October during the third year of employment.
• Performance-based pay increase: The Annual Merit Pay Increase recognizes work performance that meets or consistently exceeds performance standards documented through UCHealth's established evaluation process and accounts for increased experience, skills and cost of living.
• Market reviews: All UCHealth positions are reviewed annually to ensure UCHealth base pay aligns with market standards. Base pay rates are adjusted as needed to stay market competitive.

• Health and well-being
• Retirement and savings
• Education and career growth

About the Role

This position will be open for a minimum of three days and until a top applicant is identified.

UCHealth recognizes and appreciates the rich array of talents and perspectives that equal employment and diversity can offer our institution. As an equal opportunity employer, UCHealth is committed to making all employment decisions based on valid requirements. No applicant shall be discriminated against in any terms, conditions or privileges of employment or otherwise be discriminated against because of the individual's race, color, national origin, language, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, socioeconomic status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state, or local law.

UCHealth does not discriminate against any qualified applicant with a disability as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and will make reasonable accommodations, when the do not impose an undue hardship on the organization.