Quality Improvement Specialist Registered Nurse

Hybrid position – scheduled bi-weekly hours with daily work times 8a–4p.

About the role

Acts as a quality consultant and subject-matter expert. Responsible for uncovering opportunities for improvement through data collection, analysis, and observation of care processes. Accountable for data pertaining to assigned clinical outcomes. Assists with and coordinates ongoing data management and monitoring of clinical performance and compliance with standards and guidelines of healthcare regulatory and reimbursement agencies. Manages, summarizes, and analyzes data; creates customized reports; and provides the level of support needed by internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Assists in the development of goals, objectives, policies, procedures, and protocols related to performance improvement.
• Abstracts, compiles, analyzes, and evaluates data to identify patterns or trends using statistical processes, controls, and various databases or software programs.
• Supports resolution of identified concerns or trends through facilitation, coordination, education, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Serves as facilitator, team member, or leader for assigned quality-improvement teams and committees.
• Creates and prepares reports using statistics and graphics that detail quality, appropriateness, and consistency with best practices.
• Communicates performance-improvement activities to executive leaders through presentations or reports.
• Researches literature, external benchmarks, and surveys (e.g., like hospitals) in support of performance improvement.
• Oversees development, design, and/or maintenance of databases.
• Educates medical and hospital staff regarding performance-improvement methodology, tools, and measurement.
• Ensures the use and retention of data meets established peer-review and confidentiality policies.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or associate degree in Nursing from an accredited educational institution.
• State of Michigan licensure as a Registered Nurse.
• Three years of recent clinical or healthcare experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Quality improvement or performance improvement experience.
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ).
• OB or Cardiac background.

Schedule

• Full-time, day shift (8a–4p).
• 80 hours per pay period.
• No on-call requirement.
• No weekend shifts.